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Tivo Edge, Anyone?
Nov 29, 2022 08:20:15   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
I bought a Tivo Edge with lifetime service a few months ago. I still haven't connected it, and I'm paying $16.95/month for my old unit. The Edge has different connections than the old one, and I already know that it's not going to work when I connect it. Then, of course, I have several hours of recordings on the current unit. I think I can connect that to a TV to watch the shows.

I have a separate box for the Cable Card. That card will go right inside Tivo Edge, so the box won't be needed.

Have any of you replaced an older Tivo with the Edge? Any advice?

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Nov 30, 2022 06:53:40   #
Dannj
 
Stop buying stuff?😂

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Nov 30, 2022 07:43:07   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Dannj wrote:
Stop buying stuff?😂


But this will save me money - $16.95/mo. : )

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Nov 30, 2022 10:46:10   #
rcarol
 
jerryc41 wrote:
But this will save me money - $16.95/mo. : )


Only if you get it to work.

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Nov 30, 2022 11:04:33   #
Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I bought a Tivo Edge with lifetime service a few months ago. I still haven't connected it, and I'm paying $16.95/month for my old unit. The Edge has different connections than the old one, and I already know that it's not going to work when I connect it. Then, of course, I have several hours of recordings on the current unit. I think I can connect that to a TV to watch the shows.

I have a separate box for the Cable Card. That card will go right inside Tivo Edge, so the box won't be needed.

Have any of you replaced an older Tivo with the Edge? Any advice?
I bought a Tivo Edge with lifetime service a few m... (show quote)

Yes, just install it. You procrastinate too much.

As I mentioned to you yesterday in a separate post, I installed TiVo Edge and it worked flawlessly. BTW, I did have to get a new cable card from Xfinity for the Edge. Your current cable card most likely won’t work, so just get a new one before you start settling it up. I still have my old TiVo box hooked up to a different HDMI port in case I want to look at any programs I still have on that box (but never have). I no longer pay the subscription fee for the old box.

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Nov 30, 2022 12:42:45   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Fredrick wrote:
Yes, just install it. You procrastinate too much.

As I mentioned to you yesterday in a separate post, I installed TiVo Edge and it worked flawlessly. BTW, I did have to get a new cable card from Xfinity for the Edge. Your current cable card most likely won’t work, so just get a new one before you start settling it up. I still have my old TiVo box hooked up to a different HDMI port in case I want to look at any programs I still have on that box (but never have). I no longer pay the subscription fee for the old box.
Yes, just install it. You procrastinate too much. ... (show quote)


We used to have a Spectrum store in town, but it closed. I see there is a store in a different location. I'll get a new card before I start. Thanks for the excuse to delay this even more.

My current box has audio outputs, but the new one doesn't. I doubt that I need those outputs, anyway. The cables go somewhere, but I haven't traced them. The wires back there form a jungle.

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Nov 30, 2022 13:02:58   #
Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area
 
jerryc41 wrote:
We used to have a Spectrum store in town, but it closed. I see there is a store in a different location. I'll get a new card before I start. Thanks for the excuse to delay this even more.

My current box has audio outputs, but the new one doesn't. I doubt that I need those outputs, anyway. The cables go somewhere, but I haven't traced them. The wires back there form a jungle.

The cable that comes with the Edge has an HDMI connection. Hopefully you have those ports on the back of your TV. If not, you’ll probably need to get another cable type.

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Dec 1, 2022 07:40:59   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Fredrick wrote:
The cable that comes with the Edge has an HDMI connection. Hopefully you have those ports on the back of your TV. If not, you’ll probably need to get another cable type.


Yes, this TV has quite a few, but the other one has only two.

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