Con you connect iMac to TiVo box

[Mpf080]

Hi all

I am thinking of buying an iMac and needed to know if I would to able to run my virgin TiVo box thought it as the only place I have to put the iMac would be in my bedroom where my tv is. So it would mean I would need to get rid of my tv. So is there I way to link them together.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You can't use an iMac as external TV for a TV, since you need a Thunderbolt equipped Mac to use any 2011+ iMac as external TV.
You could look into a breakout box, that captures the HDMI signal (if a TiVo has HDMI-out).
You could however transfer shows from your TiVo via Roxio to your Mac.

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[forty2j]

Note that many backwards-minded channels don't permit their recordings to be transferred via Toast/TiVo-to-go. HBO and BBCA come to mind.

 

[Mpf080]

Could I not use a slingbox or something like that

 

[forty2j]

Could I not use a slingbox or something like that

The newest iMacs support input only from Thunderbolt sources. If you get a 2010 model then you can get an hdmi adapter for the minidisplayport and use sling or similar.

 

[balamw]

Could I not use a slingbox or something like that

You could potentially use iTiVo to watch recorded shows, but not live TV or control the TiVo.

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