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Cablevision Improves Network DVR, Adds Storage
Cablevision this week announced that they've beefed up their network DVR offering to add more storage and increase the amount of simultaneously recordable streams. According to a company announcement, Cablevision's Optimum Multi-Room DVR (formerly dubbed DVR Plus) now provides users with three times more storage: 300 hours of SD storage or 75 hours for High Definition (up from 100 & 25, respectively). Cablevision says they've also increased the number of possible simultaneous recordings to ten. With the changes comes a price hike for the service too, the company charging $13 a month -- up from $11. Cablevision fought a long legal fight against broadcasters who tried to block the service claiming it violated copyright (only to turn around and attack Aereo for using the same legal argument).
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FFH5
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Tavistock NJ

FFH5

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Anyone who has Network DVR; can you FF thru commercials?

This product has a lot of good things in it. Replay on different TVs; record 10 shows at once; lots of room to store lots of shows; price reasonable.

But do they let you fast forward thru commercials? Without that capability, all the positives would be worthless.
rick0204
join:2009-05-20
North Bergen, NJ

rick0204

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Re: Anyone who has Network DVR; can you FF thru commercials?

Yes, you can fast forward through commercials. Another benefit is the ability to record the same show on both the DVR and Multi-Room DVR. We were not able to do that before.

BrainBlown
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Re: Anyone who has Network DVR; can you FF thru commercials?

Holy crap! I'm so envious of what Cablevision has offered from the speediest Internet tiers to now this type of network DVR. 10 shows recorded at one time, FF through commercials, 75 hours worth of HD programming, and a price hike of $2 for all of these features!!! Puts the other cable operators to shame.
boredsysadm
join:2012-01-11

boredsysadm

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Re: Anyone who has Network DVR; can you FF thru commercials?

As CV customer - I have mixed feelings about the service, on one side the internet (CV Boost Plus- $15 extra) which supposed to give me 50Mbps down actually providing me with 88 Mbps down - Recently up from 62 Mbps. Can't complain about that

On the other hand the HD video is still looks like crap with often very large blocks, compression errors and other transmission related issue
BiggA
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join:2005-11-23
Central CT

BiggA

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Kinda cool

It's kinda cool I guess to have the network DVR be able to record 10 things at once, although a pair of next generation TiVos that are coming out in the fall could do the same thing.
comp
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join:2001-08-16
Evans City, PA

comp

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Re: Kinda cool

If they actually come out
BiggA
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join:2005-11-23
Central CT

BiggA

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Re: Kinda cool

They'll come out by the fall.
comp
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Evans City, PA

comp

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Re: Kinda cool

2014?
BiggA
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Central CT

BiggA

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Re: Kinda cool

LOL. Seriously though, there's a lot of signs that they actually are coming out this fall.
comp
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Evans City, PA

comp

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Re: Kinda cool

yeh and there was actual confirmation there would be DTA for the Premiere and the Mini in the spring update... that didnt work out
BiggA
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join:2005-11-23
Central CT

BiggA

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Re: Kinda cool

It's in testing now.
anthonymoody
join:2013-06-25
Pound Ridge, NY

anthonymoody

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Optimum multi room DVR - is it still slow?

But has the responsiveness been improved? When it first rolled out the reports were pretty dismal.