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Re: Pair Bonding WHEN?
said by Matt  :While I don't think the AT&T solution is by any stretch of the imagination high tech, I think they are just aiming for the widest target possible and to be honest, very few households have more than a TV or two. I know two friends of mine who have 1 HDTV..... but TWO dual tuner HD-DVR's. It is not uncommon that they record two HD shows from the major networks, on one HD-DVR, and watch football on the other HD-DVR on ESPN-HD. That's three streams right there.
You don't have to have more TV's, just more DVR's. Another friend of mine has a "his" and "hers" HD-DVR from Time Warner - no kidding! We have 35 or so HD channels now in SoCal, (most areas, not all yet), and according to their customer service staff, we should be seeing 70 HD channels by the end of 1st quarter 2009.
My wife is already recording the heck out of Food Network HD and HGTV HD, often at the same time..... and since I hooked up my "analog" cable as well, sometimes I just watch the HD channels in QAM on the TV itself, which is 3 HD streams with just one DVR and one QAM tuner.
This year will see more HD channel launches (we are waiting till BBC America HD gets launched later this year), and within the next 5 years we WILL have 150 or so HD channels. (we are closing in on 100 already).
Two streams just won't cut it. Four will do just fine I think with pair bonding, but they would have to bond by default for every new install. |
