Subscription is a deal breaker. I just want to be able to pause and rewind free TV signals. I'm willing to pay once for a device to do that but not a subscription.
They still seem to offer a lifetime plan, but now it costs $600. That's a bit harder to justify.
"$14.99 Monthly service with 1-year commitment"
Do you (or anyone else) know if the Tivo 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.