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Tivo Bolt Renewed LifeTime Subscription (OTA:& Cable 4 tuner $300, Cable Only: 6 tuners $350) @weaknees

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Tivo Bolt Renewal: Comes with 90 days weaknees warranty
LifteTime Subscription
Extended Warranty: $80 covers 3 years.

OTA: 4 tuner $300
Cable: 4 tuner $300
Cable: 6 tuners $350

Bolt uses laptop type hard disk storage. Roamio (older previous uses desktop storage)
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Tivo Bolt Renewed LifeTime Subscription (OTA:& Cable 4 tuner $300, Cable Only: 6 tuners $350) @weaknees
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Created 11-25-2022 at 02:14 PM by green_key
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> bubble2 1,175 Posts
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11-26-2022 at 07:33 AM.
Had replay during the original days .. then got bolt and a cable card and have been using it for years. I am still frustrated when I go to a friend's house and try to navigate their FiOS or Xfinity boxes just to get to a guide. Even this 6 year old bolt is so much faster (no ads since still using the old ui).

It's hard to recommend to others not knowing the availability of cable cards and lots of people's affinity to just go streaming.
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11-26-2022 at 09:12 AM.
Bolt not reliable, mine already broken 3 times in past 5 years. The old ones much better.
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> bubble2 1,332 Posts
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11-26-2022 at 09:30 AM.
Quote from SnakePlisken :
Buy this & get constant bombardment of Tivo ads.
I forgot about this. I have a lifetime Roamio from the 2015 deal and I was able to get a Tivo CSR to turn off the ads since I bought it prior to Tivo's new owner adding them. But I don't think they'll turn them off for new customers, or even for old customers who buy a new box.

My new antenna is up, but my old Tivo Roamio doesn't support OTA. I'll probably switch to Tablo instead of buying a new/renewed Tivo OTA box, especially factoring Tivo's pre-roll ads into that decision now.
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> bubble2 36,276 Posts
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11-26-2022 at 11:04 AM.
Quote from Carnivore :
I forgot about this. I have a lifetime Roamio from the 2015 deal and I was able to get a Tivo CSR to turn off the ads since I bought it prior to Tivo's new owner adding them. But I don't think they'll turn them off for new customers, or even for old customers who buy a new box.

My new antenna is up, but my old Tivo Roamio doesn't support OTA. I'll probably switch to Tablo instead of buying a new/renewed Tivo OTA box, especially factoring Tivo's pre-roll ads into that decision now.
Also, when I click on record, I want to record it. NOT watch it on some app I don't have a subscription for. Manage app never deletes them off. Such a scam.
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> bubble2 479 Posts
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11-26-2022 at 11:40 AM.
Quote from scottman :
They just sent a survey the other day mainly asking why I don't upgrade the roamios to a newer model, so not sure what's in the works with that. They have gone backwards in terms of tuners and reliability.
Did you tell them how incredibly stupid it was to not release a Bolt model with a 3.5" drive when the reports of the 2.5" hard drives failing came rolling in? And then how they doubled-down on that stupidly and released the Edge with the same 2.5" drives only despite our pleas. Also, their customer and tech support are both terrible.

Quote from cl001 :
Bolt not reliable, mine already broken 3 times in past 5 years. The old ones much better.
It's true that Roamio is better but what broke on the Bolt? If it's just the hard drive, it's better to go with an external 3.5" solution. Most things that go wrong a on Tivo are easy to fix if you have a little bit of technical ability.
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11-26-2022 at 11:54 AM.
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Did you tell them how incredibly stupid it was to not release a Bolt model with a 3.5" drive when the reports of the 2.5" hard drives failing came rolling in? And then how they doubled-down on that stupidly and released the Edge with the same 2.5" drives only despite our pleas. Also, their customer and tech support are both terrible.



It's true that Roamio is better but what broke on the Bolt? If it's just the hard drive, it's better to go with an external 3.5" solution. Most things that go wrong a on Tivo are easy to fix if you have a little bit of technical ability.
Some people have had the 2.5 drives fail but alot have not I think.
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11-26-2022 at 02:07 PM.
Quote from mrsean :
Did you tell them how incredibly stupid it was to not release a Bolt model with a 3.5" drive when the reports of the 2.5" hard drives failing came rolling in? And then how they doubled-down on that stupidly and released the Edge with the same 2.5" drives only despite our pleas. Also, their customer and tech support are both terrible.



It's true that Roamio is better but what broke on the Bolt? If it's just the hard drive, it's better to go with an external 3.5" solution. Most things that go wrong a on Tivo are easy to fix if you have a little bit of technical ability.
Weakness.com pre-formatted 3.5" external hard drives would be one solution if people can open the case to feed the SATA cable. If not, they'll now install it for you if you mail your unit to them.
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11-27-2022 at 08:29 AM.
Quote from Patj :
If they introduce a new 6 tuner OTA lifetime with 4K capability and fresh apps so I can ditch my Roku... Hello?? TIVO?? Listening?? https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima.../emot-LMAO.gif
YES!! That's what they need.... OTA with 4K (ATSC 3.0) and 6 tuners (but 4 might be OK). They don't need apps though in my opinion... that would probably be a headache for them. People can just use the streaming device they want.... oh, and no pre-roll ads.... and a user-replaceable and upgradable HD like the great Roamio.
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11-27-2022 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from TidalWaveOne :
YES!! That's what they need.... OTA with 4K (ATSC 3.0) and 6 tuners (but 4 might be OK). They don't need apps though in my opinion... that would probably be a headache for them. People can just use the streaming device they want.... oh, and no pre-roll ads.... and a user-replaceable and upgradable HD like the great Roamio.
Tivo Edge has ATSC 3.0. That seems to be the only major difference between the it and the Bolt. Until I see that there's 4k OTA programs being broadcast, I'll stay with the Bolt.
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11-27-2022 at 04:58 PM.
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Tivo Edge has ATSC 3.0. That seems to be the only major difference between the it and the Bolt. Until I see that there's 4k OTA programs being broadcast, I'll stay with the Bolt.
Where are you seeing that TiVo Edge supports ATSC 3.0? Link?
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11-28-2022 at 12:54 PM.
Quote from TidalWaveOne :
Where are you seeing that TiVo Edge supports ATSC 3.0? Link?

In his imagination🧐
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