I currently have a TIVO Series 3 with 2 cable cards. Will 1 of those do the trick for the XL4 we just ordered?
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The XL4 requires a single dual stream cable card. If one of yours is a dual stream card (it may say so on the card, otherwise call your provider and ask) then I think it should work (though you may have to call your cable provider to have them initialize it again when you put it in the new box). Otherwise, you can stop by your cable provider and pick one up (or have them ship you one).
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No. There are two kinds of cards. The older ones needed a card for each receiver. So if you use this kind only one receiver will work. With newer cards one card handles multiple receivers. Most cable companies can supply the new cards.
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With my Tivo XL4 I only use one cable card. I'm with Cox cable if that makes a difference.
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Yes, for the XL4, all you need is 1 cable card. You will also need a tuning router or adapter or whatever you want to call it that is provided by your cable company if you don't already have one.
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You need one multi-stream cable card, which supports up to 4 tuners. Guess you received enough answers now!!
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I only needed 1 cable card with Comcast. All 4 tuners work at the same time with it. It must be an M-card.
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Yes....you only need one for the xl4....but i had to get a new one since it must be an M card. Mine were old versions.
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It depends! If the cards are multi-stream then yes. If they are single stream no.
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No. The TiVo and cable box won't interoperate. If you have two or more TiVo's in your house, then they can see each other, and act as a single multi-room DVR.One other consideration for TiVo: you will not be able to access your cable companies' On Demand programming via the TiVo box. I felt that the benefits of the TiVo outweighed the On Demand functionality, but it is still something to consider when deciding to purchase a TiVo.
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Helo David, Did anyone answer your question? I love tivo i have the 1st generation, i was all prepare to buy the dual, and see the show in other rooms, when i just find out i should wait for 3-rd genaration, The people from tivo send me to press realease, i didn't find anythimng about 3rd generation
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If you have both a directv dvr and TiVo then yes. Cheaper to have only one or the other . Have you seen new monster TiVo? Expensive but huge dvr capacity!
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could you explain the lack of cable card and or the uses of a built in tuner?Also, does the "95" vs. "96" indicate an update in the LN-S4695D and LN-S4696D, respectively?If you are using a TiVo or SD cable feed do you need the built in tuner? What about using over the air HD signals?
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I am not exactly sure. I do know that the Premiere XL4 is 2 Terabytes, so it MAY be that the regular Premiere XL is one Terabyte. However if you want to make sure , you can contact TiVo Tech Support at 877-367-8486 OR Sales Support at 877-289-8486 (877-BUY-TIVO). I hope this helps!
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You would need to hook the composite box 1st then the tivo box if it has the connections, however you may lose some picture quality when finally connecting the tivo to the hd tv. The signal from a cable line is only strongest with the 1st device it is connected too from my experience.
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I bought my XL4 directly from TiVo so I'm not sure about Amazon's warranty. Typically they have very good customer service regardless of what you're purchasing. What I do know is I've had a TiVo 1,2, 3 and now a 4 and have never had a single problem with any of them.
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No, the Premiere XL tivos have to be connected to a cable source ( or Fios ). They do not have antenna inputs like older models used to.
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It just works with the series 4 TiVo Premiere. I've been using it for two weeks now the streaming picture quality is very good and the download times are about half the time of the real time show length.
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Yes this box is exactly what you need. Be aware that you will not get an hd picture on your hd tv using a series 2 TiVo
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We have had the TiVo Premier XL4 HD Video recorder for almost a year and we are very pleased with the performance. We have COMCAST XFINITY bundle with cable, internet and telephone. We had to get a "card" from COMCAST to allow COMCAST and TiVo to work together. My best advice is to call the help desk at Tivo and ask them to help. Maybe you have a setting that is taking too many resources. Mine uses an adapter from TiVo for the wireless connection. It works better than the one I had earlier.
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You will need a cablecard as.well as the coaxial cable to use this. You will also need a.computer to pit this card in. But after you have all of that and you activate the card you should be good to go.
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It's possible, because the TivoHD pretty much is a Series 3, missing a few minor features and some hard drive space, but for less than half the price. I can't see many people opting for the S3 over the HD, especially as both models can be officially upgraded for more storage space (and unofficially any Tivo can).The HD does Tivo2Go transfers 40% slower apparently, but still...
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It depends what version you get. This particular model in the picture will not work. I have it connected and moca does not communicate with tivo box. Ill need to re purchase the correct one
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Yes, it is. I bought it to use with the Tivo HD model, which is the same as the HD XL but with a smaller capacity hard drive. All of the peanut-shaped remotes are supposed to be backwards compatible.
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I sold one Premiere on Ebay and I am in the process of selling the other as well. They can see each other but you still need a card in each TIVO if you stick with a Premiere. I got the mini to replace the Premieres which does not need a card, but you need a hard wire or MOCA connection for a mini to work.