Once I got the DirectTV portion of my system working fine with a standard DirectTV receiver, I was ready to tackle my UltimateTV system. Once I turned on my service, everything was working great for recording the programs. I quickly recorded several programs and ran the playback, fast-fwd and rewind features. This part of the system works great! I connected by DVD player and VCR to the receiver assuming I could play them through to my TV. After combing through every piece of documentation in the box, I never could figure out how to do it. I ended up bypassing my new Sony UltimateTV receiver to play my DVD player and VCR. Also, I never was able to get my video camera to play through the front video inputs. There does not appear to be an interface to select video inputs on the receiver.

Recommended: No

Amount Paid (US$): 449