I really don't care much about the menus being SD or HD.I am wondering after all the issues with the Premiere if they will get an Elite right away or will wait.
Me personally i have had 0 issues with Premiere but i still want 2 things before i will get an Elite.
1) Full HD menus not the half SD/Half HD we have now
2) Streaming (which was working in the earlier version of software).
Once those 2 are done ill get an Elite.
Would love to have
1) Scheduling on one box and the tivo goes and finds an open tuner on the network. You can say which one you prefer but overall it goes to a free tuner
Actually, based upon reports here, it WASN'T working, which is presumably why they turned it off.2) Streaming (which was working in the earlier version of software).
I think at one point the second core was also 'coming soon'... We know nothing until it's enabled, tested, and working. Anything less is an assumption.aaronwt said:We know that streaming is coming soon.
amazon prime would be nice....i did just buy an LG st600 which is wonderful.My conditions:
1) HD menus working and complete
2) Second core working
3) Streaming working
4) Amazon Prime working
5) Free lifetime transfer from my Premiere to the Elite.
Then I'd consider buying it.
I think at one point the second core was also 'coming soon'... We know nothing until it's enabled, tested, and working. Anything less is an assumption.
Same here it would have been nice having 4 tuners in one box, but 2TB storage would not be enough for me. I have 5.25TB and 6 tuners for OTA now but never use more than 4 tuners, but do use the storage by the end of the season (save up stuff for summer).No OTA, no Elite for me.
I agree! I love the idea of having four tuners, but without OTA I'm not really interested in the Elite. It's always nice to have the option to ditch Cable TV down the road and save some money. When Tivo took away that option, they took away my interest.No OTA, no Elite for me.
Though to be honest, if you're saving stuff up for SUMMER, you could easily download it to a cheap computer drive.. Plus then you also don't lose the recordings if the Tivo dies.Same here it would have been nice having 4 tuners in one box, but 2TB storage would not be enough for me. I have 5.25TB and 6 tuners for OTA now but never use more than 4 tuners, but do use the storage by the end of the season (save up stuff for summer).
seriously? Customer support isn't going to know. With current chips, they could (reasonably) have 4 cable or 4 OTA, not both.I asked Tivo customer support why they did away with OTA in the Elite and I was told that most people don't get a lot of channels OTA. So the added expense to the box wouldn't be worth it. But, even if I get as little as four channels OTA then maybe there might be programming on all four of those channels at the same time slot I might want to record.
Why not both? But I Believe that since Tivo now has a contract with Charter Cable, it's cheaper for them to only make one version of the Elite.With current chips, they could (reasonably) have 4 cable or 4 OTA, not both.
Not sure the hard drive in my computer is any more or less likely to fail than the ones in my TiVos. Of course something else other than the hard drive could go on a TiVo that I couldn't fix. I certainly know the external drive on my Series 3 HD is problematic, I really should do an internal upgrade on that one.Though to be honest, if you're saving stuff up for SUMMER, you could easily download it to a cheap computer drive.. Plus then you also don't lose the recordings if the Tivo dies.
Plus, the premieres are already way faster than the (slow) TivoHD & Series 3s for transferring.. the Elite might be even faster??
Yes, the cable company version of the Elite is called the Q. Same box, different faceplate.But I Believe that since Tivo now has a contract with Charter Cable, it's cheaper for them to only make one version of the Elite.
The Elite was designed with cable companies in mind, to be sold and marketed by the cable companies wasn't it? Seems like they have a vested interest in there being no OTA support, or at the very least, no incentive to add OTA support.I asked Tivo customer support why they did away with OTA in the Elite and I was told that most people don't get a lot of channels OTA. So the added expense to the box wouldn't be worth it.
There's also no such thing as a 4 tuner OTA and cable chip. Having to duplicate those would of added significantly to the cost and the complexity of the software. My guess is it would of added $100 or more to the final cost. Plus, since it is for cable companies, it makes even more sense as most cable users do not use OTA.The Elite was designed with cable companies in mind, to be sold and marketed by the cable companies wasn't it? Seems like they have a vested interest in there being no OTA support, or at the very least, no incentive to add OTA support.
If you need one now, you will need one with the Elite. You may have to check with the cable company to make sure the TA firmware supports more than two streams.I suppose this will still require a separate TA box? I'm on TWC Charlotte, NC and there's a lot of SDV.
If they don't then a FCC complaint would be the correct response. The deadline has passed for the firmware to be out to support 4 tuners. If they don't they are violating the FCC mandate.If you need one now, you will need one with the Elite. You may have to check with the cable company to make sure the TA firmware supports more than two streams.
