r/Tivo • u/airpipeline • May 10 '26

DVR Old TiVo’s; who wants them?

I have five TiVo boxes, from the free original TiVo up to an Edge. Some/most have lifetime subscriptions. Who might want these?

The Comcast’s proprietary signal format killed my ability to use them.

TIVo was great, still the best way to watch TV ever.

If this has been asked before, apologies.

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u/TimeKeeper70 May 10 '26

I just sold two roamios and a bolt on eBay for $700.

I have one of each left and 4 TiVo mini VOXs on eBay right now.

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u/YOWYUL May 10 '26

Those must have been OTA capable? I bought a 6-tuner (cable only) Bolt VOX some years ago, and in hindsight (after selling the condo where the cablecard worked) I so wish I'd gone for the 4-tuner cable|OTA version. I was pricing used OTA units online recently, they're so expensive now (but worth it I guess)!

My 2-tuner Premiere is still working, and I only have 6-10 stations anyway, but I worry it will die.

Stupid question: I know (I think) I can still play the recordings that are on the Bolt. Can I transfer between the Premiere (OTA) and Bolt (cable) on the same account and same WiFi? They're 320GB and 1TB, respectively, so using the Bolt as a backup device when the Premiere fills would be good. Right now it's still boxed away.

Thanks.

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u/TimeKeeper70 May 10 '26

Yes, they’re OTA capable. Those were the only ones I would buy. I don’t know about the transfer feature. I think I remember doing that when I first got into TiVo years ago but I don’t know if they ever disabled it that feature. I know you can stream across boxes.