  baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
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| Question Is that price in addition to the DVR price I am already paying, or in place of? Most DVRs, that I am aware of, are $14-$16 bucks, so $6 more isnt that much, considering Dish just launched theirs, which is $3 more.
Any word on if and when the TiVo upgrades will roll out? | |
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| | | | Re: Question Now Karl, I tipped this to you in January. Augusta, GA market deployed this unit Feb 1st.
DLSR Thead: »AnyRoom DVR Available On or About 7/15
The remote terminals basically are just tuners with the ability to watch content on the base DVR. It does down scale HD recorded shows so non HD TVs can view them. You can not pause live TV on a remote box. You can not stop a recording on one remote box and go to another and pickup where you left off.
Also, when you turn the main DVR off with the switch on the front of the box, you can't turn it back on with the remote. | |
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| |  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | said by Karl Bode:That TiVO deal seems like it's in a perpetual holding pattern... If I could point out the main failing Comcast has that really annoys their customers, it is their VERY slow rollout of new Cable TV technology. They announce some new feature(like this multiroom DVR) and it takes them years to roll it out. I'm still waiting for their new onscreen guide version that they announced over year ago. They really need somebody to put some real project mgr discipline in to place in their company. They have the worst I have ever encountered.
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| | | | | Re: Question said by Romney2012:said by Karl Bode:That TiVO deal seems like it's in a perpetual holding pattern... If I could point out the main failing Comcast has that really annoys their customers, it is their VERY slow rollout of new Cable TV technology. They announce some new feature(like this multiroom DVR) and it takes them years to roll it out. I'm still waiting for their new onscreen guide version that they announced over year ago. They really need somebody to put some real project mgr discipline in to place in their company. They have the worst I have ever encountered. I think that comcast has way to much old hardware on there heads that can't handle the new guide, MPEG 4 and more. | |
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| | | baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI Reviews:
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1 edit | said by Romney2012:said by Karl Bode:That TiVO deal seems like it's in a perpetual holding pattern... If I could point out the main failing Comcast has that really annoys their customers, it is their VERY slow rollout of new Cable TV technology. They announce some new feature(like this multiroom DVR) and it takes them years to roll it out. I'm still waiting for their new onscreen guide version that they announced over year ago. They really need somebody to put some real project mgr discipline in to place in their company. They have the worst I have ever encountered. Maybe things arent announced....they are leaked....to this website? | |
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join:2001-08-01
Bellevue, WA | I kind of agree. By the time the roll out is complete, those last customers will be getting out of date technology.
Any room DVR? I was doing that 4 years ago with MythTV.
Now I use Elgato's EyeTV on my Mac. Excellent product, frequent updates and very flexible! I can watch it anywhere I want, live or recorded. Including WiFi or 3G streams to my iPad or iPhone. I can easily transcode the video to a large selection of formats and take it with me on a flight.
It's not rocket science.
Sometimes I feel Comcast has some serious control issues and really could use some counseling! | |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Activation fee? So Comcast is finally getting around to offering a service other providers have offered for years and they want an activation fee?
It's been almost a year since I left these jokers, and I don't miss them, not even one bit.
But, then again, Comcast is probably too big to fail....
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|  RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | Re: Activation fee? said by N3OGH:So Comcast is finally getting around to offering a service other providers have offered for years and they want an activation fee? It's been almost a year since I left these jokers, and I don't miss them, not even one bit. But, then again, Comcast is probably too big to fail.... Speaking of getting around to doing things...does Verizon have any plans to actually make fios available to more than the handful of people they do after all this time?
Oh..wait. Silly me..I forgot. They recently put all their expansion plans on hold as they try to round up some customers in the areas they're already in. I guess times are tough when the service is so expensive to get rolled out and so few people seem to want it anyway once it is there.
But...that's ok I guess. The rest of their customers can get 1 ~ 3Mb DSL and a satellite dish strapped to their chimney I guess.
Anyways..Yea..I guess Comcast is "getting around " to offering anyroom DVR to some areas now.
But..one might want to forgive them for having spent their time recently instead upgrading the entire country to 50 Mb...soon to be 100Mb internet speeds...lots more HD channels...VOD service that's second to none and actually delivering a service nationwide in all their service areas that is actually available to people...
not some service called Fios Vaporware.
Anyways..I guess NYC will be cheering to get their Fios...
in 2014 or so if their game plan holds true.
lol.
Verizon.
AT&T.
God help them both is all I can say.
