Philips DSR6000R DIRECTV Receiver with TiVo Service
Is TiVo the next Betamax ?
I've always recognized the potential of a product like this, but it was my wife who really began to use it &quot;full time.&quot;  Now we can't watch TV without it, because of the convenience of pausing a good show every time the kids run into the room and interrupt the show we are watching.  You never miss that great line at the climax of the show...just rewind it, and listen to it again.  So what is the problem???   After falling in love with the TiVo technology, our Philips TiVo unit broke.  I thought, no problem, I'll buy a new unit, send the broken one off to be repaired, and when it comes back, I'll have 2 units.  I went to Circuit City where I bought this unit, and they don't carry any TiVo products anymore.  Ok, I thought, I'll pick one up somewhere else......no way.  There are no more retailers carrying TiVo.  TiVo's website only recommends 2 online retailers, (no local retailers).  They are selling reconditioned units for 3 times the price I paid for mine new.  So, I don't know what is going on with TiVo, but they may be on the way out.  So now I am reluctantly converting over to Ultimate TV, as it is the only service supported by local vendors.  Good Luck