reelbigfish
join:2002-06-06
Boston, MA
 ·Comcast
 ·Comcast Digital Vo..
| This would be a nice feature
This would be a nice feature for people that have multiple TVs. Then they could just rent SD/HD boxes and save the DVR fee. The more TVs you have the better this is for you. I personally only have 1 TV and plan to keep it that way. It forces personal interaction and to get my butt outside every once in a while. Personally, I'm waiting for higher internet speeds. |
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | Cox already provides MRV for SA users and Motorola area users need to wait until next that really stinks. |
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11
| reply to reelbigfish
said by reelbigfish  : Personally, I'm waiting for higher internet speeds. So that you can DL everything quicker and get OUTSIDE right?  |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| Why so wishy washey?
Why not just settle on MOCA and be done with it?
It's obviously successful with Verizon's Motorola gear. It's also pushed from Moto, and Cox embraced it.
Second half of next year? Give me a break, It'll be 2010 when it gets to our area. Comcast is the slowest company to innovate. Funny how that is because they are one of the most expensive companies. |
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
·RCN CABLE
| Comcast changing the subject, lol
ok, we'll stop talking about the blocking throttling of personal internet information for the benefit of the customers, lol.
I like the sound of this as long as I can use it however I choose. I want no limits on what can be recorded or streamed. No increased rental fees & no ridiculous TOS.
Would be cool if it was basically a HiDef slingbox that can stream live as well as recorded video content over ethernet to any location of my choice. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to cypherstream
Re: Why so wishy washey?
I though Comcast wanted out of the settop box retail business? now they are saying they want to be do it ? We will never had choice in dvr, or tvs. It Comcast way or the highway, or maybe FIOS. |
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whamel
Premium
join:2002-05-09
Clarendon Hills, IL
| liking the idea...
...but wouldnt it be easier to implement, and more cost effective...in regards to troubleshooting, to have a central DVR "server" and minimally featured set tops? I feel it simplifies the narrowing down of bugs and other problems. Maybe a remote support/management feature using a RDP (not necessarily MSFT's RDP technology) to the "server". Then stupid "internal" problems can be more efficiently handled increasing both the botttom line and customer satisfaction..?!?!? |
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koolkid1563
Premium,MVM
join:2005-11-06
Powell, WY
clubs:
·Bresnan Online
| Isn't that kind of how the Scientific Atlanta 8300HD Multi-Room box (»scientificatlanta.com/products/c···HDMR.htm) works? From what I understand, the Multi-room box is the DVR 'server' in a sense, then you have non-DVR boxes watch shows from the 'server' unit. |
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reelbigfish
join:2002-06-06
Boston, MA
·Comcast
·Comcast Digital Vo..
| reply to whamel
Isn't the idea to have 1 DVR and then a bunch of regular STBs? I liked Time Warner Cable's idea to have all the content stored at the head end and then just have regular STBs on every TV to take advantage of the content. Of course the content providers threw a fit and that innovative idea. |
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whamel
Premium
join:2002-05-09
Clarendon Hills, IL
| reply to koolkid1563
now that I read what I read, I sound like an idiot.
Never knew this technology existed until now.
BUT to make IP based remote connections, wouldnt the server also need internet capability? Either via Ethernet/home router /cable modem setup or by making the "server" function as the modem as well? And from there have ethernet hookups on the "server" for client computer connections.... |
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koolkid1563
Premium,MVM
join:2005-11-06
Powell, WY
clubs: | I don't know about the IP connections. When we had TWC, in the diagnostics section of our SA8300HD the STB had an IP from the cable headend. I don't know if that means anything though. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03
·CableOne
| reply to cypherstream
Re: Why so wishy washey?
said by cypherstream :Why not just settle on MOCA and be done with it? It's obviously successful with Verizon's Motorola gear. It's also pushed from Moto, and Cox embraced it. MOCA is a great idea, but what if you want to move a TV? Then you have to call a tech to come install another outlet. And the hardware is hard to fine (AFAIK).
I like the idea of running everything over ethernet. Then, you can either use wireless adapters or powerline adapters that can be purchased at any big box electronics store.
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Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| reply to koolkid1563
Re: liking the idea...
That's just what I was thinking of. I'd love to be able to watch a DVR-d episode of The Colbert Report on one TV while my wife watches a DVR-d Dancing With the Stars on another. I'll bet that whenever Time Warner gets around to it, they'll make Multi-Room DVRs an additional fee. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs: | reply to PolarBear
Re: Why so wishy washey?
Well if you move the TV, wouldn't you need to move the outlet anyway? How else would you get live cable TV without a cable outlet? |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03
·CableOne
| Dish Network already does this
Dish network has been doing this since before I started installing them in 2004. The have one DVR with basically two receivers built into it (two tuners, two separate outputs for TVs with a separate GUI for each one), so each TV can be operated separately like separate receivers, but both TVs SHARE the one hard drive and it's contents.
So why not just build on this concept; make one with 4 or 5 tuners and TV outputs. ONE piece of hardware (cheaper per house cost), runs all TVs in the house (makes customers happy).
The ONLY downfall to this system currently is that it will only run ONE HDTV; the one HDTV connects directly to the box, where all the other "remote" TVs connect via rf-modulated coax. However, if we can transmit SD A/V via one of these, then there is no reason we can't use the same for HD A/V.
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There comes a point in your life when you get tired of fixing everything and wiping everyone's ass. But it’s not giving up. It’s realizing that you don’t need certain people and the bullshit and drama they bring to your life. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to cypherstream
Re: Why so wishy washey?
said by cypherstream :Well if you move the TV, wouldn't you need to move the outlet anyway? How else would you get live cable TV without a cable outlet? Hence the reason the parent poster wants to use Ethernet. It has so many mediums it can travel over it makes it fairly easy to get any where.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | reply to cypherstream
Apparently you aren't understanding the concept of networking; the TV feed would come from the MAIN cable box hooked to the cable line in one room, via networking. We are just discussing WHICH TYPE of networking would work best in this case. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | reply to BosstonesOwn
Exactly. You said it better than I did. |
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | reply to whamel
Re: liking the idea...
It's going to run over the tv cable lines |
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Fubar
join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to PolarBear
Re: Why so wishy washey?
said by PolarBear :MOCA is a great idea, but what if you want to move a TV? Then you have to call a tech to come install another outlet. And the hardware is hard to fine (AFAIK). Wouldn't you have to do that anyways? TO have a MultiRoom DVR you need a cable box on each TV... |
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