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By designing an adapter that allows TiVo’s CableCARD-enabled DVRs to view switched digital channels, the cable industry has once again demonstrated its ongoing effort to explore innovative technology ...
The Tivo product was verified for compliance in a recently concluded test wave held at CableLabs's Louisville, Colo. facility. The approval allows Tivo to build and deploy a CableCARD-enabled DCR ...
The cable industry and TiVo Inc., the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that cable operators will next year introduce a new external ...
If you’re thinking about springing for one of the latest TiVos with CableCards inside, you might be in for some rough sledding, if TiVo itself is any indication. It’s been meeting with the FCC ...
They use something called a CableCard, which is a government-mandated piece of hardware that opens up cable systems to third-party devices like TiVo.
As a multi-time Tivo owner over the years, yes, the Tivo will work fine w/o a CableCARD on your unencrypted system. If you using ClearQAM or OTA, you aren't using a CableCARD anyways.
TiVo said it will launch in early 2006 a cable-ready, high-definition DVR with CableCARD built in that also includes a cable tuner.
2 CableCARD Slots: For use with CableCARD decoders. CableCARDs allow the TiVo box to receive and decode encrypted digital programming, such as premium channels. E-SATA: For future use.
Unless you want a set-top box provided by your cable company, TiVo is the only game in town (you cannot build your own CableCARD-compliant DVR right now).
The new TiVo Bolt OTA gives cord-cutters more features, but it's still missing some modern touches.
TiVo's most powerful DVR to date, the Roamio can record up to six things at once, extend to other rooms of your house, and even stream to your iOS devices. But these things don't come cheap.