Sony SVR-2000 Digital Video Recorder
cables really matter
I had originally rated this unit very poorly.  After becoming addicted to TIVO, my unit began having picture problems.  We thought it was the TIVO unit.  They said check the cables, I said which ones? I had never had a cable \\"go out.\\" Finally we boxed it up to ship it off but were required to pay shipping and pre-pay in advance for repairs.  We had only had it for 1 year and just over 2 months but had used it almost constantly, but I was still mad, so it sat boxed up waiting to be shipped for almost 2 months! I wanted a new one for mother's day but swore I wouldn't buy SONY. A regular reviewer on Amazon[.com] again said check the cables.  I went to radio shack, bought new cables, took the unit out of the box and what do you know?!  It works perfectly.  This unit is only a 30 hour unit and that's recording on basic quality.  you can't record HDTV to TIVO!  I wish I had known, or I wouldn't have spent the money for an HDTV quite yet.  The TIVO unit is great and I'm sorry I didn't try new cables sooner.  I reccomend this unit 4 stars out of 5 due to the recording capacity.  Otherwise, it's wonderful!  Can't reccomend TIVO enough.  Once you have it, you can't live without it!  I HIGHLY reccomend buying the best cables and buy the extended warranty.  It is upgradeable, just like any computer would be, just search TIVO online!