 dslwanterIt's comingPremium
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Niles, OH
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| DVR on home network Well guys I have the HD Motorola DCH3416 DVR with my package and I noticed it has an ethernet port. I gave Armstrong a call on it and the lady didn't seem to understand what I was trying to do. I thought about maybe hooking it up to my home network and perhaps programming it and transferring shows over to my desktop's Hard drive for extra storage or maybe even watch some shows from my laptop or another PC.
Anyone been successful at this? It seems when I google it, no one's been able to do it. Some even say that it's a built in cable modem and that's the reason for the ethernet port but perhaps it can communicate over a network too. Router lights up the port # when I plug it in, that's about it though.
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| I noticed that too, but I doubt the ethernet port is even active on any boxes.
I did notice that there is an eSATA port on the back of my box (with a wire hooking it into a SATA port inside the box). I wonder if I can hook up an external hard drive and get more space on my box?
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dslwanterIt's comingPremium
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1 edit | I have a Cat5e run going to the TV with my DVR because I have a PS2 hooked up there. For the hell of it, I plugged my DVR into it and the indicator light on the router's port that it's hooked onto turned on. But I see no way of accessing any type of interface on the DVR. I don't even see that my router is assigning it an IP because it doesn't show up in it's routing table.
I've heard of people having success hooking up external hard drivers via the firewire ports but not with the USB ports. I guess about the only thing you can do is get power out of the USB ports so you can charge things such as your cell phone.
Would be nice to get firmware updates via the web and maybe store some of the recorded files on another computer to save space. Would also be nice to watch TV via my network or watch recorded shows on my laptop.
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| It might not read the port right away. Did you try resetting the box afterward (eg. unplug then plug it back into the wall outlet)?
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Have you checked out the manual on this? if not here is the link from motorola.
»www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Bus···aleId=33
You can see on page 13 under the picture that it states "Availability of certain features is dependent on software support" I am not familiar with this type or the programming behind it, but it maybe that Armstrong has not turned that feature on since according to motorola, it requires extra software. |
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dslwanterIt's comingPremium
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| Yeah they haven't turned it on. When you go to the menu (hold menu and power button) on DVR, the firmware is very basic and only has options for the output and resolution over ride. You can set the HD to be 1080i or 720p depending on your TV then you can set it to automatically jump to 480i or 480p when you go to a SD channel. That's the only thing in terms of "options" you really have. Upon further research, it has a built in cable modem and can provide internet access. That's what the ethernet port is, I don't see it having the ability to communicate over the network like Tivo does.
Would be nice to be able to program it, transfer files to other hard drives on your network, watch TV over your network, program your DVR over the internet/home network, etc. Hopefully somebody with some pull in Armstrong will see this and consider it. It would give them a pretty good competitve edge over DirectTV/Dish and whatever nexgen services make their way here (AT&T U-Verse, Verizon fios).
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The box has a built in cable modem in it. It is so you can hook up your computer or router to the box and get internet access. Armstrong does not currently have the feature enabled nor have any plans to use it. There are many features on the box that we do not use but the box is capable of doing. If you hook up to the port nothing will happen. If you enter the box diagnostic screen it will show it is disabled.
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one of the best features is Moca. it can be used to watch whatever you have on one dvr on any other dvr box in the home.
We currently are also testing a feature for on demand programming from your pc over the internet. |
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| Sounds nice, but would also be neat if you could transfer shows to other people using Armstrong. I have family members who miss something or do not record something I think they would like and have always thought it would be neat to hit "transfer", select their name/username/whatever, and "send". On their end the show downloads to their box and displays a message: "SoAndSoUser has sent you a show: 'Mythbusters Se 3 Ep 10'. Would you like to: save and watch later, delete it, or watch now!"
Any possibility?
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| You get into some legal issues there with sharing with family.
The biggest thing I would like to see if the exploration of advanced features such as being able to control your DVR via your home network & over the internet, transfer saved files from your DVR to a hard drive on your home network, or perhaps stream files from your DVR over your network to watch on a desktop/laptop connected to your home network.
