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Looks like TiVo might announce extenders and a quad-tuner box this week: http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2011-06/tivo-premiere-q-preview-announced-sort-of/ The former is all well and good, but I've never felt the quad-tuner was really worth it. Also enable the second processor and fix the HDUI etc. etc.
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I hope I can buy the extender as a normal consumer, and it's not just for cable companies. I have 2 Tivos now, and the one in my bedroom pretty much just records off an antenna, does Netflix, and transfers everything else from my living room via multi-room viewing. A streamer is exactly what I need.
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Jun 13, 2011 17:24
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General E posted:I hope I can buy the extender as a normal consumer, and it's not just for cable companies. I have 2 Tivos now, and the one in my bedroom pretty much just records off an antenna, does Netflix, and transfers everything else from my living room via multi-room viewing. A streamer is exactly what I need. Well, bad news. http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/13/tivo-premiere-q-and-preview-boxes-are-official-along-with-an-upd/ They had their announcement it and it purely MSO focused with no word on retail availability. It still may happen of course, but I'm doubting it. I think the current models represent the last of retail hardware. The sales at current price levels are too poor to justify adding even more expensive models (Q with quad tuners) and also adding retail support for completely new hardware like the tuner only box. TiVo isn't a consumer oriented company anymore.
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Jun 13, 2011 17:32
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I want to be sad for them but honestly a lot of this is their own doing. Instead of complaining about people buying lifetime and never upgrading they could have given them new systems to upgrade to. I don't know if they had a lot of false starts before doing a real HD box or the management didn't want to invest in product development when all their lawsuits were pending but they spent like 5 years doing almost nothing. The Comcast deal was a total bust. The premiere's UI is unfinished and intolerably slow for 2010 hardware. Hell, can you even re-sort the suggested programs list on the Premiere? I think they could never figure out if their "customers" were the people buying Tivos or the cable companies and they ended up pleasing neither. I just hope Comcast's new box they're testing now is as good as rumored because I don't see myself buying another Tivo once my HD dies.
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Jun 13, 2011 18:44
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Where they really went wrong was multi-room. Had they aggressively went after true multi-room support with dumb boxes for other displays, they could have really pushed a good value proposition. If I would have been able to buy one Tivo, pay for a single cable card from my provider, and plunk cheap (say $129), small, tunerless, and subscription-less streamer boxes on the rest of my TVs in the house; I would have done it ages ago. At an HD box rental rate of $10 /month, you pretty much pay off every streamer box in a year which helps you recoup the cost of the TiVo much faster.
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Jun 13, 2011 20:18
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bull3964 posted:Where they really went wrong was multi-room. Had they aggressively went after true multi-room support with dumb boxes for other displays, they could have really pushed a good value proposition.
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Jun 13, 2011 21:07
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I just picked up a Premiere - once I remove my Tivo HD from my service, would anybody be interested in buying it outright before I got to Craigslist or eBay?
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Jun 29, 2011 04:33
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Weirdly, and so far only with recent recordings of Chelsea Lately, when we hit 'play' it starts right at the end of the recording, it plays for a moment then BONG and brings up the 'delete or return to menu' menu. We can go back to menu and play it again and it's fine. Anyone heard about anything like this before?
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Jun 29, 2011 14:32
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/24/tivos-retail-plans-for-quad-tuner-premiere-dvr-revealed-in-fcc/ Just pointing out that the Q might see retail, I guess? Honestly unless they fix the software I don't really care at this point.
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Jul 6, 2011 14:47
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commenter on that thread posted:The new Google TV will have DVR capability and about 1000 more features that Tivo. Bye bye Tivo. Buy your lifetime subs now, suckers!!!!
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Jul 6, 2011 15:05
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Any remaining interest in Tivo I had evaporated yesterday when Verizon pushed the new HD guide and storage expansion capability to my area. I really can't see what Tivo can give me now that I don't already have.
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Jul 7, 2011 17:20
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bull3964 posted:Any remaining interest in Tivo I had evaporated yesterday when Verizon pushed the new HD guide and storage expansion capability to my area. I really can't see what Tivo can give me now that I don't already have. Late 90s nostalgia?
