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Hulu (and WWE) are now available on the Bolt. Looks like Hulu also has the ability to output 24fps like Amazon and Netflix which is nice.
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Got an offer from TiVo for $700 for a 500GB Bolt w/ lifetime service. $800 for 1TB. Thinking of pulling the trigger. My TiVo HD w/ an expanded 2TB drive is still quite servicable, except for the PSU dying a few months ago. Bought a donor TiVo on eBay to cannibalize that part.
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complex posted:Got an offer from TiVo for $700 for a 500GB Bolt w/ lifetime service. $800 for 1TB. Thinking of pulling the trigger. My TiVo HD w/ an expanded 2TB drive is still quite servicable, except for the PSU dying a few months ago. Bought a donor TiVo on eBay to cannibalize that part. I'm not great at math but my estimate is that if you are willing/able to keep your Tivo for more than 4 years, that's a good deal. Otherwise not.
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Rick posted:I'm not great at math but my estimate is that if you are willing/able to keep your Tivo for more than 4 years, that's a good deal. Otherwise not.
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Rick posted:I'm not great at math but my estimate is that if you are willing/able to keep your Tivo for more than 4 years, that's a good deal. Otherwise not. I would not count on a TiVo lasting for 4 years, almost every one I have had has barely made it two. Last time I called to cancel service after my 3rd, seriously, 3rd Roamio died (Granted one was DOA and the other lasted a day) I said I would keep service but only if they gave me a free replacement, that I wasn't paying even the $50 they offered to sell me one for. They gave me a free one.
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I've only ever had an HD die, and it came to me with problems. I've had every generation except the bolt and they've retired gracefully, although I did just have to put a new fan on our 4 tuner premier.
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I would imagine most tivo failures are hard drives which are easy to replace.
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For those of you into MoCa, it looks like 2.0 hardware is becoming available. I had three Moca 1.x adapters, and one of them died, pretty much screwing my home network. I was able to get 3 ActionTec Bonded MoCa 2.0 adapters and they are seriously 10x faster than the old stuff. I have two premieres using wired Ethernet over these (along with a whole mess of other connected devices and wifi routers and oh god) and browsing the other TiVo and streaming stuff has zero lag, it's perfect. With 1.x there was a little lag.
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I've been wondering if it was ever coming out!
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I was reading the CNET review of the Bolt and they say that 4k is streaming only. Not, a super big deal since there isn't really any other 4k content that I'm aware of at the moment but if by some miracle the networks start producing 4k content and Cox starts showing it, would the Tivo support it?
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Rick posted:I was reading the CNET review of the Bolt and they say that 4k is streaming only. Not, a super big deal since there isn't really any other 4k content that I'm aware of at the moment but if by some miracle the networks start producing 4k content and Cox starts showing it, would the Tivo support it? Should be able to, just feed the decoder mpeg packets from RF rather than IP. The CPU in the bolt isn't horribly underpowered for once.
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I swear that I was once able to change the order of the video providers on the "Find TV, Movies, & Videos" menu on my Roamio, but I can't find it now. I have found where you hide providers, but I can't reorder them. Am I not remembering correctly?
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My 2.5 year old roamio seems to be acting up. I just have a black image. Only way to recover is to unplug and reboot. It has a 3tb hard drive i put in it. If i get a replacement roamio, and swap in the same 3tn drive, will the dvr content be erased?
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That's happened to me on occasion with a one year old roamio. After a reboot it's fine for 2-5months, and haven't seen it yet since the latest software update. I've also got a self added 3tb drive.
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Cornjob posted:My 2.5 year old roamio seems to be acting up. I just have a black image. Only way to recover is to unplug and reboot. It has a 3tb hard drive i put in it. If i get a replacement roamio, and swap in the same 3tn drive, will the dvr content be erased? Yes, the encryption key will be different. Only way to save them would be to buy a new 3t drive and have both roamios active for a month and use the built in transfer ability to copy them over the network.
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Qwijib0 posted:Yes, the encryption key will be different. Only way to save them would be to buy a new 3t drive and have both roamios active for a month and use the built in transfer ability to copy them over the network. Good to know. Ill just use kmmtg and pull everything to a Hard drive.
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Are the older models (I think I have the premiere that came out right before the Roamio) getting a software update to enable commercial skipping or is that a Bolt hardware only thing?
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beergod posted:Are the older models (I think I have the premiere that came out right before the Roamio) getting a software update to enable commercial skipping or is that a Bolt hardware only thing? Premieres aren't getting commercial skipping, or quick mode, I don't think. Bolt has both, and Roamios have Quick everywhere, but Skip only in certain markets.
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Is the general consensus that TiVo downloading to iOS just garbage? It was the main reason I just got a Roamio Pro and I can't download anything to the iPad without getting errors every 5 seconds. Tried rebooting everything including the Roamio, the router, the iPad, etc multiple times. Roamio is on gigabit ethernet directly to a wireless AC router to an iPad Air 2 that is sitting next to the router and plugged in/unlocked. I think the software methods behind the streaming/downloading are just awful. TiVo support forums show lots of people complaining about it but no solutions that worked for me. I'm sure tech support will be a waste of time. I do have a warranty so I'm debating getting a swap. It almost seems like the integrated stream unit just craps itself and reboots almost immediately. Hard to tell. From what I can gather it is a seperate board inside the roamio pro that has to be rebooted seperately from the main roamio board. poppingseagull fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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I never download, but I do stream to my phone whilst at home to watch some of the less interesting games and I have to say I've noticed the performance get better over time. It used to crash if I tried to buzz all the way through a commercial break, which it doesn't anymore.
