As promised, some of the new elements found in the TiVo Bolt have begun trickling down to Roamio (and Premiere?) environments. TiVo Mini is up first with newly applied guide logos and “Quick Mode” to playback content at 1.3x speed.
While I’m happy to see older gear continuing to receive updates, neither of these features does much for me. Given the wide array of presentation, channel logos in the guide mostly clutter things up – it remains to be seen if I’ll more quickly identify what I’m looking for. Not that I use the guide very often… as a DVR owner… with highly competent search functionality (frequently accessed via TiVo’s smartphone app) . Even though I don’t have a use case, I do imagine my wife would enjoy the pitch-perfect Quick Mode to get through long award show presentations or episodes of Dancing with the Stars, assuming she remembers it exists and how to toggle it – it’s not exactly intuitive.
But, what would interest me, despite its limitations, is TiVo’s new SkipMode commercial avoidance feature. Also, the generally modernized interface would be a welcome addition. And at least one of these is bound to happen.
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SkipMode is also already on the Mini if its connected to a Bolt.
Rewriting this comment. Clearly need more caffeine.
SkipMode wasn't originally going to be ported to Roamio or Premiere environments. Hopefully that's still being reconsidered.
I liken Tivo not giving all "software" updates to their "older" version (which was a full priced newer version just 2 months ago) as the equivalent of Apple saying IOS9 is only for the 6Plus and none of the software updates will work on the 6. I'm not a happy camper that my greater than $1000 investment in Tivo (Roamio Pro + mini - both with lifetime) isn't receiving new features via software update. If I need 4k or any other hardware features, I'd upgrade. I need to live with Roamio for a few years to recoup my investment before thinking about upgrading. If Tivo is telling me "Your $1000 investment will become obsolete in only a year", they're going to lose yet another customer.
Tivo - support your customers. Roamio should get all sottware updates it's capable of running. Older units, given their age can start to be phased out. Give your customers a reasonable expectation that their > $1000 investments will last more than 1-2 years.