Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was paying $130 a month on Satellite services. I was fed up with misc. channels disappearing because of the fighting. So, I went to BestBuy bought an Antenna, TiVo Roamio and TiVo Mini. I bought the Roamio because I didn't want to pay a monthly fee. I recovered my cost for the Antenna, Roamio and mini in just 5 months and I love it. Picture is perfect there are a lot free TV station over the air (OTA). There are plenty of apps for the Roamio also, I mostly use Netflix, Amazon and even subscribe to a couple more like Cinemax and HBO for $10 more, well worth it! I have a great selection of movies and I record my favorite network shows that come OTA, what can I say I love it!

Removed my DirecTV dish and replaced it with a Channel Master Antenna and purchased this Tivo. Been a happy user for quite a few years now and the Menuing system is the best part of the Tivo. Has Smart TV apps included (note only HD NOT 4K) for Netflix, Hulu, PLEX (which I love) and a few more. Could just get an antenna and plug it into your TV (if it still has a tuner) but being able to pause Live TV is nice to have when needed. Tivo recorded shows for most major networks have the commercial skipping option which is great also.

I'm in the process of cutting the cord and one thing I couldn't see doing without is the DVR, so I decided to give the TiVo Roamio OTA a whirl. Fortunately, it does the job and does it well. It's a bit of an up-front financial investment, but with the money you'll save every month on cable/satellite fees and the fact that TiVo no longer charges for the monthly guide service, it'll pay for itself in no time. The installation and setup was pretty straightforward and they give you a clear step by step guide to follow. After it's all hooked up, you turn everything on, follow the on-screen prompts, and register your account online. Once everything is activated, you're good to go. If you're coming from a different DVR service, the menus and features will take a little getting used to, but overall it's very well done. Having 4 tuners and all the major streaming media services (Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Huiu, etc.) built in is a major plus. All that being said, your experience will completely depend on getting a good Over The Air HD antenna that works best for your location. I would suggest experimenting with different antennas FIRST with just your TV, finding the one that works best for you, THEN buy the TiVo once you know you can get the channels you want. If you're not able to receive the station broadcasts you like to watch, the whole thing is pretty much pointless.

This Tivo DVR for over the air programing provides all of the functionality of a cable or satellite DVR and no monthly fees! I also purchased 3 Tivo mini's for my other tv's and they have all of the same great features of the main Tivo Romio. Easy to set up if your house is wired for cable or satellite tv. I put a HD TV antenna on my roof connected the antenna to my satellite cable added an amplified 4-way splitter and was good to go. NO MONTHLY FEE TV!

We were remodeling our home and decided to try cutting the cord while we were at it. We bought a Tivo Roamio for our bedroom and two tivo Minis, one for the kitchen and another for the family room. The combination of a rooftop antenna with great reception and netflix, Amazon Prime and HBO GO is definitely better than cable and cheaper than just the rental fees for three cable boxes would be. Definitely never going back to cable! Thanks Tivo!

This device exceeded my expectations! Installation was fast and simple. Be advised that you really need broadband internet service as well as good broadcast TV antenna. Consider a 10db or 20db gain amplifier if you live in a fringe area. Activation was a bit of a speed bump, but I was prepared for aggravation from reading other customer reviews. To activate, you need to contact Tivo to activate when buying from retailers. NOTE:be sure about your serial numbers - mine were hard to read w/o a magnifying glass. After installation, I was able to watch and record free major network broadcasts over the air, and streaming the cable network programs I want to watch, I enjoy one button commercial-skipping through recorded programs. Even with a few streaming subscriptions it's a lot cheaper than cable. There is no monthly fee for Tivo services. My only disappointment is that I cannot add streaming services to the ones preinstalled on the Tivo.

The TiVo Roamio is a great device. I recently " cut the cord" but wanted to be able to have a tv guide and recorder. The Roamio provides exactly what I wanted with no monthly fees. The commercial skip button is the BOMB!! Love it!! Netflix and Amazon seem to load in half the time that it took my Smart TV to load them. The picture and sound quality is outstanding. I am extremely happy with the Roamio - kudos to TiVo.

This device does exactly what I was hoping for. Once I hooked up a good outdoor antenna, I was able to get a good signal to the device. Set up took about 30 minutes and was a little difficult but not too hard. Once I set it up it works very well. I am able to record any show I want as far as two weeks out. Also with the one pass I can click that and it will search for that show anytime it's on. It's fabulous!. The other thing I really like is the commercial skip. Press one button and it gets you within seconds of the show starting back up.

Our son in law told us about TiVo, and how much money they were saving. We decided to cut back on what we were spending on television since most of what we were watching was on the Networks, and on Netflix and/or Hulu. Could not be happier with this product. Put an antenna in our attic and getting all of the channels we need, coupled with streaming tv (with many built in Apps) its perfect. The interface is far easier to use than our old television provider box and the storage pace at 1TB allows for 150 hours of HD recording time. We coupled it with a TiVo mini for our bedroom and don't think we'll ever go back to paying for television again!

I'd been wanting to "cut the cable" for some time, but couldn't find the right streaming providers and DVR to give me what I had with my satellite provider. This DVR was EXACTLY what I was looking for. I now get better quality network reception over-the-air, can view Netflix and Hulu through this one DVR, and program what I want to record just as I did through my satellite provider's DVR -- all for less than half what I was paying that satellite TV provider.

