It looks like owners of some Pioneer TiVo units may be getting coupons toward future Pioneer purchases. A class-action lawsuit, which could be finalized at an Aug. 5 approval of settlement hearing, alleged that the TiVo unit were subpar in many ways.
This included "providing unsatisfactory picture quality… not [recording] as much programming to the hard drive or to a DVD disc as advertised and [taking] longer to record to a DVD disc than advertised," according to an Engadget article.
How much are the coupons worth? Well, if you spent about $800 on the DVR-810H-S, you'll receive a $100 voucher. That doesn't seem like much if you've had hassles with your unit. And if you've had problems with a Pioneer, do you necessarily want to buy another one?
1. I think I may object to this settlement, since I think the lawsuit is bogus. I've had a Pioneer 810H since they first shipped, and while that had some, IMHO, minor issues they always performed as advertised, and they have done nothing but improve over time as the software has been updated. This is another stupid lawsuit to make shyster lawyers money, and in my dreams 5% of the class object and this settlement is squashed.
Posted at 8:47PM on Jun 16th 2005 by MegaZone