TiVo shows off monster 24 TB Mega DVR, you'll never miss another show

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One problem with DVRs is storage -- if you save too many programs you'll find things being deleted to make room for new recordings. Most DVRs land in the 500 GB range, but some are now coming with one terabyte. Things are slowly improving, but now they will be taking a quantum leap thanks to TiVo.

How about a 24 terabyte monster for your TV show storage needs? That works out to about 26,000 hours of stored TV shows (that's SD, HD reduces things to a mere 4,000 hours), which should be enough for even the biggest couch potato. It is, not surprisingly, named the TiVo Mega and will be whole-home capable.

"Size matters. People hate being forced to delete cool stuff from their DVR before they want to or finding a TV show they had recorded is now gone. Now, with TiVo Mega they can always know their show or movie is still there to watch later," says Ira Bahr, CMO at TiVo.

This is more server than DVR, as it's rack mountable and hard drives can be swapped in and out. It's also RAID 5, making content a bit safer for those who purchase this colossal DVR.

As for tuners, you won't lack in that category either as TiVo Mega comes with six of them. It also comes with features like a QWERTY remote, apps for smartphone and tablet, and ethernet and MoCA.

Don't run to grab your wallet just yet, as it won't be available until 2015 and pricing hasn't yet been announced either. However, if you're attending CEDIA this week you can get a preview, as the device will be on display there.

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