All My TiVos

I have a good pile of them as well in my storage unit.

A premiere, The Original Series 3. A Direct TV Model

 

I still have one of the original HD DirecTivos up in my attic somewhere. I think the thing cost $1000. I wish I had all the money I've spent on gadgets that are now obsolete.

 

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Me too. I spent $1000 on a 1 GB hard drive back in the early 90s.

I just can't bring myself to recycle the old Tivos though. There's unusual nostalgia tied to those things.

 

My "pile" consists of a 540 (works), 540 (no sub), and an HD (blinking green light of death).

One step from the pile is a 240 with a USB NIC and digital converter on the attic antenna.

We use the Roamio OTA, Roamio Basic, and 4 minis.

With the Rovi switchover, the OTA didn't record some shows, and I was able to transfer them over from the 240 in all their SD, RF modulated glory.

 

In 1995, I bought a state of the art Pentium Pro PC from Quantex. To even things out, I got my wife an 18K gold diamond tennis bracelet. Guess which still gets used regularly?


"A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married." - H. L. Mencken

 

That is so cool!
I am not that organized. Mine are all over the house. I recall giving away at least one of my first Tivos to a friend, long before the masses had DVRs. But...I can not find it in my heart to get rid of my Tivos not in rotation.

 

I've had a total of 5 TiVos so far (in order)

1. Sony Series 1 (sold)
2. Humax Series 2 (sold)
3. Sony Series 2 w/Lifetime (bought used, still works but not in use)
4. TiVo HD (died after 7-1/2 faithful years, currently collecting dust)
5. Roamio (present unit)

 

Wow, did you have a lot of TV's (plus looks like you switched between cable and DirectTV)? I have 2 S1's in the basement, 2 S3 OLED's still connected but not actively recording anything and 1 Roamio Pro from the last 17 years (not counting my son's HD and an HD with bad cable tuners that was given to me to play with OTT).

Scott

 

I can't beat or even tie that, but I do have a nice pile:

2 Bolts with lifetime
2 Series 1 (with lifetime)
2 Series 1 (had lifetime, transferred to the bolts)
1 Series 1 (with nothing)

The 5 S1s are now ready to be recycled because, other than possibly recording a security camera, I can't think of anything to do with them. So sad...

 

I have way too many TiVos.

 

How long did it take you to collect that all together to take the picture?

 

Maybe an hour. Most were in the dining room already but two were in the garage and 5 were being used with TVs.

 

Title for a soap opera: "All my children TiVos"

 

Holy crap! How much did you spend on all of those?

 

About $10k?

 

Close. I think it was about $7K. I am pretty sure each TiVo was under $200 average and I have 6 lifetimes.

 

Wow. You win!

I've had a meager, all life-timed:

1. Series 2 (gifted to a friend)
2. Series 2 (lost in a move)
3. Series 2 (somewhere - drive was dying but I had zillions of Ed Sullivan's on it that I wanted to get off, couldn't, and in despair tossed it somewhere with the idea of getting back to it somehow.)
4. Series 3 (works but not using)
5. Series 3 HD (in use)
6. Roamio Basic
7. Roamio Plus
8. Roamio Pro

 

I found one more TiVo that has a bad power supply. That makes 19 total.