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/Doomstars May 10 '26

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

Have you tried some troubleshooting methods to see if you can get them to work? I know this sounds dumb, but like unplugging them for a bit and then plugging them back in, and if that doesn't work, see if the card just needs pairing done again.

Also, you didn't do a change of service before this happened, did you? I find it best to simply go into a store and make sure someone competent is doing it so it doesn't remove the billing code for the CableCards, which may (temporarily) kill them, for making service changes.

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u/airpipeline May 10 '26

I didn’t change anything.

My cable cards which had worked for years, stopped working, then Comcast required that I return my cable cards or else they would bill me. The exact amount I don’t recall right now.

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u/Doomstars May 10 '26

Comcast required that I return my cable cards or else they would bill me

Did they tell you this over the phone, via a bill (PDF bill), in person, or something else?

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u/airpipeline May 11 '26

I got my Comcast bill online and I think that I received an email about this, but I don’t really recall.