TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Problems with multiple 80-hour TiVos
I have owned a PHILIPS TiVo for over five years....love it and have never had a problem with it.  I decided to give two brand new 80-hour TiVo's as gifts this past Christmas (manufactured by TiVo, not Philips).  I ordered them through Amazon.com.  BOTH TiVo's developed technical problems within hours of their first use and had to be sent back to TiVo for exchange, and one of the replacement TiVo's developed problems as well.  That's THREE bad TiVo's out of four.  I'm still waiting for one of the replacements.  I am quite concerned because I purchased very expensive lifetime TiVo services for both of these gifts.  Of course, the \\"lifetime\\" service lasts only as long as the life of the TiVo box itself...and at this rate, that life won't be very long.  I'm VERY disappointed with these new TiVo's.