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designbot
08-30-2007, 05:05 PM
I've had a DSR6000 receiver for over 4 years now, and it's still working fine, with a second hard drive. The fan gets really loud, though, which drives me crazy.

I figured that I would probably qualify for some special offers from DirecTV if I gave them a call, and I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth asking for a new unit. I haven't found a good comparison of all the current DirecTV models. Is it likely that I would be able to get a newer TiVo unit, or would I probably be stuck with a non-TiVo DVR?

I don't have an HDTV yet, and it will probably be at least another year or two before I get one. Should I just keep using what I've got, or is there something better out there?

Any suggestions about the fan noise?
Rainy Dave
08-30-2007, 05:19 PM
You'd likely get a nonTiVo unit.

I'd swap out the fan in the 6000 and keep it running.
captain_video
08-30-2007, 08:02 PM
A noisy DTivo is better than a quiet POS any day. ;)
Dkerr24
08-30-2007, 10:36 PM
What's a fan cost for a DSR6000? $7 or so? Worth it to just replace the fan.

The time you will spend waiting on hold to talk to Directv, you could have already fixed the existing unit.
magnus
08-30-2007, 10:38 PM
It's not worth bothering with their crappy DVR or the 2 year commitment that you'll get.
grecorj
08-31-2007, 05:30 PM
The fan is dead simple to replace. You can get them anywhere, but places like WeaKnees sell them, too. I did this with my DSR6000 and it was much quieter and cooler with a new fan. My DSR6000 has been running smoothly since 2002, with 2 upgrades in between.
DonHac
09-02-2007, 11:19 PM
The DSR6000 is never going to be very quiet, even with a good fan, because it has such a lousy airflow pattern (in and out through the bottom of the case; it makes the fan work too hard). This spring I picked up an R10 with no disk drive on eBay for $10 and migrated from our old DSR6000 to that. It's much quieter and I have folders, which are easily worth more than $10 on their own.

Don
MirclMax
09-02-2007, 11:45 PM
I did a fan replacement for a DSR6000 from Weaknees as well... I highly recommend it.
wolflord11
09-03-2007, 05:01 PM
The DSR6000 is never going to be very quiet, even with a good fan, because it has such a lousy airflow pattern (in and out through the bottom of the case; it makes the fan work too hard). This spring I picked up an R10 with no disk drive on eBay for $10 and migrated from our old DSR6000 to that. It's much quieter and I have folders, which are easily worth more than $10 on their own.

Don

The DSR is quiet if you get a decent quiet fan.

Go to any Computer Store or look online. You can get a cheap fan for around $7.00. Or get something decent for around $20.00.

They take the same basic fan as any Computer takes.
DonHac
09-03-2007, 09:36 PM
The DSR is quiet if you get a decent quiet fan.

Go to any Computer Store or look online. You can get a cheap fan for around $7.00. Or get something decent for around $20.00.

They take the same basic fan as any Computer takes.

Trust me on this. The stock 6000 fan was loud. Replacing it with the Weaknees fan kit was less noisy. I replaced that with a SilenX PC fan, which was better still.

That said, the R10 with a stock fan is much quieter than any option I tried on the DSR6000, and runs cooler as well. Just like with a computer, having a chassis that promotes good airflow makes the fan's job much easier, and the whole system quieter.