TiVo Lovers Can Earn A Free iPod

September 22nd, 2004 at 3:00 PM - News by Bryan Chaffin

This may seems like the iPod giveaway day, but we have yet another company offering free iPods to its member customers. The very popular TiVo service has launched a rewards program, and one of the top level rewards is a 20 GB iPod, complete with the TiVo logo etched onto the back.

TiVo is a digital video recorder that allows you to easily record and manage TV programs. The companyis new rewards program is called TiVo Rewards, and you can earn points in the program two ways. One is by referring a friend, which earns 5,000 points for each friend, and the other is by using the companyis TiVo MasterCard credit card. The iPod costs 20,000 points. From TiVois description:

Because your music collection canit always come with you. When you donit have access to your home theater sound system and the TiVo Digital Music Player, thereis the Apple iPod. A musical dream come true, iPod continues to define the perfect portable digital music player for Mac and Windows with the ability to easily slip up to 5,000 songs into your pocket. And enjoy it wherever you go. In the car. On the treadmill. At the office. At work (did we say that?). Offering up to 12 hours of battery life. Weighing in at just 5.6 ounces. Use it with Mac OS X or Windows 2000/XP. Shuffle songs in the main menu. Comes with: Apple Earphones, AC Adapter, FireWire cable, and USB 2.0 cable. This is the latest and greatest iPod - the 4th generation iPod. Plus, the TiVo logo is etched on back!

Other rewards include a "limited edition remote" (3,500 points), a wireless modem jack (7,000 points), a "transfer product lifetime service" (20,000 points), and a new 140 hour Series 2 TV unit (25,000 points). You can find the full list of rewards at TiVois Web site, as well as the main TiVo Rewards Web page.