My DRS6000 was getting really long in the tooth and making some horrible sounds. The OS had started running really slowly. Finally, it had been unable to phone in since I switched to VoIP (the "you haven't dialed in in 450 days" thing was getting annoying). It's like 5 or 6 years old so it didn't really owe me anything. I'd buy a new unit, but the lifetime subscription is attached to the hardware, not the subscriber.

So I decided to rebuild and upgrade it. I ordered a new (larger) drive, a new fan (might as well while it's open) and a modem kit. Whole upgrade process took half an hour. A bit of compressed air blasted the dust out. A bit more poking around to find a vonage happy phone number, and my DSR6000 is better than new.

I had no idea how valuable the extra storage is. It changes the way you use your Tivo.

Thanks.