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Re: [TiVo] TiVo access to XFINITY On Demand Billing department contacted me and informed me that the current Multi Stream Scientific Atlanta branded PKM800 cablecards running Cisco branded firmware from 2010 was outdated and that I needed to install Cisco branded PKM801 cablecards running Scientific Atlanta branded firmware from 2009 in order to "have cablecards that are compatible with Xfinity On Demand for TiVo" which won't even be available for Cisco/SA markets for NJ until May
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and you should get more then just you have to wait for may. push for free channels or x$ off your bill. And it does not hurt to say that dish and directv have real nice DRV boxes. |
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telcodad I just wish Comcast would get the ball rolling on a Tivo software box. They had one a while back in development but my insider friends said they canceled it. He said they didn't give it a chance and others inside Comcast wanted it killed. Arg! Comcast boxes look like they're circa MediaOne, "This is broadband... from 1999...", lol.
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| From what I've heard from my associates in New England, they were using older Motorola set top boxes running their hybrid Comcast/TiVo software, unfortunately the boxes didn't have nearly the resources to properly handle it and it ended up being extremely slow and sluggish. What Comcast should do is what RCN, Charter, Cox, Grande Communications , Suddenlink , Northland Communications, Comporium, GCI, and Midcontinent did with running actual Premiere boxes and renting them out, or even do some of these solutions.
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I'm always up for a good chat and helping with VoIP testing so my contact info is below.
Gigaset.net: Michael Wolf
Callcentric: 17772288600
SIP URI: sip:226976325024#9@sip.gigaset.net and sip:17772288600@in.callcentric.com
Skype: MikeWolf051 |
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| said by Mike Wolf:From what I've heard from my associates in New England, they were using older Motorola set top boxes running their hybrid Comcast/TiVo software, unfortunately the boxes didn't have nearly the resources to properly handle it and it ended up being extremely slow and sluggish. What Comcast should do is what RCN, Charter, Cox, Grande Communications , Suddenlink , Northland Communications, Comporium, GCI, and Midcontinent did with running actual Premiere boxes and renting them out, or even do some of these solutions.
I agree 100% but I'm sure the newer Comcast boxes, probably the DCH or above (maybe DCX and above), should have no issues running the Tivo software. I'm sure they probably had an issue on the initial Tivo trial as they were installing them on the Motorola DCT6400 & DCT3400. iGuide was slow and sluggish on them, lol. Most of the DCT6400's almost had a tiny 120GB hard drive, 128MB of RAM (some later phase models had 256MB) and 16MB of flash memory. In comparison most DCX3400's have 512MB of RAM, 320/500GB+ hard drive and 64MB of flash memory. These specs are similar to that of the TiVo Premiere so I'm betting it wouldn't take much to port the Tivo software or create a specific version. However I would rather do your idea of having a special box from Tivo. Also the DCX3500 is an old box by today's standards and I'm sure the newer boxes are even better equipped. Comcast simply doesn't want to get with the times. My friend just got a refurbished DCT6400, lol. And I also have a neighbor who recently got a DCT2000 from 1998!
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