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"TiVo is currently offering a $200 trade-in program
for owners of the Roamio OTA until Dec. 22 2018,"
WRZ
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/tivo-bolt-ota-review/
2018-12-18 TiVo Bolt OTA review: DVR makes cord cutting with an antenna
simpler, but also more costly
BY TY PENDLEBURY
DECEMBER 18, 2018 3:00 AM PST
TiVo's Bolt OTA ($248 at Amazon), on the other hand, is about as mainstream as a cord-cutting DVR can get. TiVo is a familiar name and this DVR aims to make ditching cable as painless as possible. The problem is that plenty of other big names -- think DirecTV Now, YouTube TV and the Amazon Fire TV Recast -- are horning in on the cable-free DVR turf. OTA stands for "over the air." Unlike the standard TiVo Bolt, the Bolt OTA doesn't work with cable TV. Instead it connects to an over-the-air antenna to pipe in free TV broadcasts in your area. The Bolt offers four OTA tuners (so you can record up to four different channels at once) as well as the most popular streaming apps like Netflix and Amazon.
The new interface and hardware does bring with it one major benefit: it's quick. Speed is one of the most appealing things about the Bolt OTA, especially when it comes to loading streaming apps. For instance, pressing the Netflix button on the remote brings up the streaming service instantaneously -- this is not something that many other devices can do.