Re: New HD VOD Areas? in Verizon FIOS TV

Re: New HD VOD Areas? in Verizon FIOS TV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20257170 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:15:02 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:15:02 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20406983 GeekNJ :

said by Jay Lucky

said by matcarl

:

Oregon, you should be good to go today, check it out. That's everyone now!!

Great! I'll check it out when I get home, which may be earlier now ;)

You can catch the latest HD short - When to drive home earlier to watch VOD in HD clip.

LOL!
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said by matcarl

:

Oregon, you should be good to go today, check it out. That's everyone now!!

Great! I'll check it out when I get home, which may be earlier now ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20406054 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:02:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405594 klipko :

said by darcilicious

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/me fires up pinnacle pc tv to go to check :)

Woo hoo! There it is! Thanks for the notice, matcarl

wha wha what? HD VOD in Oregon!?! Today!?! Tis this true? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405594 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:38:32 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405564 darcilicious : /me fires up pinnacle pc tv to go to check :)

Woo hoo! There it is! Thanks for the notice, matcarl

!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405564 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:33:42 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405505 matcarl : Oregon, you should be good to go today, check it out. That's everyone now!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20405505 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:26:06 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20372981 matcarl : You must have a lot of trees too, why are you always buying chain saw parts? I don't want to get on your bad side :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20372981 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:52:51 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20372227 KA3SGM :

said by darcilicious

said by lets456

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reply to darcilicious
Did you finally get HD VOD?

Not in Oregon, no.

WOW, when I had the chance, I'm glad I didn't move to Oregon.

All can say is that I always buy my Chain Saw parts from Oregon, so I am figuring that they must have a lot of trees out there?? :p
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said by lets456

:

reply to darcilicious
Did you finally get HD VOD?

Not in Oregon, no. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20370085 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:03:09 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20369726 Nezmo : I believe Frank has been singled-out by VZ and is now the last person to get anything new. It adds entertainment value to this forum at least.

Again, just kidding Frank. Just bask in your 15 mins of fame and enjoy it... ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20369726 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:54:48 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20369712 lets456 : Did you finally get HD VOD?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20369712 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:52:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20369525 KA3SGM :

said by Telcoguru

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Right now Verizon says only do 1 HD VOD stream until a future update later in the year corrects the bandwidth problem.

Telcoguru, Verizon's servers will only let me open 1 HD stream at a time anyway, the attempt to open stream #2 causes a timeout error, so I can wait until they get it working.

Just as long as they don't affect the ability to run multiple SD streams at 1 time is OK with me.
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said by matcarl

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Oh yeah, I forgot that I opened this thread, you got me there!

;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368960 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:25:55 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368955 matcarl : Oh yeah, I forgot that I opened this thread, you got me there! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368955 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:24:52 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368947 darcilicious :

said by matcarl

:

Are you the female Frank of these boards ;)

Uh, hardly :D I rarely if ever ask this sort of thing, now do I?

I'd be upset too, but I don't think anybody knows anything. We are all left in Verizon's darkness when it comes to these things.

Upset would be far too strong a word -- more just like tired of waiting now.

And of course somebody knows something because people have posted dates for other rollouts here previously (e.g. the go-digital dates with Verizon never officially released either). And I believe it was you, after all, who kicked off this thread by asking about HD VOD deployment in certain areas before anyone breathed a word of it here previously, so you obviously knew something ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368947 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:23:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368901 matcarl : Are you the female Frank of these boards ;)
Only kidding. I'd be upset too, but I don't think anybody knows anything. We are all left in Verizon's darkness when it comes to these things.
P.S. Don't get mad at me Frank, it was a joke! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368901 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:15:13 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368865 darcilicious : Anyone have any word/idea when Oregon will finally see HD VOD? I lean towards being patient in general but now I admit, I want my HD VOD! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368865 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:09:32 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366941 Telcoguru : Right now Verizon says only do 1 HD VOD stream until a future update later in the year corrects the bandwidth problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366941 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:16:26 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357399 Jay Lucky :

said by darcilicious

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Just us Orygonians left! NY was the other hold out and they have it now.

Well, that would explain why I couldn't find it today when I was looking... I thought we had got it by now :( Just got my FiosTV installed on Wednesday, but haven't had a chance to really sit down and look at the VOD until today.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20357399 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:20:14 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20348225 darcilicious :

said by bobc2112

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Besides Oregon who else doesn't have HD-VOD?

Just us Orygonians left! NY was the other hold out and they have it now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20348225 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:29:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20348201 bobc2112 : Besides Oregon who else doesn't have HD-VOD?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20348201 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:23:19 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20347964 matcarl :

said by bkrickles :

can we expect to see hdvod for premium channels anytime soon like HBO, Showtime, etc.?

Verizon said they would have that option available but gave no time frame.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20347964 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:14:51 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20347925 anon : can we expect to see hdvod for premium channels anytime soon like HBO, Showtime, etc.?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20347925 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:56:05 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20347297 anon : Just found my HD VOD folder on Long Island! Loads pretty well, good qulity but not too many choices yet. Got to watch all sushi making clips in HD. I am an expert now. Very exiting!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20347297 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:47:36 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20345055 zodden : South Westchester county in NY has it. I checked last night and the HD folder is now there. I watched a free HD flick from Fear.net, good quality.

Glad its finally here. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20345055 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:48:58 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344709 darcilicious :

said by klipko

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[OFF TOPIC]
YES!!! We did get the IMG patch (two patches really) before anybody else and it was "awesome". :-) I miss those days.
[/OFF TOPIC]

LOL :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344709 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:43:50 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344627 klipko :

said by matcarl

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Well you guys already got the small IMG patch, and NY is still waiting for that ;)

[OFF TOPIC]
YES!!! We did get the IMG patch (two patches really) before anybody else and it was "awesome". :-) I miss those days.
[/OFF TOPIC]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344627 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:28:12 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344590 matcarl : Well you guys already got the small IMG patch, and NY is still waiting for that ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344590 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:21:38 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344556 darcilicious : Blargh! Poor us! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344556 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:14:41 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344550 klipko :

said by FIOS MAN

:

Funny.... What can we complain about now. Oh Yeah, Why cant we get more HD Channels!!! haha.

