this is probably a stupid question, but since i know nothing about tivo, do i have to sign up for each individual tv app, with passwords and usernames and c.c. info, to watch them on tivo? im assuming there are hundres of different channels, and it would be tiresome to have to go thru all that.
Yes. Even though I was already signed in to all of my apps on my Roku, I had to sign in to everything again on the Tivo. Once you're signed in though, it works just like any other streaming device. Some of the apps are free, and you may, or may not, have to set up a password and register, but you won't have to pay a monthly fee to watch.
Thx! What is the difference between cable and antenna? I have roku now and it disconnected my TiVo. I miss my TiVo. I don’t get local channels anymore either, so my tv isn’t being used at all 😢
Do you mean that you have a Roku tv with streaming channels already installed on the tv, or did you disconnect your Tivo to install a Roku Stick or box? I'm not an expert on Roku TV but it should work like most other smart TVs. I have a Visio with 4 hdmi inputs. I have my Bluray on one, an Amazon Firestick on one, and the Tivo on one. The antenna cable is attached directly to the Tivo. I can change inputs from one to the other and they all work and yours should too. Now having said that, I was having problems at first with the tv recognizing these devises. I had to replace my standard hdmi cords with 4k hdmi cords. This solved some of my problems, but I was still having trouble, so I went to my tv menu, and I disabled the "CEC" setting, which in essence made my smart tv into a dumb tv. However, everthing works now, and I can still watch all of the Visio included streaming apps. It may not be called "CEC" on your Roku, but check the manual and see if you can do this. Also, do you mean what is the difference between a Tivo for cable and a Tivo for antenna. If you are getting your local channels via a wall or roof top antenna, then you do not have the Tivo for cable version. That cable version will not work with an antenna. Please, if this doesn't answer your questions, feel free to reach out to me again.
Your videos are very informative but, please, learn to use the auto white balance on your camera to keep your videos from being blue. It's really easy to learn.
I just got a new youtube camera several months ago and I,m still learning to use it. It's smarter than I am! I honestly didn't realize they were too blue though, so I will take you advise. I am partially color blind. Thanks for your constructive comment.
So much depends on your expectations. This was not my first choice because it is extremely internet driven. I am more comfortable with a more traditional dvr with an HDMI hook up like the Tivo or the Tablo Hdmi. Thie Quad is highly recommended by online reviewers. However, if your internet goes out I don't think you can watch your recorded videos (but how often does that happen?). There is a newer model that may be available now that will conform with the atsc 3.0 standard for higher picture quality so make sure that is what you purchase if that is important to you.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 if what is important to me? I told you my requirements. Btw internet is quite reliable where I moved to in Mass. With Verizon Fios. Unlike old Time Warner days in NY. Which btw improved under Spectrum. I hate everything else about Spectrum and have been good friends sadly with the Nationally in charge sales retention dept. Otherwise customer service went extinct under Time Warner. Sadly and it needs to be said in both companies CSR's don't know the difference between their asses and having a mild brain. McDonald's gets it right more often.
This is a TIVO Edge DVR for antenna but I did purchase it from the Channel Master website. At the time, they had a better deal compared to tivo.com. Channel master has discontinued their own line of dvrs.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 reason I didn't bite on it was I read reviews and they were poor and cnet recommended you don't buy one. As everything cm has antiquated everything nothing is up to date.
In June of this year Cnet issued a "best OTA DVR" review and it recommends toe Tivo Edge, AirTV 2, and the Tablo Quad. Heres a link (if I did it right) www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/best-ota-dvr-for-cord-cutters/ The problem is that they are all manufactured at a similar level of quality, but when you're looking for an antenna DVR the field is definitely limited. My old CM DVR+ is 13 years old and it still works fine. I bought the TIVO because the guide on the CM only covers about 24 hours so its a pain to schedule recordings.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 Got to where the instructions said call support to transfer device registration from Channel Master to my account and they have no human support on the weekend
@@kllisk Did you try going to tivo.com? They may have someone available on a live chat at customer service. I contacted them a couple of weekends ago and it took awhile for them to respond, but they were able to answer my question. Of course, they may have let everyone off for Christmas.
Hello Joseph. There may be a bit of a language barrier here. I'm assuming that Irish channels are your local antenna channels. Is your top box a dvr? When you refer to satellite channels, do yo mean like Dish Network or Direct TV or would these be streaming apps like Netflix?
