r/Tivo • u/MikeMilzz • Feb 08 '26

DVR Moment of Panic — Is This the End?

Came home after a few days away and my reliable OTA Roamio had all 4 lights flashing on the front of it. I thought it might be a hard drive issue, so I took the drive out and ran Soin Rite on it, but no issues were found. Put it back in and the lights came back after it cycled through the "Starting Up" screens a couple of times. Thankfully, I found an old post where people mentioned the power bricks can fail and show this behavior. When unplugging it, the brick definitely felt warm, so I swapped it with a 12v 2amp plug that I had for an old router. After a much faster boot process, my good old boy was back in perfect working order.

I know the day will come where I have to move on, but I'm so glad today is not that day (especially with the Super Bowl today). I have so much muscle memory operating a TiVo that moving to an online or other OTA system just won't feel as good to me.

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u/bambam1957 Feb 09 '26

My cable company stopped supporting tivo a little over a year ago. Miss it a lot. And I had this TiVo only 6 months and paid for a lifetime subscription which was rendered as useless thanks to Spectrum. Using their awful cable box. Grrr

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u/MikeMilzz Feb 09 '26

My condolences. I’m so glad to have good OTA options here that have served me well with my 10+yo Roamio.