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Recommend Directv Tivo Receiver
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Post 1 made on Sunday December 30, 2001 at 00:31
Jim S
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I'm considering switching from Dish Network to Directv and would appreciate recommendations for a TiVi capable receiver. Price, dual tuners, Dolby Digital 5.1 output and a receiver that does not have long lag times to follow commands are important considerations for me.

I'm not happy with my Dishnetwork dishplayer, it's too slow. Are newer recievers faster?

Thanks.
Post 2 made on Sunday December 30, 2001 at 00:56
Larry Fine
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Don't know if they're still available, but:

Philips DSR6000R, $99 @ Circit City, everything you're seeking. Ask about $.01 dish.

Larry
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Post 3 made on Monday December 31, 2001 at 18:25
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Sony's Direct TV / Tivo Unit Works very well .
Post 4 made on Tuesday January 1, 2002 at 11:06
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The Phillips DSR6000 is your best bet. Dual tuners, 5.1 out and 35 hr Tivo. The best deal is at http://americansatellite.com for $99.

I will be taking my ultimate TV receiver back and getting this unit if they don't fix the ultimate TV satellite problem in the next few days.
Post 5 made on Wednesday January 2, 2002 at 13:11
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Check the DirecTV with Tivo section at http://www.tivocommunity.com . They have a thread with the best deals.

-Robert
Post 6 made on Monday January 7, 2002 at 19:17
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Tivo is very problematic and takes a long time to set up, that is why they are selling so inexpensively. If you want reliability and good customer service, use replay or ultimate TV
Post 7 made on Monday January 7, 2002 at 20:18
tom shea
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Does everyone who has Direct TV like the reception. I have the Dish Network and the reception is poor. I have a large screen so I would like to hear from someone who has a big screen Thanks Tom
Post 8 made on Tuesday January 8, 2002 at 17:39
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I have the Philips DSR6000, DirecTV receiver with TiVo, and had no problem what so ever setting it up. I thought it was very intuitive. I have heard nothing but praise about the DSR6000. It has a dual tuner so you can record one program and watch another or even record two programs while watching something that was recorded earlier. The reason they are cheap is because DirecTV kicking back some money to the vendors like Circuit City to get customers hooked up to their service. No one makes a DirecTV receiver with Replay that I know of.
Post 9 made on Thursday January 10, 2002 at 14:13
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On 01/07/02 19:17.34, DBDElectronics said...
Tivo is very problematic and takes a long time
to set up, that is why they are selling so inexpensively.
If you want reliability and good customer service,
use replay or ultimate TV

Tivo problematic? That was spoken like a diehard UTV subscriber.

Before I took the plunge, I was ready to buy UTV, but I made sure I researched the issues for several weeks, before buying. In my research, I saw ALOT more complaints about UTV than with Tivo and now, UTV has somewhat of a showstopper for quite a few people, as there are problems with UTV and the new spotbeam satellite, Directv just brought online(see this thread for details: [Link: remotecentral.com]).

I ended up going with a Hughes Directivo unit and could not be happier. I have recorded just about everything I could and have yet to have any problems.

Do some research and you will see that Tivo is the better way to go. You can buy Hughes/Philips units online and you can find the Sony units for about $100 more atBrick and Mortar stores. They all have the same internals, but the Sony adds a better remote(universal) and a VCR control.


This message was edited by Chuck_IV on 01/10/02 14:43.11.
Post 10 made on Sunday January 13, 2002 at 21:25
Dan DeBehnke
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I got a UTV receiver for Christmas and had nothing but trouble with it when the spot beam technology was launched. I had this same problem with 2 receivers and UTV/Direct TV finally told me it was a satellite problem and that they didn't know when I would get my reception back.

I took the UTV receiver (#2) back and got a Phillips DirectTV-TIVO unit and I love it! It set up easy and has been running fine from the beginning. Picture is great, 2-tuners and Dolby 5.1 I would recommend the TIVO unit over UTV given the problems that I had with UTV.

Post 11 made on Wednesday February 6, 2002 at 08:03
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Buy the Tivo/SAT receiver on price. The Philips, Hughes and Sony receivers are all identical (the Sony has a slightly different remote) and are built in the same factory in Mexico.
Post 12 made on Tuesday March 26, 2002 at 17:33
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I installed a Hughes DirecTiVo last week, and am having an amazing time with it. My satellite reception on both tuners is stunning, and the features of the TiVo do indeed make me wonder how the rest of the world uses television without it.

It was such a piece of cake to install and configure. My biggest effort was in removing all of the PPV placeholders and religious or shopping channels in teh DTV lineup. Now it is pure and lean, and it is a joy to see what I have recorded every time I check out Now Playing on the TiVo!