Sounds good to me or we all can pick on the last Verizon territory to get HD VOD.......Oh wait.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344550 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:13:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344521 FIOS MAN : Funny.... What can we complain about now. Oh Yeah, Why cant we get more HD Channels!!! haha.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344521 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:08:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344513 GeekNJ :

said by klipko

said by pvcleave :

Does anyone in Portland have HD VOD yet?

Nope...at my house. Just came back from having lunch at home and checked. No HD VOD folder. Bummer.

I thought NY was *always* last? Hmmm.... I must have been misinformed.
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said by pvcleave :

Does anyone in Portland have HD VOD yet?

Nope...at my house. Just came back from having lunch at home and checked. No HD VOD folder. Bummer. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344495 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:04:40 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344339 anon : Does anyone in Portland have HD VOD yet?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20344339 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:36:11 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342876 FIOS MAN : Not a bad selection on movies...No kids stuff yet. There is Discovery HD VOD. Very limited stuff.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342876 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:27:09 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342749 GeekNJ : Giants won the Superbowl. There are other sports?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342749 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:05:17 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342620 gregg62 :

said by frankpf3

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You must be upset the Devils are down 2-1 to the Rangers

:D

3-1 after tonight!
Go Rangers!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342620 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:40:16 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342557 anon : thanks matcarl
I look forward to checking it out this evening]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342557 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:23:09 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342273 frankpf3 : You must be upset the Devils are down 2-1 to the Rangers

:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342273 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:23:48 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342256 matcarl : That's still there waiting for you to watch it again Frank]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342256 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:21:26 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342255 GeekNJ : Well Frank now has his HD VOD and the subscriber base that was avoiding/leaving FIOS will stop canceling now that they can find the How to Properly Dispose of Feminine Products in HD. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342255 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:21:19 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342246 frankpf3 : I think I remember one, "How not to get mugged".

Important stuff.... :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342246 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:20:14 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342235 matcarl : Oh yeah I saw that too, I can't believe how many titles are in that How To category, most of them must be there for comedic purposes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342235 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:18:28 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342227 keyboards :

said by matcarl

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No, but there is How To Boil Water in HD :p

Don't forget that classic "How to clean a toilet" :D
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said by frankpf3

:

Did they include any of the kids stuff in High Definition? (Noggin, Nick, Disney, etc...........)??

No, but there is How To Boil Water in HD :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342221 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:14:59 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342217 frankpf3 : Did they include any of the kids stuff in High Definition? (Noggin, Nick, Disney, etc...........)??]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342217 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:12:07 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342210 darcilicious :

said by keyboards

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Go to the menu, select VOD and look for a folder labeled HD. If that fails, try searching VOD for HD

Searching for HD or HDTV shortly after other markets rolled out did not work... though what the search results are if you've had HD VOD for awhile, I don't think anyone has reported.

And I believe the folder in the main browse section is called "High Definition" (there's a picture somewhere in this thread).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342210 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:09:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342200 darcilicious :

said by matcarl

:

New York now has HD VOD, yea! How about you Oregon?

Nope :( Still just: Kids, All, Movies, Subscriptions, Events, Adult. No High Definition. But I'll check throughout the day if I have Internet (at a near-by conference the rest of the week) or when I get home tonight.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342200 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:07:41 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342122 keyboards :

said by bkrickles :

how would I find it?

Go to the menu, select VOD and look for a folder labeled HD. If that fails, try searching VOD for HD - although if the folder isn't there, I'm not sure what you'll find.
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when did hdvod hit because I didn't see it last night
how would I find it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20342110 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:33:33 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20341855 matcarl : New York now has HD VOD, yea! How about you Oregon?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20341855 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:41:50 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20296909 GeekNJ :

said by FIOS MAN

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Any word on NY getting this anytime soon? Why are we always a step behind!

Always? Doesn't NY have the fastest Internet options for the lowest price?

So much for always behind.
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said by FIOS MAN

:

Any word on NY getting this anytime soon? Why are we always a step behind!

And Oregon too! Last info that came by way of a front page (of dslreports) news items -- Oregon and New York "in the coming weeks" is how it was put :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20296346 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:51:37 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20296332 FIOS MAN : Any word on NY getting this anytime soon? Why are we always a step behind!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20296332 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:48:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20296085 lets456 :

said by mvk40

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My wife and I rented Rendition in HD VOD. Everything was great: Flawless picture (watched it on a 50" Pioneer Plasma) and spectacular 5.1 Dolby digital sound (through a Denon AVR3806). I would definitely rent another HD VOD title again. I would also probably wait for a movie to come out on HD VOD instead of going to the theaters as it is a better bang for the buck without the sticky floors and obnoxious theater goers.

Why bother with Blu-Ray only to buy new hardware and spend $20-$30 on a movie you might watch twice? While Blu-Ray is the most pristine HD source available, right now (to me anyway) it is just not worth the $.

That's why I think BR will become a dead format as well. To pay $30-$40 per title and spend $400 for a BR player, HD VOD and IPTV are the future of HD. Get your Dvd recorder and record it, add it to your library....the PQ will be very good. Not HD, but very acceptable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20296085 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:57:42 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20292281 mvk40 : My wife and I rented Rendition in HD VOD. Everything was great: Flawless picture (watched it on a 50" Pioneer Plasma) and spectacular 5.1 Dolby digital sound (through a Denon AVR3806). I would definitely rent another HD VOD title again. I would also probably wait for a movie to come out on HD VOD instead of going to the theaters as it is a better bang for the buck without the sticky floors and obnoxious theater goers.

Why bother with Blu-Ray only to buy new hardware and spend $20-$30 on a movie you might watch twice? While Blu-Ray is the most pristine HD source available, right now (to me anyway) it is just not worth the $.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20292281 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:32:41 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20282340 dt_dc :

said by blue_trooper

:

Have ABC or Fox ever done any OnDemand? Comcast didn't have them at the time that I left. IIRC, NBC was little more than news & late night.

