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Tivo Bolt Review Cord cutting is all the rage, but for many of us, it simply isn't an option. There's way too many members of the household that can't do without TV, you're too far from the transmitters to get over-the-air TV, or the shows you really want to watch aren't available from streaming, or you really like watching live events you can't get over-the-air. Whatever that case, cutting the cord is a non-starter. Slimming the cord, however, could totally work. And the Tivo Bolt (buy now) might be the perfect device to do it. Bolt Features From the Tivo website: “The TiVo BOLT is the shortest distance between you and your entertainment, because it combines all your options into a single box. No more switching devices, toggling inputs or juggling remotes. Whether it's from TV, available on-demand libraries or streaming apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime, HULU, YouTube or Pandora, TiVo BOLT delivers it all in an instant. OneSearch™ scours multiple platforms like TV and Netflix simultaneously, so your search experience is always fast, simple and seamless. No more drilling down into each app and doing multiple hunt-and-seek searches. Find shows and movies by title, actor, director or keyword—and start watching in seconds. OnePass™ tracks down every available season and episode of a show—whether it's on television or a streaming app—and creates a customizable watchlist for you. Start with the pilot episode or jump in anywhere mid-season. OnePass automatically records upcoming episodes and adds them to your list. TiVo BOLT is 33% smaller than any other product in its category, but it packs a mightier punch. With 3x the speed of our previous box and up to 3x the memory, TiVo BOLT satisfies your entertainment appetite… and your need for speed. All that power is packed into a slender, elegant package that runs your entire entertainment center. Oh, and that distinctive, arched design isn't just for looks, it serves as a clever cooling system. No more waiting for commercial breaks to be over. With a single press of a button, you can continue watching your recorded show. SkipMode works with the top 20 channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, AMC Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, TBS, FX, TLC, History Channel, TNT, The CW, Food Network, USA, Bravo, ABC Family, Syfy, Lifetime and HGTV. QuickMode lets you zip through your recorded shows—and shows with a buffer—30% faster than normal speed with pitch-corrected audio. You zoom along and nobody sounds like a caffeinated chipmunk. It's the ideal way to power through slow-moving news shows, sports and long-winded political debates. TiVo BOLT can handle the biggest entertainment jones. It records up to four shows at once and provides up to 1 TB of recording capacity—enough for roughly 150 hours of HD programming. Need even more? Add an external hard drive or a TiVo-ready NetGear ReadyNAS. And if you've got a new 4K Ultra HD TV, then get excited, because TiVo BOLT is 4K-compatible right out of the box.” The Bolt can be purchased in three different options. The 500 GB model goes for $199, The 1 TB model is $299, and the 2 TB option is $499. The big knock on Tivo as a cord cutting device is that it isn't free. There is a monthly or annual subscription fee associated with each DVR. There is a new Tivo Roamio OTA that doesn't have the subscription fee, but it only supports Antenna tuners, not CableCard.  The Bolt includes the first year of service for free, but after the first year, the cost goes to $150 per year or $15 per month if you pay monthly. Not great, but honestly, not that bad.  Cox charges $28.49 per month for a DVR, so the Bolt is less than half the annual cost of a Cable DVR, at least in our area. Installation The saga of getting our Bolt up and running wasn't really anything to do with the Tivo device itself, but it was quite an ordeal, so we'll tell you everything we went through so you have an understanding for what you may be in for if you decide to go the Tivo route. Since we both are (or were) Satellite TV customers, one of us had to get Cable activated to do the review. So Braden stopped by a local Cox Solution Store, activated a basic Cable package for about $40 per month, added a CableCard for an additional $2 per month and left the store quite satisfied. The whole process took about 15 minutes. What is supposed to happen is you get home, plug the CableCard into the Tivo, connect the Bolt to Coax for Cable service and you're all set. If only that was the case. First thing that happens is