TiVo Mini service fee?!?!

[Diana]

Forrest wrote:
Before you buy the Roamio(s), do further research on ctivo and pytivo at the tivocommunity.com

I noticed the ctivo page claims compatibility with the Premiere and older Tivo's, and pytivo was released a few years ago.

In my opinion - there's nothing like Tivo's ease of use and reliability. If you ever decide to leave cable, all the shows are still yours (though protected content requiring cable card decryption may not play).

The shows will still play on the Series 3, even when the TiVo is not connected to the cable (i.e., no cable card).

Now, just to find the time to get those shows off….miley-signs117:

Diana

[Robert M]

Silvarios,

Thank you for mentioning Simple.tv. It actually might solve a problem I have at my office which gets crappy TV signal. A Simple.tv box with premier service would allow us to actually watch TV in our break room, something that isn't feasible at the moment. But, in looking at the hardware, I found it interesting they don't show much of the interface of the system.

If I was a potential buyer, I want to see a demo of the interface and how to navigate and use it. That and I'd like to get an idea of how much space a given recording takes up on a drive and a better idea of the actual video quality. Unfortunately, the video shows people watching TV and the barest glance of the interface.

Robert

[Speedy]

Diana, good info, thanks!

[silvarios]

Speedy wrote:
Diana, good info, thanks!

Wow! That was good info.

[Forrest]

Diana has some good advice - connecting the Tivo to a UPS is a good idea as it takes a Tivo 5+ minutes to startup. The TV schedule updates everyday on my Tivo HD and Premiere - I think this is typical. When you select a show to record thru Season Pass, you're are allowed to automatically add time to a show. I make it a habit to add 1 hour to all shows recorded on Sunday and Monday nights, to allow for football games to run long.

[Gilbert]

I had been using Windows Media Center for a couple of years after having used Tivo and ReplayTV for a long time. I moved back to Tivo about a year ago after the Roamio came out.

You can use the code PLSR to save $100 on the lifetime subscription. I was able to find the Stream on discount at BB for $65 but I think that was a fluke. As others have mentioned, you can get the Mini for $174 with a reseller code.