We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries into our stock status on the Series3 HD TiVo DVRs. And that status is: we have them. But we’re not too certain that we’ll have them continuously. Our guess is that we’ll run out before we get more. We’ll likely run out later this week, and it sounds like the soonest we’ll have the next shipment is about two weeks from now. So if you want one soon, you should order soon.

We just received our inventory of Series3 TiVos. We’ll be working furiously over the next day or two to get our pre-orders out, so if you have a pre-order in, watch for your tracking number by email. The first round of boxes (stock only) went out tonight…. (We got the boxes about 15 minutes before UPS showed up, so we had no time to get anything other than the stock-box orders out.) Tracking numbers for those who bought upgraded TiVos will start rolling out tomorrow night. Stay tuned!

For those who have already purchased (or filled up?) your Series3 TiVo, we’ve got upgrade kits available. They are quite easy to install and we’ll be putting up installation instructions on the website soon. The kits are available in 500GB (60 HD hours) or 750B (100 HD hours), and replace the 250GB in the S3 from the factory. For better or worse, the S3 is so jammed with stuff that there is no physical room for a second drive. Also, for now, the eSATA ports on the unit are disabled, so if you want more space, an upgrade kit is the only way to go.

Also available, COMPLETE Series3 units with up to 100 hours of HD recording capacity….AND you can transfer your existing lifetime TiVo service to a weaKnees unit for $199.

Finally, we have said it many times before, but if you’re not on our mailing list, you are missing discount coupons and other tidbits that could save you money on this cutting edge technology.

TiVo has just informed us that customers looking to do the VIP lifetime service transfer can now do so with Series 3 TiVo DVRs purchased from WeaKnees. The lifetime service transfer means that if you have a unit with lifetime (standalone, Series 1 or Series 2) and you wish to move that lifetime over to a new Series 3 unit, you can do so for $199. Until now, TiVo has only allowed this special deal to apply to units purchased directly from TiVo at TiVo.com, but now they are extending this offer to WeaKnees Series 3 TiVo DVRs also. So now you can get a Series 3 HD TiVo with 100 hours and lifetime service. It’s the best of all worlds. Thanks again TiVo!

We expect to have these on the site later today for pre-order with orders shipping sometime next week. In the meantime, here are some screen shots from a Series 3 TiVo with a 750 GB drive.

Here’s the System Information screen:

And here’s the Recording Quality screen for SD recordings:

So you get up to 98 HD hours or up to 927 SD hours, or a combination of both, depending on all of the usual factors.

As of now, there is no external drive support, so this is the only way to get more than 32 hours of HD recording out of these units.

Watch here for more info as we have it!