you call the Cable provider to pair the CableCard with your account and activate it. This was easy, but it didn't work. The tuning adapter Cox provided couldn't lock on, so the Bolt couldn't pick up any channels. The phone representative suggested a visit from a technician, so we got that scheduled. The technician arrived the following day and found the signal to the Bolt was both weak and dirty. He did some rewiring, added a signal booster and retested the line. All looked good, everything was green and should have been the perfect situation to get the Bolt working. The tuning adapter did lock on, but the Bolt was permanently stuck at 89% on the process of getting Cable channels. A quick call to HQ to un-pair and re-pair the CableCard got us past that. We could then get guide, but no video. Everything should have been working, but we just couldn't get it there. The Cox technician admitted he wasn't a Tivo expert, but said there were others who were. He would leave for the day and get us connected with a different tech that could hopefully make everything work. That other techs came two days later and found that it was a PEBKAC issue, Mea Culpa firmly on Braden's shoulders. The first time walking through the guided setup he either chose Antenna as the tuner option, or it was selected for him since the CableCard wasn't installed at the time. In any event, the Bolt didn't set itself to Cable mode when the CableCard was inserted, it stayed on Antenna mode. Trying to tune the Cable signal as if is was an Antenna of course didn't work. Re-running guided setup and selecting Cable got everything working. With guide, picture and sound. Well, sound was temporary. Not even ten minutes had passed after the second technician had left the house and sound stopped working on the Tivo. No audio whatsoever. No sound from TV programs, no sound from streaming apps, not sound effects from the Tivo. We rebooted the Tivo, unplugged the HDMI, tried a different HDMI input on the TV, nothing worked. Google to the rescue. We found others complaining of the same issue and it seems Tivo isn't a huge fan of some TV brands, and we just so happened to be installing ours connected to one of those brands (Sharp). To fix it you have to physically remove power to the TV. When you plug it back in, sound is restored. About 4 days, three Cable technicians, several calls to tech support and a ridiculous number of Google searches later, the Tivo Bolt was finally installed, working and ready for business. Use The first thing you notice about using the Bolt is that it is fast. Super fast. UI doesn't lag. Searches are crazy fast, and everything just feels like it happens when you want it to. Most DVRs, even the Hopper from Dish, have areas of the UI that lag. Searches, for example, tend to be a real chore in a lot of interfaces, but not for the Bolt. And it isn't just a guide search, or a search of your recordings, it's a search of the guide, you recordings and all the various video streaming services you have enabled. All of it in one spot. The search functionality is awesome. Which leads us to the integration of channel content and streamed content. This functionality, like the OnePass recordings, or the unified search, is amazing.  At Braden's house there were a few episodes of a couple shows that he wasn't able to record while he was getting the install issues worked out. OnePass to the rescue. He set a OnePass for those shows and it instantly populated all the episodes available, and listed where each one could be streamed from.  For those available on Hulu, you can get them for free.  If they aren't up there anymore, you can usually find them at Amazon or Vudu for a small per-episode charge.  And for the really old ones, at Netflix or Amazon Prime for free. This unified approach to content is pretty awesome. No more searching through all your video apps to see who has which show. No more wondering if you can get it for free over here or if you'll have to pay for it over there.  The only weirdness comes in when you set a OnePass for a show like Saturday Night Live, a show with over 40 seasons.  You have to adjust the filters to scope it down to just what you've recorded if you don't want to have to navigate through 40 seasons worth of episodes to find the one you just recorded a couple days ago. It's two quick button presses, but a bit strange getting used to. Anytime you switch from one user interface that you're comfortable with to a new one, there's a bit of a learning curve to get used to it. The Tivo interface is no different, but it is quite intuitive. Everyone in the family picked it up pretty quickly and Braden's wife even commented on how much better she thought the experience was than their prior DVR.  