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Jul 7, 2011 20:52
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bull3964 posted:Any remaining interest in Tivo I had evaporated yesterday when Verizon pushed the new HD guide and storage expansion capability to my area. I really can't see what Tivo can give me now that I don't already have. If only Comcast would make a competant guide/UI etc. The "new" one they pushed out is completely awful like the old one, I guess they can get away with spending 1% of their earnings on this poo poo because people don't know better?
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Jul 12, 2011 17:31
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kri kri posted:If only Comcast would make a competant guide/UI etc. The "new" one they pushed out is completely awful like the old one, I guess they can get away with spending 1% of their earnings on this poo poo because people don't know better?
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Jul 13, 2011 22:42
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qirex posted:They have a much better one in the works but it probably won't have widespread availability until 2013 or something. Christ, Comcast in the Seattle are anyway still has piles and piles of non HDMI dvrs, and will bring them out usually by default unless you ask otherwise.
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Jul 14, 2011 23:07
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Rumor has it that Tivo is Field (Beta) Testing their Android App! Something to look forward to.
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Jul 20, 2011 01:24
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traveling midget posted:Rumor has it that Tivo is Field (Beta) Testing their Android App! Something to look forward to. As much as I want an Android app I wish they'd just put all their resources into finishing the Premiere already.
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Jul 21, 2011 06:03
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kitten smoothie posted:As much as I want an Android app I wish they'd just put all their resources into finishing the Premiere already. Dudes building the Android app probably don't know how to do that.
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Jul 22, 2011 17:32
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traveling midget posted:Rumor has it that Tivo is Field (Beta) Testing their Android App! Something to look forward to. Thank god. It had better be Honeycomb (tablet) compatible!
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Jul 23, 2011 12:20
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Aatrek posted:Thank god. It had better be Honeycomb (tablet) compatible! The version being tested isn't :/
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Jul 23, 2011 12:30
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What the gently caress? They have a great iPad interface!
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Aatrek posted:What the gently caress? They have a great iPad interface! Welcome to the world of Android  As much as I like my Android phone, I'm about ready to buy an ipad since the Android tablets just aren't there yet, in terms of hardware and apps. I also can't stand apple, mostly because of the fanboys, so that says a lot. I'd just like Tivo to do system updates to Premier like they used to do on the older machines. The series 2 was always getting stuff.
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Jul 25, 2011 16:49
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I read an article that said the newest version of the iOS app would support my Tivo HD but I can't get the thing to work, has anyone done it successfully yet? It can't find my Tivo on the network.
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Jul 25, 2011 22:19
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Today is a sad day. I've had my various Tivos for about 6 years now and have loved them, but today I had to switch to a Comcast box. Since I moved from the suburbs to Detroit proper about a month ago, I haven't been able to get the Tivo to work. For some reason, even though Cocmast has all the correct information down, they simply cannot get the cablecards (multiple M cards have been tried) to pair correctly. I've had 5 techs come out over 6 visits, have done the 3-way calls between Tivo and Comcast and for whatever reason, the signal strength to the card stays at 80 maximum (for a proper signal, it should be between 85-100). The lines have been tested and are putting across a fine signal, neither Comcast nor Tivo can figure out why it's not working. And being in medical school, I only get 1 day off per week, so I can only try a new service call once per week. Sadly, this ordeal has worn me down to the point where it's not worth the time or effort anymore to try and get my beloved Tivo in working order. Farewell my sweet Premiere. I shall unbox you when I move again.
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Jul 25, 2011 23:27
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qirex posted:I read an article that said the newest version of the iOS app would support my Tivo HD but I can't get the thing to work, has anyone done it successfully yet? It can't find my Tivo on the network. Works for mine. iPhone 4 with IOS 4.3.4 and a Tivo HD. Silly question, but you did enable "Network Remote Control"? http://support.tivo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/391 details how to do it.
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Jul 26, 2011 01:49
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Tivo is gauging interest in bringing Spotify to their boxes. http://mobile.twitter.com/tivo/status/95925262050525184 posted:Spotify's getting a lot of buzz as it makes its way into U.S. homes. Retweet this if u would like Spotify on your @TiVo DVR.
