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These minis with rf / ir remote are currently the 2nd gen. mini and the rf remote is a nice feature if you want to hide your equipment. These will need either an Ethernet connection or MoCA enabled on your Tivo DVR, either the 4 tuner Premiere, or any of the Roamio series. The minis use one of the tuners from the main Tivo DVR so you can operate multiple minis simultaneously, but not more than you have available tuners. Recording a show takes a tuner from the pool. Tivo has pretty decent phone support. The investment in Tivo equipment is substantial but the payback is in the 2 yr range compared to cable company equipment and the features are usually vastly superior.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Mine died within a month had to get replacement. TiVo's don't play nice with cable providers as TiVo is their competitor and there are tons of issues. Always randomly dropping connections, requires a tuning adapter and is very slow switching channels. Tivo and cable providers always point fingers at each other in the end consumer stuck with a buggy poorly working product.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This little box is a great addition for my TiVo setup and helping me stay away from overpriced cable rental fees for their boxes. I have two (2) of these connecting to my Premiere 4. When they are not in standby ( I put them in standby to not use my tuners when they are not being watched), they use one of the tuners (each) from the Premiere 4, and I can watch any channel I can get on the main TiVo DVR. You can watch your recorded shows from the main TiVo DVR on the Mini. I have one Mini connected via an Ethernet cable and the otherMini connected via MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) and both function great although there seems to be just a very slight delay with the controls (I am talking milliseconds) using MoCA vs. Ethernet. The way TiVo has everything setup, these have Lifetime Service (no monthly fee). The RF capable remote is fantastic!!!!!!!! You do not have to point the remote at the TiVo to operate it. The best thing about the RF remote, is that I can put both of my Minis right next to each other for football and have multiple games on multiple TVs and since the RF mode PAIRS with the Mini it will NOT operate both Minis at the same time. If in IR mode, the remote will operate both TiVo Minis if they are in the path of the IR beam. The older version of the Mini TCDA92000 does not have RF ability. If you have TiVo and more than one TV this is a must for the TiVo fan.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I'm a big fan of Tivo OTA and cut our cable 2 years ago. We purchased this mini to add a 4th tv room to the main Tivo Roamio box. While the unit functions correctly (now), the process of "unsubscribing" it from its former box, plus paying $49 to Tivo to "activate" this box was additional time and expense I had not counted on. The process took me 3 days of follow up calls with Tivo, and in hindsight I might have simply purchased a brand new mini instead of one of the earliest models; for the aforementioned reasons I'm rating this 4 stars instead of 5 stars. Having said that, having a TIVO box and the associated mini boxes has been a wonderful alternative to cable, as we have been able to record OTA (over the air) programming in HD and we also can stream Netflix, Amazon Prime, Pandora, etc.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
We've had a TiVo for a few years now and we love it. We can set up to record whole seasons of a show with just a few clicks, pause or rewind live TV, and record a show while watching another. Our old TiVo had just two tuners, so we were limited to recording just two shows or recording one while watching another. The Premiere4 has four tuners, so now we can record up to four shows at one time! It's been great, especially with all the new fall shows coming on. It's easy to set up, easy to use, and far superior to anything else we've ever used.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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