cypherstream
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join:2004-12-02
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3 edits | reply to MacLeech
Re: how old is this iguide?
Well even the Sega Genesis ran applications with much more speed and graphics. But yeah, 2MB of application storage is quite a challenge to store an os in. I thought my DCT-6412p2 was slow... then I used a DCT-2224 at someones house and I was surprised how much slower that is to my DVR. The DCT-700 I have on the other hand breezes through the guide faster than my DVR and a 2224 combined. Heck, my AT&T 8525 PDA phone has more power in the palm of my hand than the average cable box. Amazing how far we come.
I would be OK if Comcast had an exclusive hi-res, full featured guide on better boxes. I'd pay the premium for the HD or DVR box just for that. I know from a support standpoint it sucks to handle two platforms, but it's been done before. Handling Tivo and I-Guide is being done small select Comcast area's in the New England region. Some providers have a dual guide support with both Moxi and I-Guide. Time Warner dual supports Passport and their own MDN (Some boxes I guess can't run MDN yet).
I'm looking for a robust modern interface with bells and whistles such as Multi-Room DVR, Games, e-mail viewer, news, traffic, weather, horoscopes, voting applications, movie listings and imdb style lookup, interactive sports & fantasy football/baseball/etc, “order services” (which is the ability to order and automatically provision services, such as HBO or Showtime), “program your remote” (which is a customer care application guiding consumers through the remote control process), bill view, bill payment and caller ID.
In fact, Cox is working with NDS on a new guide with a modern interface and those features I've listed above.
»www.cedmagazine.com/Cox-OnRamp-5···ket.aspx |
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MacLeech
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4 guides in 1 region. |
said by cypherstream  : Some providers have a dual guide support with both Moxi and I-Guide. Time Warner dual supports Passport and their own MDN (Some boxes I guess can't run MDN yet). Actually TWC in SoCal supports 4 different guides... Moxi, iGuide on Moto, Passport on SA, and MDN on SA. They also have an OCAP version of MDN (ODN), but I'm not sure if it's running in SoCal.
Here's their help page:
»www.timewarnercable.com/SoCal/Cu···elp.html
P.S. Sega Genesis had some extra graphics hardware and more storage to speed things up, but the general processor was the same series although slightly slower.
Personally at home, I went with the Moxi. It's better than the SA 8300HD running SARA that Charter first issued me with ALOT less random resets due to memory leaks. |
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cypherstream
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4 edits | said by MacLeech :Personally at home, I went with the Moxi. It's better than the SA 8300HD running SARA that Charter first issued me with ALOT less random resets due to memory leaks. Good choice! I would go with Moxi myself if Comcast offered it (even if it costs a little more).
I like Passport though. You can actually keep hitting the channel up or down button and surf through the lineup linearly. Some relatives were here today (they are from a Passport area) and they were hitting the channel down buttons fast wondering why my DVR kept freezing and showing a black screen. They were like "This sucks" I was like "You have to be very patient with it. I just go to the guide and find something, rather than go through linear channels".
In the 90's are area actually was Time Warner. Then it became AT&T Broadband (Both TWC and AT&T used SA 8600X analog boxes, and upgraded to an SA 750 MHz HFC system). Everything was SA from the nodes, amps, le's, 9" SA "stretch" taps, advanced analog boxes, etc. Then Comcast came in and introduced digital with Motorola CPE / Headend gear. The only remains of TWC's upgrade to this day are the SA HFC/RF electronics / passives on the strand, and a Time Warner Cable - call before digging buried fiber sticker at the signal processing center. To this day I wonder what our multi-system cluster would be like if it would of remained TWC. |
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MacLeech
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3 edits | said by cypherstream :In the 90's are area actually was Time Warner. Then it became AT&T Broadband (Both TWC and AT&T used SA 8600X analog boxes, and upgraded to an SA 750 MHz HFC system). Everything was SA from the nodes, amps, le's, 9" SA "stretch" taps, advanced analog boxes, etc. Then Comcast came in and introduced digital with Motorola CPE / Headend gear. The only remains of TWC's upgrade to this day are the SA HFC/RF electronics / passives on the strand, and a Time Warner Cable - call before digging buried fiber sticker at the signal processing center. To this day I wonder what our multi-system cluster would be like if it would of remained TWC. I work in an area that was AT&T Broadband turned Comcast, turned Adelphia, turned TWC that is also blended with systems that were TCI/Century, turned Adelphia, turned TWC. It's a serious bastardized system with EVERYTHING you could imagine. On my old maintenance truck I carried parts for 5 different amplifier platforms and 4 different passive platforms BEFORE the TWC decided to upgrade to an entirely different platform for both amps and passives. The plant architectures between the cities was different too.
Not only does tech support have fun dealing with the different guides, the techs have fun dealing with the mishmash systems.
Yet to customers it's all just "cable".
Anyway, back to our iGuide thread...
As time goes by and the DCT2000s go away, other guides will certainlly become more prevalent.
For those with newer boxes, jGuide and/or Tivo software are options in the not too distant future. For those who think Comcast can't program a guide worth a damn, they do a decent job with the hardware they run on and the future guides for newer hardware are really nice. Comcast owns a partnership in the largest guide producing company in the world and they have the best and brightest to help them. It's AMAZING they've been able to get the DCT2000 to limp along this long because it was underpowered and sucked the day it hit the streets almost 10 years ago.
Then again if Comcast fails with jGuide, they could always choose another tru2way compatible guide, like Tivo, Moxi, TWC ODN, and others that are coming. That's the thing about tru2way, it's a software standard for the hardware which is something that didn't exist before. |
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HD Boy
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Now, if only the Comcast iGuide DID work with the Comcast hardware, then Comcast customers would have one less issue to complain about. However, as most Comcast customers know, many of the the very same iGuide problems have remained unfixed for at least four years. That's pathetic service, and a sign of a dysfunctional company that is unconcerned with the customer's experience. |
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MacLeech
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| said by HD Boy :
However, as most Comcast customers know, many of the the very same iGuide problems have remained unfixed for at least four years. Are you sure it's guide issues and not box issues?
Like the box caching remote commands...
On the other hand, have you seen the FIOS threads about their guide/box issues? That's a new guide (only a few years old), originally made by Microsoft, designed for equipment with 10x the performance. Bigger guide programmer for a bigger service provider and it still has LOTS of issues.
Then just ask FIOS DVR users how much they trust the guide information for recording programs... not even the guide, but basic show data to populate the guide. |
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luckykevin
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Arlington, TX | my area was tci-->at&t-->comcast-->twc |
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cypherstream
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clubs: | reply to mickey
Does anyone know the latest and greatest version of Passport on SA boxes? I think they are up to 3 for Motorola. |
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nascar
join:2000-02-28
Verona, NJ
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All of my neighbors have FiOS. When I visit I check out their guide and it is FAR superior to the iGuide in almost every way.
There is no key queuing what so ever and it is extremely responsive. It looks great too.
But again, I have no idea what I'm talking about since Comcast has the research to prove it.
I will tell you that they all had billing issues and many phone calls later everything is resolved.
IMHO... Verizon is all about moving forward while Comcast has not shunned it's Monopolistic attitude. You don't have to look far to see (read) it.
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Comcast of NJ II - Union/Verona |
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said by fiberguy :Enjoy your FiOS guide.. and, your inherit billing errors, poor customer service.. and all the other issues that come with FiOS! As opposed to comcasts perfect system, you sir, are an idiot. |
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