  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 |  SB6100 great for download; nothing for upload
To get full Docsis 3.0, you will have to wait until the SB6120 comes out.
--
--
Internet News
My BLOG
My Web Page | |
|
 |  Subaru1-3-2-4Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | Re: SB6100 great for download; nothing for upload After having 2 Motorola cable modems I like my current Scientific Atlanta modem. | |
|
| |  CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX
 ·Suddenlink
| Re: SB6100 great for download; nothing for upload After having two RCA junk modems, I'm very content with my Motorola SB5120. I always get great signal levels and it's rock solid. I'm told the newer RCAs use the same chip as the SB5101 and are decent, as well.
--
Anonymous posts are ignored. If you wish to be heard, speak for yourself.
Interested in open source engine management for your Subaru? | |
|
| | |
| | | |
| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | take it the SA modems are all rentals as i have never seen them at the bestbuy/CC
--
[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports | |
|
| | |
| | Great modems, crummy cable boxes Motorola makes great modems and other two way communications devices, but their cable boxes plain stink.
I've had a Motorola SB4100, 5100, and now a SBV5220 eMTA and they all worked great. | |
|
|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Great modems, crummy cable boxes said by cypherstream:Motorola makes great modems and other two way communications devices, but their cable boxes plain stink. Scientific Atlanta's modems(Webstar) and cable boxes(SA3250HD) both suck.
--
You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth | |
|
| | Reviews:
·ProLog
 ·DIRECTV
| Re: Great modems, crummy cable boxes Ive used an SA box before and thought it was freakin awesome. Try using a Motorola one day. Its user interface is so bland, its like using Windows 3.1.
At least with the SA DVR's you can add external hard drive storage, picture in picture, play games, caller ID on the TV screen, GUI animations and fades, channel logo's have native HD resolution pass through, all in a footprint almost half the size of the Motorola boxes.
Try to channel surf on a Motorola DVR. Try changing channels and after the 6th or 7th consecutive change (in either up or down direction) the whole box locks up for 10 seconds. After this it executes all your remote commands at once. Quite annoying. The performance is HORRIBLE.
Not to mention I have to power off the box and go into the setup menu to change HD resolutions from 720P for ESPN/ABC/FOX to 1080i for CBS/NBC/Discovery, etc.. | |
|
| | |
1 edit | Re: Great modems, crummy cable boxes Why would you need a nice looking UI for a cable modem? If it does its job and is stable and reliable, you should never have to even go into the UI. The device should be entirely transparent.
And the article was discussing their cable modems, not their DVRs. | |
|
| | | | | | Re: Great modems, crummy cable boxes I know that, all I said was that they make great modems but crummy cable boxes. Then dvd536 said that the SA modems and boxes both suck. Well I had to prove him wrong.
Thats how it got off on a tangent. | |
|
 RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | Docsis 3.0... "The Telco killer"
Coming soon to a cable market near you.
The world will never be the same again.
--
The Coyote captured the RR! Roadrunner Rick is now Comcastic! | |
|
| | | Re: Docsis 3.0... What ever. How in the hell do you think Doc 3.0 can compete with FiOS. It can't. I am a comcraptic customer and as soon as FiOs is in my area I am switching. There is NO WAY you can compete with fiber. Copper is very limited; fiber is the future. | |
|
| | RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | Re: Docsis 3.0... I was referring to dsl and uverse.
Verizon and their FTTH rollout is the real competitor to docsis 3.0.
I'm not really sure I'd call either one superior to the other in practical terms. It certainly will be a great match up though and it would be GREAT for everyone to have the choice between those two.
--
The Coyote captured the RR! Roadrunner Rick is now Comcastic! | |
|
| dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by Rick:"The Telco killer" Coming soon to a cable market near you. The world will never be the same again. I think what DOCSIS 3.0 will enable is to have ISPs load nodes even heavier than they do now!
--
You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth | |
|
 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | Moto SB5100 Ran great for ~4 years.
Got CDV and Comcast provided the ARRIS TM502G.
I put my SB5100 back in it's box! 
It's happily sitting in the closet now... still in great shape!
--
Think outside the Fox... Opera | |
|
|
|
·
·
