Wow. I can't believe I'm back. I was a long ago series 1 user who managed to take a simple series one, upgrade the HD, put it on a RF/IR modulated system and basically give my entire house a network dvr. Tune to channel 99 and there was tivo. Back in 1998 that was pretty amazing.
I left tivo when I went HD and now am sick and tired of my Version equipment rental fees. I just sent their DVR back when Verizon scrapped my DVR for life credit because of a screw up. This has me wanting to get rid of the other 6 STB's and brought me back to tivo. Here are my questions: (assume a tivo romaio plus with a cable card, and several tivo mini's.
1. How many tivo mini's can you attach to a single tivo romaio plus?
2. using a romaio plus and mini's can I really replace my Fios STB's? (I have no need for any of the fios on-demand content, never used any of it) Is the tivo guide good enough? Is the channel changing really slow? OR is it amazingly well designed and actually pretty responsive? This has to pass muster with the family and also pass the WAF.
3. I'm a lifetime only kind of guy. So I have to get a lifetime sub for the romaio plus, but do I have to get a lifetime subscription for each of the mini's? I see a deal for 149.99 with lifetime service. I see bestbuy sells the mini for 149.99 but no mention of service. Please set me straight on how service fees work with the mini.
4. I see a "buying service" auction on eBay for 49 bucks to _help_ you buy a tivo at a 200+ discount. What's this all about. Sure I want a discount, but I would rather do it myself and not have to spend another 49 bucks. What are these guys doing to get discounted hardware/service?
5. How does Tivo handle protected content on FIOS? My understanding that HBO, Showtime and other premium channels as well as TMC, ESPN and some others have a copy once protection. Will Tivo allow watching these live on the romaio plus? Will it allow the mini's to watch those channels live? Will it allow recording and playback on the romaio plus and mini's? Set me straight on how content protection is handled on Tivo.
6. Check my math:
Fios Monthly Equipment Rental Fees 7 STB's, 7.99 each/month=55.93*12=671.16 per year.
At full price, tivo romaio plus, 399.99+ lifetime service 499.99+6 mini's (if that many can actually be connected to 1 romaio plus) at 149.99=1,799.92 for hardware.
Divide the 55.93 into the 1799 and you come up with 33 months before you break even. After that, you are getting DVR+STB service for FREE. I didn't take into consideration the cable card rental fees at 4.99 each month, but I can accept that.
My first Tivo I ran for over 10 years and would still be running it if it weren't for HDMI and HD. I'm into long term savings and would be willing to shell out big bucks now in order to save lots in the long run.
Very interested in your thoughts on this.
So fire away. Let me know if any of this makes sense or if I'm going down a slippery slope. I'm really interested in knowing how well the system works as a STB replacement. Understand everything will be Ethernet cabled. No wifi. I'm going to try and get a demo on the hardware if possible.
Roveer
I left tivo when I went HD and now am sick and tired of my Version equipment rental fees. I just sent their DVR back when Verizon scrapped my DVR for life credit because of a screw up. This has me wanting to get rid of the other 6 STB's and brought me back to tivo. Here are my questions: (assume a tivo romaio plus with a cable card, and several tivo mini's.
1. How many tivo mini's can you attach to a single tivo romaio plus?
2. using a romaio plus and mini's can I really replace my Fios STB's? (I have no need for any of the fios on-demand content, never used any of it) Is the tivo guide good enough? Is the channel changing really slow? OR is it amazingly well designed and actually pretty responsive? This has to pass muster with the family and also pass the WAF.
3. I'm a lifetime only kind of guy. So I have to get a lifetime sub for the romaio plus, but do I have to get a lifetime subscription for each of the mini's? I see a deal for 149.99 with lifetime service. I see bestbuy sells the mini for 149.99 but no mention of service. Please set me straight on how service fees work with the mini.
4. I see a "buying service" auction on eBay for 49 bucks to _help_ you buy a tivo at a 200+ discount. What's this all about. Sure I want a discount, but I would rather do it myself and not have to spend another 49 bucks. What are these guys doing to get discounted hardware/service?
5. How does Tivo handle protected content on FIOS? My understanding that HBO, Showtime and other premium channels as well as TMC, ESPN and some others have a copy once protection. Will Tivo allow watching these live on the romaio plus? Will it allow the mini's to watch those channels live? Will it allow recording and playback on the romaio plus and mini's? Set me straight on how content protection is handled on Tivo.
6. Check my math:
Fios Monthly Equipment Rental Fees 7 STB's, 7.99 each/month=55.93*12=671.16 per year.
At full price, tivo romaio plus, 399.99+ lifetime service 499.99+6 mini's (if that many can actually be connected to 1 romaio plus) at 149.99=1,799.92 for hardware.
Divide the 55.93 into the 1799 and you come up with 33 months before you break even. After that, you are getting DVR+STB service for FREE. I didn't take into consideration the cable card rental fees at 4.99 each month, but I can accept that.
My first Tivo I ran for over 10 years and would still be running it if it weren't for HDMI and HD. I'm into long term savings and would be willing to shell out big bucks now in order to save lots in the long run.
Very interested in your thoughts on this.
So fire away. Let me know if any of this makes sense or if I'm going down a slippery slope. I'm really interested in knowing how well the system works as a STB replacement. Understand everything will be Ethernet cabled. No wifi. I'm going to try and get a demo on the hardware if possible.
Roveer
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