Alternate business models...
I bought a satellite PVR many years ago for several hundred dollars (a top-of-the-line model at the time). For what it's worth, the satellite TV company in question recently sent me a brand new (free) replacement as they're changing their signal from MPEG2 to MPEG4. It's a lovely PVR, easy to use, and every bit as good as a TiVo (some pluses and some minuses).
The "PVR Service" with the satellite TV providers is a natural and completely free part of the satellite TV subscription. One does not need to pay TiVo, or anyone else, for a "PVR service" as it's really just the guide information that they send out anyway.
I'm not sure that people are quite getting this point...
WITH TIVO, YOU'RE PAYING MONEY FOR A "SERVICE" THAT IS NEXT-TO-NOTHING.
Perhaps these people would pay me a non-negligible monthly fee for a collection of links to the Interweb (a la Live365)?