West Palm Beach, FL - HDTV - Page 296

Originally Posted by uf20wop

works great... i have no complaints. it's lightyears better than the comcast box

Originally Posted by uf20wop


works great... i have no complaints

it's lightyears better than the comcast box

pandora on tivo, schedule recordings from your phone/computer, season passes and better program searching

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

I'm with ya. I too have a long list of complaints -- and the list keeps growing.

I honestly wish we could go back to the old software.

Originally Posted by PeterAlt

There's another option, besides switching to companies. Awhile back, when I still had Comcast, I reported here that Comcast hired TiVo to make a DVR for both the SA (now Cisco) and Motorola boxes. At the time, they were rolling out the Motorola version. I guess if you wait a bit longer, they will begin rolling out the SA (Cisco) version.

As I recall, Comcast had started rolling out the new software that you all are now getting even before I had switched to U-verse (over a year ago) in other areas of the country. I am surprised it took so long for West Palm to get it and it's probably the same version they had when it was first being rolled out elsewhere in the country over a year ago, based on the reported bugs and lack of features I'm hearing here.

Based on Comcast's record for extremely slow rollout of new software, you'll probably be waiting a long, long time before the TiVo software option is roll-out for the West Palm area, and it will probably be the first buggy, feature-lacking version of that software, at best! The TiVo software will be an option for an additional $5/month.

Since I had U-verse, we had TWO major DVR software updates so far, with a third major update expected soon. This is in addition to other secondary software routinely pushed to out set-top boxes. Also, the U-verse set-top uses the Microsoft Media Room OS. Version 2.0 of Media Room has already been released to Bell Canada and should be being pushed to U-Verse subscribers soon. It adds a Facebook app and allows Windows Media Center PC's to access DVR recordings.

Over on AT&T's forum, people are complaining of the "slow" roll-out for software updates and additions nationally of a time period of several weeks. Seeing that Comcast's national rollout of sofware trickles in timescales of several months or years, I'm beginning to think U-verse subscribers who complain about several weeks as slow are, well, spoiled.

Originally Posted by TheGigaShadow


And all you had to do to receive a quality picture was rewire your entire house. Great deal!

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

At this point I wouldn't mind trying Uverse, especially since my house is already Cat5 throughout. But -- unfortunately -- Uverse is STILL not available in my area.

Originally Posted by charlie460

It's no secret that U-Verse HD is poor quality compared to almost any other service. The feeds are bitrate starved, and that's fact. It may look fine to most people, but the quality is certainly not better than Comcast or DirecTV/Dish.

They may have a nicer guide, but the quality of Comcast's and DirecTV's HD looks far better to me. (of course, I could use some more HD channels from Comcast...)

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

What's the least expensive way to get TiVo? What are we looking at total?

Originally Posted by Panth1

I didn't have one problem with the SARA software.

Originally Posted by Caribwoy2000

Since the update: When I want to record something the box has to be "ON". ie if I am in the middle of recording and I want to shut down to go to bed, I get a notification that in order to continue recording, it must be left on.

Okay... But why doesn't it AUTOMATICALLY shut the box off when the recording is complete???

Originally Posted by PeterAlt

I tend to disagree with your assumption that UV picture quality is poor. When I first got the service, the compression method was so bad that images routinely had dark shadows where they're no supposed to be. Over the past year, there were two major updates that overhauled the compression scheme. Today there are no noticeable differences between Comcast and UV as far as PQ is concerned. In fact, I would even say that UV PQ is better than Comcast's now, as the Comcast PQ on some frequencies on occasion breaks apart or blacks outs entirely.

If my word is not enough, if you want, I have an HD video capture card for my PC. I will record a sample and post it. I could also take a sample of the same channel and program with Comcast and post it too. Then, you can compare the PQ on each network to make your own judgement.

Originally Posted by the q

I think you have to press ok/select on the remote first to identify what program needs to be moved (at least that's how it works on my Motorola A28 guide), then page up/page down

Originally Posted by LRZNole

How can you tell if you have a Comcast box? Any new HD?

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

I've got the same problem. In my case it totally messed up my Harmony One remote (it would shut the box off instead of turning it on, which meant I had to manually push extra buttons to get the cable box back on).

I decided to just leave the cable box on all the time. Not ideal, but it's the best solution I can figure out.

Originally Posted by Caribwoy2000

Doesnt know whether the dam box is off or on now...oh well back to

"did that fix the problem? ...yes...NO"

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

You might wanna do what I did and just leave the box on all the time. Just go into Device Options / Changes and change the setting to "I want to leave this device on all the time" -- and you're set!