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Re:The TV antenna is making a comeback by joezydeco on Thursday October 15, 2015 @12:30PM (#10394117)
Tivo Roamio OTA ($49.99) will let you do this if you never activate the subscription. You can use the tuner and buffer the broadcast stream.
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Re:The TV antenna is making a comeback by narrowrail on Thursday October 15, 2015 @01:58PM (#10394787)
This never came up in my research (although I was biased against Tivo), but I just checked and it said:

"$14.99 Monthly service with 1-year commitment"

Do you (or anyone else) know if the Tivo will work without an internet connection?

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Re:The TV antenna is making a comeback by joezydeco on Thursday October 15, 2015 @03:21PM (#10395329)
Yes, it will work without an internet connection.

I bought a Roamio OTA for my mother-in-law, who has no internet. I set it up at my place (it usually wants to upgrade to latest firmware over wifi when you unbox it), scanned for the OTA channels, then I took it to her place and wired it up.

The operation without monthly activation is bare-bones. I mean, you don't even get channel or station names. But you can tune to prescanned OTA channels and watch tv and pause it live.

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