big monkey
join:2002-02-19
Charlotte, NC
|  Re: [ Confused ]
said by djrobx  :
I also want a choice of set top box. The UI that Comcast puts on these Motorola boxes is pure sh*t. With DirecTV I get the beautiful dual-recording TiVo interface. Or a choice of several others, depending on who I buy a box from.
I'm feeling ya here -- and comcast seems to be the worst of the major providers in creaky UI -- but we are own worst enemies. Too many people take whatever junk their CATV foists on them and never push for good stuff. I know it takes a lotta time and energy to keep up with this stuff and even more to fight your official locally-licensed provider, but I gotta believe if more people screamed SOMETHING might happen.
Example: Pioneer makes great little hi-def box with DVI out that Time Warner doles out like gold and absolutely will not give you a manual for (something about "voiding the warranty," seriously). So most folks get the horrid old SA box and think, "Gee, my hi-def is kinda weak, maybe I'll get DTV." So they still make work for themselves.
I say wherever you are, whomever or whatever you have, push like a crazy person for the best THEN switch if you hafta. You get the service you settle for. |
