Toshiba RS-TX60 DVD Recorder with 160 GB TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder
Great Toshiba Tivo/DVD unit
I have upgraded from Toshiba SD-H400 to RS-TX60 2 weeks ago.  Aside from being able to continue using the Tivo basic service, which is completely free (except the cost of phone calls to a local number which provides program information), here are additional benefits:  1.  Huge Tivo hard drive seems impossible to fill up.  I know one day even 200 hours will seem too small, but for now it seems infinite.  2.  Copying Tivo'd programs to a DVD-R or DVD-RW.  As I fly a lot, I am able to bring my DVD-R's, and watch them on a plane with my portable DVD player or a laptop.  I found no problems playing the DVD-Rs on other equipment.  I was slightly concerned what happens when the recorded program is longer than 2 hours (limit what would fit on a single DVD-R in High quality mode), but the unit seamlessly fills up 1 DVD-R, and then continues on another with the rest of the recorded program.  Creating a 2-hour DVD-R takes about 45 minutes; creating 30-minute DVD-R takes about 20 minutes.  The initial on-screen estimate is always 57 minutes for the DVD-R, but the number decreases somehow faster than the real time.  At the same time, the front display of the unit shows how many percent of the DVD have been recorded.  3.  The unit is much quieter than SD-H400.  4.  Occasional audio sync and pixelization annoyances have not come up yet on the new unit.    I also found a few annoyances on the new unit:  1.  The remote is not as logical as the SD-H400's seemed to be.  The two jump forward/jump back buttons have been replaced with one \\"jump forward than jump back\\" button.  Live TV/Guide buttons have also been combined into one.  The Stop and pause buttons are at unexpected locations, but I guess this is just a matter of getting used to it.  And the worst, there is no standby button on the remote for the unit, so I either have to navigate the menus to put it in standby, or stand up and press the button on the unit itself!  If I didn't do it, I would have to turn off the audio system (which I keep always on), or I would have TV sound on at all times.  (By the way, the unit does turn on just by pressing the Tivo button on the remote.)  2.  The Tivo on-screen font is slightly smaller and toned, so it is somehow more difficult to read on a 27\\" TV.    Overall, I am very satisfied with the product, and would recommend it.