As an aside to all this TiVo in Canada talk, this past Saturday (November 24th) marked the break-even point of my TiVo Lifetime Service plan.
I paid $299 up front, which works out to 23 months of $12.95 payments — the going monthly rate for the TiVo service at the time1. Every month from this point forward is gravy.
1 There were no deals for 1-, 2- or 3-year prepaid plans. Factoring them in since they became available would actually push the break-even date out somewhat.