[NashGuy]

Well, I may on the verge of eating my words that the Series 6 Bolt would be the last-ever iteration of the TiVo DVR to support CableCARD. Looks like TiVo and Arris are cookin' up something new.

Tivo Preps Series 7 'Tivo Edge' DVR Made by Arris

 

[JoeKustra]

Three MAC addresses could mean built-in MoCA? Or a bad label. Also, 30W is pretty juicy.

 

[krkaufman]

I can’t imagine they’d drop MoCA from a model designed for cable use. (But then I didn’t see the sense in their dropping it from the OTA-only model, either.)

 

[CloudAtlas]

Three MAC addresses could mean built-in MoCA? Or a bad label.

WiFi, Ethernet, and MOCA. Or WiFi, Ethernet and Bluetooth.

It's the Arris MG3 Cable Media Gateway with Cable Card. Now will there be a matching Mini Qi4?

 

[humbb]

Parallelepiped shaped, and peach colored?

 

[ajwees41]

could be using downloadable security, not cable card

 

[krkaufman]

Parallelepiped shaped, and peach colored?

Shape sounds OK; color not so much.

 

[krkaufman]

could be using downloadable security, not cable card

Perhaps in addition to...

 

[JoeKustra]

Correction. It's 12V at 30W, so no big deal. I don't think they would show a CableCARD trademark if it wasn't used.

 

[krkaufman]

Also, 30W is pretty juicy.

2.5A would be less than the BOLT's 3A.

The power adapter for the Bolt OTA is larger and the output is 12.0V and 3.0A.

 

[lucidrenegade]

Hopefully they'll switch back to 3.5" drives.

 

[KevTech]

Hopefully not too long before they have the photos: FCC ID ACQ-MG3R Set Top Box by ARRIS

 

[jfalkingham]

A newer version of this?

MG2 Cable Media Gateway | ARRIS

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[Diana Collins]

Hopefully they'll switch back to 3.5" drives.

Unfortunately, the Arris MG3 uses 2.5" drives.

 

[Diana Collins]

A newer version of this?

MG2 Cable Media Gateway | ARRIS

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Yup, that's the Bolt version.

 

[krkaufman]

Roamio ... built-in transcoding for mobile streaming (roaming)
BOLT ... upgraded hardware for 4K and better overall performance

EDGE ... ??? ... (standing at the edge of CableCARD support, peering into the abyss?)

p.s. As a bland interpretation, the “-R” in MG3-R likely just means “Retail.”

 

[jfalkingham]

I just bought another bolt vox on sale for $250, might be returning that

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[NashGuy]

What's our speculation in terms of how the TiVo Edge would differ from the TiVo Bolt? Other than having a chipset that's a bit faster (and better at transcoding), I can't really think of anything else it might have. Dolby Vision? I kinda doubt it. An updated Vox remote with no thumbs? Seems likely but hardly anything to get excited about.

The only thing I can think of that would make a significant difference is if this box runs TiVo's customized ("Operator Tier") version of Google's Android TV, the way that the STBs in the TiVo Next-Gen IPTV Platform do. Having that platform would allow for much more robust app support. But a key question is whether (or how easily) CableCARD can be supported within Android TV. I'm not aware of any devices that run both (although some may exist).

 

[CloudAtlas]

Unfortunately, the Arris MG3 uses 2.5" drives.

Where did see the HDD specs on the Arris MG3?

 

[CloudAtlas]

What's our speculation in terms of how the TiVo Edge would differ from the TiVo Bolt? Other than having a chipset that's a bit faster (and better at transcoding), I can't really think of anything else it might have. Dolby Vision? I kinda doubt it. An updated Vox remote with no thumbs? Seems likely but hardly anything to get excited about.

DOCSIS 3.1 and WiFi 5?