Strong contender to the Amazon Firestick with beefy CPU and GPU (plus 8GB storage), and 2 GB DDR4 ram.
The TiVo aspects are limited to an optional TiVo experience app. Automatically boots to stock Android TV launcher everytime, making it literally a lean mean Android TV box. There are no restrictions being based in NZ, except you probably can't get much out of the TiVo experience app. Been using it for a year now.
Remote is reliable (with working Google Assistant) and runs on two AAA batteries. TiVo and number Buttons can be remapped with button mapper from playstore.
Sideloading is easy using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yablio.sen… . Just download it to the TiVo and then use an android phone/mac or windows PC to push APKs through and install using a Android TV file explorer app.
8 units cheapied. New rate is 33.80 USD + 15.37 shipping.