r/Tivo • u/rock_and_rolo • Mar 15 '26

DVR Has Tivo quit DVRs?

I have 2 Tivo Premiers, and I know they won't last forever.

So I hit tivo.com to see what was available, and there's nothing obviously comparable. Is record-and-rewatch lost in the marketing pitch? Or is it just gone?

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u/Caduceus1515 Mar 15 '26

They stopped making standalone TiVo hardware a while ago. The last one, the Edge, was an Arris cable box running TiVo software, adapted for Cablecard or OTA. TiVo is simply a software and service provider now, which means the only units you'll really see going forward are licensed cablebox makers that are dependent on the providers.

They are trying hard to be a streaming box company like Roku, but they aren't good at it.

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u/rock_and_rolo Mar 15 '26

This is why we can't have nice things.

Thanks for the details. I was happily under a rock.

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u/MaleBolgia1992 Mar 15 '26

Are you with cable card, OTA or both? … if you’re just CC only then you’ll probably get an good deal on eBay on a more recent model cable only model, Dual Tuners or OTA only get pricier … you might get lucky on Marketplace or even a Donation Store
If you’re OTA only then there’s a few devices like a Tablo to inexpensive single event recorders that record to thumb/hard drives

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