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Yaco
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ | A bit confusing.. To have the multimedia DVR you are still paying a premium to watch DVR recordings  on others sets. The Music and PC streaming portion are now free.
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Lee GWB
Yaco
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
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1 edit | Re: A bit confusing.. Hi,
I swapped out my SD Box for a HD box no extra fee. I am not sure if that was a one time "Deal"
The 7xxx series box will play HD on a SD (Down converted?) The older Qip 2500 SD box I would get an error stating that it was in HD and cannot play.
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join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA
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| Re: A bit confusing.. said by Lee GWB  :Hi, I swapped out my SD Box for a HD box no extra fee. I am not sure if that was a one time "Deal" The 7xxx series box will play HD on a SD (Down converted?) The older Qip 2500 SD box I would get an error stating that it was in HD and cannot play. Lee No, that wasn't a one-time deal. Customers in NY and Northern NJ get the HD STBs for less than everyone else. You pay $6/month for the HD STB and we pay $10. | |
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Lee GWB
Yaco
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ | Re: A bit confusing.. Thx;) | |
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mystryfiostk
join:2008-07-17
00000 | Re: now if only the DVRs had more then 120GB The router is not involved in multi-room DVR functionality, so nothing you can do to the router would affect performance. | |
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Lee GWB
Yaco
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ | Re: now if only the DVRs had more then 120GB Hi,
Technically speaking .It does. You need MOCA and I just reverted back from my Linksys wireless N from being primary modem back to the "Actiontec" because it would not work via the web.
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join:2008-07-18
Stoneham, MA
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·Verizon FIOS
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·RCN CABLE
| Re: now if only the DVRs had more then 120GB Yeah, the router is involved... it has to forward (or at least allow) packets to get to the STB's.
That's why you can't have this functionality (or guide, or vod) if you enable the ethernet port on your ONT and leave the actiontec out of the loop completely or behind another router w/o specifically allowing port forwards.
I've tried to use the web remote of the DVR a handful of times in the past month, all failed to work at all or failed to execute commands (i.e. would let me see the DVR recordings but delete would not work, new schedule would not work, etc)... one in five times it would be OK.
As of last night it could not communicate w/ my DVR at all...
...this morning I tried it again, working just fine... so like I said, it's a crap shoot, at least for me :-/
Maybe they've substantially improved the back end now that they're launching for all DVRs, so perhaps I will see better service? | |
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ajc
aka IGnatius T Foobar
join:2000-05-06
Mount Kisco, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·ACE Innovative Net..
| Re: now if only the DVRs had more then 120GB said by bemis :That's why you can't have this functionality (or guide, or vod) if you enable the ethernet port on your ONT and leave the actiontec out of the loop completely or behind another router w/o specifically allowing port forwards. That's what I originally thought too, but my experience has been different. I've got the Actiontec dumbed down to just be an Ethernet-WiFi-MoCA bridge, and the whole thing sits behind a Linux firewall, which then connects to FiOS via Ethernet. I signed up for Remote DVR and IT WORKS!!
I ran a sniffer on the Linux box and I see a lot of outbound connections from the DVR to an outside address on port 443. Perhaps in the past (or maybe on older models?) they were using UPnP for inbound access, but it appears that they now build an SSL VPN of some sort in order to punch through subscribers' firewalls.
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mystryfiostk
join:2008-07-17
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| your confusing the remote scheduling feature (web/cell phone) with mult-room viewing. remote-dvr DOES require the use of the router, but the MULTI-ROOM functionality does not require a router.
the MOCA network exists between the STBs involved and that functionality is handled directly between the STBs involved - no router needed. of course without a router/moca-ethernet bridge setting your dvr recordings. | |
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axiomatic
join:2006-08-23
Tomball, TX | Grrrr So frustrating.....
I really hate living in a town where I do not get the choice to use FiOS.
Hell I only get one choice where I live. Comcrap. | |
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join:2008-07-18
Stoneham, MA
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| Re: Grrrr said by axiomatic :So frustrating..... I really hate living in a town where I do not get the choice to use FiOS. Hell I only get one choice where I live. Comcrap. Move on up to Stoneham, Massachusetts...
We've got RCN, Comcast and FIOS all available -- 3G speeds on all networks are great too...
We even have a liquor store in the center of town that makes home deliveries  | |
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ajc
aka IGnatius T Foobar
join:2000-05-06
Mount Kisco, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·ACE Innovative Net..
| Linux software? This is great! I've got the DVR, and I don't need the multi-room functionality, but I've always wanted Media Manager. Now it looks like I'm going to get it for no additional charge. Kudos to Verizon for adding functionality to an already great system.
My computers all run Linux, though (except for one, which is a Mac). Media Manager appears to be Windows-only. Are there any efforts in progress, either by Verizon or by hobbyist developers, to make this thing work with Linux?
(If not, I may need to get out the old protocol analyzer and reverse engineer this thing myself.)
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