After a mere 24 hours on the market, WeaKnees has delivered TiVo Roamio hard drive expansion. It may not come cheap, but the additional recording capacity certainly enhances the value of a new TiVo. And, perhaps amusingly, the TiVo Roamio Plus with 3TB of storage now clocks in at less than the stock TiVo Roamio Pro (also at 3TB). Weaknees offered up a little color, informing me that both Roamio hardware enclosures utilize 3.5″ hard disks but replacing drives in the smaller form factor base Roamio is a bit trickier and requires different tools (T8). Self-install kits will be made available once these guys catch their breath and it sounds like the team is hopeful of ultimately offering 4TB drive expansion options.
(Coupon codes from their recent email blast should work, $10 off Roamio with ROAMIO and $25 off Roamio Plus with ROAMIOPLUS.)
Update: Turns out hard drive upgrades may be supported by Roamio out of the box! Of course, you’ll need a Torx drive set and a a suitable drive, along with a willingness to tinker and potentially void you warranty. (Thanks Brennok!)
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Disappointing in some sense, since TCF was getting me optimistic that the OS might be built in on an internal flash drive and you would be able to plug and play drives off the shelf like with PS3s and Moxi.
Nice to see Weeknees offering a 2TB version that may be the sweet spot for a lot of people who want more than 1TB, but not at $600 for the stock 3TB Roamio. Frankly, it seems that for Roamio, Weeknees looks to be a better place to buy a TiVo than anyone else.
Hoping TiVo and/or weaKnees start selling the new remote - wonder if they'd include a little USB RF dongle for folks on the Premiere or S3 platform. Also makes me wonder if the Mini might see a refresh in a few months featuring the "Roamio" hardware design language and the new remote.