TiVo, the Company That Helped Revolutionize How to Watch TV, Has Officially Stopped Selling DVRs — Here's Why

A section successful location intermezo history has officially closed: TiVo has stopped trading DVRs.

The institution first began trading integer video recorders successful 1999, generating awesome waves successful nan location intermezo space.

However, TiVo hasn't released a caller exemplary since nan 2019 EDGE DVR, and nan institution stated that it decided to extremity trading hardware and accessories for bully connected Sept. 30.

“As of September 30, 2025, TiVo [stopped] trading EDGE DVR products, including hardware and accessories, some online and done agents,” TiVo said successful a connection to Cord Cutters.

“TiVo, and its partners, nary longer manufacture TiVo DVR hardware, and our remaining inventory is now depleted," nan institution continued.

Customers pinch existing TiVo products, however, shouldn’t worry. In a connection to Variety, nan institution said it will proceed to connection support for products presently successful homes.

“We are very proud of nan TiVo DVR legacy, and nan awesome acquisition TiVo has ever provided lives connected successful our TiVo OS for Connected Televisions, which is disposable connected televisions from Sharp successful nan U.S. and aggregate brands passim Europe,” a spokesperson for nan marque said.

TiVo did not respond to PEOPLE's petition for comment.

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TiVo was 1 of nan first user devices to springiness group power complete erstwhile and really they watched television, making it a game-changer successful location intermezo astatine nan time.

It enabled users to pause, rewind and grounds their favourite TV shows, arsenic good arsenic easy schedule those recordings — pinch nary request for a cumbersome VHS setup. It besides enabled viewers to skip commercials.

While nan institution helped revolutionize nan measurement viewers consumed integer entertainment, it yet struggled successful caller years arsenic much and much viewers began watching their favourite shows done cloud-based streaming services for illustration Netflix and Hulu.

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TiVo is now focused solely connected nan package market. There is nary longer immoderate mention of DVR hardware connected nan company's website.