 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
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Re: DCX3400 box for sale on craigslist If you want to own your own set-top box, go to Best Buy and go pick up a TiVo DVR. They are much better than the STBs and DVRs issued by the cable companies. And all you need for them to function is 1. A cable card (for the programing) and 2. One of the following a. High-speed Internet connection or b. a phone line (for the guide data) and 3. A TiVo subscription (I just buy the lifetime). Comcast WILL activate CableCards for TiVo boxes, Comcast WILL NOT activate proprietary equipment sold exclusively to service providers (even if they are lawfully obtained like some posters said about STBs in Canada) that is not leased from them. If you see proprietary cable equipment on Craigslist or eBay, there is a 99.96 percent chance it is unreturned equipment and/or most likely stolen.
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All of my CPE (including my EMTA) is customer owned. The only Comcast owned equipment in my house is the CableCards in the two TiVO boxes I own. |
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| said by IowaCowboy:If you want to own your own set-top box, go to Best Buy and go pick up a TiVo DVR. They are much better than the STBs and DVRs issued by the cable companies. And all you need for them to function is 1. A cable card (for the programing) and 2. One of the following a. High-speed Internet connection or b. a phone line (for the guide data) and 3. A TiVo subscription (I just buy the lifetime). Comcast WILL activate CableCards for TiVo boxes, Comcast WILL NOT activate proprietary equipment sold exclusively to service providers (even if they are lawfully obtained like some posters said about STBs in Canada) that is not leased from them. If you see proprietary cable equipment on Craigslist or eBay, there is a 99.96 percent chance it is unreturned equipment and/or most likely stolen.
Under the LAW of first sale exclusively to service providers will not hold up! 2. Unturned does not = stolen yes unpaid Unturned maybe stolen but if that fee is turned over to debt collection then other laws get in to the mix.
TiVo does not get you VOD (you are paying for the free VOD) and some time events PPV.
Also the boxes have cable card slots the fcc law forced them to add cable card slots to the cable boxes so you should be able to get your own box same one as the cable uses and just rent the card. |
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andyrossPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-04
Schaumburg, IL | reply to IowaCowboy
Just note that with Tivo, you don't get OnDemand. |
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IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
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| said by andyross:Just note that with Tivo, you don't get OnDemand.
Most of my TV viewing is either live TV or DVR recordings. There is not that many OnDemand or PPV programs that interest me. I did have a Comcast set-top alongside my TiVo on the downstairs TV for OnDemand but I never used it so I turned it back into Comcast and shaved $6 per month off of my bill. So my setup is 2 TiVo DVRs (one upstairs in the bedroom and one downstairs in the family room) and my customer owned EMTA (with voice and data on same device) in the same bedroom as the upstairs TiVo. The advantage of having the TiVos is I bought the 2 boxes and lifetime subscriptions. The first CableCard is free and the second is 6.45 per month. Sure beats paying $15 plus per month to rent the Comcast DVRs and my setup is the two TVs so I need a DVR on each of them. My monthly bill comes to about $159 per month for the Triple Play with HBO and Starz. Would be a lot higher if rental equipment were added to the equation.
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All of my CPE (including my EMTA) is customer owned. The only Comcast owned equipment in my house is the CableCards in the two TiVO boxes I own. |
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 DrDrewSo that others may surf.
join:2009-01-28
SoCal
kudos:8 | reply to andyross
said by andyross:Just note that with Tivo, you don't get OnDemand.
With Tivo you don't get Comcast's onDemand, but you you get on demand videos through Netflix, Amazon Video, Blockbuster Video, Hulu, YouTube, etc.... which you can't get on Comcast's box.
You also can't digitally transfer videos off a Comcast DVR to your PC, iPod, or other devices like you can with a Tivo.
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said by castsucks :TiVo does not get you VOD (you are paying for the free VOD) and some time events PPV.
Perhaps Comcast could argue that the VOD fee is built into the rental fee for the STB. You don't pay that fee if you replace the Comcast STB with a Tivo, therefore no VOD for you. I have no idea if that is the case, but makes sense, I think. |
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