Since there is really nothing but Youtube, Amazon and Netflix with any 4k content at this point, what makes Bolt's upscaling superior to what i already have on my Samsung 4k TV's? IMO, out of all TV brands, Samsung seems to do the best job upscaling content to 4K and i am wondering if Tivo can beat it?
The 2015 Samsung Tizen OS is great IMO and I don't see any compelling reason to get a Bolt just to avoid pressing a button on my the TV remote instead of the Tivo remote which i really only use when i want a full QWERETY. I've used Harmony remotes for years, so mapping a button for Amazon on the TV vs the bolt is no big deal.
I dropped a 6tb into my Roamio as soon as i got it. It doesnt sound like that's an option with a Bolt and even if a 3tb 2.5" drive is a drop in, i question the reliability and longevity of using a 2.5" laptop drive 24/7 with 4 tuners recording something almost 24/7.
Now if the Bolt actually can upscale cable content significantly better than what Samsung can i might preorder one today. I bought a mini thinking it was as good as the Roamio for my bedroom only to discover it's attached to a single tuner. I love the live buffer on every tuner, being viewed or not, and hate that the mini is stuck to a single tuner. I almost bought another Roamio for the bedroom and moved the mini to the guest room because i regain a feature i love and i could actually use 8 tuners. Nonetheless, i never got around to ordering a second lifetime roamio.
So now i am thinking, if the Bolt can manage to beat out Samsung's upscaling AND i can link the Bolt and the Roamio together, a bolt might be worth it. I could move the roamio with 6tb of storage to the bedroom and regain the multiple live tuner buffers in that room. If i could stream from the Roamio to the Bolt in the living room to be upscaled and output to 4k in the living room with better results than just having Samsung upscale from the roamio I'd pre-order one right now.
I can understand if you have a Vizio or something with horrid 4K upscaling this might make sense, but IMO Samsung's 4K upscaling is top of the line and I just bought two new 65" 4K Samsungs, one for the living room and one for the bedroom.
I'll be the odd man out and say i like the look of the bolt. It seems like the curve would help a lot with cooling. I have 120mm USB powered fans cooling my Roamio in my entertainment center because it gets's warm in there and i figured it was a good idea to keep a 6TB drive as cool as possible.
The 2015 Samsung Tizen OS is great IMO and I don't see any compelling reason to get a Bolt just to avoid pressing a button on my the TV remote instead of the Tivo remote which i really only use when i want a full QWERETY. I've used Harmony remotes for years, so mapping a button for Amazon on the TV vs the bolt is no big deal.
I dropped a 6tb into my Roamio as soon as i got it. It doesnt sound like that's an option with a Bolt and even if a 3tb 2.5" drive is a drop in, i question the reliability and longevity of using a 2.5" laptop drive 24/7 with 4 tuners recording something almost 24/7.
Now if the Bolt actually can upscale cable content significantly better than what Samsung can i might preorder one today. I bought a mini thinking it was as good as the Roamio for my bedroom only to discover it's attached to a single tuner. I love the live buffer on every tuner, being viewed or not, and hate that the mini is stuck to a single tuner. I almost bought another Roamio for the bedroom and moved the mini to the guest room because i regain a feature i love and i could actually use 8 tuners. Nonetheless, i never got around to ordering a second lifetime roamio.
So now i am thinking, if the Bolt can manage to beat out Samsung's upscaling AND i can link the Bolt and the Roamio together, a bolt might be worth it. I could move the roamio with 6tb of storage to the bedroom and regain the multiple live tuner buffers in that room. If i could stream from the Roamio to the Bolt in the living room to be upscaled and output to 4k in the living room with better results than just having Samsung upscale from the roamio I'd pre-order one right now.
I can understand if you have a Vizio or something with horrid 4K upscaling this might make sense, but IMO Samsung's 4K upscaling is top of the line and I just bought two new 65" 4K Samsungs, one for the living room and one for the bedroom.
I'll be the odd man out and say i like the look of the bolt. It seems like the curve would help a lot with cooling. I have 120mm USB powered fans cooling my Roamio in my entertainment center because it gets's warm in there and i figured it was a good idea to keep a 6TB drive as cool as possible.