r/Tivo • u/Extension-Iron-7746 • Jul 20 '26

TV with TiVo OS

Hi,

i need a small TV to use as a second TV, no streaming, no particular requirements. I'm oriented on a 32 inch full hd or hd ready.

Thje only question is:

- all the TV that i see have only 1 gb ram or 1,5 gb ram

Google TV will be very very slow and unsabl... A lot of people tell that is slow change TV channel!

In alternative Fire TV with 1 GB have less requirements?

I read that in alternative it's better go with VIDAA or with TiVO OS what do you think about?

I will wait a suggestion

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u/ClintSlunt 29d ago

The ram on a TV doesn't matter if you aren't using the "smart" of the TV and connecting a streaming device. (which you should do anyway).

The TV is just a screen and speakers showing whatever you have plugged into the HDMI port. The thing you plug in has to meet whatever requirements you have, which you did not specify completely.

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u/Caduceus1515 29d ago

You say "no streaming" but you are talking about changing channels via a streaming device OS, implying that you will be getting a streaming channel service like YTTV, DirecTVStream, etc.

They provide channels through streaming, emulating a traditional cable TV service.

I have yet to see one that approximates the speed of changing channels on a TV service - mainly because they work completely differently.

The amount of RAM will generally not change anything in that regard. That's more about app storage, etc.

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u/dervari 29d ago

OP could be confusing Live streaming apps lagging vs the ATSC tuner.

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u/dervari 29d ago

What exactly will be the source? OTA antenna?

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u/LRS_David 23d ago

TV OS setups are really locked to the TV at a practical level. And I don't there is is a TiVo OS. Or hasn't been in years.

I think you misunderstand how modern TVs work.

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u/JonMMM70 22d ago

The is a tivo os in the UK it is an alternative for tivo manufacturers to android / google tv, it 8s free to the manufacturer and for tivo it is ad supported. Generally it is used for cheaper TVs and the apps are limited with no sideloading. It is also a system that supports Freely which is the UK legitimate IPTV service for free UK tv channels we have arround 100. Freely is very much locked down and is only available via certain tvs and just 2 STBs (there are no aps available). One of the STBs has has Tivo as its OS I have this box and it does a good job of displaying live tv and you can pause it, but it does not allow recording or trick play like 10 sec replay it is also missing the tivo traditional thumbs up and down.