The 4K game is heating up: the Nvidia Shield and the Nuvola NP-1 were the original boxes to support 4K streaming, along with services built into some TVs. Then came Amazon, which announced 4K streaming capabilities for its Fire TV box. Now we have a company known for recording—not streaming—entering the game. TiVo has released its new Bolt DVR, which streams 4K content in addition to recording your favorite shows and letting you watch them back at lightning speeds.
TiVo gave the Bolt a serious aesthetic upgrade compared to its existing Roamio Pro box. It's a sleek, modern rectangle with an off-center curve, making it look like an artistic, avant-garde Apple product. It has a four-tuner DVR, meaning you can record up to four shows at once, and it improves on the specs of the Roamio Pro by sporting gigabit Ethernet, optical audio out, and faster 802.11ac WiFi. It's available in a 500GB model or 1TB model, and each will also let you stream recorded content to mobile devices on the same network as the Bolt.
The Bolt supports HDMI 2.0 as well as HDCP 2.2, which protects 4K content from being copied against the programmer's wishes. It should also help the box play 4K content at 60fps, which isn't common in most 4K streaming devices yet. Currently, Bolt has Netflix and YouTube apps built in, so you'll be able to stream 4K content from those sources immediately.
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