TiVo ends consumer DVR hardware, shifts to software and licensing

TiVo has stopped selling its consumer digital video recorder hardware, the company confirmed, marking the end of a decades‑long run of making settop DVR boxes. TiVo said it ceased sales of physical DVR products, including hardware and accessories, on October 1, 2025, and that it no longer manufactures the devices, with remaining inventory now depleted. The company said it will continue to provide support for products already in customers' homes.

The move completes a long shift away from bricks‑and‑mortar settop boxes toward software and licensing. TiVo said the "great experience TiVo has always provided lives on in our TiVo OS for Connected Televisions," which is available on Sharp TVs in the United States and on multiple brands in Europe. The company is also promoting its in‑vehicle infotainment offering.

TiVo's DVRs were a watershed product when the original Series 1 launched in 1999, giving viewers a new ability to pause, rewind and record live television without using videotape. The company continued releasing hardware through the years, most recently the TiVo Edge in 2019, a seventh‑generation recorder that supported 4K Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos and was offered in...