Broadcast network VOD deals depend (in part) on deals / relationships between the networks and their local affiliates (who sell local advertising on the shows, depend on them as lead-ins to their own news shows, etc.)

ABC signed an on-demand deal with Comcast (perhaps others) a couple years ago, however it only covered markets where the local affiliate was owned-and-operated by ABC/Disney. Not sure of actual deployments (I think it was pretty minimal). However, very recently, ABC struck a deal with their local affiliates that allowed them to make a VOD deal with Cox(and others). But, the deal depends on 1) local affiliates being able to sell and insert local ads into the VOD content (ie, it's not just a matter of a single thrown / caught national VOD episode of CSI sponsored by GM) and 2) disabling FF during ads. Cox and ABC have been running a trial in Orange County CA.
See:
»www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23343571/
»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ertising
»abcmedianet.com/Web/progcal/disp···22508_02
etc.

Fox made a deal to make VOD content available to (surprise surpise) DirecTV (which really ticked off some local affiliates BTW). 24 was available (temporary, experimental trial) on CableVision. To my knowledge they haven't made a (significant) cable deal yet (for the broadcast network stuff ... yes, they have made deals for their cable nets ... also various 'add-on' and 'additional content' like some shorts leading up to the new 24 series premier, stuff like that).

Note: The above is just related to MSO-provided VOD ... ABC and Fox have of course done various non-MSO specific suff (Internet, iTunes, etc, etc).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20282340 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:14:27 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20281018 lets456 : What I meant is FIOS technology is "new" compared to Comcast cable, D*, E*, etc....They are trying to figure out how to run massive amounts of HD through pipelines along with data and other things.

I don't know too much about the different light colors and what carries what, but HD VOD just came out a few days ago and they're are bound to be problems.

I remember when HD OTA came out....the digital SD simulcast would be fine but HD OTA would drop or have some kind of problem for years while SD ota would be rock solid.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20281018 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:52:25 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20280937 aaronwt :

said by lets456

said by Lee GWB

:

Hi,
Any "stuttering"? I had Major issue with "Korn" and "T.I. vs T.I.P" Others were just fine. Just wanted to see if it was an isolated issue. I haveb;t had time to check other HD VOD channels as of yet.
Lee

This isn't new. The only difference with the HD VOD is it's a higher bitrate then the SD. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20280937 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:21:58 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20279420 dimi1963 : I watched CSI NY (last night episode) tonight and no issues other than some pxelation when the camera moved quickly... everything else was good.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20279420 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:52:34 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20277618 Lee GWB : I understand. Best bet is to open a ticket in the VZ Direct forum.
When I called 3 months ago I was piped into TX where I was told the TV portion is from.The gentleman saw what I saw and it was fixed in 2 days. FWIW this is almost exactly the same problem.
Lee]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20277618 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:58:22 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20277591 lets456 :

said by Lee GWB

I was watching "CSI" last night and it kept cutting out....like when you have a bad OTA signal...clipping, green blocks,etc.

I'm sure this will take time and soon be corrected. Remember, this is new to Verizon. Trial and error. That's the problem with new technology you take a chance and live through the trials.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20277591 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:53:35 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20277286 Lee GWB : Hi,
Any "stuttering"? I had Major issue with "Korn" and "T.I. vs T.I.P" Others were just fine. Just wanted to see if it was an isolated issue. I haveb;t had time to check other HD VOD channels as of yet.
Lee]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20277286 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:53:08 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20274657 Roche1972 : I have HD VOD in Summit, NJ with build 5.68.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20274657 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:13:24 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20274003 darcilicious : ABC provides quite a bit through their website (including HD streaming of Lost) and I read here at one time that they will be doing on-demand but with commercials (blah!)

Haven't heard anything about FOX.

I'm not sure how much more you can get out of CBS and NBC considering that there's little new from most shows (most everything is in re-runs). I'm expecting that USA will have more once Burn Notice and their new "U.S. Marshall" type show start up in June (I think). SciFi has some BSG on-demand promo stuff now (that 8 min overview is pretty fracking funny ;) ) and I would expect the regular episodes will show up after they air.

No idea if any of USA/SciFe will be HD on-demand before or after more HD channels roll out...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20274003 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:17:31 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20273901 blue_trooper :

said by KA3SGM

:

Still waiting for all of the Subscription HD-VOD to show up, in addition to more of the Prime Time Broadcast Network(ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) shows on HD-VOD as well.

Have ABC or Fox ever done any OnDemand? Comcast didn't have them at the time that I left. IIRC, NBC was little more than news & late night.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20273901 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:57:42 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20273740 Lee GWB : Hi,
I had an interesting observation.I only viewed some of the shows but found some of the Music HD Stutters.
I know the 2 I tuned too was "Korn" and "T.I vs T.I.P" had this anomaly.I looked at a country artist and it was fine,as were a few others.
Anyone else see this ?
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said by dmodert66

:

Live here in Socal (as stated above)...Caught it last night around 1:00 AM when I was browsing around...Has anyone noticed the navigation on the VOD screens to have slowed BIG TIME?!? I had to wait like 20 seconds or so at one point for it to register a "click"...It was almost like it was frozen...As to the quality, it was pretty good, but surely compressed. Not as good as live, but not bad either (note I never had any other HD VOD, So I can't really compare)...

yes it VERY slow to respond, but at least we have *some* HD in there, can't wait til we get a hole bunch of high def stuff

still need 2 more HD boxes too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20272633 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:30:07 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271972 darcilicious : Yeah, well... I'd be willing to take my chances with a potentially stalling/lagging set top box if it means getting HD VOD sooner ;-) (Especially since I don't have a DVR :) )]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271972 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:26:48 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271903 KA3SGM : So, they have included HD-VOD in the search list now???

JPL, I think they are still tweaking things, and there are a few bugs, but at least they are expanding the HD-VOD offerings day by day.

Still waiting for all of the Subscription HD-VOD to show up, in addition to more of the Prime Time Broadcast Network(ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) shows on HD-VOD as well.

