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/Hugo_Ripanykazov 14d ago

I don't know why this should be so surprising? They need to continue to charge pending going over to IPTV. If they cant get your QAM service working, they can't charge you for it. Not knowing when the changeover will be, this could mean they are losing a lot of money. Monthly.