Sure the guide works a little different, the searches are a bit different, setting recordings is a bit different, but it all makes sense once you get used to it. And what they say is true, Tivo does have the best DVR interface out there. Different, but different in a good way. The Bolt also lets you stream recorded content to your phone or tablet if you're on the same network.  You can watch TV from the treadmill, or turn it on from the kitchen, without the need for another box or device. Yes, the Hopper can do that too, but not all DVRs can. And you can control the DVR: set recordings, etc. from anywhere in the world. If you're outside the home and want to watch some of the content, your app will tell you what services it is available on for streaming, so you can still watch the shows - or most of them at least - you just aren't watching the copy you have recorded on your DVR. There are a couple nits about the Bolt, though. Parental controls on the Bolt are a bit weak. It feels like they threw something in to say they had it, not really designing the feature to match what parents would want to do. If you have a lot of kids all accessing the same DVR for content, it would be nice to have a bit more granularity on what you can do.  And a lot of the menus don't wrap around. So if you're on the top option and want to get to the bottom, you have to scroll through all the options to get there, you can't just click the up button once. Same if you're at the bottom and want to get to the top. If you try to do it, the Bolt makes an error sound. Admittedly not a huge deal, but strange. Accessories The Tivo Mini ($137) unlocks a world of whole house video options.  You simply buy the mini and add a video zone. It doesn't require an additional subscription, just buy the box and away you go. It can be installed using wired Ethernet or MoCA. So if you have a coax cable but no ethernet, you're still good. If you have neither, you're stuck. It cannot be installed via WiFi. That's a huge bummer for those who like the wireless options from Dish or AT&T. But we were able to get one working using a pair of 500MB Powerline Ethernet adapters without issue. We still can't tell the difference between the direct wired Mini and the powerline wired Mini. So we found a way to get TV to a location without wired Ethernet or Coax for an additional $35. Most cable and satellite companies charge a monthly fee for the extender boxes. Dish calls them Joeys. They can run from $8 to $12 per month. With the Mini there is no additional monthly cost at all.  Using $10 per month as an average, you break even on the Mini after about 14 months. Keep in mind that the Bolt only has four tuners, so you have an upper bound on the number of Minis you can functionally add. Supposedly you can get two Bolts working at the same time to get 8 tuners in the home, but right now they manage recordings totally independently. Internet rumors claim Tivo is working on a unified view for multiple Bolts, but we don't have any information to corroborate that claim. Our local Amazon Prime Now fulfillment house happens to stock both the Tivo Mini and powerline ethernet adapters.  We were able to add a new video zone in less than three hours from “can we watch TV here?” to “we're watching TV here!” No installer required. No phone calls to tech support. It was pretty cool. Tivo Stream ($130) gives you worldwide access to your Bolt recordings and tuners. Let's be honest, this is a Tivo version of the Slingbox.  If you have one, you really don't need the other. But if you don't have a Slingbox and want to watch TV from outside the home, Tivo Stream gets you that.  There are some limitations, though. According to a Q&A at Amazon, “ it allows out of home streaming, but only if the content provider allows it. The major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox), Viacom (Comedy Central, MTV), and Discovery (TLC, Science) all BLOCK streaming, so the TiVo stream does not stream or allow the transfer of shows to another device.” Conclusion Conclusion: Tivo is pretty freaking great. For those who want to cut and or slim the cord, it is a tremendous option - and you aren't giving up anything in usability or user experience. There is a fairly decent upfront cost to acquire the gear, but in the long you you save a lot of money on your monthly service bills. It's probably a year or so to break even, but after that, it's all gravy. Image all the home theater gear you could buy with that extra money!

