Value of Various TiVo Rewards
/I was feeling bored while I installed a server today, so I took the opportunity to calculate the various values of the new TiVo Rewards structure. You get 5,000 points for referring someone to TiVo, but the actual “value” you get from that referral depends greatly on what you spend your points on. Unless noted otherwise, all prices came from Amazon.com:
| Item | Points | Price | $/100 Points | $/Referral |
| 20GB iPod | 25000 | $299.99 | $1.20 | $60.00 |
| Bose QuietComfort 2 (Crutchfield) | 25000 | $299.00 | $1.20 | $59.80 |
| Creative Zen 20GB Portable Media Center | 45000 | $471.99 | $1.05 | $52.44 |
| Nikon Coolpix 5200 | 35000 | $349.99 | $1.00 | $50.00 |
| 140 hour tivo - Rebate | 25000 | $229.99 | $0.92 | $46.00 |
| Humax DRT800 - Rebate | 35000 | $319.99 | $0.91 | $45.71 |
| iPod Mini 4GB | 20000 | $179.99 | $0.90 | $45.00 |
| Colored TiVo remote (TiVo.com) | 4000 | $34.99 | $0.87 | $43.74 |
| Pro Installation (TiVo.com) | 15000 | $129.99 | $0.87 | $43.33 |
| Delphi MyFi | 35000 | $299.99 | $0.86 | $42.86 |
| Phonex PX-441 | 7000 | $49.99 | $0.71 | $35.71 |
| iPod Shuffle 512 | 15000 | $99.99 | $0.67 | $33.33 |
| DWL-122 (Buy.com) | 7500 | $41.76 | $0.56 | $27.84 |
| 40 Hour TiVo - Rebate | 20000 | $79.94 | $0.40 | $19.99 |
| Linksys USB200M | 7500 | $24.99 | $0.33 | $16.66 |