I don't know this for a fact, but my guess is if the commercial skip feature is not available on a channel, it is because the network broadcaster probably has not imbedded the necessary begin/end markers in their signals. Either that, or maybe that network wants to much money from TiVo to enable the commercial skip. Like I say, that is just my guess, but why would TiVo not enable commercial skip if they otherwise could?
I agree, it's in Tivo's best interest to make it s available as possible, and it's probably an issue mostly with antenna TV. Tablo also advertises this feature and they charge you $2.00 more monthly to have it, but I suspect that it probably works just like Tivo. However I researched this and there is very little info available.
I have two questions. Will it record as I'm watching a show so I can rewind it live? Also, If I'm recording two shows will I be able to watch a third one live?
If it's recording two shows at the same time, you can either watch one of the shows you are recording or watch one of the shows you have already recorded. It won't let you watch a third show. If you are watching a show that is being recorded as you watch, you can FF, REW, pause, or even use the slow-mo feature, Hope this helps.
Good question. Is your household electrical current 220/240 volt or 110/120volt? The dvr itself operates on 12v & they supply a 12v to 120v adapter here in the US. On the world market, I imagine they would provide a different power adapter.
Someone told me the other day that it has been discontinued. It is no longer listed on the Tivo website. It is, however, on the ChannelMaster site, which is a Tivo company. They specialize in ota antennas and equipment. They are showing it as out of stock. I tried to contact them a few minutes ago when I saw your comment, but apparently they only communicate during business hours.
It has the port in back, but Tivo says that you can't use the cable card on this OTA antenna model. Apparently they have disabled it. They do make an Edge model for cable though. Thanks for watching.
Tivo still makes the best DVR. It is unfortunate that they stayed with their proprietary app technology that prevented them releasing the newer streaming apps, And some of the ones they provide, like PLEX are horrible. I have been trying to find a way to replace my Tivo after being a loyal customer for 25 years just because of the app situation. I want one box, or at least interphase, that can do it all OTA+apps.
I know what you mean. 4K BluRay players do The same thing. They offer a few apps as a sales tool but there will always be favorite apps missing. We use our Roku or Firesticks for streaming and just switch inputs. Bit of a hassle, but we get all of our apps.
You said you could plug an external hard drive into one of the usb inputs, please give me the details how you can use an external hard drive, I've been wanting to try something like that, thanks.
I made a mistake. I was misinformed and I should have tried it out before saying that in the video. Your comment prompted me to do a little research and I don't think Tivo will allow a plug in solution to the limited storage problem . I am editing that statement out of the video. Thanks so much for your question.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 thanks for reply, I wonder why they put those USB slots on there? I was hoping to save some shows to external device, wonder if you can plug a thumb drive in there and view photos or videos on your TV then. If you come up with something please lmk, I'm wanting to get a tivo unit so I don't have to pay rent for one from cable co. Nice informative video, thanks for posting, good job of editing, couldn't even tell the difference.
@@ftroop211 They don't seem to talk about those usb's much except to mislead you. I am going to try and contact tivo suport tomorrow and see it they can help. Believe it or not, they don't have live chat after 5:00pm.
MAY 2023 Attempted TIVO Edge for antenna no need to pay for ota DVR service with TIVO but locally speaking ota networks in my area NYC CONNECTICUT market have issues staying in FCC adjusting for ATSC 3.0 attempted zapperbox and silicon dust both failed to work... ATSC 3.0 too weak not doable or enjoyable to watch i returned all 3 boxes for a refund
They advertise that you can watch 4K UHD right on the box. However, in retrospect, this may just be that 4K will pass through but not record. I can't test it because we apparently have no 4K broadcasts in our area.
this is probably a stupid question, but since i know nothing about tivo, do i have to sign up for each individual tv app, with passwords and usernames and c.c. info, to watch them on tivo? im assuming there are hundres of different channels, and it
would be tiresome to have to go thru all that.
Yes. Even though I was already signed in to all of my apps on my Roku, I had to sign in to everything again on the Tivo. Once you're signed in though, it works just like any other streaming device. Some of the apps are free, and you may, or may not, have to set up a password and register, but you won't have to pay a monthly fee to watch.
Thx! What is the difference between cable and antenna? I have roku now and it disconnected my TiVo. I miss my TiVo. I don’t get local channels anymore either, so my tv isn’t being used at all 😢
Do you mean that you have a Roku tv with streaming channels already installed on the tv, or did you disconnect your Tivo to install a Roku Stick or box? I'm not an expert on Roku TV but it should work like most other smart TVs. I have a Visio with 4 hdmi inputs. I have my Bluray on one, an Amazon Firestick on one, and the Tivo on one. The antenna cable is attached directly to the Tivo. I can change inputs from one to the other and they all work and yours should too.
