 BryanInPHXPremium
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4 edits | reply to Feramors
Cisco TA 2-Tuner Limitation said by Feramors:Before long it's not going to be just a few stupid channels, it's going to be ALL of the channels. I can certainly understand where you're coming from, but from a cable operator's standpoint, they're making the service better for the 98% of its users that DO NOt have a TiVo. So...easy decision on their part. I know Charter will provide you with a free TA as long as you have their serviuce. Or if you opt to get an HD box instead, you get it free for one year. That's what I did. For Cox Phoenix subscribers the current number of SDV channels is 151 (One Hundred Fifty-One), So it isn't just a few unwatched channels. Most all new HD channel additions have been added on SDV.
To me an HD DVR is now considered a necessity and a long term commitment. The idea of having to lease a DVR from the cable co. for the long term, simply does not make sense. I would at the very least like to see Cable Cos be required to make their DVRs/STBs available for sale to subscribers (if they so choose) and then no longer charge the $10.00/mo DVR service fee. When Cable Broadband was first introduced the cable modem was only available on a leased basis from the cable co, now there is a thriving retail cable modem market. The same path needs to be followed for retail HD DVRs. Would consumers put up with having the only option of a lease on any other retail consumer product? Where is the consumer backlash? Most seem to be very complacent.
I have never been a fan of TiVo or their subscription fee. I did seriously consider a 3-Tuner Moxi and a Mate or two. But the Fact that the Cisco STA1520 TA neuters the 3-Tuner Moxi to just 2-Tuners has put the brakes on that purchase. An IP based SDV tuning solution should be implemented so retail HD DVRs can compete fairly with Cable Co equipment. An open standard IP solution would be less expensive in the long term than continuing to provide free TA's and addressing the need to update the 2-Tuner Cisco TA. If a CableCARD is able to support 5 or 6 Tuners then the TA should also be required to support the same number of tuners.
ARRIS the parent company of Moxi certainly is not a "Bottom Feeder" in fact they rank right up there with Cisco and Motorola. Yet ARRIS in their own filling to the FCC dated June 14, 2010, responding to Proceeding Number: 97-80 , 00-67 and 10-91 »fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/v···15649573 made no mention of the fact that the current Cisco SDV-TA limited the ARRIS/Moxi HD DVR and it’s customers to the use and availability of only two (2) of the 3 Tuners. This fact was simply omitted when ARRIS stated “Once the Tuning Adapters are placed in service, they work in providing Moxi customers with access to SDV channels and give them the experience and functionality they expect from the UDCP.” (This broad assumption simply cannot be made, and is a false assumption.)
ARRIS Quote: "About five percent of Moxi DVRs are deployed with Tuning Adapters." (That percentage will grow significantly as more Cable Operators begin deploying SDV. That percentage will also grow as more consumers discover the 3 Tuner Moxi HD DVR.)
ARRIS Quote: "Once the Tuning Adapters are placed in service, they work in providing Moxi customers with access to SDV channels and give them the experience and functionality they expect from the UDCP." (ARRIS made that statement to the FCC, Knowing full well the Cisco SDV-TA did not support 3-Tuners, and as many more Cable Providers, utilizing Cisco headends, start to implement SDV in markets that do not currently use SDV, Moxi customers will not have "the experience and functionality they expect from the UDCP." )
Full text of my FCC Filing: »fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/v···15691557
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