In our TechTV Lab tests, we found that the DSR6000 eliminates the problems with earlier TiVos.
Video quality is as good as with standard DirecTV service.
That's because the DirecTV satellite signal is already digital, which lets the DSR6000 write the received bits directly to the internal 30GB hard drive. The digital video signal no longer needs to be converted to analog, transferred to TiVo, and then redigitized. Both the World Series and NFL football looked noticeably better on the DSR6000. Over the last year, we've gotten used to TiVo's limited electronic programming guide, which displays only one channel's schedule at a time. With the DSR6000, you can elect to view program information in either form.