If they add enough Subscription and Network HD VOD, they could put their own DVR service out of business, maybe TiVO as well.

I am still waiting to get the letter that they are shutting off the Analog TV completely, maybe then we will see some serious HD Channels being added, and their associated HD-VOD offerings as well.
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BTW, I think the reason for the sluggishness with the IMG vs. the old guide has to do with how they load up the entries. I noticed with the old guide, you'd get in pretty quickly, but the list of offerings weren't fully there for a few minutes - it would build the list while you were in it. Now it appears that they build the entire list of offerings when you first get in - or at least they build the list for the category you're trying to get into.

Oh, and it looks like they are expanding some of the HD VOD offerings. The other day they had 2 movies in FEARnet. Now they have 5. Ok, it's not a huge increase, but it's definitely an improvelment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271810 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:54:51 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271607 psutrain : So are they going to include the premiums HD On Demand? I didn't look at the whole thread so I thought I would just ask.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271607 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:18:29 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271545 KA3SGM :

said by darcilicious

said by KA3SGM

:

If it's sluggish operation is normal, then they need to hang the programmers.

Are you talking about IMG sluggishness or actual HD VOD quality? Because my understanding is that former issue existed before HD VOD was deployed so I'm not sure what exactly you think is being "tested" or what is so "beta" about HD VOD specifically in the officially deployed markets?

During previous HD VOD testing (in OR at least), there was an HDTV folder that could only be found via VOD search and had a limited number of programs. What's been deployed over the last couple of days shows up in the regular Browse and has a much larger number of selections.

The Moto DVR's have a problem with sluggishness when you first go into the VOD menu.

Once playing, the HD-VOD playback video quality is just fine.

It did this to a lesser extent with SD-VOD and the old guide, but the new IMG, coupled with HD-VOD, can get the DVR to freeze up for more than 30 seconds at a time when entering into the VOD menu.

Since you are trying to get it to work, you sit there and are pushing UP, DOWN, OK, STOP, and suddenly the DVR menu unfreezes, and executes every button push that you tried while it was frozen.

Depending where you were in the menu, some people here have found that their pressing buttons on the remote while the DVR was locked up, accidentally purchased a PPV movie in the process.

A good reason to set up a purchase password, whether you have kids or not, so you don't accidentally buy a movie that you didn't want.
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said by KA3SGM

:

If it's sluggish operation is normal, then they need to hang the programmers.

said by darcilicious

said by KA3SGM

:

A few markets don't even have the HD-VOD option, so if you have it, consider yourself either Lucky, or consider yourself an other Verizon Guinea Pig, that is Beta Testing something else that might not be quite ready to market...

I believe all markets have it but NY and OR and it appears to be the real deal, not testing.

If it's sluggish operation is normal, then they need to hang the programmers.

I still think this is a test and there are improvements to be made.

Verizon is notorious for pushing Beta software out to their customers, then building patches to repair what the get the most telephone complaints from.

NY and Oregon might be at an advantage here, because you will likely get a pre-patched version and not the BETA/RC-1 that the rest of us have.
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said by KA3SGM

I believe all markets have it but NY and OR and it appears to be the real deal, not testing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271344 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:26:03 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20271272 KA3SGM :

said by vztech300 :

actually there are different "channels" on which the VOD is streamed. Your data gets sent on one channel while VOD is on another. The data path for VOD is provisioned at 30mbps while your data is either 5/15/20 or whatever you have. Basically your data service should not be affected by VOD.

Both the VOD and the Internet connection share the 1490nm wavelength light, they only open up the "pipe" to allow 30-35Mbps total for the VOD + Internet when you go to start a HD-VOD stream.

HD-VOD streams occupy something in the range of 18-20Mbps each.

If you have the 5 or 15Mbps Internet, you really won't see any Impact in Internet speed, the 20 Mbps Internet might only be mildly affected, but if you have a 30Mbps Internet Tier, the HD-VOD will probably cut your Internet speed almost in Half.

I have tried several times, and they do seem to prohibit running more than 1 HD VOD stream at a time per customer, likely because you don't have the 38-40Mbps 'pipe' to provide it.

They are working the bugs out of the current system, and I would think they will provision enough headroom for the 30 and 50 Mbps customers to Reduce or Eliminate the Internet bandwidth crunch created by streaming HD-VOD along with Internet traffic.

The router QOS settings are supposed to give priority to the VOD over the Internet as well, so your Internet usage does not Impact the HD-VOD stream, but the HD-VOD stream would likely Impact your Internet speed.

This is really only day 3 with the whole HD VOD platform up and running, as with any new feature added by Verizon, it takes some time to 'Tweak' their settings.

As a perfect example, they are still working on the IMG Software as well, and hopefully the next revision will reduce some of the lag time that the boxes have when you go in to browse the VOD catalog, and get a movie started.

A few markets don't even have the HD-VOD option, so if you have it, consider yourself either Lucky, or consider yourself an other Verizon Guinea Pig, that is Beta Testing something else that might not be quite ready to market...
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said by matcarl

said by darcilicious

:

I hope that "weeks" means less than a month :p

I hope so too, but Verizon's "weeks" usually means "months" :o

Crikey, this sucks. Now I'll need therapy (i.e. micro brew) with this news and the Scripps HD channels now being stretch-o-vision.
»Food HD & HGTV are now Stretchovision]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270992 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:22:51 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270921 anon : actually there are different "channels" on which the VOD is streamed. Your data gets sent on one channel while VOD is on another. The data path for VOD is provisioned at 30mbps while your data is either 5/15/20 or whatever you have. Basically your data service should not be affected by VOD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270921 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:06:24 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270779 lets456 :

said by aaronwt

:

I'll have to see how the FIOS HD VOD compares to my VUDU box. The VUDU box HD content is in 1080P24 MPEG4 but it's also at a 4mbs stream. The FIOS HD VOD seems to still be around 15mbs with MPEG2. Well my connection speed from my PC dropped by 15mbs(from 30mbs to 15mbs) when I was testing out the HD VOD this morning. Just like it did when they were testing the HD VOD last year.