Just some ideas that I think will give Armstrong a competitive edge over nexgen services when they finally hit the area. I think it's western PA territories will be threatened by Verizon Fios before the Boardman system is threatened by U-Verse. AT&T shows very little interest when it comes to investing in this area.
But seeing that Armstrong is already exploring features like FTTH, they more than have the capabilities to continue to be in the lead when these services to make their way into the market.
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| said by dslwanter:The biggest thing I would like to see if the exploration of advanced features such as being able to control your DVR via your home network & over the internet, transfer saved files from your DVR to a hard drive on your home network, or perhaps stream files from your DVR over your network to watch on a desktop/laptop connected to your home network. Controlling the DVR remotely is one thing, but sharing video with a computer has many more legal issues than transferring it from one box to another on the same network! Exactly why many studios are hesitant about putting TV shows and movies online.
said by dslwanter:I think it's western PA territories will be threatened by Verizon Fios before the Boardman system is threatened by U-Verse. AT&T shows very little interest when it comes to investing in this area. I know: AT&T was planning on building a data center here. My guess is that fell through months (if not years) ago. A data center would have been a big economic and tech booster for this area but no go with that. Also, most services are ZIP-code based. So even if they introduce new services in PA where they may have deployed newer equipment to compete with FiOS, don't expect anything in Ohio anytime soon (even if you are in a FTTH-deployed area).
said by dslwanter:But seeing that Armstrong is already exploring features like FTTH, they more than have the capabilities to continue to be in the lead when these services to make their way into the market. You forget they are only deploying FTTH in areas where the equipment is so old that it would have trouble even delivering internet service let along digital TV. It will probably be a very long time before they introduce any FTTH features. There would have to be some competition and wider FTTH adoption before then. At least in most parts of Ohio, there seems to be a big lack of both.
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1 edit | said by jimbo2150:I know: AT&T was planning on building a data center here. My guess is that fell through months (if not years) ago. A data center would have been a big economic and tech booster for this area but no go with that. Also, most services are ZIP-code based. So even if they introduce new services in PA where they may have deployed newer equipment to compete with FiOS, don't expect anything in Ohio anytime soon (even if you are in a FTTH-deployed area). Could this be what you're talking about? »www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=5···id=24268said by jimbo2150:You forget they are only deploying FTTH in areas where the equipment is so old that it would have trouble even delivering internet service let along digital TV. It will probably be a very long time before they introduce any FTTH features. There would have to be some competition and wider FTTH adoption before then. At least in most parts of Ohio, there seems to be a big lack of both. I didn't forget, just forget to mention  . Our new system out here is actually connected to the Boardman headend, so yes, you are correct. I guess theoretically speaking they could deploy equipment in the Boardman headend but only send signals to our nodes and test some FTTH features to see the value of potentially deploying FTTH through the rest of the system when competition heats up.
Jim it sounds like we need to meet up for coffee one day  .
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| No, I can't even find any news info about it anymore. It was years ago and I think they since deleted any articles about it. That article sounds like they are just using AT&T's services to connect a few attny gen offices with internet/video/voice, not building a data center. Considering AT&T has a pretty big dominance in this area, there was probably no choice.
said by dslwanter:I didn't forget, just forget to mention Just keeping you on your toes! :P
said by dslwanter:..when competition heats up.. Welcome to the great digital divide! This is what was feared years ago before companies even started deploying next-gen internet. Companies started crying foul that that would never happen and wired a few rural areas as test beds and the complaints all but stopped, no regulation needed. They are just cherry picking and thats all there is too it.
said by dslwanter:Jim it sounds like we need to meet up for coffee one day . Haha, just name the time and place :P
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The fiber expands...
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| That's no surprise. Back in May, Comcast launched DOCSIS 3.0 in Pittsburgh, »Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Hits Pittsburgh. Verizon probably realizes that ADSL with a max possible throughput of 8mbps/800kbps just isn't going to cut it.
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