 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | reply to wifi4milez
Re: ha! You are the exception. The vast vast majority of Verizon Fios users would never switch back due to picture quality, up time and better channel selection in both SD and HD.
Billing issues though is the Achilles heal of Verizon still.
Beyond that every service they offer hands down beats every cable provider with consistency, clarity and up time. |
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| said by danclan:You are the exception. The vast vast majority of Verizon Fios users would never switch back due to picture quality, up time and better channel selection in both SD and HD. He was referring to the internet service, not the TV service.
But yeah I agree that if I got the TV service I wouldn't really want to switch back. |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to danclan
said by danclan:You are the exception. The vast vast majority of Verizon Fios users would never switch back due to picture quality, up time and better channel selection in both SD and HD. I was referring to their internet service, however regarding the TV I agree and disagree. I agree that FIOS offers better HD picture quality, however their SD quality is much worse than TWC. As for channels, FIOS does have one channel that I like that TWC used to not have (they might have added it), but otherwise they are fairly comparable. Other than the fact that they just eliminated a hand full of my premium channels I am happy however, so hopefully I can resolve it and stay with them.
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 WileECmindtaker, macky cat, etc.
join:2002-02-07
Yonkers, NY
 ·Verizon FiOS
| said by wifi4milez:I agree that FIOS offers better HD picture quality, however their SD quality is much worse than TWC. That's ridiculous. The SD channels on FiOS are uncompressed and therefore TWC cannot have better SD quality... at best TWC SD picture quality can be as good as that of FiOS, but it cannot be better. But I doubt that its even as good as FiOS. Thanks for playing. |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to WileEC
Re: ha! said by WileEC:said by wifi4milez:I agree that FIOS offers better HD picture quality, however their SD quality is much worse than TWC. That's ridiculous. The SD channels on FiOS are uncompressed and therefore TWC cannot have better SD quality... at best TWC SD picture quality can be as good as that of FiOS, but it cannot be better. But I doubt that its even as good as FiOS. Thanks for playing. Thats incorrect. Feel free to browse the forums here, depending on what STB VZ sent you there is a HUGE difference in picture quality. Many people are reporting terrible SD quality with the 7216 model.
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WileECmindtaker, macky cat, etc.
join:2002-02-07
Yonkers, NY Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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Re: ha! said by wifi4milez:Thats incorrect. Feel free to browse the forums here, depending on what STB VZ sent you there is a HUGE difference in picture quality. Many people are reporting terrible SD quality with the 7216 model. Somehow I doubt that. I have 4 STBs: a 7100, a 7200, a DCT 700 and a TiVo HD. The SD picture quality on every single one of them is exceptional and I'm a professional in the field of video. If in fact there is a problem with the 7216 (and I'm not saying there is), then that's a problem with the 7216, not the SD picture quality of FiOS TV. So again, thanks for playing. |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by WileEC:said by wifi4milez:Thats incorrect. Feel free to browse the forums here, depending on what STB VZ sent you there is a HUGE difference in picture quality. Many people are reporting terrible SD quality with the 7216 model. Somehow I doubt that. I have 4 STBs: a 7100, a 7200, a DCT 700 and a TiVo HD. The SD picture quality on every single one of them is exceptional and I'm a professional in the field of video. If in fact there is a problem with the 7216 (and I'm not saying there is), then that's a problem with the 7216, not the SD picture quality of FiOS TV. So again, thanks for playing. Yes but if hundreds of thousands of people (myself included) HAVE that particular STB, then it is a problem with FIOS TV. I forget the model of the second STB I have, but the SD quality on it is fine. Given that its a known fact that Verizon is shipping boxes that provide a poor SD signal (especially noticeable on a large HD tv...), one would think they should address it. I know they somewhat recently updated the firmware and it helped a little, however I think those boxes are just bad overall. Keep in mind that for most customers perception is reality. Most people dont check these forums to figure out why the picture quality is so bad, its a really bad PR move on Verizons part to not remedy this asap.
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