You have to check at different periods as well. Sometimes I get a full 20 Mbps and sometimes 14 Mbps (with the tv off and kids in bed). They could be doing testing, running experiments, tie ups at the "hub"....who knows. I guess the important thing is we have HD VOD....we all complained about NOT having it, now we have it and we find or look for other problems. i know you have a right to "complain" but you got to give them time iron out these "hiccups". let's enjoy the HD VOD while it's here!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270779 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:38:37 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270759 matcarl :

said by darcilicious

:

I hope that "weeks" means less than a month :p

I hope so too, but Verizon's "weeks" usually means "months" :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270759 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:35:42 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270734 darcilicious : According to »FiOS TV HD On Demand Hits More Markets it looks like it will be "weeks" before Oregon and New York get HD VOD... I hope that "weeks" means less than a month :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270734 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:31:31 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270310 Vamp9190 :

said by aaronwt

Yeah, but isn't that the nature of bandwidth, if something is using it the speed goes down. Since VOD uses the net connection and HD VOD uses even more, can you expect that whatever speed you pay for 5 / 15 / 20 / 30 is going to stay at that level while you are essentially DL-ing data (VOD).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20270310 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:14:44 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265831 jchuan83388 : Here in So. Cal too and I think the quality of the VOD is quite good. A bit softer, but I really had no issues with stuttering or audio drop-out. As Planet Earth was playing, I tested internet speeds and was still getting my advertised 15 down, so I was very pleased.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265831 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:07:57 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265529 mustangfan : I found the VOD response mixed. Sometimes it clicked in real fast from screen to screen. Other times it was dog slow like you mentioned (upwards of 15 to 20 seconds for a response). I have the 5/2 internet and wondered if that was the issue???

BTW... I was the only one home at the time so there really was no computer activity off my network to effect it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265529 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:13:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265497 dmodert66 : Live here in Socal (as stated above)...Caught it last night around 1:00 AM when I was browsing around...Has anyone noticed the navigation on the VOD screens to have slowed BIG TIME?!? I had to wait like 20 seconds or so at one point for it to register a "click"...It was almost like it was frozen...As to the quality, it was pretty good, but surely compressed. Not as good as live, but not bad either (note I never had any other HD VOD, So I can't really compare)...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265497 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:08:20 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265465 mustangfan : Does it look compressed? Well, I don't think it was as sharp as the live DiscoveryHD I was comparing it to. I chose the Planet Earth (Great Plains) and it seemed a bit soft. It also showed some minor pixelation from time to time and the audio stuttered from time to time. It wasn't awful at all, but noticeable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265465 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:02:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265257 flashcore : Build 5.68 here with HD VOD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265257 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:32:33 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20265099 keyboards :

said by klipko

:

All you lucky HD VOD users, have your build # changed to 5.72 or 5.76 (see topic link below)? Just looking for a reason why Oregon (and NY?) was left out. Mind you I am not complaining, just looking for some closure. (Maybe I need a hobby.)

»IMG Update in Portland, OR

My build number is still 5.68 with the HD VOD added (as of last night at least).
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Trying to make sense out of Verizon is extremely painful...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264651 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:08:42 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264646 matcarl : By the way "klipko" have you noticed anything new on the second build update?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264646 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:08:27 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264632 matcarl : I think Oregon is the only one with the new build (unless no one else has noticed). That's the trade-off, new build or HD VOD ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264632 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:06:42 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264617 klipko : All you lucky HD VOD users, have your build # changed to 5.72 or 5.76 (see topic link below)? Just looking for a reason why Oregon (and NY?) was left out. Mind you I am not complaining, just looking for some closure. (Maybe I need a hobby.)

»IMG Update in Portland, OR]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264617 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:04:41 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264610 darcilicious :

said by matcarl

said by frankpf3

:

What do you mean they are there already?

He means Verizon is telling their staff about it today.

Wrong thread ;-) frankpf3 was asking lets456, not antioch, in reference to the new HD channels "being there" but not viewable...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264610 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:04:00 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264468 frankpf3 : Can anyone confirm if some of the HD content looks compressed?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264468 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:45:14 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264449 matcarl :

said by frankpf3

:

What do you mean they are there already?

He means Verizon is telling their staff about it today.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264449 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:42:25 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264418 frankpf3 : What do you mean they are there already?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264418 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:37:31 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20264163 antioch : Management just sent a text to us that it's live in So Cal...
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said by matcarl

:

It was Big News and covered a lot of states. The next big thread will be whoever discovers the 30 new HD Channels.

The channels are there, you just can't view them yet...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263715 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:00:25 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263683 matcarl : It was Big News and covered a lot of states. The next big thread will be whoever discovers the 30 new HD Channels.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263683 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:55:03 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263667 gregg62 : This thread has got to be a record. It was started just 24 hours ago, has 5 pages of replies and over 2300 views.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263667 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:52:56 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263063 aaronwt : I'll have to see how the FIOS HD VOD compares to my VUDU box. The VUDU box HD content is in 1080P24 MPEG4 but it's also at a 4mbs stream. The FIOS HD VOD seems to still be around 15mbs with MPEG2. Well my connection speed from my PC dropped by 15mbs(from 30mbs to 15mbs) when I was testing out the HD VOD this morning. Just like it did when they were testing the HD VOD last year.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20263063 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:04:04 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262714 lets456 : Used $5-$10 (older title)
New...at release date $14
Typical cost $20 (new release)

Record HD VOD $6 and no going to the store, gas, traffic, etc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262714 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:54:50 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262418 aaronwt : $20 for a DVD? That sounds like the price of a BD or HD DVD. Most of my 500+ BD and HD DVD titles cost much less than $20. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262418 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:32:39 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262408 lets456 : There is allot more programming this morning. For example, yesterday had three Myth busters HD VOD. Now they have "Dirty Jobs" and another program. Lots of good stuff!!!

Oh and the $5.99 for HD VOD movie....still cheaper than buying a DVD. I have the DVD recorder set up and ready to record the movie for future viewing!!! Beats paying $20 for a DVD....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262408 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:29:24 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262249 JTBurn :

said by grobinette

:

Crap, there are HD movies here in northern VA.
I pressed the ok button when it lagged and wound up watching 310 to Yuma. At least it was a good movie.