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| |  Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere
1 edit | Re: Activation fee? said by Rick:said by N3OGH:So Comcast is finally getting around to offering a service other providers have offered for years and they want an activation fee? It's been almost a year since I left these jokers, and I don't miss them, not even one bit. But, then again, Comcast is probably too big to fail.... Speaking of getting around to doing things...does Verizon have any plans to actually make fios available to more than the handful of people they do after all this time? Oh..wait. Silly me..I forgot. They recently put all their expansion plans on hold as they try to round up some customers in the areas they're already in. I guess times are tough when the service is so expensive to get rolled out and so few people seem to want it anyway once it is there. But...that's ok I guess. The rest of their customers can get 1 ~ 3Mb DSL and a satellite dish strapped to their chimney I guess. Anyways..Yea..I guess Comcast is "getting around " to offering anyroom DVR to some areas now. But..one might want to forgive them for having spent their time recently instead upgrading the entire country to 50 Mb...soon to be 100Mb internet speeds...lots more HD channels...VOD service that's second to none and actually delivering a service nationwide in all their service areas that is actually available to people... not some service called Fios Vaporware. Anyways..I guess NYC will be cheering to get their Fios... in 2014 or so if their game plan holds true. lol. Verizon. AT&T. God help them both is all I can say. ~Rick pfft, 
If verizon fios was available in all the areas that comcast served, comcast would go bankrupt and you'd be out of a job.
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| | N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | The real lol?
Me: actual regular, every day customer.
You: clearly a corporate schill.
I still have dealings with Comcast, they are our business provider at my PT job. I'm the network admin, so I am stick dealing with them.
As a paying customer with nothing to lose or gain from it but my cash, I'll take the Fios "vaporware" any day. I'm much more satisfied with them than I ever was with Comcast.
Besides, it's not my wife (or my employer), just my TV and HSI provider, so I really don't see the need to post rambling rants that border on advertisements about it!
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| |  Zero
join:2009-07-01
Collegeville, PA | said by Rick:Speaking of getting around to doing things...does Verizon have any plans to actually make fios available to more than the handful of people they do after all this time? Yeah as a matter of fact they do. They've got citywide agreements in cities like Philly, NYC, Pittsburgh, and DC.
said by Rick:Oh..wait. Silly me..I forgot. They recently put all their expansion plans on hold as they try to round up some customers in the areas they're already in. I guess times are tough when the service is so expensive to get rolled out and so few people seem to want it anyway once it is there. That's right they did put their expansion plans on hold in places where they don't already have agreements while they try and increase the amount of customers in areas that already have the service. Yeah, times are tough and FiOS would be considered more of a premium service compared to something lower like..Comcast?..err..Xfinity?..I'm sorry, which is it again?
said by Rick:But...that's ok I guess. The rest of their customers can get 1 ~ 3Mb DSL and a satellite dish strapped to their chimney I guess. Or settle for your internet service which will slow down during peak hours, be capped and throttled. And yet if they settle for your TV service they can count on having what little amount of HD channels their area can get on being further compressed and degraded. Sounds like a bargain doesn't it?
said by Rick:Anyways..Yea..I guess Comcast is "getting around " to offering anyroom DVR to some areas now. But..one might want to forgive them for having spent their time recently instead upgrading the entire country to 50 Mb...soon to be 100Mb internet speeds...lots more HD channels...VOD service that's second to none and actually delivering a service nationwide in all their service areas that is actually available to people... Since you've been going after FiOS, let's compare your new anyroom DVR service to theirs now shall we? New equipment is needed not only for the new DVR but for up to 3 receivers in other rooms. FiOS doesn't need to swap out existing equipment nor is its multiroom DVR service limited to just 3 other TVs. Can you pause a recording in one room and continue it in another? Didn't think so. Need I go on? So yeah, I'd say Comcast is a little late to the game on this one, even with their limitations on the service. Oh sure..let's hear the same old "we've been busy rolling out DOCSIS 3.0" argument..well maybe if you just deployed FTTH then you'd already have 50mbps speeds available to your entire footprint like FiOS has had available since 08. How are those upload speeds coming along by the way?
said by Rick:Verizon. AT&T. God help them both is all I can say. ~Rick God help you and your last mile copper too... | |
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join:2009-06-09
Washington, DC Reviews:
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| Re: Activation fee? Coax still has around a decade left in it before it hits it's theoretical speed cap and needs to be replaced by fiber. That said, while comcast has some solid tier 3 techs dealing with their billing and sales departments is like pulling out your fingernails out and made even worse since the two departments never talk to each other forcing customers who get promotional "deals" to phone in every month to get bills fixed. | |
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| | | As long has it's better than the multi-room dvr nightmare Time Warner had. What a wiring nightmare that setup was. Caused more problems with other services than anything. | |
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 bionicRodFunkier than a mohair disco ball.Premium
join:2009-07-06
united state | Wait... The box will cost between $14 and $20 per MONTH? Woah. I've never had a cable DVR, but that seems very expensive to me. I just cancelled cable because I was getting charged almost $200 a month with NO dvrs... | |
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|  GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8
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| Re: Wait... said by bionicRod:The box will cost between $14 and $20 per MONTH? Woah. I've never had a cable DVR, but that seems very expensive to me. I just cancelled cable because I was getting charged almost $200 a month with NO dvrs... U-Verse has free DVR!