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Foxx hits you with a boom bap, backpack, underground hip hop mix for the Illvibe Radio Show Ep. 19. ---PLAYLIST--- Gramatik - Don't Get Weary Othello & 14KT - Top Spillin’ Classified - Passion AM Neja - Same Team Suckas Space Invadas - Original (Feat. Buff 1 & Ru C.L.) Busta Rhymes - Thank You (Feat. Q-Tip, Kanye West, Lil Wayne) Moka Only - One Time Das Racist - You Can Sell Anything Homeboy Sandman - Watchu Want from Me? K-Def - Night Owls (Feat. Raw Poetic) The Grouch - Artsy S1 - Next Level (feat. AEONZ) Zion I - Shadowboxing (Richie Cunning Remix) K-OS - Mojo On Small Professor - Apple Pie RJD2 - Got There, Sugar? Funky DL - Nicole (Feat. Xantoné Blacq) Blueprint - Rise & Fall The Procussions - Virginia Wolf Art of Fresh - Illamental Asamov - Past Futures Sojourn - Human Resources (Feat. Big Rec) Quasimoto - Catchin' the Vibe K-OS - Crucial (Kaytranada Remix) Feel Free to follow Foxx on Facebook and Soundcloud: facebook.com/kidfoxx soundcloud.com/foxxboogie

Some tunes to BBQ, Swim, and just be hot too. Mixed by the one and only Mr. Sonny James. Enjoy! Broken Hearts (Dillon Francis Remix) - Kito & Reija Lee Butters Theme feat. Billy The Gent & Long Jawns - Diplo Patchy Moombahton (RMX) - Sabo Get Ur Freak On (Alvaro & Punish Moombahton Remix) - Missy Elliot 900 Number (Doc Adam Moombahton Flip) - 45 King Watch Out For This (Bumaye) (feat. Busy Signal, The Flexican & FS Green) - Major Lazer Public Enemy vs Congo Rock (ATCR remix) - A Tribe Called Red Brazilian Rhyme (The BladeRunners Edit) - EWF Hey Hey (Sabo Moombahton Remix) - Dennis Ferrer Heavy Love Affair (The Revenge Rework) - Marvin Gaye I Was Born This Way (Original) - Carl Bean It's You (Fingers Acid Jam Vocal Edit) - FLC Agua Riddim - Seiji Follow This Beat (Fresh 1 Edit) (MOUSSE T PSYCHO DISCO MIX) - Paul Johnson Feel - DJ Tonka Red Alert -Basement Jaxx Ring The Alarm - Sidney Samson Thriller (Modafied Beatz RMX) - Michael Jackson Rich Kids (Foremost Poets RMX) - Frank Ocean ft. Earl Sweatshirt

Happy 2013 everyone! We bring to you Season 2 of Illvibe Radio ft. DJs lil' dave & Mr. Sonny James. Plenty of soul, hip-hop, jazz, and electronic tunes for you to get down to. --- PLAYLIST --- Back To Love - Bilal I Got The Blues - Labi Siffre Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel Angel - Chill Moody ft. Beano Dewrit - People Under The Stairs Lines - Big Boi ft. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram Pass Out - Tinie Tempah Bells In My Head - London Elektricity --- --- --- Jump Move + Rock (FBR RMX) - Wrongtom Meets Deemas High Demand - Sinden feat. Jesse Boykins Ritual Union (MonkeyRobot remix) - Little Dragon 4th Stranger (FS Green remix) - Szjerdene Get Down - Ossie Night Lovers (C.R.S.T. remix) - Zed Bias feat. Sam Frank Say U Will - Cajmere feat. Dajae See Line Woman (OD Edit) - Ogris Debris vs. Nina Simone Relax... Unwind - Mark de Clive-Lowe & The Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra Messages From the Stars - Sy Smith High Living - Toro y Moi Money - Lady (Terri Walker & Nicole Wray)

DJ Skipmode is back behind the wheels paying tribute to hip hop pioneers Marley Marl and the Juice Crew. Def Fresh Crew - Roxanne Shante & Biz Markie Just Rhymin' w/ Biz - Biz Markie & Big Daddy Kane Ill Streets Blues - Kool G Rap & Polo The Bridge - MC Shan Marley Scratch - MC Shan Make The Music With Your Mouth - Biz Markie It's A Demo - Kool G Rap & Polo Music Man - Master Ace Duck Alert - Craig G Have A Nice Day - Roxanne Shante Rap Summary (Lean On Me) - Big Daddy Kane Road To The Riches - Kool G Rap & Polo Stunt Of The Block - Super Kids (Tragedy) Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie Ain't No Half Steppin - Big Daddy Kane Droppin' Science - Craig G Poison - Kool G Rap & Polo Something For The Radio - Biz Markie Raw - Big Daddy Kane Drop A Bomb On Em - Craig G Cause I Can Do It Right - Big Daddy Kane Me And The Biz - Master Ace Pickin' Boogers - Biz Markie Truly Yours - Kool G Rap & Polo He Cuts So Fresh - Marley Marl / MC Shan Juice Crew All Stars - Juice Crew All Stars The Symphony - Master Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane

Thank you for years of supporting The Sure Shot Show. Our new podcast is available at www.illviberadio.podomatic.com Stay tuned for new music, interviews, and Illvibe news.

