U-verse Whole Home DVR Arrives

said by MarkyD:

When this comes around I may give them another shot. Until then...they can't touch the speed I'm getting with Cox.

said by MyDogHsFleas:

AT&T has plenty of headroom to increase Internet connection speeds well above their current 10/1.5 top offering, without resorting to pair bonding.

said by MarkyD:

I know this is right...I was on U-Verse FTTP, and still could not get anything higher than 6mbps at the time (before 10mbps tier came out.)

Pretty pathetic.

said by Uncle Paul:

First I think the whole house DVR is fantastic. Currently we have to do the same thing with a multiplexer. Wonder how they send a HD signal to the remote TV?

But, 2HD+2SD+VOIP isn't enough for our family now. We very often are either recording or watching 4 HD feeds at one time. If they allow OTA HD recording like Sat then it might solve some issues.

said by Uncle Paul:

So I guess that's a no on the OTA recording?

Is that Video over IP stream from the remove DVR via Cat5 or your internal phone lines?

said by MyDogHsFleas:

AT&T has plenty of headroom to increase Internet connection speeds well above their current 10/1.5 top offering, without resorting to pair bonding.

First, many users synch with the VRAD well above the current allowed rate of 25 Mb/sec. For example I synch at 45 Mb/sec. AT&T could easily sell new higher speeds to those users.

said by Matt:

And so do the folks on fiber, but according to AT&T, until they can get higher speeds to EVERYONE, they won't because they want to keep the user experience "consistent."

So, it really boils down to what percentage of people can get higher speeds without pair bonding?

said by S_engineer:

just how much is att asking per month for this "experience"?

said by magnushsi:

Both Moto and SA systems support multi-room DVR. Has been around for a few years. I don't know if it was poor marketing or what, but the take off has been very limited. Ask your cable provider if they offer it.

said by magnushsi:

I know Time Warner, Charter and Comcast have all deployed multi-room DVR in some markets.

said by magnushsi:

I know Time Warner, Charter and Comcast have all deployed multi-room DVR in some markets.

said by Uncle Paul:

1 SVideo Modulator (»www.solidsignal.com/prod_display···d=SVM-24)
+
1 RFtoUHF Remote Converter (»www.nextgenerationhomeproducts.com/)

= Win for SD.

We've used it for years. Pause a SD show in one room, finish watching it in another.

said by ptrowski:

We went from cable to DirectTV, ditched cable. The nice thing with DTV is being able to log into the account online and schedule the DVR from there, picking your receiver.

said by PoloDude:

How can it record 4 shows at once? do they mean 2 shows at a time on two different dvrs? I am sure they don't mean 4 shows at once on one dvr (quad tuner?)

If so this still is not that great. Other systems alreay have the multiroom dvr and you can record 2 shoes at a time on each one. Have 7 dvrs? record 14 shows at the same time.

I guess thats what happens when you stick with copper to the house.

said by PoloDude:

How can it record 4 shows at once? do they mean 2 shows at a time on two different dvrs? I am sure they don't mean 4 shows at once on one dvr (quad tuner?)

said by siouxmoux:

And now ATT would make their target dates to add more HD channels like CSN BA HD before the end of 4Q and upgrade UV to line bonding for faster Net access for Q1 2009, that would be great.