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Which direcTivo and Where to buy it
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| Topic: | Which direcTivo and Where to buy it This thread has 7 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday February 19, 2002 at 16:15 |
B K'witz Founding Member |
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Months ago I bought a Sony SAT60.($399 with $100 rebate) I love it. I thought I would have to pay another monthly fee if I bought another one, but I read in this forum that I only have to pay the directv "additional receiver fee"- so I ran out to buy another one. Now I can't find it anywhere. I like the SONY-- I have 2 feeds into it so I can record 2 shows at once. -I don't know anything else about the other brands, but I can't find any brand in stock at Best Buy, Wiz, Circuit City etc. On line I see "back-ordered"? Whats up??
Any suggestions? Are there newer models? Better models? Is the price the same? rebates still offered?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Barry
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday February 19, 2002 at 19:43 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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| Post 3 made on Thursday February 21, 2002 at 12:33 |
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I would also recommend the Phillips DSR6000. I bought one a month ago from American Satellite. It cost me $99.00 shipped to my door. I believe it has most, if not all the features that the Sony has, but at a much more attractive price. http://www.americansatellite.com/
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| OP | Post 4 made on Thursday February 21, 2002 at 13:49 |
B K'witz Founding Member |
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Just ordered the Phillips. Its 1/3 the price of what I paid for the SONY. If its 1/2 as good I'm way ahead. Thanks.
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| Post 5 made on Thursday February 21, 2002 at 15:46 |
rlj5242 Founding Member |
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According to the regulars at www.tivocommunity.com all DirecTivos are made in the same factory using the same parts. They are just put in different boxes. The Sony remote is different but that doesn't justify the extra $$$ ( I think you are paying for the Sony name). -Robert
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| Post 6 made on Friday February 22, 2002 at 15:03 |
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As for the DSR6000...
I just bought one from Expertsatellite.com via getconnected.com, it was practically free (except for shipping). The deal was only good for new subs to DirecTV.
It seems though that they're starting to run out of stock of these things. The new one I got was actually an older one that had 2 hard drives instead of one. Also the DSR6000 has a problem with Dolby digital thru the optical cable. If you're not using the optical cable you should be fine.
One other thing, it seems that a lot of the DTiVo units being sold (not just DSR6000) have slow flaky remotes. All you have to do is call TiVo and they'll replace it.
Cheers,
paksen
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| Post 7 made on Wednesday March 20, 2002 at 17:06 |
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Anybody know where DSR6000 available now?
answer: American Satelite
This message was edited by JohnFox on 03/20/02 21:46.33.
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| Post 8 made on Friday March 22, 2002 at 14:21 |
JohnFox Founding Member |
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Anybody know where I can get a DSR6000 (existing DTV subscriber)? Thanks!
American only selling them to new subscribers...!
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