Tivo Costs !!

Tivo Solution is not cheap.  Based on what you have been paying, it can easily take a year, to re-coop your costs for upfront equipment, installation costs in conjunction with cable TV costs, and my last cost on this list, can really cost you.

Costs for Tivo Bolt w/ 3 Mini Units:

1. $300 Tivo Bolt (1TB unit with 4 Tuners) - black "Tivo Bolt+" unit is better w/ 6 tuners/3tb drive ($500), but does not provide HD Antenna hookup, if/when I want to ditch cable later.
2. $150 Tivo Mini II - does not need it's own tivo service, but relies on creation of "MoCA" Coax or Ethernet network (we'll get to this later, and why I'm publishing this blog).
3. $15 POE Adapter - VERY important (not to be confused with an unnecessary external "MoCA" Bridge"
4. $40 for various Cable splitters - must be "MoCA" Compliant
5. $13 /monthly (paid annually $149) for Tivo Guide Service -- you could buy this monthly for more, and/or purchase a box lifetime subscription for more

Costs for cable company:

1. $2 / month for Cable card - only required for Tivo Bolt main unit (cable company does not advertise this offering, shocking!)
2. FREE / Tuning Adapter from Cable Company - yet another odd box that requires USB connection to your Tivo Bolt, and connection to your Coax wiring. This unit is used for switched digital video (SDV) channels that your cable company provides.
3. $30 / month (NO Contract) - 1st year promotional costs for "middle of the road" package of programming (I was already paying for cable internet, so my cable tv package was a little lower taking advantage of service bundling).

Costs for moving away from DirecTV:

1. Free to $495:   This could be FREE.... BUT, if you're under contract with DirectTV, you're going to pay $20/mo plus $15 for deactivation... eg, if you're a year out, that's $255 !!!

Costs for HD Antenna OPTION:

1. $70 for HD Antenna, my sources say go with "WineGard" Brand, but there seem to be several. There are websites you type your home address, and will give you the amount of signal you need.
2. $175 for technician to remove DirecTV Dish, and replace it with HD Antenna.
• Incidentally, DirecTV will not take the dish off your house when you cancel, you own it, up to you what to do with it.

Costs for Realizing your Tivo Mini doesn't work as you thought... eg, Coaxial Cable is old, hidden cable splitters in the house causing interference, and/or you require Ethernet Cabling in your home?

1. Free to $$$ big money! -- Know your home before you make the switch