I am highly satisfied. I got mine for $49 from OrbitSat.com, off of the http://www.tivo.com page. Now they are $99, due to dwindling supply. Still a great deal and totally worth it.
Post 13 made on Tuesday March 26, 2002 at 17:40
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And if Ultimate TV is anything like the worthless quality control that I have seen in other Microsoft software products over the last 18 years, I would avoid it like the plague!

Those people insisted that Win 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Win 95 were ready for industrial use. That to me is ludicrous, and in itself should warn away consumers who value quality and reliability.

TiVo employs the robustness and scalability of Linux and the PPC architecture. My TiVo is my 9th UINIX device in my house, and I welcome it. Microsoft products are only good for short durations of playing games.
Post 14 made on Tuesday April 2, 2002 at 22:11
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On 01/07/02 19:17.34, DBDElectronics said...
Tivo is very problematic and takes a long time
to set up, that is why they are selling so inexpensively.
If you want reliability and good customer service,
use replay or ultimate TV

TiVo problematic and difficult to set up?????? Please loosen whatever is cutting off the O2 to your brain and join the rest of us here on planet earth. MY GOD, ANOTHER GATES CYBORG!!!!!
Post 15 made on Wednesday April 3, 2002 at 09:16
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On 03/26/02 17:40.19, Shevek said...

And if Ultimate TV is anything like the worthless
quality control that I have seen in other Microsoft
software products over the last 18 years, I would
avoid it like the plague!

Those people insisted that Win 3.1, NT 3.5, NT
4.0 and Win 95 were ready for industrial use.
That to me is ludicrous, and in itself should
warn away consumers who value quality and reliability.

TiVo employs the robustness and scalability of
Linux and the PPC architecture. My TiVo is my
9th UNIX device in my house, and I welcome it.
Microsoft products are only good for short durations
of playing games.

You know, I read this and decided not to comment but geez, I just can't do it!

Microsoft has dozens of bulletproof, scalable backend products that easily have the robustness of UNIX, your statement is extremely biased and without merit. I am sure you and the other couple hundred thousand folks who use Linux at home are going to be sad when Linux finally gets relegated back to the geek closet (Data Center) where it belongs once the false hope that it will conquer mighty Microsoft finally dies. Linux, while a good idea, just can't produce when it comes to the wide range productivity apps and industry support customers demand. It isn't about the robustness, who deserves it more or which company is more ethical, it is about market share and availability. Microsoft, whether you like it or not is here to stay and while you can fight them and run everything else on your personal computer and home products, you can't escape their technology.

As a Systems Architect with 15 years experience I can tell you first hand that Microsoft solutions work very well, like anything else, a good design is the key. Windows 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME and XP each moved the market forward faster than any other product offered by any other manufacturer. People sit and whine about stability and Operating System choices but do you see anyone trying to compete? IBM, Sun, Oracle all have the resources but just can't do it. After all, who wants to write the OS, that's not the important part (so IBM said 20 or so years ago and "handed" Microsoft the keys to the future).

No one considers all the shareware and $20 applications, plug-ins and incompatible products that folks load on their computers, only to turn around and blame the OS when it chokes. I can't tell you the number of times I have seen third party software overwrite system DLL's without version checking, in my opinion the primary cause of OS instability. Microsoft products on a Microsoft OS can't be beat, by any companies products on any platform. Get mad at Bill because he has more money than god, get mad at Microsoft because they use their power to thrive but for gods sake give them some friggen' credit! No company provides the number of productivity applications, games, freebies or level of support Microsoft does (ever see the repository of information they provide online!?).

Break them up? Please! Why, because they give away Internet Explorer and that ruins the model Netscape used (sell something someone else provides free?). Why not go back to Windows 3.11 and disk compression, it wasn't there before, shouldn't the OS only have limited features like Netscape and says? Golly, give me a stripped OS so I can buy all that stuff from the people that ride the Microsoft Windows coat-tails and make a killing doing it. If the US Government really thinks they even have a clue about the computer industry (you remember the government don't you, you know, the folks who brought you 1 million + lines of IRS code, the ones who spend $300,000 building an outhouse in a state park, the ones who actually think a toilet seat in the Pentagon was worth $1,200) and think they know what should and should not be in an Operating System, god help us all!!!

"ahhhhh, that felt good though I am sure it was completely wasted, people tend to like and defend-to-the-death whatever product they choose, as is human nature. Perhaps a computer forum here on Remote Central is in order, Daniel?"

Jack Fetter
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