Parent-friendly Setup: TiVo Stream 4K vs AirTV Mini

by ObviouslyCurious

I am motivating my parents to fully cut the cord. We have two TVs, and are looking to use Sling as our “Live TV” service, though we do have Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus and Kanopy. Given that, which device would recommend, the TiVo Stream 4K, or AirTV Mini (or other).

Ease-of-use is the foremost concern, so voice control is a must. I’ve though about using the Roku or Fire-stick, but given they will be using Sling it seems less integrated as the other two.

TiVo Stream 4K seems great, but OTA Local TV is a priority, and it seems like that is not integrated in their guide, so it would be a hassle to switch between (they can’t “live” in one place). On the other hand, it seems more logically consistent to say “Use Sling for Live TV, and Reelgood or Justwatch for on-demand needs”.

The tech specs seem identical to each other, so I am not sure which would be best. TiVo Stream would save us $50 in setup costs. Am leaning AirTV mini because of it’s integration with Sling, though the extra channels on TiVo would be nice.

Thanks for any feedback.

yittleyottle

You could try installing this app . I'm pretty sure it would work with sling and the UI is pretty simple.

gwrapps

What TV market are you in? If local OTA channels in the guide is important to you, the Tivo might be an option as they just added Locast support. You'd get the Sling, Tivo, and OTA locast channels all in the same guide.

https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/tivo-stream-4k-adds-locast-in-available-markets/

NoShftShck16

I did this for my mother and got her on YouTube TV, Netflix, my Plex server and Amazon Prime Video. I love my Android TV (I have a Shield) but I would absolutely recommend a Roku for older people. The remote is dead simple, the UI is dead simple, everything else is great. Plus you have a much wider array of options for the price points. Voice Control I can't speak to, I hate voice control for a TV, everything else it's great, but the idea of having to shout louder than the volume of my TV to do something is infuriating.