Direct tv with TiVo
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- Has modern technology that includes personal video recording abilities. The directv tivo incorporates all standard Hughes features with many additional advanced features that will make you able to fast forward, zap commercials, rewind and record live TV! TiVo it's not only a video recorder with a hard disk drive instead of video tape, but at first you can see it that way. If you subscribe to DirecTV you receive a large number of channels and programming you may want to watch on anytime, day or night.
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Time shifting with a VCR is not very convenient, you must have a tape inserted and set the timer and continually do so each time. You may miss your programs because of little mistakes or you may be one of those that hate programming your VCR.
TiVo is a computer that can be easily set to find and record programs you want to watch and you can watch them at your convenience.
This Directv receiver/TiVo is essentially similar to the Hughes GXCEBOT and Sony SAT-T60 except for cosmetic differences and the Sony has a different remote and the Sony can control some Sony VCRs while saving a program to tape.
The Philips DSR7000 replaced the DSR6000. The DSR7000 adds 2 USB 2.0 ports which currently aren't utilized but may be in a future software upgrades. |
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The DSR6000 comes standard with recording capacity advertised as up to 35 hours. Many early production DSR6000 models came with one 30GB and one 15GB Quantum Fireball hard drive. Later production models came with a single 40GB Quantum Fireball.
With the DSR6000, 2 programs can be recorded simultaneously with the two tuners. In addition you can watch a previously recorded third program while two programs are being recorded.
There is no additional DirecTV fee for the second tuner. TiVo features like Season Pass, which records all episodes of a specific program, are all very stable and work reliably.
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The TiVo software that runs this thing is very sophisticated and easy to use. DirecTV currently charges a monthly TiVo fee of up to $4.99 for all DirecTV Receivers with TiVo service on any one account.
If you subscribe to Total Choice Premier, the $4.99 TiVo fee is waived. The separate additional receiver fee of $4.99 applies for all DirecTV/TiVo receivers over the first one as with any DirecTV receiver.
If you are adding this receiver to your single receiver DirecTV system, you will need to pay the additional receiver fee of $4.99 plus the TiVo fee of $4.99 if you don't subscribe to Total Choice Premier or above.
You will also need two satellite feeds to utilize both tuners in a DSR6000 which means a multiswitch is needed to use the DSR6000 with another DirecTV receiver.
The picture quality is virtually impossible to differentiate from the source due to the DSR6000 records the DirecTV bitstream to the hard drive without compression.
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Dolby Digital audio can be recorded and played back when available. If you want a black component to go with other black components in your system, the DSR6000 is the only choice thus far because the other models of the DirecTV Receiver with TiVo service are all silver.
To set up a recording you can get an alphabetic listing of all shows, pick the one you're looking for, and hit enter. You will need to decide if you want to record just that showing, or get a "season pass". A season pass records all of the upcoming showings of that program (you can even set it to skip repeats).
The best thing though, is that Tivo learns what you like to watch, and records programs on it's own. You can give programs up to three "thumbs up" or "thumbs down". Tivo will then find program similar to the "thumbs up" programs and record them on it's own and won't record the "thumbs down" programs.
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Probably the only downside to this unit is that it only records using it's dual DTV tuners. While it can record two shows at once on DTV, it cannot record anything from cable or over-the-air. If DTV doesn't offer locals in your area this may not be the unit for you.
Direct TV with TiVo Feature:
The Series2 DIRECTV TiVo Digital Satellite Recorder (DSR) has the same great "TV-controlling & customization" features as past models -- plus some great new additions, such as:
- - Be ready for future home entertainment services with two integrated USB ports.
- - INSTANT REPLAY LIVE DIRECTV
- - Pause - Rewind - Slow-motion - Instant replay live DIRECTV any time - Easily and instantly digitally record programs without setting a timer or using videotape.
- - Free Professional Installation
Direct TV will provide you with up to three Hughes Director receivers for Free, as part of their ongoing special promotion they will also provide Free professional installation!
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