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Question: Is this one the same size as the original TIVO remote?  I have an older slide remote but it is only about 6" long.
Document: For all of you with TIVO's out there, I don't know why you would want to waste your precious time with the stock TIVO remote. It takes forever to enter a search term or password and usually it takes several tries and is very frustrating. This little beauty lets you just use a QERTY keyboard and it only takes a few seconds. A bonus is that you have the ability to push a button on your TIVO to initiate an alarm on the remote so you can find it under the couch.
I purchased two of these remotes and at first they worked fine. But slowly the buttons on both remotes began sticking and required repeated pushing to work. I'd recommend the regular Tivo Glo remote, not this one.
The TiVo Slide Pro remote is packaged two different ways. Part number C00260 does not come with an RF dongle and thus will only work with the newer Roamio receivers that have built in RF capability. Part number C00261 comes packaged with the RF dongle that plugs into the USB port and makes the remote work with Premiere and Mini receivers. I purchased this unit May 2014 from the seller weakKnees and I was sent C00261 with the dongle. If that's what you are looking for just confirm with seller before purchasing.
Excellent remote control that works great with XBMC software once a few tweaks are made to the button configs. Make sure you get the one that comes with the dongle if using it on a PC. Linux has the driver built in to the kernel, not sure about the situation in Windows, haven't tested it on a windows machine. Remote is very responsive and most importantly is backlit, perfect for movie night.
It's got an intelligent backlight - it senses the room darkness and lights up with any button press only when needed. It's RF based (using a USB dongle if for minis or older Tivos, but directly pairing with Roamios) so no worry about line of site and I can now hide the mini. It slides open  to reveal a very usable keyboard where I can type about as quick as I can on my cell phone, maybe a bit quicker.
5 star remote. I want a second for my other TV!
I ordered this because the tivo rep told me that I needed a &#34;learning&#34; remote in order to be able to control our sound bar. I went through the instruction thoroughly. This remote did not &#34;learn&#34; to control the sound bar. wasted money
I have a Tivo Roamio in my family room and mini in my bedroom. The mini comes with an unlit, infrared / line of site remote which I really hated. The remote is shaped differently than the standard Roamio RF remote and the buttons are slightly different. In the dark, I would have to guess at the right buttons to press and if I didn't have the remote pointed directly at my TV, it wouldn't work at all.
Once you've bitten to bullet on the expense of a TiVo subscription, I suppose that spending $60 bucks on a remote control makes sense.To those of you out there - new to the brave new world of digital everything - take heed...Keyboards are alive and well - and, quite necessary.Spelling out a 40 character email address with the on screen keyboard using up-down left-right cursor keys can take awhile.There is lots of personal information that video streamers require.
Just FYI to others. I bought this for my TiVo Mini, so I needed the RF receiver for this to work, and this package DOES come with it. There seems to be some confusion from others, but at least in my case, I did get it and everything works great!
Answer: by "original" how do you mean?  I have an original from a Tivo2 and those are not the same size.  It is the same size as a roamio remote.  I replaced my roamio with this.  the 1/2 inch is barely noticable (I mean after all it's 1/2 an inch)