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The power supply in my 6 tuner Roamio went paws up in September after 6 1/2 years. I bought a non-lifetime Roamio off eBay for $47 for the power...
We fired Spectrum in September. No regrets. Their bill for TV and Internet was $187 a month. Replacement was a lifetime OTA for $249, Philo at...
I bought a refurbished Roamio OTA with lifetime for $250 from Weaknees a couple of months ago. They are currently $280. TiVo may add lifetime to...
Does it have all-in service? If so, you can either leave it on the network to transfer shows, use it like a mini, or sell it on eBay. You can do...
Both failures were built-in supplies. The first was a Series 3 that was a victim of the capacitor debacle. I replaced the caps and all was well....
I've had two TiVos die due to power supply issues. The problems showed up after powering them down. They had been on UPSs for years and never...
Eh? No. Baud rate is the symbol rate. In old modems, that was the bit rate. But modern modems send more than one bit per symbol. So bit rate...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Today's hard drives claim MTBF times of a million hours or so. About 125 years. I'm not sure I believe that,...
Since the Series 2, TiVo has encrypted recordings to the particular box. The drive will work, if it isn't fried, but the recordings will not be...
My TiVo on North Texas Spectrum just popped up the same message. You've changed the world! -- Doug
My Motorola TA needs power cycling every day. It's on a timer that powers it off and on mid-afternoon when I don't have anything recording....
Netflix is on my Apple TV. -- Doug
You can get an HDMI to DVI cable. https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-HDMI-Output-Adapter-Cable/dp/B014I8UU2W. I used one on a similar TV for a...
The debug process on this is to eliminate other possibilities. Try a known good cable. Try a known good switch port. If the TiVo still doesn't...
The downside to this is each connection will be limited to 100Mbs. Gigabit requires all eight wires. If your devices don't need gigabit...
I have mine on a simple light timer to power cycle the TA every day at a time I don't have any recordings scheduled, about 3 in the afternoon for...
Yes. Most of the time. -- Doug
Before the daily power cycling, I would lose access to some channels. Power cycling would bring those channels back, so I power cycle. -- Doug
My experience is different. Same configuration: Motorola TA on Spectrum with Roamio Pro. I've had the TA on a timer for well over a year. It...
My TiVo is not connected through the TA's RF/TV Out port and it complains when the TA powers off and again when it powers back on. The TiVo stops...
