  RoKmAn
join:2000-09-09
East Elmhurst, NY | Really? Its already in production? I thought the thing was in trial in limited areas. | |
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join:2009-05-15
Saint Paul, MN | Re: Really? Did you read the first sentence? | |
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| | RoKmAn
join:2000-09-09
East Elmhurst, NY | I could swear this first wasnt there when I read it: "Users in our Verizon FiOS TV forum have been sharing their thoughts on Verizon's latest software upgrade for FiOS TV set tops, which is slowly being deployed to test subjects and in limited markets." Hmm or it could be disorientation from shoveling snow. | |
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| | | Re: Will Verizon giveth and taketh away from FiOS! I don't think you have that quite right. Tivo's have always jumped back like that (so why they would hold a patent on the opposite of what they do, I am not sure). It is a feature to make up for the lag in time between seeing the beginning of a show and pressing the play button. Most people like it, but it does take some getting used to. My guess is it is the other way around and Comcast paid to use the auto-jumpback method. | |
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| |  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Will Verizon giveth and taketh away from FiOS! said by gabmasterjcc:I don't think you have that quite right. Tivo's have always jumped back like that (so why they would hold a patent on the opposite of what they do, I am not sure). It is a feature to make up for the lag in time between seeing the beginning of a show and pressing the play button. Most people like it, but it does take some getting used to. My guess is it is the other way around and Comcast paid to use the auto-jumpback method.
the new cox guides do that too.
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| | | my WOW STB stops going back or forward as soon as i hit "play" so yah.
TiVO can claim that all they want. In actually; that service was well before them with DVD and VHS players. | |
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| | JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1 | Re: Will Verizon giveth and taketh away from FiOS! said by hottboiinnc:my WOW STB stops going back or forward as soon as i hit "play" so yah.
TiVO can claim that all they want. In actually; that service was well before them with DVD and VHS players.
From what I understand, it's not the jump back feature, per se, that's at issue. It's HOW it jumps back. TiVo, I know, has a patent on determining how far to jump back. It's based off of user response. It learns how much to jump back based on who's currently using the remote, and adjusts. There are other items at issue in these lawsuits by TiVo, but from what I understand, that's the biggie. | |
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| JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1 | said by Mr Matt:  I wonder if Verizon will giveth some additional features and taketh away some existing features. Like jaw, I gotta be careful what I post here (that NDA I signed) - so I wont get into any specific details. But from what I can tell, I don't see any features taken away in this release. I agree with jaw - it's not perfect (what is?), but there's much in here that's very cool. Still not convinced about the color palate, though - it takes some getting used to. | |
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jaw2012
join:2008-08-01
King Of Prussia, PA | Ummm 1.9 isn't all roses I'm one of the beta testers, and while 1.9 is a huge improvement it isn't without its major faults. I won't get into the specifics as I signed a NDA, I just wanted to correct the perception that 1.9 was perfect. | |
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| | | Re: Ummm 1.9 isn't all roses Nobody thinks anything is perfect.
Jeez. | |
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join:2009-11-01
Huntington, NY | one step at a time... now if they could only get the billing straight and teach the phone reps to speak proper English oh and queue the rate increase for the STB.  | |
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1 edit | delete media manager *requirement* the "on demand" widgets that access the internet such as youtube and radio stations shouldn't need a "PC" link to media manager software.. they should just stream to the set-top without it.. of course if you want your own media to stream, that would need a link... afterall, the set-top is already accessing the fios router which has access to the ip network.
you wanna improve the customer exp. make some of the apps more *customer* friendly.
Also, as a customer.. we've seen (past 6 mos) the EXTREME HD package trim extra music channels and other channels slimming the EXTREME down to size.. so these few givebacks in the set-stop offset the loss of content (well not really, but you get the idea). If they made the changes above that I suggest that would satisfy me.. being able to use youtube & internet radio links w/o PC would be a big help. Pity if cablevision/time warner beats them to this functionality. | |
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