As we ponder an uncertain TiVo retail future, the non-DVR company ;) has just updated TiVo Online with a valuable new feature for existing customers. TiVo’s marketing team remains missing in action, but reseller Weaknees has the details:
If you have a Series3, Series4 (Premiere), Series5 (Roamio) or Series6 (Bolt), you can now bulk transfer recordings from the old TiVo to the new. The transfer process is done online, so both boxes have to be on your TiVo account and be networked.
Whether unloading, upgrading, or whatever, this is way more convenient than manually moving recordings one-by-one between DVRs or using a computer intermediary with kmttg, for those not already setup in that manner.
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Copyrighted content can also be transferred?
> Copyrighted content can also be transferred?
That's my main question. I'll also be interested to see whether the feature is more reliable/resilient than TiVo-to-TiVo transfers, where a slate of queued transfers can be snuffed owing to temporary network outages or a reboot of one or the other TiVo.
It allowed me to initiate a transfer of a copy protected program about 30 minutes ago, but it still hasn't showed up on the other TiVo. It strangely says the To Do List can be used to monitor progress of the transfer, but the To Do List just shows what the upcoming recordings are as one would expect so I don't what they are talking about.