Tivo's House of Bricks

funny you should post this - I am just on the phone with Tivo tech support and the kindly read me this statement. What a warm fuzzy this is...for Lifetime. But I understand that they can't support old technology forever - at some point things just change. Analog phone lines for example - that's what a Tivo expects at the phone jack, not a digital phone signal. Outdated Api's, etc.
Five years ago, Tivo swapped out my two HD's for two Premiere's and charged $99 for each. Seemed fair.
Maybe you can try that argument....

 

On Monday, the official TiVo line was:

https://forums.tivo.com/pe/action/f...#e11277373&channelID=10&portalPageId=10432560

So now the "temporary alternative" that is "not a resolution" is the "permanent replacement." Sounds like they broke something and finally decided it was more trouble to fix than it was worth.

Odd with that mindset they are still rolling out the MPEG4 software update with one hand while removing features with the other.

 

I am convinced that there are two different sets of people who take turns running TiVo on alternate days or weeks or months.

 

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I don't understand the reference to "bricks". All other functions are working normally?

 

That depends on what you mean by "all other functions."

 

I use wishlist searches to replace Tivo search and amazon fire tv for OTT content.

 

My point is that if you have lifetime subscription, then removing features is a breech of contract! When u bought the lifetime, the features available were what you bought.

If they are removing them, then they need to let you buy a new tivo and transfer the lifetime to it.

But tivo does not see it that way.

 

Actually TiVo Search, as it was before being removed, was not a feature when the S3 was released. There was a different feature called Swivel Search. I'm also fairly certain only local search was available on the S3 at launch.

While I don't like that a bunch of features have been removed it's not as cut and dry as you indicate. There have been many features added and removed over the life of the S3 line. This includes services provided by TiVo (Search) as well as 3rd parties (Youtube, rhapsody, Amazon, etc). Some are under TiVo control and some aren't. Some people have had lifetime on these units for 8 years, others for a few months. How can you use that to determine what features are available?

 

Their liability would be limited to damages; I would guess that the damages in this case would be the appropriate fraction of the current amortized value of your TiVo lost due to not being able to perform the lost functions. You could try submitting that to the TiVo arbitrator and see what you get. I suspect he would read you this from the TiVo User Agreement:

Features and functionality are subject to change. We reserve the right to determine the timing and content of software updates, which may be automatically downloaded and installed by TiVo products without prior notice to you.​

 

The swivel search still works. If you set the TV aspect ratio to 4:3, then the Tivo Search option will give the option to select swivel search.