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How long have you had your Succesfully Running TiVo?
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Posted by: Hanoveur

My TiVo went to the Severe Error loop after only three weeks of use. I'm getting another one delivered tomorrow.

I was wondering, how long have all of you had your TiVo without problems? I'm afraid my new TiVo may do the same thing my first one did, and if it does, I may not come back for a third try.

Han

Posted by: alexcue

November 1999 14Hr SA
March 2000 30 hr SA
Oct 2000 Dtivo
June 2001 Dtivo
All Philips, running without one hardware problem ever.

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Most toys wins!!!

Posted by: uw69

i've had a 14 hour stand alone unit for over two years now, with no problems. I've had a couple of DTiVo's for 8 months, with no problems. Good luck on your new unit.

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(1) 14 hour Philips
(1) 30 hour Philips
(2) 20 hour Philips gifts
(2) Philips DTivo

It's ONLY television!!

Posted by: SJF32

November 2000 Sony T60 no problems
January 2001 Sony T60 no problems
August 2001 Hughes GXECB0T no problems

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(2)Sony T-60
(1) Hughes GXECB0T

[This message has been edited by SJF32 (edited 09-16-2001).]

Posted by: Bryanmc

September 2000 30 hours Philips SA.
August 2001 Hughes DirecTiVo.

No problems.

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"Always in motion is the future." -Yoda

Posted by: th3145

feb. 14 2000 no problems

Posted by: Manchesters

Well, I am on my 4th unit--a Philips 14 hour SA. The first one lasted for almost 3 months. The second one lasted a couple of weeks. The third one lasted almost a month. I hope this unit will contiue to do a good job! I don't even want to talk about---I might hex myself, lololol.

The first unit's modem dropped dead. The second unit lost the audio, and the third unit quit responding to the remote. They sent a second remote which of course did not good, so they finally sent me my present unit.

Carole R. Ernst

quote:
Originally posted by Hanoveur:
My TiVo went to the Severe Error loop after only three weeks of use. I'm getting another one delivered tomorrow.

I was wondering, how long have all of you had your TiVo without problems? I'm afraid my new TiVo may do the same thing my first one did, and if it does, I may not come back for a third try.

Han

Posted by: AZTivo

November 2000 - 30 hr SA Philips - Returned due to failure of the tuner to receive some stations. (Remember the auction site Mercata? Excellent return service - they paid both ways. To bad they went belly up)

November 2000 - 30 hr SA Philips Replacement - No problems since then.

Last Night, +15 hours and counting - 14 hr SA Philips - Guided setup OK, system upgrade OK, no problems so far.

-- Terry K --

Posted by: John494900

I've had a Philips 30 hour since May 2000 with no problems, and another Philips 30 hour since March 2001, with no problems either.

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John,
A Proud and Happy TiVo: Owner, User, Informer, and Supporter!
Captain - TiVo Army!
2.0.1.z15 - Philips 30 hour
2.0.1.001 - Philips 30 hour

Posted by: skywalkm

Phillips 14 hour - August 2000: Never one problem, even after upgrading with 80GB hard drive (2 weeks ago).

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Philips 106 hour v2.0.1-001-000
What..the..world..needs now..is vo..Tivo
(sung to Jackie DeShannon's "What The World Needs Now is Love")

Posted by: Otto

Philips 14 hr since April or May of 2000. It's been thru hell and back too, as I've hacked the heck out of it at many times/places. Currently, it's a 45 hr unit. It has been higher and lower in capacity at various times. Not had any problems with it from a hardware standpoint, nor any from a software standpoint that I didn't cause by accident (or intentionally). http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Posted by: vertigo235

quote:
Originally posted by Otto:
Philips 14 hr since April or May of 2000. It's been thru hell and back too, as I've hacked the heck out of it at many times/places. Currently, it's a 45 hr unit. It has been higher and lower in capacity at various times. Not had any problems with it from a hardware standpoint, nor any from a software standpoint that I didn't cause by accident (or intentionally). http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Why did you decide to downgrade back to 45 hours?

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- Jones
Running v2.0.1 on 30hr Philips... Upgraded to 128 hours with 80Gig Maxtor.

Posted by: Todd

I got my 14-hour TiVo 2 years ago this month, the same day Regis bought his! I have since upgraded it to 108 hours and it hasn't skipped a beat!

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-Todd

Using v2.0.1-002-000

Posted by: where1

Sony 30 hour SA unit since September of 2000
Philips 60 hour SA unit since December of 2000
No trouble that a reboot hasn't fixed.

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Lest we forget 9/11/01
My System
Paul

Posted by: z33k

SVR2000 Aug2000
SAT-T60 Jul2001 (purchased used)

No problems what-so-ever.
Multiple hacks on both units.

z33k

Posted by: beejay

First TiVo since January 2001, second since September 12, 2001. No TiVo problems. Only time they go down are occasional power failures.

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(1) HDR612 2.0.1-002
(2) HDR612 2.0.1-001

Posted by: jmoak

Philips 14hr (now 45hrs) - 19 months
Philips 20hr (now 45hrs) - 12 months

no probs at all with either.

Family reaction after first purchase:
"What's that?"
Family reaction 6 months later:
"Oh, I deleted Farscape to record my stories, OK?"
Bought the 2nd one the next day....