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TiVo is giving away one Series2 dual tuner TiVo unit per month for the next six months. Drawings will be held on the 8th of March, April, May, June, July, and August. You can enter by submitting your email address or by sending in a post card.

Okay, great, you're thinking. I can win a box that's worth about $70 (which is what TiVo's selling these units for after rebate). Well, sort of. These 80-hour TiVo's also come with lifetime service, which is something TiVo doesn't really sell separately anymore.

According to the fine print, the approximate value of the package is $549.98. So if you don't take the rebate into account, that means if TiVo were still selling lifetime service plans, they'd be worth about $350. That happens to be the same price as a 3-year service plan, although the odds are pretty good that you'd want to replace your Series2 TiVo with a hi-def capable Series3 or something else within three years, so the difference between a 3-year plan and lifetime service might really not be that great for most users.

[via Dave Zatz]