New, Larger Capacity TiVo Mega DVR To Launch At CEDIA

[dfergie]

From Our Friend Dave Zatz
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=10204986
By way of the TiVo Community and whispers on the wind, we learn that TiVo intends to launch a new, higher-end DVR at CEDIA early next month… despite laying off their in-house industrial design hardware team. As to what comes after Roamio Plus and Pro, one can only guess.

I have reason to believe this incoming model will provide significantly more recording capacity, although it’s not entirely clear if this is accomplished via a single 4-6TB drive OR multiple drives working in concert for outrageous amounts of storage.

zatznotfunny.com

Teasers in first post at tivocommunity.com

 

[teachsac]

Or cloud storage? Seems to be the way most are going.

S~

 

[jayn_j]

I wonder what else? Finally bringing on Amazon Prime streaming?

TIVO doesn't have the cloud servers, so would need to team up with Google, Microsoft or some other cloud provider.

 

[jayn_j]

There is also a rumor floating that TIVO is looking into dropping the service fee on the TIVO Mini. That would be a smart move on their part as it would help it be more competitive against the other DVRs.

 

[mike123abc]

There is also a rumor floating that TIVO is looking into dropping the service fee on the TIVO Mini. That would be a smart move on their part as it would help it be more competitive against the other DVRs.

You can get lifetime on the minis for $150, so the box is 250 without monthly fees.

 

[jayn_j]

But the mini is more like Dish' Joey in that it steals resources from a 4-6 tuner TIVO. It can't be the primary DVR.

 

[mike123abc]

But the mini is more like Dish' Joey in that it steals resources from a 4-6 tuner TIVO. It can't be the primary DVR.

Correct, at TiVo DVR can support 3 streams at one time. A stream could be a mini or the TiVo Stream. They do have dynamic tuner allocation though, so if a mini is not being used it does not tie up a tuner on the TiVo. If you have multiple TiVo DVRs the minis can stream programming from any of them (Premiere or Roamio, not the old HD or series 3).

 

[pickone4me]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/8/6111591/the-insane-tivo-mega-can-record-three-years-of-tv
Is that what this is about? Apparently someone thinks its better suited for the "pub area."

 

[Drucifer]

• 24TB recording capacity
• 6 tuners
• Rack mountable
• Raid configuration with hot-swappable drives
• Anodized precision-machined bezel
• Multi-room networking (Ethernet/MoCA®)
• Control with TiVo app, RF remote or IP
• Built-in mobile streaming2

http://custom.tivo.com/mega_products.html

 

[jayn_j]

This was announced here a few months ago. Not cheap and probably overkill for most.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I'm happy with my Romario