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Re: I have a Tivo said by jvanbrecht:Move forward a few years, I bought my first HDTV in 2006 or 2007 and the upgrade path for Directv's DVR was expensive, so we switched to FIOS, they installed the DVR.. its was a steaming pile of shit, there is no other way to say it. 5 min of attempting to use it (no freaking page down for crying out loud) I've had significant time around cable co DVRs since 2003 - Cox SA, Comcast Moto, and now the FiOS DVR. I just can't see why people hate the Vz DVR so much. It's done everything as good (or better) than the others. and the UI is so much prettier!
-By the way, the fios DVR has always had PAGE UP/DOWN. It's the channel +/- buttn.
I have a relative with Tivo and I think it's the most overhyped CE device out there.
Having said all of that, I'm now the proud owner of 3 tuner MOXI with two mates, and I LOVE it.
It's not without it's shortcomings (for now), but even if development stopped today, the investment will pay for itself in under 2 years (in my book). |
| No, when the very first FIOS DVR came out, it had no page up or page down, however, people were buying the old comcast remote and using that with the FIOS DVR (since both were made by the same company) for page up an down.
As for problems with the Verizon DVR (granted I have not used it for more then a week while I waited for my cable cards to arrive), but the posts around here and other places, the guide data is not reliable (granted thats third party, but it is still Verizons problem), shows that are new are marked as repeats and repeats marked as new. Season passes often missed shows. That is a core functionality of the box, if they cannot get that right, am I to trust them for more advanced features.
It was slow, it was RED!!!, why oh why does verizon have to f with the UI of everything, it was slow... did I mention it was slow...
I could honestly go on... |