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I've downloaded multiple videos and movies for offline viewing without a problem. This is using an iPhone 6 and Roamio Plus.
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Hmm interesting, maybe I do have a bad unit. On the plus side, holy hell is kmttg awesome. The windfall of looking into kmttg totally makes this TiVo hassle worth it. Trying out comskip too which looks cool. I think running kmttg on a server and using the Infuse app on the iPad may just be the way to go.
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What's the story on the Bolt? My wife and I have folded and gone back to cable, and I'm thinking about upgrading from my 2010 vintage two tuner Premiere. It's lifetimed, though, so it's going to have to be quite a bit of value to sway me. The main thing is I'm looking at buying a Stream, and I'm not sure if it's worth dropping $130 on the Stream versus just opting for the Bolt.
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I picked up a used stream on eBay for $70, so you might check that out.
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Did they just do an entire redesign of their guide/everything else or do I have some bizarre bug? I hard reset it and etc.But the guide is like transparent blue now and looks like it is in SD. The List also takes up the whole screen and doesn't divide shows into folders anymore (they're listed by episode). If this was intentional, I don't think it was a solid decision. Can anyone assist?
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My Roamio and Mini UI look exactly the same as they have for months.
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beergod posted:Did they just do an entire redesign of their guide/everything else or do I have some bizarre bug? I hard reset it and etc.But the guide is like transparent blue now and looks like it is in SD. The List also takes up the whole screen and doesn't divide shows into folders anymore (they're listed by episode). My Premiere XL4 (or whatever it's called) reset to the SD menus after an update, I think the update that added the channel logos to the guide. So maybe check to see if that happened to you? Does anyone know if there's a point to that "add an app" thing that brings up a window to enter an i.p. address? I googled but I haven't been able to find any use for it, but it's still present in the latest software update and also on my dad's Roamio and we can't figure out what we're supposed to do with it.
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Ev posted:My Premiere XL4 (or whatever it's called) reset to the SD menus after an update, I think the update that added the channel logos to the guide. So maybe check to see if that happened to you? That fixed it. Thanks so much.
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HBO Go was added to my Bolt today. Full DD+ and 24p support.
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It's a little amazing to me that as TiVo has become almost a dream cord cutting device they added HBO Go but not HBO Now.
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TiVo's users are still very much primarily cable subscribers. Most cord cutters would rather subscribe to Hulu and get most of what they would otherwise record OTA. HBO Go was the better choice simply because TiVo users are giving up OnDemand when they go TiVo over their cable company's boxes. Because of that TiVo should be prioritizing adding individual network apps on to their devices to plug that hole.
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bull3964 posted:TiVo users are giving up OnDemand when they go TiVo over their cable company's boxes. Both cox and comcast have ondemand apps for TiVo now. cox's is mostly worthless though since they disable skip and ffwd.
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bull3964 posted:TiVo's users are still very much primarily cable subscribers. Most cord cutters would rather subscribe to Hulu and get most of what they would otherwise record OTA. Ehhh, I can't speak to the actual demographics but as a subscriber to Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Now using such services with the TiVo all integrated into one place with a good remote with OTA recording is a dream. Local news, a never-ending amount of syndicated shows, I was honestly shocked when I disconnected cable how digital subchannels had blossomed, YouTube (Including Play movies and TV shows through YouTube), TiVo is now a monster device for a cord cutter like myself. If TiVo managed to get a CBSN app (Should be relatively simple) and Sling TV app (Much more complicated) I would say it would be a no brainer instead of cable for most users in major media markets. And how does CBSN not have at least a secret Opera app for TiVo? Is there one?
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:For info, it's on the Roamio too. It's on my Premiere too. That was a nice surprise this morning.
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Supposedly skip mode should be on all Roamios by 2/24. I'm visiting my parents' and it had mysteriously appeared on theirs, so I delved into the TiVo community forum and that's what they're saying In there.
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I'm finally fed up with my antediluvian Series 3 and looking to replace it, but I'm confused by Tivo's current product line. The Roamio Pro is way more DVR than I need but the Bolt seems to have a lot of extraneous features (all I want it to do is record digital cable) and I hate the curved case. Other online stores have a listing for a much cheaper non-Pro Roamio but it's nowhere on the official site, was this discontinued or something? What subtle things would I give up by getting one based on the last-generation architecture?
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haveblue posted:I'm finally fed up with my antediluvian Series 3 and looking to replace it, but I'm confused by Tivo's current product line. The Roamio Pro is way more DVR than I need but the Bolt seems to have a lot of extraneous features (all I want it to do is record digital cable) and I hate the curved case. Other online stores have a listing for a much cheaper non-Pro Roamio but it's nowhere on the official site, was this discontinued or something? What subtle things would I give up by getting one based on the last-generation architecture? The non-pro Roamio has 4 tuners instead of 6 and half the storage space. I think it's otherwise the same. Not sure if TiVo is still selling it. When I bought mine last summer all were available, but they may have axed it in favor of the Bolt. EDIT: yeah, like he said. It has streaming built in too. Which worked fantastic for me until I joined the iOS beta program and now my devices look sketchy AF to TiVo and shows won't transfer. Krispy Wafer fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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