There’s binge watching, and then there’s binge watching, where people go to great lengths to catch up on their DVR recording, just so they’re in time to catch the season premiere of their next show. But conventional DVR’s may not get the job done, with their limited recording space. However, the folks at TiVo have an interesting solution, with the introduction of its most expansive gadget to date – the Mega TiVo.
This new peripheral comes with a humongous 24 TB of storage across a RAID 5 arrangement, with hot-swappable drives. With that, you’ll be able to store 26,000 hours of recording, which roughly translates to three years. That’s normal SD recording, however – but 4,000 HD hours of recording isn’t too shabby.
In addition, the Mega TiVo features six tuners for recording, so users don’t have to worry about overlapping shows that come on in succession or against one another. The device will also provide the ability to stream both live and recorded television to smartphone and tablets, although the company didn’t provide specifics on what kind of network is required to do so.
There’s no word yet on a release date, but the device itself is set to sell for roughly $5,000, a much larger-than-usual price compared to other TiVo and streaming devices out in the wild. However, if you’re one of those customers that absolutely loves programming and can’t miss a single second of it, this could very well be the set-top box for you. Just make sure you leave plenty of room for it, because the Mega TiVo is quite hefty.
What do you think Do you believe there could be a demand for such a large, stream-worthy device Or do you believe that the regular TiVo is useful enough by its own means, letting you catch the necessary program you want to watch at a later time
Source: The Verge
