Philips DSR7000 Combination TiVo/DIRECTV Satellite Receiver

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• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000089A8Y
• Item model number: DSR7000
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 15, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Ditch the VCR and get ready for the channels, the quality, and the convenience of Philips' DSR7000 combination DIRECTV receiver and 35-hour digital video recorder (DVR). Designed to be a second receiver in a dual-LNB DIRECTV system, this single box handles everything from satellite reception to digital audio/video recording. You'll even be able to pause live TV whenever you wish. Required for use are a television, a satellite-dish antenna (which should be properly mounted before you connect the DVR), and a standard analog phone line. All other requisite cabling and accessories are right in the box.

With DIRECTV reception right inside the DVR, you'll enjoy access to over 225 channels of digital DIRECTV programming with the convenience and control of digital video recording. You'll be able to control live TV (pause, rewind, slow motion, or instant replay), access up to 31 premium movie channels and as many as 60 pay-per-view movies per month, use Season Pass to automatically record every episode of your favorite shows every time they air (even if the dates and times change), and subscribe to major professional and college sports (including NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, MLS, and NCAA).

Because the unit has two internal tuners, you can watch one program/station while recording another--if that's not the pinnacle of convenience, we're not sure what is. Video is delivered with MPEG2 DVD-quality digital video (though actual quality can vary by station, depending on origination conditions), and you can choose to listen to Dolby Digital or linear PCM (CD-quality) sound.

The DVR offers a host of connections to properly integrate it with your home and with other home-entertainment gear, from its RJ-11 (standard telephone) jack for scheduling information and periodic software updates to AV connections such as composite- and S-video output jacks. An optical digital-audio output (optical cable not supplied) passes a Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround signal to compatible AV receivers and multichannel speaker system so you can immerse yourself in the soundscapes of your favorite movies. Surround-encoded broadcasts let you feel every explosion, hear the roar of a jet approaching from behind, and sense the magnitude of the dragon's cavernous lair.

Use the 14-day advanced-programming guide to find programs quickly and easily. See days of programming, sort by themes, or set reminders to notify you when a program is about to start. And do you find yourself watching a program with a hunch there might be something better on? Use the channel-browse mode to view what is playing on other channels without missing any of your current program.

All family members can customize their viewing with their own lists of channels using custom favorites. One-touch channel-back quickly returns you to a previously viewed channel at the touch of a button. And, with parental control, moms and dads can make sure children only see what they want them to see.

What's in the Box
DVR, DIRECTV access card, AC power cord, RJ-11-terminated phone-line splitter, remote control, remote batteries, 25-foot RJ-11 phone cord, RF coaxial video cable, composite-video/stereo analog audio interconnect, and S-video cable.

Product Description
Receive and record your favorite programs with ease.PRODUCT FEATURES:Combine access to over 225 digital-quality channels of DIRECTV programming with the convenience and control of the DIRECTV Digital Video Recorder;Digitally record up to 35 hours of DIRECTV programming to watch whenever you're ready;Dual Tuners allow you to record two shows at the same time or watch one while recording another;Use Season Pass to automatically record every episode of your favorite shows;Use WishList to find and record programs that match your interests.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good - could use improvement, August 23, 2003

By	R. Brome (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is my first TiVo and first DirecTV. This thing is amazing. It's truly a whole new way to watch television. It's very easy to use and the quality is great. There are just a few things I wish they would add or change.

The dual tuners lets you do some incredible things. For example, say you're watching channel A live, then switch to channel B. You watch that for a few minutes, then decide you might have missed something on channel A. You can pause channel B, switch back to A, and rewind it to catch what you missed! Insane...

The integration is pretty smooth between the TiVo and DirecTV interfaces, although in combining the two, they stripped out some features from each. My biggest gripe is that the program guide is the regular TiVo one. The program guide on standalone DirecTV units is much faster and slicker. You also don't get the DirecTV feature that lets you browse channels by logo.

Also, even though this is a Series 2 TiVo, the USB ports seem to be disabled. Unlike other series 2 TiVos, you can't connect it to broadband - you're stuck with the phone line. And The Home Media option doesn't seem to be available. Hopefully a software update will enable these features.

Finally, it would be nice if it had component video output, but that's not a big deal for me.

It does have optical audio out and s-video out, so you still get pretty darn good quality. And of course, you don't lose any quality when recoprding like a standalone TiVo - which is by far the best feature of this thing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DirectTiVo is Crippled - Not fully enabled, January 24, 2005

By	Scott C. Hodges (Western PA USA) - See all my reviews

I've had 6 Tivos but up until now, they have all been freestanding (TiVo1 and TiVo2) units. I switched to satellite about a year ago and was thrilled to find that DirecTV was offering Tivos.....Until I brought mine home. What they DON'T tell you is that DirecTV TiVo is designed and built for DirecTV only. It DOES NOT record cable or over the air broadcasts, it DOES NOT support networking (a fantastic feature for getting your schedule via Internet and sharing shows between multiple TiVos in a household) and, because it doesn't support networking, it also doesn't support the Home Media Option (which allows you to stream audio and images from your PC to your TiVo). It also doesn't support web based scheduling requests or the soon to be released TiVo-to-Go. These are all features that are central to the TiVo culture and I'm amazed that DirecTV has crippled their version of the TiVo service. I'd happily pay out the few bucks a month to add a DirecTV unit to my TiVo subscription, but DirecTV doesn't allow for it.

The long and short of it is that this is not a fully enabled TiVo and there isn't much you can do about it. If you just want a PVR with a nice interface, this is probably it. But if you want TiVO, as in ALL of TiVo, then skip these direcTV units, buy a regular TiVo and hook it up to you current satellite receiver. Not only can you record over-the-air or cable this way, but you get every one of the TiVo functions that the folks at TiVo have thoughtfully built into thier units.

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars dissappointing image quality, June 4, 2003

By	"emeijer2" (Redwood Shores, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I replaced my old Sony Directv received for this tivo/directv unit....

Reading the various articles on Tivo receivers, I understood that a combined tivo/directv receiver would cause no loss of image quality (a regular tivo unit would first convert the digital satallite signal into an analog signal)... so I expected both live and recorded pictures to be of the same quality that I was used to with my Sony receiver....

Well, the live picture quality is definitely less than what my old Sony directv receiver produced, which it is quite disappointing; one of the nice things of satellite tv are the crisp imagines (if you have a good tv set).

The recorded picture quality is similar to the live picture quality (so at least no further loss of quality is introduced during recording).

I am using the exact same cables (S-video) as with my old unit, so that can't be the issue.

Also I don't get the Dolby theater sound signal any longer, my Sony sat receiver delivered dolby flawless (yup, I did enable the Dolby setting on the Philips receiver using the onscreen setup). The system does pickup a broadcast is in dolby, but the audio output is simply not the 5 channel dolby surround (my audio receiver at least doesn't recognize as dolby any longer, whereas it did with my old Sony sat receiver).

The tivo stuff all works fine and is very user-friendly, but if you care about image quality or your dolby sound, you should think twice before you buy this unit !