TiVo Program Ending

[SunshineGirl]

The TiVo program will be ending soon and we will need to take down our links in a couple of weeks. If you have any interest in making a purchase, now would be the time!

[m 'n c]

This is a dumb question but I might as well ask.

Ok so Mike and I have DirecTV and their DVR service. Now with with the DVR service we have we can record 2 shows at the same time but our tv must be tuned into one of the shows if we are home and trying to watch tv.

So:
1) is there a subscription fee for Tivo?
2) is Tivo compatible with any tv service?

I'm just wondering if in the future if we wanted to get a 2nd dvr if this would be an option rather than renting another from directv. Make any sense?

Maybe my 2 questions will help someone else out on the edge.