The lag is tremendous. That's why I put a password on VOD. It's probably saved me hundreds of dollars over the past two years :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20262249 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:25:11 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20261622 Roche1972 : Where I live in Summit, NJ, FiOS TV now has HD VOD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20261622 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:57:43 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20261518 KA3SGM :

said by frankpf3

:

This is so funny. NY gets screwed again!!!! (Along with Oregon).

let's start a new rumor, I heard that NY is getting rolled back to the old IPG....wait a minute, that's good news!

frankpf3, and you guys have 20/20 Internet for the same price that we pay down here for 15/15.

Even our 15/2 is paltry to your 20/5.

Sometimes you're the Windshield, Sometimes you're the Bug... :p
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said by grobinette

:

Crap, there are HD movies here in northern VA.
I pressed the ok button when it lagged and wound up watching 310 to Yuma. At least it was a good movie.

Consider yourself on the cheap for $5.99 for the movie, I actually paid closer to $30 for the Blueray disk version at the store(at the recommendation of a relative), and I found that it wasn't the greatest movie ever, but wasn't too bad either, but at least I can sit here and watch it a million times over without spending another cent, or at least use the disk as a Frisbee and throw it around the yard. :uhh:

A decent watch if you like Country/Western remake films.

It might be a good idea with the new Fios HD features to set up a parental password for PPV Movie purchases.

That way if it prompts you for a purchase password, you can be sure that it costs extra, and you won't accidentally throw out $6 for a PPV movie that you did not intend to buy.

I am still waiting for the HD Subscription titles for Showtime, TMC, FLIX, and Starz.

I might even add on HBO or Cinemax if their subscription HD library is worth watching.
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said by grobinette

:

At least it was a good movie.

Oh, dear! Well there certainly are worse movies for that kind of mistake ;-)

(Still no sign of HD VOD in Oregon and given the OPs original list I'm not expecting it real soon...)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20261219 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:17:32 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20261161 grobinette : Crap, there are HD movies here in northern VA.
I pressed the ok button when it lagged and wound up watching 310 to Yuma. At least it was a good movie.

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said by frankpf3

:

This is so funny. NY gets screwed again!!!! (Along with Oregon)

Well at least you could give them until midnight before you start b!tch!ng about it....

NY has another Hour and Ten Minutes, and Oregon another 4 Hours and 10 Minutes to wait and see what happens today.

It appears that they gradually rolled out the Philadelphia market over the course of 5-6 hours, CO by CO.

If you don't have the upgrade by tomorrow morning, then we can all yell APRIL FOOLS at you.... ;)
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let's start a new rumor, I heard that NY is getting rolled back to the old IPG....wait a minute, that's good news!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20260693 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:44:53 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20260687 KA3SGM :

said by matcarl

:

Check out the 2nd paragraph

»newscenter.verizon.com/press-rel···now.html

OK, I don't know then.

Hope NY gets the HD upgrade tonight though, some consistency between their separate VHO's would be a nice thing to see happen.

Verizon must really hate forums like this, because it makes it impossible to secretly roll out a new feature to 1 particular market without every other market knowing about it.

If they fired up 150 new HD channels tonight in New England, they would have tens of thousands of customers from their other markets on the phone first thing tomorrow morning asking why they don't have those same channels.... :D

Goes back to an earlier argument about some markets having 20/20 and others having 15/15 Internet speeds for the same price... :uhh:
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»newscenter.verizon.com/press-rel···now.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20260604 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:27:27 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20260599 KA3SGM :

said by matcarl

:

Actually, they never said 1st quarter. After they rolled out the few markets towards the end of last year, they said the rest will be "next year"

matcarl, I think they promised both 1Q 2008 and by the end of 4Q ????

I love their references to "Next Year", because they can say next year in December, then still say next year in January.

They never actually tell you what "Next Year" that they are actually referring to. :uhh:
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said by darcilicious

said by KA3SGM

but they were actually true to their word this time around.

For all but two markets :p ;-)

The night is still young my friend, what would you want to bet that it goes live for everyone by 11:59:59 PM tonight??? ;) :D
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said by KA3SGM

but they were actually true to their word this time around.

For all but two markets :p ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20260515 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:08:50 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20260504 KA3SGM :

said by Calabria

:

Have it here in lansdale,pa

Was this the planned time for the hd vod release?

Uh, I think they said they would roll it out in 1Q 2008, and they may have waited to the last day but they were actually true to their word this time around.
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Was this the planned time for the hdvod release?

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said by flashcore

:

Well i guess 4 months late is better then nothing, its working here in Baltimore County, MD.

Hey, they made the first quarter :).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259802 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:50:25 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259753 flashcore : Well i guess 4 months late is better then nothing, its working here in Baltimore County, MD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259753 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:42:06 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259736 CeeZee :

said by keyboards

:

Got the HD folder now here in Doylestown, PA. Disappointed that the freebies are not in 5.1 audio, don't know about the pay movies - not willing to invest $5.99 to find out.

I'm watching now on VOD HD in the CBS sub-folder last week's episode of CSI:Miami and it's in 5.1. And it's a freebie.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259736 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:39:34 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259710 anon : HD VOD is available in MD, just checked. I live in Howard County, MD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259710 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:32:18 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259627 keyboards : Got the HD folder now here in Doylestown, PA. Disappointed that the freebies are not in 5.1 audio, don't know about the pay movies - not willing to invest $5.99 to find out.
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BTW, I'm right outside of Philadelphia.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259589 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:09:07 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259558 KA3SGM :

said by JPL

said by KA3SGM

:

Have the HD PPV folder in West Chester (Suburban Philly).

Doesn't seem to be anything FREE or Subscription related, just $5.99 PPV movies.... :(

Thanks JPL, I see that now that I have been tinkering with the selections.

I can also run an Internet Speed Test while streaming an HD VOD clip(which is supposedly in the range of 20Mbps by itself), and I still have the full 15Mbps Internet download speed, the HD VOD doesn't impact the Internet connection at all.

