[simon7]

I have a 9-year-old 6-tuner Roamio. Everything is still working mostly, though I have been getting some pixelation/stuttering on occasion recently. Might need a new hard drive.

I've been away from this community for a few years. Is there any real benefit to the new Tivo models? I LIKE the classic operating system, and don't necessarily want to try Hydra or whatever it is called. I use an AppleTV for streaming.

What are the benefits to the new models? Drawbacks? Should I just replace my HDD and be happy? Thanks!

 

[ThAbtO]

The later models to the Roamio (Bolt and Edge) are actually worse than the Roamio. Being, It uses 2.5 inch laptop drives that fail often, v21/HydraTE4 (Tivo Experience) software is a whole different world. Transfers, PC-to-Tivo disabled, under v21. Tivo-to-Tivo transfers are initiated from online.tivo.com and only from Tivo models starting with Premiere.

Best to stay with v20/TE3.

With Roamio, you can swap out the 3.5 inch drives with another Red Plus (ends in EFRX/EFZX) up to 8TB (or more), but it requires a computer/Windows with MFSR program to expand beyond 3TB.

 

[dianebrat]

Replace the HDD and be very happy, you have one of the best built DVRs out there, it's true when they say " they don't make 'em like they used to" and that "used to" is the Roamio.

 

[krkaufman]

Should I just replace my HDD and be happy?

Yes.

 

[simon7]

Thank you for the advice. Cheers!

 

[simon7]

Okay, I'm going to try to 1) replace and upside the HDD to 6TB, 2) keep my recordings. There are various threads when I search. Could some generous soul point me toward the most current info/tools/guide for this?

This thread appears to be the most current: TiVo Roamio Hard Drive Upgrade, PART 1

 

[Scott9mm]

DIY 10TB Roamio

It is now possible to create a 10 TB 16 TB to 20 TB Roamio from your current Roamio image depending on how the starting image was created. I need to create a tool I have created a tool to make it so one does not have to manually hex edit the hard drive. When Since that is done, I will post...

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