Monday, August 19, 2013

TiVo announces Roamio DVR line: a four-tuner cord-cutting dream for $199


It's been leaked for a while, but TiVo just officially announced the Roamio DVR lineup, which replaces the Premiere. it's a hefty set of upgrades: all the new models feature a faster processor, at least four tuners, an RF remote, a reworked Netflix app that's much faster, and support for the DIAL protocol used in the Chromecast for streaming from Netflix and YouTube on mobile devices. You'll get all that in the base model Roamio, which costs $199 and features four tuners that work with an antenna or basic cable, 500GB of storage good for 75 hours of recording, and built-in Wi-Fi — an odd thing to call out in 2013, but a first for TiVo. If you're a cord-cutter who wants local TV and you're willing to pay TiVo's $14.99 / month service...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/20/4638806/tivo-announces-roamio-roamio-plus-roamio-pro-dvr

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