A downside though, I tried to pull 2 HD streams at once on 2 separate TV sets, and the 2nd stream attempt errors out.

Evidently they cap your HD VOD to 1 stream at a time per customer.

Other than that, It's All Good !! :D
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said by JPL

:

. I did what CeeZee did, and when I searched on HD I found nothing. Maybe that'll take some time to catch up.

Hate to bring up the D* days again, but I remember that it always took a while for the index to rebuild. You could find things if you looked directly in the guide but if you did a search for them they wouldn't be found. Just a wild guess.

And I think KA3SGM is right on with his assessment of the rollout procedure. Makes a lot of sense for them to take it easy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259503 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:54:46 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259471 JPL :

said by KA3SGM

:

Have the HD PPV folder in West Chester (Suburban Philly).

Doesn't seem to be anything FREE or Subscription related, just $5.99 PPV movies.... :(

K, check again. I noticed a bunch of free stuff on there. There's an HDTV folder that appears (based on my quick glance) to have free HD stuff. I did what CeeZee did, and when I searched on HD I found nothing. Maybe that'll take some time to catch up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259471 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:49:44 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259342 KA3SGM : They may be doing this CO by CO because that is where the Edge Router for VOD is located.

A general system wide update to the availability menu, but they probably update them one at a time to avoid a bug in the system crashing every CO at once and leaving us with no VOD at all.

Anyone that has suffered through the IMG upgrade process(that still is a work in progress), and the Home Media DVR update that crippled the Home Media DVR service for almost a month, would probably guess that Verizon is going to take their time with this to avoid any more disasters.
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I found out that you actually have to go into VOD to find the HD programs folder. If you do the Menu>Search>Content Type>VOD and put in "HD", nothing comes up. Sorta odd ....

Seems like it's the same group that everyone else has: a couple of things in each entry (like only 2 Mythbusters and 2 Planet Earth episodes), several current PPV Movies, CBS (and I don't think all of the shows on SD), no NBC, no Subscription entries.

Now lets all hope they stay there!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259147 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:55:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259144 BigDogabcd : Got it in So Cal...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259144 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:55:12 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259108 icemannyr1 : I'm on the Northern NJ system and with my SD Box I do have an HD VOD folder with many sub folders of HD Programming.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259108 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:48:44 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259101 lets456 : I have Disc HD, CBS HD, Wealth,MHD, music choice and about 7-8 other folders (weird stations) with 3-20 hd programs in each folder!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259101 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:47:17 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259082 lets456 : Wow...I got an HD folder with 50-70 programs....FINALLY!!!
I am in the Phila area!!!! Ahhhh, a new beginning!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259082 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:45:13 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20259073 KA3SGM : Have the HD PPV folder in West Chester (Suburban Philly).

Doesn't seem to be anything FREE or Subscription related, just $5.99 PPV movies.... :(
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said by f1loyal

:

Hey CeeZee....I just got the HD folder over here in Havertown, Pa... It's gotta be gettin' close to ya.
!

Thanks! It must be going by CO because I'm out of Ardmore and I don't think you are.

I'll keep checking ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258764 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:48:38 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258702 matcarl : Hey, did anybody even get a message on the infamous Message Center? :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258702 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:36:54 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258701 f1loyal : Hey CeeZee....I just got the HD folder over here in Havertown, Pa... It's gotta be gettin' close to ya.

Now , if I only had my back-ordered HD STB!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258701 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:36:46 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258692 frankpf3 : Go Verizon Planning!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258692 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:35:29 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258666 darcilicious :

said by matcarl

said by afiggatt

The April Fool's joke was played on New York & Oregon :(

I'll say!! :mad: :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258666 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:27:59 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258627 matcarl :

said by afiggatt

:

Now will these stay or will they all go away tomorrow with only a "April Fools" message left behind? :D Guess we have to wait and see.

The April Fool's joke was played on New York & Oregon :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258627 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:20:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258604 darcilicious :

said by afiggatt

:

Now will these stay or will they all go away tomorrow with only a "April Fools" message left behind? :D Guess we have to wait and see.

Given the wide availability of this I'd bet they're not going to go away :) But then, I've been told I can been an optimist ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258604 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:15:20 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258592 afiggatt : Yep, there is a High Definition folder today under the browse list here in the Washington Metro market! I found 3 folders under that for HDTV, HD Movies, HD Events. There HD program for CBS, Discovery HD, and other cable nets under the HDTV folder. Looked like several dozen PPV movies for $6 each under the HD movies folder. Now will these stay or will they all go away tomorrow with only a "April Fools" message left behind? :D Guess we have to wait and see.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258592 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:13:26 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258426 dimi1963 : I guess you cannot bake the cake and eat it too... :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258426 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:38:54 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258410 dimi1963 : I am in Northern NJ, perhaps they will light it up tomorrow in your area(?)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258410 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:36:54 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258403 lcjawhit : Im watching some of the videos. Pixelation and stuttering when doing speed tests.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258403 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:35:14 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258278 amarryat :

said by JPL

:

Also, anyone who sees the folder, would you happen to know if there are any premium HD offerings there yet? I'm really looking forward to Starz HD VOD.

When I had Comcast, I had HBO HD VOD. But I have read more recently that HBO pulled the HD VOD due to piracy concerns IIRC. No longer being on Comcast, I don't know for sure if they no longer have it. But I wonder if this is why Verizon doesn't have it in areas where they have HD VOD (such as where I am).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258278 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:14:36 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258246 HenryFarpolo :

said by JPL

:

It sounds like this may be happening over the course of the day. Over at highdefforum, someone in NJ posted about seeing the HD folder with lots of stuff in it. Someone else from NJ (not too far from the first guy), as of 11:00 this morning didn't see anything. That second guy checked again, just recently and the folder was there. Is it possible that they're rolling this out CO by CO over the course of today and tomorrow?

Also, anyone who sees the folder, would you happen to know if there are any premium HD offerings there yet? I'm really looking forward to Starz HD VOD.

