1) It's worth the $300, you may be able to find a place giving out $100 off discounts..

2) I have the 1 year subscription for $100, I don't know how long I will actualy have the current TiVo revision.. so i figgure I should go year by year

3) as someone else said.. it comes with a _huge_ 50' phone line cable.. but as far as I can tell (havn't checked since I got 2.0 upgrade) it dials out every night. (but for a very short period of time)

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