Anyone here using a Cox CableCARD with Tivo?

I didn't use a TiVo, but I did have e it set up with a Samsung cablecard box.
You call for a cablecard, they have to give it to you at a "reasonable" price ($2.50-5/m usually).
In baton rouge, it required a tuning adapter which they have to provide free of charge, if necessary.


Getting it paired takes some time on the phone. It wasn't that bad. TiVo is probably the easiest device to pair (because Cox is familiar with TiVo. If you have any other device, it's probably best to just say, "it's a TiVo...")

I miss directv. The genie and remote I had were fast and responsive. The menu layout and everything else is superior in my opinion when compared to the Cox Contour box. I'm living in a rental and I don't want to sign a contract with directv to get it installed for a place I won't be living next year.

The Cox Contour box drives me nuts because there is a couple seconds delay when pressing buttons and I'm constantly having to cancel something or I'm tuning to the wrong channel, etc.

Tivo Bolt OTA is much, much faster than the contour box. As long as the Cablecard doesnt slow down the tivo too bad, it will be an improvement over Cox's crappy boxes.

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Running two Tivo bolts and a HD Homerun Prime on Cox.

The phone set up takes a while but fairly painless.

There is an on demand app that Cox can push to the Tivo. Isn't as seamless as on contour, but works most of the time to watch on demand content.

I'm running the older Tivo model with a cable card. I've had that setup since 2015. Don't remember the setup being difficult.

I also put in a MoCa and Roamio. Little more hassle but not bad.

Just to update... I ordered the CableCARD and it arrived the following day. The Cox portion of the setup took two phone calls that were each about 10-15 minutes long. The second call wouldn't have been necessary except they had a mixup and forgot to link the tuning adapter to my account. My Tivo Bolt was still setup for OTA. To change that to the cablecard, I had to go thru the guided setup again which was the longest part of my setup. My process was like this..

1- (10 minutes) installed hardware per easy to follow instructions.
2- (15 minutes) online activation was down so I called the '877' number and was quickly connected to someone that knew how to set it up. I gave her a bunch of numbers and she said it was working, but I had to change some settings on my Tivo to convert from OTA to cable.
3- (30-40 minutes) I went through the Tivo Guided setup and let the box install an update
4- (10 minutes) No channels were authorized. I called cox and they connected the tuning adapter to my account and everything worked perfectly after a tivo restart.

All in all, I am very satisfied. Tivo's speed and interface are significantly better than Contour. I plan to return the $28/month worth of Cox boxes and only pay the $3 for the cablecard rental. Only downside I've found so far is the ondemand app isn't working, but I haven't put much effort into it yet.