Philips DSR6000R DIRECTV Receiver with TiVo Service
Great, but
This recorder is everything that all the reviewers say it is with one big exception.  The new digital audio for Dolby Digital 5.1 sound does not work at this time.  I hooked up my new DSR6000 to my system and plugged it into my Yamaha DSP-A1 (which is hooked up to eight speakers) for total surround sound and got intermittent sound.  After a few hours of trying to correct the problem, I decided I had a bad unit and returned it for another one.  Guess what?  The same thing with the new second unit. Now a call to TiVo was in order.  First of all, I must say they were right up front about the problem, stating that the software fix for this was about three months away.  Well, the reason I waited so long to buy this unit was because originally it could not record in digital sound.  So it was quite a bummer when I found out it didn't work and would have to wait months to have the problem addressed.  I think some of the editorial reviews should have done a little more research when they discussed how nice it was to have digital audio.  Also, you can't leave the optical audio cable attached or the intermittent sound will continue.  You are obliged to hope that the company can and will fix the problem expeditiously.  I also suggested (to no avail, so far), that they send mail to their customers addressing this problem.