The Roamio isn’t TiVo’s only summer set-top launch, as Evolution Digital DTAs featuring the TiVo UI are now being made available to cable partners. This particular, diminutive DTA is HD-capable and the lower cost hardware can obviously be loaded up with TiVo — enabling operators to deliver a consistent experience to secondary televisions. Features of this DVR-less TiVo:
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I heard a rumor that this isn't even a TiVo project. Evolution hired a bunch of Chinese coders to clone the TiVo "experience" and stuff it into their DTA. Obviously they got TiVo's blessing on some level, as we're all very familiar with TiVo's litigation machine.
So this is a cable box that can not stream from your DVR? It would have to be pretty cheap to take one of these over renting a mini.
Yeah...not being able to view content on a central DVR is a killer for me. Not even useful in a workout room. High-tech rabbit ears.