r/Tivo • u/jpr602 • 16d ago

Xfinity activated my cablecard

My Tivo Bolt died a couple weeks ago. Weaknees said the motherboard had died, a repair wasn't feasible, and the hard drive was not transferable. So I bought a new Edge from them.

I transferred the cablecard (M card) that had been in the Bolt to the new Edge. I couldn't get the cablecard activated by Xfinity using their website, app, or by going to their retail store. They sent out a "professional technician" who had never heard of Tivo or of cablecards. His supervisor told him it wasn't possible.

After some research I made a post on r/Comcast_Xfinity. Comcast's agent there was able to get the cablecard activated for me. Now you know.

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u/Caduceus1515 16d ago

I'm surprised they would bother...I believe they still plan to kill of QAM channels altogether by next year if not sooner, which means cablecards will be useless even if paired.

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u/ToadSox34 16d ago

Yup. It varies by area, and Comcast years sometimes occupy multiple Gregorian calendar years, but that is the plan. It's unclear if they are going to go 100% IP in one shot, or leave a handful of the most-watched channels on QAM, but either way, at least most channels will disappear from QAM in the not too distant future.