TiVo to Launch 3 TB, 6-Tuner DVR at CEDIA Expo This Week

TiVo, bought by Rovi last week for $1.1 billion but operating under the TiVo name, said Monday it will unveil the Bolt+ DVR, a $499, six-tuner video recorder with 3 TB storage, at CEDIA Expo in Dallas this week. The 4K TiVo Bolt+ -- a streamer with cable box, DVR and Plex client in one box -- eliminates challenges dealers encounter in multiroom video installations, including the need for a video matrix switcher, said TiVo. The Bolt+ unifies all TV channels and streaming content into a single searchable system, it said. Bolt+ will be available Thursday online from TiVo’s website and Amazon, from custom installation dealers and in Magnolia retail stores, TiVo said. As The Verge first reported last month that TiVo was notifying owners of first-generation TiVo DVRs, first offered in 1999, that it was no longer supporting the boxes due to software incompatibilities. The company is offering those customers a $75 Visa gift card for the “inconvenience,” it said.