We have received a few calls very recently from customers who have successfully transferred lifetime service from DIRECTV TiVo DVRs to new Series3 units. We do not yet know whether this is a change in policy over at TiVo, but we suspect that, at the very least, supervisors have been empowered with the authority to grant these types of requests.

If you want to try to transfer service, you might want to mention that you are switching from DIRECTV to get a new Series3 and that you really want to stick with TiVo (assuming that is true–we are not advocating anything but the truth).

The customers we have talked to have been in that same situation: They have had older-model DIRECTV TiVos, have been unwilling to accept DIRECTV’s home-grown HD DVR, and have asked TiVo for leniency with respect to the $199 transfer.

HERE’S THE IMPORTANT PART: If you want to try to transfer service, we will accommodate. Simply call us or place your order for a Series3 online. Then tell us in the customer notes that you want to try to transfer lifetime service and that you want us to email your TiVo Service Number in advance. We will then EMAIL it to you (or provide it over the phone) so that you can try to transfer. If you succeed, we will ship. If you fail, we will cancel your order, without any charge. One caveat: If we don’t hear back from you within 2 business days after you order, we will ship.

Good luck!

At WeaKnees, we’re the biggest TiVo fans on the planet. We’re also big fans of Apple products. Both companies focus on the customer experience with elegant, intuitive, and feature-rich software and amazing design. So now that Apple has launched the Apple TV, we decided to crack the case open and see what was inside.

See the rest of the internal Apple TV pictures on our forums.

Hopefully, you’re already aware of the best TiVo Tip yet. Here’s another one – not quite as over-the-top-amazing, but pretty handy.

It allows you to toggle your Now Playing list in two important ways: you can change the sort order and you can move the list into and out of folders, all with the press of one button each. More info here.

In case you have not heard, this weekend’s early switch to Daylight Saving Time is causing at least a bit of consternation among TiVo-lovers, not to mention IT professionals. It’s hard not to smile when contrasting the magnitude of a missing American Idol with to the doomsday scenarios painted back in the mid-90s.

Anyway, both DIRECTV and TiVo have official pages dedicated to DST and how to ensure that your TiVo’s recordings are not impacted by the change.

TiVo’s page is here.
DIRECTV’s page (which is really just lifted fromTiVo) is here.

Good luck!

If you see the deal-of-the-day on our homepage, you’ll see that we posted a pretty good deal of the day today. Just remember, it’s Google Checkout only.