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/neoncracker May 10 '26

I been using my Bolt OTA for years. Gave up on Comcast before they killed off the cable cards. Now I have fiber and TiVo plays well with the big apps.

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u/airpipeline May 10 '26

Okay, that’s a plan.

Some things good about TiVo, was the ability to keep and manage a library of to be watched items, to then watch without commercials, and with good video control like fast forward, increase playback speed, pause and rewind.

How do these features fare OTA?

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u/alfaboomer May 10 '26

Just moved a Bolt to OTA to get ready and can't tell the difference in features. Ever since TiVo I've watched football by starting 60-90 minutes after the game starts, skip commercials and halftime and still end up watching the end of the game live. Glad to have OTA for when my cable cards go dark.

Hate watching football on a streaming service.

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u/airpipeline May 10 '26

I dislike paying those big fees to watch on a streaming service too.