Now having said that, I was having problems at first with the tv recognizing these devises. I had to replace my standard hdmi cords with 4k hdmi cords. This solved some of my problems, but I was still having trouble, so I went to my tv menu, and I disabled the "CEC" setting, which in essence made my smart tv into a dumb tv. However, everthing works now, and I can still watch all of the Visio included streaming apps. It may not be called "CEC" on your Roku, but check the manual and see if you can do this.
Also, do you mean what is the difference between a Tivo for cable and a Tivo for antenna. If you are getting your local channels via a wall or roof top antenna, then you do not have the Tivo for cable version. That cable version will not work with an antenna.
Please, if this doesn't answer your questions, feel free to reach out to me again.
Your videos are very informative but, please, learn to use the auto white balance on your camera to keep your videos from being blue. It's really easy to learn.
I just got a new youtube camera several months ago and I,m still learning to use it. It's smarter than I am! I honestly didn't realize they were too blue though, so I will take you advise. I am partially color blind. Thanks for your constructive comment.
Tablo QUAD Over-The-Air [OTA] DVR , tell me more. This is only one that seems promising.
So much depends on your expectations. This was not my first choice because it is extremely internet driven. I am more comfortable with a more traditional dvr with an HDMI hook up like the Tivo or the Tablo Hdmi. Thie Quad is highly recommended by online reviewers. However, if your internet goes out I don't think you can watch your recorded videos (but how often does that happen?). There is a newer model that may be available now that will conform with the atsc 3.0 standard for higher picture quality so make sure that is what you purchase if that is important to you.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 if what is important to me? I told you my requirements. Btw internet is quite reliable where I moved to in Mass. With Verizon Fios. Unlike old Time Warner days in NY. Which btw improved under Spectrum. I hate everything else about Spectrum and have been good friends sadly with the Nationally in charge sales retention dept. Otherwise customer service went extinct under Time Warner. Sadly and it needs to be said in both companies CSR's don't know the difference between their asses and having a mild brain. McDonald's gets it right more often.
is this the channel master one??
This is a TIVO Edge DVR for antenna but I did purchase it from the Channel Master website. At the time, they had a better deal compared to tivo.com. Channel master has discontinued their own line of dvrs.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 reason I didn't bite on it was I read reviews and they were poor and cnet recommended you don't buy one. As everything cm has antiquated everything nothing is up to date.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 when CM sets the bar so low, everyone else produces crap.
@@TheAdultContemporaryMusicCh My take is that
In June of this year Cnet issued a "best OTA DVR" review and it recommends toe Tivo Edge, AirTV 2, and the Tablo Quad. Heres a link (if I did it right) www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/best-ota-dvr-for-cord-cutters/ The problem is that they are all manufactured at a similar level of quality, but when you're looking for an antenna DVR the field is definitely limited.
My old CM DVR+ is 13 years old and it still works fine. I bought the TIVO because the guide on the CM only covers about 24 hours so its a pain to schedule recordings.
Setup was a fail for my Tivo edge OTA all in trying to setup on weekend when support is unavailable
How far through the process did you get?
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 Got to where the instructions said call support to transfer device registration from Channel Master to my account and they have no human support on the weekend
@@kllisk Did you try going to tivo.com? They may have someone available on a live chat at customer service. I contacted them a couple of weekends ago and it took awhile for them to respond, but they were able to answer my question. Of course, they may have let everyone off for Christmas.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 All is well watching TH-cam on it now
@@kllisk Great. I'm glad it's all resolved.
Hi I am in Ireland and I can't get satellite channels to load on my top box only my irish channels can you help me please thanks
Hello Joseph. There may be a bit of a language barrier here. I'm assuming that Irish channels are your local antenna channels. Is your top box a dvr? When you refer to satellite channels, do yo mean like Dish Network or Direct TV or would these be streaming apps like Netflix?
I think you covered this, but just to make sure, did you say that you can’t record shows from your apps, like Fox News?
Thanks.
No, you can't record shows from your streaming apps. It would be a nice perk if you could, but I don't think there is any DVR that will do that.
