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We have been selling TiVo DVRs for well over a decade now and I don’t think we have ever seen a situation quite like this one. TiVo is selling the Roamio Plus and Roamio Pro DVRs with lifetime service at far under our wholesale cost. The Roamio Plus is $599.98 with lifetime TiVo service and the Pro is $799.98 with service. Even for existing TiVo subscribers, this is a significant discount.

This will not last long (and we’ll probably remove this post once the sale is over).

Once you have your unit in hand, you can order a weaKnees TiVo Upgrade Kit to add capacity.

A couple of months ago, we posted about a problem impacting Series1 TiVo units. Specifically, these units are not able to complete setup and get an error message, “Failed while loading series.” For over two months now, TiVo has been working on the problem and has given us every indication that it will be resolved. Unfortunately, that day has not yet come. TiVo recently acknowledged the issue on their website, saying that “TiVo is developing a solution to [be] made available as soon as possible.” We hope and expect the fix to be implemented any day now.

After a very long wait, we are finally shipping the new DIRECTV C41W wireless Genie Mini (C41W) and the required DIRECTV Wireless Video Bridge (WVB). The Wireless Genie Mini will allow you to get DIRECTV satellite signal to a TV in your home that does not have a coaxial connection to the dish or to a single-wire multiswitch (SWM). The WVB, sold separately from the C41, gets connected to an open port on a SWM splitter and provides DIRECTV signal wirelessly, up to 80 ft, to the C41W. The C41W can be connected to your TV via HDMI (cable included), component (cable sold separately) or composite (sold separately). The C41W comes with an IR/RF remote (RC71), so you can mount the C41W behind a TV or in a cabinet. Together, the C41W and WVB work over a network entirely separate from your home Internet/broadband network, so the video traffic has minimal or no impact on your standard Internet traffic. In fact, no actual connection to the Internet is required for the C41W/WVB to function.

You can have up to 8 Genie Minis (combination of C31, C41, C41W) on your account, but only 3 can be active simultaneously. The C41W, like the C31/C41, require a DIRECTV Genie (HR34, HR44) to function.

If you have a large home, you can use multiple WVBs to connect to multiple C41Ws. The C41W and the WVB require an open port on a SWM or SWM splitter, but neither takes up a SWM tuner allocation.

We will be adding additional information on our website as it becomes available, but in the meantime, feel free to email any questions.