I just don’t think we can extrapolate from the S5 quite yet… And I do appreciate your reasoning in this post. So who knows if the same thermodynamics of S5 apply to S6? Alternatively, who knows if the shaping of the S6 does a good enough job of heat dissipation to change the drive placement equation?Īgain, you may well be correct. But given the Roku 4 form factor, I think it’s fair to assume 4K silicon runs noticeably hotter than 1080 silicon. On the Bolt, to do the same puts the hard drive in the shorter section and assures it will be a 2.5 inch drive.” “Chucky: As we all know hard drives need to be kept away from excessive heat, the hottest area on the Roamio is the area near the COAX connection – TiVo put the hard drive as far from that area as they could. But I just don’t get the rationale for 2.5″ in this particular use-case-scenario.) (I could well be wrong about most of this. I’d guess that’s all about heat, no? But if TiVo can manage the heat from a single 3.5″ drive, isn’t it still more a lot more sensible for video? “I know our servers at work are almost exclusively 2.5 now” Plus, I’d guess that with transcoding, the hard drive isn’t the biggest heat challenge in a TiVo. If you’re not psycho-Apple, size/thinness isn’t a good in and of itself, and the damn thing is stationary and out of the way. – The only downside to 3.5″ seems to me to be heat. (And someday, hopefully not too far off, 4K will come to the multicast, which will exacerbate these issues.) And 3.5″ will always have both a max capacity advantage over 2.5″, as well as a capacity/price advantage. I may be a freak, but even 3TB feels inadequate to me. And if you can shave dollars by sticking with 3.5″, which you always will be able to, why the hell not? Benefits consumers. The hard drive seems to be a significant amount of the TiVo BOM. (And without A/V, durability concerns come to the forefront.) – I was under the impression that A/V 2.5″ hard drives still maxed out at 1TB, though I could well be incorrect. Now that you can get 2TB and larger for a decent price, what reason is there to stay with the 3.5 form factor?” So hopefully we’ll have more TiVo Bolt details, including the all-important pricing, real soon. In terms of timing, Best Buy’s shelf reset is October 11th and TiVo CEO Tom Rogers stated, “we plan to introduce a new product sometime in the third (fiscal) quarter” which ends 10/31. Tuner count remains uncertain. I have some reason to believe the OTA and Cable/OTA models will sport four tuners to keep costs and heat down, while a 6-tuner “big boy” box, featuring a traditional STB form, strikes me a reasonable theory for another box down the road. Although we don’t yet have evidence of a voice-capable remote control, signs indicate voice recognition could be coming to the TiVo platform … along with a modest interface refresh - but we also anticipate both of these will make their way to Roamio and possibly even Premiere. Beyond aesthetics, I assume that asymmetrical arch also helps with heat dissipation.
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But, now having seen it, I quite like and would have no problem displaying the all-white (OTA/Cable) or black & white (OTA) variant on my TV stand. Based on the render, I originally had my doubts. Given that web graphic, it’s safe to assume at least two models will feature a stunning new enclosure that will surely elicit strong opinions.
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