I have upgraded from Toshiba SD-H400 to RS-TX60 2 weeks ago. Aside from being able to continue using the Tivo basic service, which is completely free (except the cost of phone calls to a local number which provides program information), here are additional benefits:
1. Huge Tivo hard drive seems impossible to fill up. I know one day even 200 hours will seem too small, but for now it seems infinite.
2. Copying Tivo'd programs to a DVD-R or DVD-RW. As I fly a lot, I am able to bring my DVD-R's, and watch them on a plane with my portable DVD player or a laptop. I found no problems playing the DVD-Rs on other equipment. I was slightly concerned what happens when the recorded program is longer than 2 hours (limit what would fit on a single DVD-R in High quality mode), but the unit seamlessly fills up 1 DVD-R, and then continues on another with the rest of the recorded program.
Creating a 2-hour DVD-R takes about 45 minutes; creating 30-minute DVD-R takes about 20... Read more

The RS-TX20 works like a charm. The instruction manual and quick start guide made cabling a fairly straightforward affair. The variety of cabling options includes cable box, satellite box, both, or straight from the cable. The unit came with enough cables to make all the connections needed and to then get going. You can also output to a variety of components including a VCR. We have ours going to a theatre amp and the improvement in the sound by selecting Dolby 5.1 from the Toshiba/TiVo set-up menu is noticeable.

The only caveat's:

1 - If you have VONAGE or other VOIP - I had a hard time getting the onboard modem to hook to TiVo Central. This is where all of the data about what is on your local channels comes from. I had to call Vonage and explain to them what I was doing. Kudos to Vonage - they were very helpful and with only 20-30 minutes, I was able to hook up to get the initial program load. If you are doing this, use dialing prefix ",#034"... Read more

I was an early adopter of TiVo about 5 years back and still have one of the original 30 hour units. I kept holding off buying a Series 2 as the capacity grew.

When I saw the Toshiba RS-TX60 with 160 GB capacity and DVD burning functionality, I figured that was the one for me, especially at Amazon's great price (made even better by a TiVo and Amazon rebate).

I've had the unit for a few days now and wanted to set down some impressions and correct a few FALSE impressions I believe have been written about the unit.

1) Firstly and most importantly, when burning a DVD YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE UNIT FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING SHOWS. There was one review that seemed to indicate that you had to "time" your DVD burning when nothing else was going to be recorded. NOT TRUE. Just as you can watch one show while recording another, you can also (a) watch a show while (b) recording another show while (c) archiving another group of shows to DVD.

2) DVD... Read more