It works as I suspected & I love not having a cable bill any longer. I'm about 40 miles W of Chicago & my attic antenna get's me all my local channels clear as my cable service that I had w/Comcast. I bought the Tivo OTA for the DVR capability. It records everything very easily. I have noticed some of the live & DVR recordings a little jumpy & pixilated from time to time, but I just unplugged the Tivo & it went away. Other online reviews indicate that issue could be cause by a failing hard drive inside the Tivo. Only time will tell, but goodbye cable bills!

I recently cut the cord, and was missing my DVR. I've had TiVo devices in the past. When I saw this one, that was specifically made for OTA antenna *AND* included lifetime service, I couldn't say no. As is normal for TiVo, setup was quick and easy. Can record 4 shows at once which is a nice bonus. You can't really go wrong with TiVo in general, and this specific model in particular. Just be aware that this model is ONLY for OTA antenna signal and CAN'T be used with cable.

Cut the cord but miss the DVR the TIVO works great and the commercial skip and guide are a real plus. Np monthly fee is a bonus.

I cut the cord to cable several months ago and I was using an old TiVo S3 DVR with lifetime service. It died on me and I was able to resurrect it by re-imaging the hard drive in it. I even increased the hard drive space by using a 1TB drive I had lying around. Sadly, that hard drive died as well. I started to assume that the power supply on the S3 was dying. The capacitors were exhibiting "bulges" all too common with the S3 DVRs. Rather then spending $100+ on a new power supply for an old DVR with an outdated UI, I opted to buy the TiVo Roamio OTA with All-In service. It was like day vs. night. The additional streaming access on the Roamio was a welcome addition and they worked flawlessly, integrating so well with the TiVo interface. It even has a Plex player built in so all my movies I have stored on my Plex player play flawlessly as well. The interface is fast and snappy. The commercial skip is a time saver. The smaller remote is ideal. The 4 tuners vs the S3's two tuners meant we never had to decide on what show to sacrifice. I am glad I decided on the Roamio. I was so happy with it, I added the TiVo Stream so I can stream my recorded shows to my tablets and phones. Highly recommended!

I needed to replace my DVD recorder and found that tivo was now available to me as an over the air antenna tv viewer, without a monthly service charge. I was not sure at first as all previous tivos required a monthly charge. After researching I found there was no monthly charge and I could record 4 programs simultaneously instead of the one on my DVD recorder, I deceided to purchase the Romio OTA tivo . Although it did take a while to download all the updates over the internet, I am very satisfied so far with it. The only complaint I have is that it runs constantly even when you do not have any shows set to record. You do need to purchase a splitter for your antenna so you can watch your tv without going through your tivo as the tivo has no antenna output. All your tv recordings and tv viewing is monitered through tivo so they do have a record of all your tv viewing history. While watching live tv through tivo you do have the option to pause or even go back when you missed something. So far I am satisfied and would recomend this as a great device to purchase.

Though a little more than I would have liked to have spent, I'm glad I made this purchase. The Tivo Roamio was very easy to set up and is very easy to use. It's pretty intuitive, so I didn't spend much time trying to figure out how to navigate through the various menus. And I'm very glad to have paid a one-time "charge" for the Roamio - having no monthly fees attached to this was definitely a plus.

I finally found the one OTA unit that can replace Windows Media Center - Tivo's Roamio OTA. I am absolutely thrilled! I still have four tuners, lifetime guide, web access, wow! I was worried that I would not be able to find a suitable replacement for Media Center but the Roamio is way more reliable than using a pc. It truly is a TV appliance. In the settings you can enable sleep mode - and it works. The remote can control my other equipment - nice. The only difficulty was adjusting to terminology like Season Pass. And it would be nice if there was a stop button for recordings. Otherwise I'm lovin it.

I recently cut the cord from cable and this Tivo is a must have if you want the ability to record over the air. With an indoor antenna this box found all my local OTA channels. It also has Hulu, Netflix and Amazon video. Highly recommend. No monthly fees from Tivo.

This Tivo is perfect if you get your TV over the air. The guide data is free for the life of the device. You'll be able to pause live TV, setup full season recordings, use the nice channel guide, etc. This Tivo also has an eco setting that will put it into a lower power mode when not in use. In low power mode, the Tivo won't record any programming other than your specific scheduled recordings (otherwise it's constantly recording stuff and using up electricity). You can still choose to have it on all the time, in which case it will constantly record shows it thinks you might like (as long as there's room). I rated it 5 stars because it does everything I wanted it to do and does it well. Be forewarned though, the initial setup is kind of a pain. The box will come up and ask you to enter all your information (which isn't done very quickly using the remote) and then have you enter your zip code, then will chug along for about 10 minutes only to eventually tell you there is no guide data for your zip code, and to enter another zip code. It then makes you start completely over (having to enter all your information again) multiple times as you try zip codes for surrounding areas, only to be told there's no guide data every time. So then you'll go online and start searching for problems like this, and see that others are experiencing the same thing. What's happening is the Tivo needs to update its firmware, but instead of that being the first step in the setup, or instead of there being any message anywhere that lets you know firmware is being updated, it just does it in the background while it keeps walking you through the setup, asking you to re-enter all your info, telling you no data for your zip code, etc, until it magically reboots itself at some point (after 20 to 30 minutes). Then it will go through the setup again, except this time it will actually be able to find guide data for your zip code, and the setup process will continue, but it still takes a while (and a couple more reboots) to fully complete. Overall, the setup process takes about an hour or so, and is pretty frustrating. But once it's up and working, it works great, and I didn't feel like that one time annoyance constituted removing a star.

The TiVo Bold OTA 4-tuner DVR with 4K resolution is a huge improvement over my old TiVo. The picture quality is much improved. The new remote has voice activation. Mainly it is way less expensive than paying for cable.