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Accessing recordings on old Tivo

Discussion in 'TiVo Home Media Features & TiVoToGo' started by bs0755, Feb 3, 2021.

  1. Feb 3, 2021 #1 of 6
    bs0755

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    I am considering the purchase of a refurbed Roamio to replace an aging Premiere. My question is: Since it has Lifetime Service, would I still have the ability watch/transfer recordings on the Premiere after I remove the cable card, if I leave it connected to my network?

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. Feb 3, 2021 #2 of 6
    ThAbtO

    ThAbtO TiVoholic by the bay TCF Club

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    Cable cards are not locked into your recorded shows, only used to access the channels.
     
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  3. Feb 3, 2021 #3 of 6
    bs0755

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    Thanks—That is what I thought. I just wanted to make sure I am not missing something. So, it seems to me that there would be no problem using the old unit for extra storage?
     
  4. Feb 3, 2021 #4 of 6
    ThAbtO

    ThAbtO TiVoholic by the bay TCF Club

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    Tivo is not a good for a long term storage. If ever, the hard drive fails, you lose everything. Unlike a computer hard drive, when that fails or have small part of the hard drive fail, you can still recover most of the data.
     
  5. Feb 3, 2021 #5 of 6
    krkaufman

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    Yes.
     
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    bs0755

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    Thanks!
     
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