Am I restricted to only the pre-installed apps?

Opera is now called Vewd.

 

The main menu has Apps. Select that then All.

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There is Apps and there is Add & Manage Apps. The latter (7) are those that can be used with Search. The former (21) are those supplied for general use.

 

Correct. If it's not installed, you can't install it. That's why I have a Roku and Android tablet.

 

Thats one of the peeves with Tivo, one of many... by now after many years I'm sure many were expecting a type of AppStore where you could download the apps you want to your Tivo & Tivo makes no effort at reaching out to companies to get new ones.
FFS there's an HBOgo but no HBOnow on OTA only units, and many Apps that have limited audience... ended up getting a succession of AppleTV's to fill the void that Tivo should've. Kinda sad.

 

Yep I agree. TiVo had a great opportunity to make this an all in one box. I too switched to AppleTVs all around my house. Slowly looking at phasing out TiVo.

 

Yep, TiVo is outdated tablo is way ahead. Wish I had bought tablo instead of TiVo. I made the mistake because of dtv.

 

So the Tablo equivalent 4 tuner would be $299.99 plus $149.99 lifetime guide plus $50 for an external USB hard drive takes you up to $500 roughly versus the TiVo Roamio OTA at $399 and then you still need another device to display the output on the TV if you don't have a smart TV that supports the Tablo client? It looks like they only just recently supported 5.1 Surround Sound and I also don't see that Tablo supports any apps?

Not sure how I see Tablo is way ahead.

Scott

 

TiVo only has OTA attached to one tv. Tablo can be watched on up to six devices. TiVo might be ok for cable tv, with only one tv.

 

Yes at least for the Roamio OTA, you would have had to buy the Stream (which you can only get used now) and Mini's for the remote TV's. The Bolt of course has streaming built-in but generally no the same cheaper price point as the Roamio OTA. I'd still take the Roamio OTA with a used Stream and Mini's over the Tablo.

Scott