I don't know this for a fact, but my guess is if the commercial skip feature is not available on a channel, it is because the network broadcaster probably has not imbedded the necessary begin/end markers in their signals. Either that, or maybe that network wants to much money from TiVo to enable the commercial skip. Like I say, that is just my guess, but why would TiVo not enable commercial skip if they otherwise could?
I agree, it's in Tivo's best interest to make it s available as possible, and it's probably an issue mostly with antenna TV. Tablo also advertises this feature and they charge you $2.00 more monthly to have it, but I suspect that it probably works just like Tivo. However I researched this and there is very little info available.
Thank you!
You're welcome, and I appreciate you watching my video.
I have two questions. Will it record as I'm watching a show so I can rewind it live? Also, If I'm recording two shows will I be able to watch a third one live?
If it's recording two shows at the same time, you can either watch one of the shows you are recording or watch one of the shows you have already recorded. It won't let you watch a third show. If you are watching a show that is being recorded as you watch, you can FF, REW, pause, or even use the slow-mo feature, Hope this helps.
Can it work in Jamaica 🇯🇲?
Good question. Is your household electrical current 220/240 volt or 110/120volt? The dvr itself operates on 12v & they supply a 12v to 120v adapter here in the US. On the world market, I imagine they would provide a different power adapter.
Can't find the TIVO Edge for Antenna anywhere. Would anyone know if they still make it?
Someone told me the other day that it has been discontinued. It is no longer listed on the Tivo website. It is, however, on the ChannelMaster site, which is a Tivo company. They specialize in ota antennas and equipment. They are showing it as out of stock. I tried to contact them a few minutes ago when I saw your comment, but apparently they only communicate during business hours.
It still has a CableCard port in the back
It has the port in back, but Tivo says that you can't use the cable card on this OTA antenna model. Apparently they have disabled it. They do make an Edge model for cable though. Thanks for watching.
If it's like the tivo bolt than it's not gonna have the connections the hole is just there.
@@SCP_Gate-Guardian That's right. There is probably a way that you could jerry rig it so that a card will work, but I don't know the secret.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 Even if you could Jerry rig it it's more than likely software locked to antenna
@@SCP_Gate-Guardian I think you're probably right.
Tivo still makes the best DVR. It is unfortunate that they stayed with their proprietary app technology that prevented them releasing the newer streaming apps, And some of the ones they provide, like PLEX are horrible. I have been trying to find a way to replace my Tivo after being a loyal customer for 25 years just because of the app situation. I want one box, or at least interphase, that can do it all OTA+apps.
I know what you mean. 4K BluRay players do The same thing. They offer a few apps as a sales tool but there will always be favorite apps missing. We use our Roku or Firesticks for streaming and just switch inputs. Bit of a hassle, but we get all of our apps.
You said you could plug an external hard drive into one of the usb inputs, please give me the details how you can use an external hard drive, I've been wanting to try something like that, thanks.
I made a mistake. I was misinformed and I should have tried it out before saying that in the video. Your comment prompted me to do a little research and I don't think Tivo will allow a plug in solution to the limited storage problem . I am editing that statement out of the video. Thanks so much for your question.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 thanks for reply, I wonder why they put those USB slots on there? I was hoping to save some shows to external device, wonder if you can plug a thumb drive in there and view photos or videos on your TV then. If you come up with something please lmk, I'm wanting to get a tivo unit so I don't have to pay rent for one from cable co. Nice informative video, thanks for posting, good job of editing, couldn't even tell the difference.
@@ftroop211 They don't seem to talk about those usb's much except to mislead you. I am going to try and contact tivo suport tomorrow and see it they can help. Believe it or not, they don't have live chat after 5:00pm.
MAY 2023
Attempted TIVO Edge for antenna no need to pay for ota DVR service with TIVO
but locally speaking ota networks in my area NYC CONNECTICUT market have issues staying in FCC adjusting for ATSC 3.0 attempted zapperbox and silicon dust both failed to work...
ATSC 3.0 too weak not doable or enjoyable to watch
i returned all 3 boxes for a refund
That's a shame. You would think that NYC would be cutting edge.
No TiVo will record 4K.
They advertise that you can watch 4K UHD right on the box. However, in retrospect, this may just be that 4K will pass through but not record. I can't test it because we apparently have no 4K broadcasts in our area.
@@deerparkhomeshop2471 You're right. The Houston area is stuck in SD and 1080p for broadcast video. Go figure.
@@MrKen-wy5dk You are absolutely right. I have a 4K Firestick so I am occasionally able to see a 4K program.