Back again with another edition of Illvibe Radio. This episode is hosted by Mr. Sonny James and DJ Skipmode along with DJ lil'dave working his magic on the turntables. Another great mixture of top notch music for you to rock to. Turn it up!!! Berlin - Modeselektor Luv Galactic - Hawthorne Headhunters Get You Some (CP's Boogie Remix) - Captain Planet Southern Man (Scrimshire Edit) - Merry Clayton The Revolt of the 9th Wonder (Steely Chan blend) - Digable Planets & Ocote Soul Sounds I Dream of Bahia (Dusty & Bartel remix) - Ray Lugo Chang - Jonny Kwest Made You Look (Beset's Moombahton Edit) - Nas Filthy Divinity - Falty DL Look What Your Doing To Me (Funkhaus Sessions version) - Jazzanova feat. Paul Randolph Touch Me - Jamie XX feat. Yasmin Winter Wifey - Kozee Conmigo (Remix)- Nickodemus feat. Sammy Ayala K.O.D. - Eli Escobar Langt Fra Afrika (Todd Terje Remix) - Bjørn Torske Underwater (Full Crate remix) - Anthony Valadez feat. Mar Drop It - Miles Bonny x B. Lewis

Back again with another edition of Illvibe Radio. This episode is hosted by Mr. Sonny James and DJ Skipmode along with DJ lil'dave working his magic on the turntables. Another great mixture of top notch music for you to rock to. Turn it up!!! Berlin - Modeselektor Luv Galactic - Hawthorne Headhunters Get You Some (CP's Boogie Remix) - Captain Planet Southern Man (Scrimshire Edit) - Merry Clayton The Revolt of the 9th Wonder (Steely Chan blend) - Digable Planets & Ocote Soul Sounds I Dream of Bahia (Dusty & Bartel remix) - Ray Lugo Chang - Jonny Kwest Made You Look (Beset's Moombahton Edit) - Nas Filthy Divinity - Falty DL Look What Your Doing To Me (Funkhaus Sessions version) - Jazzanova feat. Paul Randolph Touch Me - Jamie XX feat. Yasmin Winter Wifey - Kozee Conmigo (Remix)- Nickodemus feat. Sammy Ayala K.O.D. - Eli Escobar Langt Fra Afrika (Todd Terje Remix) - Bjørn Torske Underwater (Full Crate remix) - Anthony Valadez feat. Mar Drop It - Miles Bonny x B. Lewis

On this episode of the Sure Shot, DJ Cru-Cut joins us with a special guest mix. Cru-Cut is a long time extended family member of Illvibe, rocking things all over the country on tours with OuterSpace & Jedi Mind Tricks as well as doing dope parties all over Philadelphia. We're please to have him on the show finally. ---Playlist--- Aul Purpose Interlude Nicky Barnes (its Alright) - Camp Lo BreakaDawn - De La Soul The Game - Common Living Proof - Eminem & Royce 5'9 Props Over Here rmx - The Beatnutz Wack Mc's - Sat-One f/ Hezekiah Uptown Shit - Kurious Back in the Days - Dred Scott Bumpy Knuckles Baby - Bumpy Knuckles Slum Village Interlude Reunion - Slum Village Survival Test - JayLib The Hex - Random Axe (Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk) Cocaine - Eminem f/ Jasmine Sullivan Breaking Point - Emilio Rojas It Wont Be Long - J. Cole Rainy Dayz - Phat Kat f/ Dwele Nic's Groove - Foreign Exchange Phonte Interlude Curtain Call - Little Brother Nothin Lesser - Pete Rock f/ The U.N. Forever & Always - M.O.P. Main Event - Dilated Peoples The Crack Attack - Fat Joe Hard Hittin Hard Rhymes - Kev Turner Keep Ya Hands High - Tracy Lee f/ Biggie