Dogfather
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2 edits | I'll keep my regular HD-DVR thanks
If I want to watch commercials I'd watch it live.
But so long as it's not replacing anything I don't care. The only problem I see is what are we giving up in order to provide channel bandwidth for this. Is SDV really saving enough to cover this plus the addition of other HD channels. |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | That does sound rather useless, doesn't it?
HD Tivo + CableCARD = much better solution.
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fuzzyinc
join:2004-07-05
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Yes,
The SO content is broadcast over the same QAM's as your current VOD service thus only adding additional bandwidth load when you request for it. SDV should be able to handle this load. |
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Jason Levine
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I've used Time Warner Cable's regular Start Over feature from time to time. (Don't watch HD content because I don't have an HD TV.) It's most useful if you've missed 5 or 10 minutes of a show. You can catch up and then jump to live TV. I have noticed a few glitches, though. For example, if you Start Over a show and then open the Guide, it will jump you back to Live TV, losing your place in the process and forcing you to Start Over all over again.
But I still would rather use the DVR since you can commercial skip. (Unfortunately, our DVR keeps bombing out, Time Warner Cable's only solution is to replace it, and they can't transfer my previously recorded shows from the old DVR to the new one.)
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | reply to RadioDoc
No SDV adapter yet for c-card TiVo and I personally don't care for TiVo's ad covered GUI. |
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RadioDoc
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| Compared to "start over" it's downright brilliant. You folks must get a lot of ads out west. We rarely see more than one or two a month, and they are unobtrusive, unlike the 4/5 screen Comcast stuffs ads into on their program guide.
Once SDV starts here I'm off to satellite anyway. Not a big issue.
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MacLeech
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said by RadioDoc  :That does sound rather useless, doesn't it? HD Tivo + CableCARD = much better solution. What if you don't have a Tivo or DVR, but do have a regular cable box? What if you didn't schedule the program to record and missed part of the show?
That's the intended audience for the "Start Over" service.
Start Over isn't intended to replace a DVR...
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | It's still rather useless. They should use those resources to improve their service not implement some lame gimmick they claim differentiates them from satellite providers.
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Thaler
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| Eh, does the "start over" work on programs you *just* tuned into, or ones that have been streaming through? If so, I would consider that more a feature than a gimic. Tuning into the last 5 minutes to a show you wanted to watch, hitting "start over", and then watching it from the beginning certainly has its merits.
...but if it comes with the sacrifice of no pause/FF/rewind function to go to the bathroom, grab snacks, ponder life, etc. for a few minutes, then yeah...no way in hell I'd make that sacrifice. |
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Jason Levine
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| It works on shows that you've just tuned into. So let's say you're running late and wind up tuning into your favorite show 20 minutes late, you could hit "Select" and then choose "Start Over." The show would then restart from the beginning. I believe it has pause capabilities, but no fast forward (so no channel skipping). It is a useful feature, but it doesn't replace a DVR box. |
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MacLeech
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| said by Jason Levine : It is a useful feature, but it doesn't replace a DVR box. It's not meant to. |
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1 edit | reply to Dogfather
said by Dogfather :If I want to watch commercials I'd watch it live. But so long as it's not replacing anything I don't care. The only problem I see is what are we giving up in order to provide channel bandwidth for this. Is SDV really saving enough to cover this plus the addition of other HD channels. same here
they will be takeing my HD box over my Dead body
AD's SUCk the Audio is OUT of Sync with the show
so that is why i use the mute butten on live TV
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is so sad Cablevision listened to the C&D order for their network DVR. why couldnt they tell the industry to go Fsck itself we are the route to your customers who dont want to go out.
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RadioDoc
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| Because then the program providers--you know, the folks who produce the programming you watch and that filed the lawsuit--would yank their product leaving Cablevision with, well, whatever they produce themselves.
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