Sony SVR-2000 Digital Video Recorder
Comments on previous review
I've owned one of the Sony Tivo's for about two years and I love it.  I was reading the reviews here and had to comment on one that said the remote was horrible and that Tivo was useless unless you could record one channel and watch another at the same time.  <br />First, the remote is the best remote I have ever used.  The Sony Tivo remote has garnered almost universal praise from reviewers and I agree.  It nestles in the palm so that your thumb falls right on top of the most frequent controls.  Clearly the person who wrote that review doesn't like it, but that is not the experience of 99% of the people who have one.  <br />Secondly, I disagree strongly that the single tuner Tivo is usless because you can't record one channel and record another at the same time.  I used mine that way for more than a year and it was still the best single piece of TV-watching technology I ever purchased. After I finally got a $5 signal splitter I now can record and watch at the same time it is a bit nicer.  However, calling Tivo useless without this ability is absurd. <br />I can't comment on Sony service for Tivo's because I have never had a single problem with mine.  <br />I plan on always having a Tivo and can't wait for the HDTV version due out later this year (2003).  The inability to display or record HDTV is a big drawback with this unit.