My gf and I are going to be getting out on our own for the first time. We have a house rented that we're moving into in a few weeks. Im trying to get our stuff sorted out ahead of time.
Im going to be getting cable tv and internet, she insists she needs a DVR. The cable provider we're going with offers a DVR bundle for $30 a month extra, which feels like too much added onto our bill. TiVO's fee, if paid yearly, amounts to about $12.50/mo which is way better, so here I am. I figure it'll also be better than paying rental fees on a cable tuner box and stuff, too.
So, what I plan to do at first... due to initially not wanting to sink too much money in when we have other expenses... Im going to hook up the Bolt to the main tv in the living room, coax to Bolt, HDMI from Bolt to TV. That should immediately take care of the main TV. That seems pretty straight forward.
My bigger concern is having the Bolt on other devices/tv's. I dont plan on buying any minis at first because it's too expensive all at once.
1) We're going to have wifi in the house, so we should be able to stream live TV to my iPhone/her Android, right? How about laptops?
2) On the hookup instructions on tivo.com, it mentions that wireless is not supported when connecting to a mini. (
https://www.tivo.com/shop/bolt-detail#section-six) step four. Does this mean that, say in the future, we buy a tivo mini for a bedroom TV, and we run an ethernet cable from the bolt to the mini, we'll no longer be able to stream to our phones through wifi? What does it mean when it says wireless not supported when connecting to a mini?
3) It looks like the Bolt only has one ethernet port on the back, does that mean I need to buy a router to have multiple minis?
4) What if we have a TV that is factory equipped with wifi capability? Do we need to buy a mini, or can we just stream to the tv?
Thanks in advance for any help! Im pretty tech savvy, but never did anything at all with DVR's.