“Is there a monthly fee? If there is, can you find a tivo without a montly fee?”
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Tivo is awesome. Love the Bolt unit. There's a monthly fee (or cheaper by the year) because Tivo people put together a custom schedule of programs for your area of the country all the time so your machine can find and record the programs (either on cable or over-the-air broadcast) you want it to automatically. Well worth it in my opinion. Wouldn't want a DVR to work any other way.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There is a monthly fee or an annual fee depending on how you want to buy the service. The unit is a means of connecting with the service and handling all the DVR duties. I cannot comment on how it compares to X1 by comcast or other services, but if you buy a four or six tuner bolt and and a couple of Tivo Mini's and you know how to network them, you can reduce costs rather substantially I would think. The Mini's depend on the Bolt as the tuner and handle all DVR duties and real-time local channel access via your home network. I actually have two Tivo's and two minis. If I were optimizing it I would have one six-tuner Tivo and three mini's. I just had a purchase timing problem with prior breakdowns of a Tivo that lost its video circuit after it was well out of warranty. Interestingly, you could still watch TV and use it as a DVR from either of the mini's, just not the location of the Tivo itself and do this from any location where I had a Tivo unit that was current with regard to the operating system. (I added a link to that unit in the other product recommendations.) If you have a category 5 or better network, it will work fine. If not you can go to a MOCA internet connection which is what I use. (You would also need one MOCA adapter for each mini and one for the router in that case I think. The mini's ARE NOT wireless enabled. Powerline networking was not adequate. And you will probably need a $7 MOCA filter on the head of your cable access point. System works good once you have the parts in place.) I opted after reviewing the costs, what I had already invested and the fact that I was in Annual programs on each Tivo to just buy a new 4-tuner Bolt and go from there. The new menu interface looks better than the older Tivo interface, but I'm not sure it is an improvement with regards to efficiency of setup. I still have the old interface on the Wife's machine. Each has its advantages and disadvantages and she is not one that likes change in dealing with her technology items. We stayed with the older interface on her unit, though it will talk to the other Tivo and the two minis. I've been a Tivo customer for 10 years and like what it does.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You must pay the monthly fee to use most features on your TiVo. It's worth it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.TiVO has a monthly fee.
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