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complex posted:Tivo is gauging interest in bringing Spotify to their boxes. It sucks to see an official source call it 'Tivo DVR'. I remember when Tivo had the PR benefit of being like Xerox or Kleenex, people called every DVR a Tivo. They really lost it, huh.
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traveling midget posted:It sucks to see an official source call it 'Tivo DVR'. I remember when Tivo had the PR benefit of being like Xerox or Kleenex, people called every DVR a Tivo. They really lost it, huh. To be fair though, most companies do not want consumers calling other products by their name. You will always see Kleenex refer to their tissues as Kleenex® Brand Tissues. Xerox will always refer to their copiers as Xerox Copy Machines. Since it is TiVo's official Twitter account, that's most likely why. Although you are correct, everyone used to say "oh I'm going to tivo that" and now it's just "oh, i'm going to record that". My TiVo is on the verge of being dropped because my cable rates keep going up and I can save a ton of money switching to DirectTV. I really wish/hope the TiVo-DirectTV boxes would be available soon.
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Shin-chan posted:To be fair though, most companies do not want consumers calling other products by their name. You will always see Kleenex refer to their tissues as Kleenex® Brand Tissues. Xerox will always refer to their copiers as Xerox Copy Machines. Since it is TiVo's official Twitter account, that's most likely why. And Lego® Bricks. It's to prevent dilution of the term leading to the name being declared a generic trademark. The Simpsons posted:Bart: Otto-Man? You're living in a dumpster?
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Golbez posted:And Lego® Bricks. It's to prevent dilution of the term leading to the name being declared a generic trademark. That's all they have left since you can now make the same bricks.
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Aatrek posted:What the gently caress? They have a great iPad interface!
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CapnBry posted:It may or may not work great on a Nook Color tablet, I mean I don't know but a friend told me it does and that doesn't break NDA does it? This guy, Tyrone, says that using the remote app is much faster than using the tivo UI. I find this ironic that the device that is designed to these tasks is so slow and cumbersome compared to a wifi device making a crapton of HTTP calls. Your friend is exactly right. My friend Rick can use the remote app to navigate channels or set season passes literally multiple times faster than the UI.
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Is it true that you have to buy a Tivo proprietary wireless adapter for your Tivo Premiere like it says on their website? I am loath to shell out 60+ bucks for a loving wireless G adapter, especially when I can get a netgear for 30. Is there any way around this?
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Oracle posted:Is it true that you have to buy a Tivo proprietary wireless adapter for your Tivo Premiere like it says on their website? I am loath to shell out 60+ bucks for a loving wireless G adapter, especially when I can get a netgear for 30. Is there any way around this? That's what it sounds like. If you had a spare router, you might be able to make a wireless bridge out of it and do it that way instead. That's what I do for a few of my devices already.
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Press Thumbs Up for more Shark Night 3D
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chemosh6969 posted:That's what it sounds like. If you had a spare router, you might be able to make a wireless bridge out of it and do it that way instead. That's what I do for a few of my devices already. That's what I did, until I got tired of the wireless lag (my 360 and PS3 were also hooked in the same way) and just sent a 30 foot cable around the edge of the room. It worked well, just not quite fast enough for what I wanted. The Premiere itself does not contain any wireless antenna, so you have to wire it into something. As for the Shark Night 3D thing - why don't more ads do that? I'd love for every ad for a TV show to have that kind of capability, why is it wasted on lovely movies?
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Golbez posted:
Occasionally there are TV shows, I know I've set some pilots to record that way. I think the problem is that TiVo probably charges for that functionality and advertisers don't want to pay it just for the small amount of people with TiVo.
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I finally got a Premiere because our bedroom HD was just crashing too drat often. I have to say, it's not as terrible as I feared, but on the other hand it is pretty underwhelming except for the higher capacity and speedier SD menus.
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The only benefit I found over my series 3 is that it can run the Hulu Plus app. The menu showing what I'm watching, until I hit an SD menu is also nice.
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Once TiVo debuts the Android app things will be better. It seemingly runs instantly, minus hanging here and there, and you can navigate menus literally 10x faster than on the device itself.
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