Jp We have had the HD folder for some time. No sign of Starz or any other premium HD. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258246 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:08:28 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258205 anon : Maryland]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258205 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:03:03 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258178 JPL : It sounds like this may be happening over the course of the day. Over at highdefforum, someone in NJ posted about seeing the HD folder with lots of stuff in it. Someone else from NJ (not too far from the first guy), as of 11:00 this morning didn't see anything. That second guy checked again, just recently and the folder was there. Is it possible that they're rolling this out CO by CO over the course of today and tomorrow?

Also, anyone who sees the folder, would you happen to know if there are any premium HD offerings there yet? I'm really looking forward to Starz HD VOD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258178 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:59:53 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258113 frankpf3 : What state are you in?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258113 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:48:51 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258088 anon : Believe it or not they just added a "High Definition" folder in the
browse section of Video on Demand. Subgroups are HDTV HD Movies and HD Events. Haven't checked them all but :) HDTV includes CBS HD and I was able to access CSI in HD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258088 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:45:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258020 frankpf3 : Gee....."Competely Clueless" and "We're working on it" in the same sentence about customer service.

Never heard that one before..... :D :D :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20258020 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:32:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257984 darcilicious :

said by JTBurn

said by RADIOBOB :

In Md HD Vod folder shows pay movies (which I have not checked) and a few free options which when selected say "not subscribed to this package".

The free options work for me in MD.

This is the same for all VOD. Unfortunately, it lists subscription VOD as free but then if you don't actually subscribe to that package, you get that message. If the program description says cost is $0.00 then it's a subscription VOD and not regular/premier package VOD. Otherwise, you don't know until try -- annoys the heck out of me when I'm browsing by genre via VOD search :p ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257984 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:27:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257959 JTBurn :

said by RADIOBOB :

In Md HD Vod folder shows pay movies (which I have not checked) and a few free options which when selected say "not subscribed to this package".

The free options work for me in MD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257959 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:22:26 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257927 anon : In Md HD Vod folder shows pay movies (which I have not checked) and a few free options which when selected say "not subscribed to this package" This has been the case for several weeks. I called in some time ago ..talked to a representative and then a supervisor who were completely clueless. Later that night I received a callback from a lady who said "we're working on it." ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257927 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:15:09 EDT Free HD VOD http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257855 stray : The photos I posted above were from my SD STB. On my HD PVR, there's an added category under High Definition which has the usual Network VOD: CBS, DISC, HDNET, GOLF, Wealth, MHD, and a few others. Content is fairly limited, but it works. I watched some "Dirty Jobs" and the feed is fairly compressed...much more so than the live version. Nonetheless, it's better than no HD, but the PQ reminds me of Comcast HD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257855 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:01:22 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257831 CeeZee :

said by matcarl

:

I think that just leaves NY, OR and Pittsburgh left

Still nothing here in Philly area.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257831 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:57:47 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257771 frankpf3 : We are experts at waiting in NY. Are they charging an extra dollar for the HD movies?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257771 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:47:57 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257726 matcarl : I think that just leaves NY and 0regon]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257726 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:39:13 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257659 frankpf3 : How about NY?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257659 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:30:48 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257599 lets456 :

said by dimi1963

:

Nothing here in NJ

I am in the S. jersey area in the Philadelphia market...is that the same...i see your in NJ as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257599 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:21:53 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257556 darcilicious : I'm soooo envious! :) Any rumors for the Oregon market? :) :) :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257556 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:14:35 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257548 Nezmo : Present in Texas.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257548 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:13:41 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257516 dimi1963 :

said by dimi1963

:

Nothing here in NJ

I stand corrected, there is a folder called High Definition, and has a lot of HD content. I did a quick check and the quality is really good....

I think that this is an indication of more HD coming....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257516 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:08:17 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257487 JTBurn :

said by darcilicious

said by lansdalepa :

i guess this is a stupid question,but why doesn't V* just make a hd folder,oh wait,that would be too logical :huh:

Uhmmm... You mean like the one called "High Definition" in the screen shot posted above? ;-)

I agree. It is difficult to mark it more clearly than "High Definition" :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257487 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:02:45 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257458 JTBurn : In Maryland there is an HD movie folder with 45-50 movies that appear to b e in HD. I'm not spending 6$ to find out though.

There is also a folder with some free shows from HD Net, CBS, Discovery, etc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257458 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:58:18 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257443 darcilicious :

said by lansdalepa :

i guess this is a stupid question,but why doesn't V* just make a hd folder,oh wait,that would be too logical :huh:

Uhmmm... You mean like the one called "High Definition" in the screen shot posted above? ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257443 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:56:30 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257421 anon : i guess this is a stupid question,but why doesn't V* just make a hd folder,oh wait,that would be too logical :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257421 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:53:49 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257369 darcilicious :

said by stray

:

Maybe there's somewhere else to look?

What if you go into VOD Search and type: HD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257369 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:44:16 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257331 stray : In Central NJ there's a whole folder marked High Definition that's full of PPV and one fight. Nothing free, however. Maybe there's somewhere else to look?

HD Menu
HD PPV

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257331 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:38:23 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257250 matcarl : Let's hope for later today/tomorrow then, thanks for checking.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257250 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:24:50 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257233 dimi1963 : Nothing here in NJ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257233 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:21:46 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257220 anon : Nothing in Southern Californa.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257220 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:19:21 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257177 CeeZee : Nothing here yet in PA/Del.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257177 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:12:49 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257170 matcarl : Some info which I heard, those areas should light up today/tomorrow.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257170 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:11:33 EDT Re: New HD VOD Areas? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257139 JPL : I'll check when I get home, but out of curiosity, why do you think it would happen today? Is it just a guess, or is it based off of some other information that you've heard. For the record, and for what it's worth, I did check yesterday and found none.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257139 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:08:11 EDT New HD VOD Areas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257122 matcarl : Can anyone in the following areas report if you are getting HD VOD today, if not then check tomorrow.

Texas
California
Maryland
Northern NJ
Philadelphia/Delaware]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20257122 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:05:15 EDT