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| | | Comcast really charges 20/mth for dvr rental?!! WTF!
Moving to an area where only option is Comcast or Verizon! for high speed internet & cable. 20mth for how long? If we stay with Comcast for the 2yr min we will be in MA we will have paid 480$ for the DVR box that will have been outdated about 5-6mths in | |
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| | STB Fees These STB monthly fees are just getting out of hand now. $8 a month for each additional box is ridiculous. Thats $24 tacked on to your bill every month just so you can use the damn service.
I hope Att doesn't raise there U-Verse STB to $8 to match comcast. I hate paying $7 for each one now. | |
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| amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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| Re: STB Fees Agreed. I returned 2 DVRs to Cox recently. Granted, I was getting a fair deal on them, but I just couldn't keep them for various reasons...
Only thing I kind of miss is having access to HD "expanded" channels that were "free" (if you rent a box to descramble  )
Hoping that analog stays around on Cox for awhile. I just got a dual tuner card in a media center. Even though only locals are in HD, it is still quite empowering to have "built my own DVR," and I don't have to continue paying each month for it 
Sure, what I'd really like to see is clear QAM for expanded channels that I should technically be allowed to have for "free" in HD in the first place... STB fees are still obviously quite lucrative for providers - fat chance we'll ever see MORE clear QAM out of any cable provider. Anyone still getting "expanded" channels in clear QAM, you are lucky! | |
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The only digital OTA we get here is PBS, they are the only ones that have upgraded their analog translator to digital, though we get all the locals in HD through TCT so its all good | |
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 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | My Cable Box Can't Handle EXISTING Functionality My cable box crawls along, usually a full second behind my button presses and often locking up for several seconds at a time. Occasionally it locks up, requiring a power-cycle. Often it mutes without any command to do so. Sometimes it drops audio in the middle of a program for 1-2 seconds.
I hope these are new, bigger boxes.
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| Re: My Cable Box Can't Handle EXISTING Functionality That's because of the ancient software running on the things. The hardware is quite nice, and it will be cool when they unleash the full potential of the set top boxes with new software with optimized drivers and stacks running.
Right now, think of it as a PC, you just installed the operating system, but there are no drivers. OK maybe network drivers, but you never installed the video drivers or chipset drivers. It's a little buggy, the video is slow and choppy, and in many cases, not even full color, and forget about 3D gaming. | |
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| |  newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
kudos:1
·Vonage
·DIRECTV
| Re: My Cable Box Can't Handle EXISTING Functionality said by cypherstream:It's a little buggy, the video is slow and choppy, and in many cases, not even full color, and forget about 3D gaming. So basically it's a substandard DVR compared to both satellite company offerings and Comcast wants a premium price from their subscribers for it.
They should be paying their subscribers for beta testing it. | |
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| | | | | Re: My Cable Box Can't Handle EXISTING Functionality said by newview:said by cypherstream:It's a little buggy, the video is slow and choppy, and in many cases, not even full color, and forget about 3D gaming. So basically it's a substandard DVR compared to both satellite company offerings and Comcast wants a premium price from their subscribers for it. They should be paying their subscribers for beta testing it. and directv has e-sata and real MRV that lets you use more then 1 dvr at the same time.
And Directv has flat DVR and MRV fees. No $16 and $8 per box just $5 per box. | |
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| | More info- AnyRoom DVR A bit more detail (from a Motorola perspective) here: »bit.ly/aPDy2C | |
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join:2002-11-06
united state
·Comcast
·AT&T U-Verse
| ARG! I wish they would upgrade my area. Ive complained time and time again and the answer I get is that "your on the old Adelphia system and it will eventually be upgraded" but that never happens. Still stuck with 8mb internet and old DVR equipment.
Going to give U-verse a try...hopefully that works out.
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| | anyroom rocks i have had the anyroom dvr in my house from comcast since the beginning of June and i live in the bay area. this is nothing new to me.
i tried uverse and hated it. watching tv and on the internet made my phone have static not to mention the tv would freeze and i would miss about 5-10 sec of a show even when it was recorded. | |
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 joetaxpayerI'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA | Is it just $8/box or $8 + Outlet fee? That $8/mo for additional boxes - is that it? I mean, is there also an "outlet fee"?
I have multiple TiVos, but I've only carded one. To card a second one would cost a $7/mo outlet fee. Without the card, I still get the channels below 20, and can network for the carded one for the cable only shows.
All TiVos have lifetime service, so no fees at all.
At the end of the day, I just wonder how much per month it would cost to duplicate my setup using Comcast rented equipment. | |
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