TiVo Mini Hooks a Tiny DVR Extender to Your Second TV for $100

 

The new TiVo miniskirt replaces your second DVR, but it won’t completely do away with additional subscription bes.

TiVo Mini solves sensation of the great problems of DVRs — they’re awesome for a single TV and less awesome when you want to watch TV in another room. That has always meant buying a second DVR and subject an additional subscription. TiVo Mini replaces that second DVR with a smaller knock that gives you all the functionality of the Premiere 4.

But here’s the rub: The Mini only works with the TiVo Premiere 4. The Mini requires the use of single of the four tuners in the Premiere to work. It also requires a pumped-up(a) connection to your home network. If you want to watch live TV from your TiVo, you’re discharge to need more bandwidth than Wi-Fi can muster. No one enjoys buffering during Breaking Bad.

Although TiVo Mini will reduce the $13-a-month subscription cost of a second TiVo, it still will set you backrest six bucks a month with a 12-month commitment — if you purchase the TiVo Mini for $100. Fork over $250 up front and you ride a lifetime subscription with your TiVo Mini. You can weigh the cost benefits of going monthly or paying up front. Still, the little buffet is cheaper than a second TiVo and works with your old non-HDTV thanks to fortune or composite video output signals. Of course, if you’re the type with complete dough for a house full of HDTVs, TiVo Mini has HDMI output for that second HDTV.

 

Materials taken from WIRED