Lifetimed Tivo Box Holds New Value.

I've been very smug about my Tivo Lifetime subscription because I bought it right before Tivo discontinued the option. Its too good a deal. Well now people's thoughts have turned to series 3 boxes and HDTV recording. But why would a lifetimer like me give up the free ride and be lumped into the masses paying a monthly service fee? Here's Tivo's pitch: you buy a series 3 HD Tivo by the end of the year (800 bones) and then pay us 200 more dollars and you can transfer your lifetime status to your new box. This is intriguing; attaining an unattainable status in the next generation of box. But it simply isn't appealing to me. I'm not willing to pay for enough HD content to need a Tivo for. Plus I'm not about to drop a grand on another Tivo. But something else may be appealing. I was reading speculations about why Tivo was offering this and someone conjectured that it was a way to keep someone from buying the series 3 and selling their lifetimed box on ebay. Holy crap, I could sell my lifetimed box on ebay! How much do you think I could get for it? $500? $600? $1500?

• Lifetime TiVo subs transferrable to Series 3 -- for a price - Engadget