Tivo Vox boxes launch/available October 29th

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The video that the TiVo twitter account is showing on Vox shows a lot of individual channel apps. Are they coming or are they only accessible via Plex on TiVo?



Also, any further word on an Amazon Alexa skill for the voice interface?

 

I wonder why they chose to show the same set of icons 4x.

I'm looking forward to taking Hydra for a spin even if it doesn't come with any new apps.

 

I don't think order of 1&2 matter as long as both are done by the time you do 3.

 

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I placed a pre-order with Amazon today, and I had no option to pick the color.

 

Yes!

Yeppers, TiVo Bolt Does HDR*

 

I am also more interested in this... If the remote is within reach, a lot of the voice functionality is redundant.
I think an amazon alexa skill would be much more useful.

 

Well, you need 20.7.4 in order to upgrade to Hydra (which you need for VOX).

I personally would ensure that my box already has 20.7.4 or successfully upgrades to 20.7.4 prior to buying a VOX remote that won't work if your machine can't run 20.7.4 for some reason.

 

It's been known for almost two years that the Bolt was HDR capable.

 

Great info here, thank you. I have two questions that I don't think I've seen asked/answered:

1) Is the TiVo BOLT Vox hardware (CPU speed/memory) the same as the BOLT or is this a faster/better box?
2) If I have a Premiere on my network (seems forced to Gen3), can I still stream shows from it to a Gen4 enabled box? Or does streaming functionality require the Gen4 matched machine as well?

Thanks!

 

“Sorry, voice service is not available right now.” (D402)

 

You may be able to go into the list of available apps and manually turn on the upgrade app. I haven't tested that.

On Sunday morning, you will be able to go to a page on the TiVo website and request the upgrade for any TSN that is on your account. While not technically "forever", you will need to wait 2-3 hours before forcing a call to download the new software.

 

Internals are the same.

DVR-to-DVR streaming works from gen3 to gen4 and vice-versa. It's only the MINI devices that require a compatible Host DVR.

 

White remotes are running a bit behind black ones. The TiVo.com warehouse should have them next week, but Amazon and BBY probably won't get them for another week or so.

 

DVR-to-DVR streaming works from gen3 to gen4 and vice-versa. It's only the MINI devices that require a compatible Host DVR.

 

I just confirmed that Slide remotes and VOX remotes will happily co-exist. First gen MINI's would both require a dongle, but most other boxes have one or the other built-in.

 

Best bet is to hit the web page on Sunday morning and opt-in. Then, wait about 2-3 hours and force a call.

 

DVR-to-DVR works fine in mixed mode

 

Does the new Mini Vox 4K have an upgraded CPU and internals compared to current Mini? @TiVo_Ted

 

Yes, and it is a significant performance increase from MINI to MINI VOX. It also includes built-in Bluetooth. Sorry, but we had to raise the price a little bit on this one. :-(