Verizon FiOS HDTV - Page 105

Yep, I've had that problem, real bad this past weekend. Anyway I found the easiest solution (workaround) is to hit pause and then play - that fixes it for me.

What does Verizon have in HD on demand?
I couldn't find that info on their website.
My comcast only has Starz & Encore for Premiums in On Demand.

They don't have HD on Demand as of yet.

If you already have a DVR or get one before July 13 you will continue to pay $12.99.

Does Verizon have the NHL Center Ice channel in their FIOS TV

I don't have FiOS yet, but I will as of early next week (assuming the install goes well). Fios just became available in my neighborhood, and I'm jumping ship from TWC for phone, internet and TV service. With the triple play and 2 year commitment, I'll be saving about $55 per month, and have more HD channels! Not to mention NFL network.

Despite signing up, I've been receiving repeated mass mailings advertising the availability of FiOS in the neighborhood. The worst one to date arrived yesterday. Who writes this stuff?

"Pump up yor TV and PC with the fiber-optic power of Verizon FiOS.
Now you can add new muscle to your current equiplment simply by switching to fiber optics. You'll see the results immediately, with picture and sound so amazingly ripped you have to see it to believe it. Even if you don't have a Hi-Def TV, you'll feel like you do."

Besides the strange workout metaphor, I believe such misleading (and for John Q. Public, confusing) advertising sullies the reputation of Verizon.

I'll be a new Fios TV customer as of tomorrow, Saturday 5/26 in Lake Elsinore, CA. Three weeks ago, it wasn't available at the address (big brand new apartment complex) I'm moving to, but one week ago, it suddenly became available. Nice timing! Can't wait to see it... I've had DirecTV (great equipment, so-so picture quality and programming) and most recently TWC (worst equipment I've ever used, pretty good quality and programming). Here's to hoping the Verizon equipment lives up to the great programming I'm going to get, with close to 10 local HD channels and twice as many national HDs as I got with TWC. Looking forward as well to trying out the Home Media Center thing, and hope the 2.0 upgrade comes SOON!

Let us know how you like it.

Everything will be great except the IPG (which is currently terrible). After 2.0 arrives, then that will be great also.

I've seen the preview of 2.0 and it looks really cool. What makes the [current] IPG so bad?

Freeze-ups, slowness, complicated, lack of standard features found in Tivo. Ugh! Right now, I miss my D* HD-DVR-Tivo. Hopefully, 2.0 will solve these problems.

I assume your criticisms are actually directed at DVR features? I haven't noticed freeze-ups or slowness with just the guide. (I don't have DVR.) Of course, my comparison is an ancient Adelphia on-screen guide that was about 10 seconds behind whatever you were pushing on the remote, so my perspective might be skewed.

I get frequent skips and freezing on my guide, locks up then jumps like ten channels ahead. very laggy

Which FiOS problem is due to which FiOS piece depends on who you talk to. However, most all company workers say the same thing: All will be well when you get 2.0. We shall see.

SOON!!!
or perhaps
SOON???

There are 2 "live TV" feature/fixes that the moto DVR box Is capable of, & that many hope will be in the update - Tuner Swap , & ability to control the forced overlap.
For those that may not know:
Tuner Swap - The ability to switch & pause between 2 live channes, not losing your "place" from 1 to the other.. With Tuner swap you can keep 2 channels in buffer, instead of just the 1 you are viewing.
Forced Overlap - This current software "forces" 1 min pre & 2 mins post added to each recorded show, non user selectable or modifyable, which stops the viewer from being able to watch 1 channel "live" during the overlap of 2 record set shows, when, say, 1 ends at 9PM while the next begins at 9PM. This causes both tuners to be locked up from 8:59 to 9:02, leaving no view tuner available. All other dual tuner DVR boxes don't seem to have this problem.
If anyone has any info on fixes in the new software, other than the change of the user interface, please let us know

FIX: Verizon/FiOS should stop trying to reinvent the wheel and sign-up Tivo.

I don't need another bump in my monthly bill... I've heard that CC will charge an extra $10 to enable the TiVo option on their DVR. And very likely that will be per-box.

1. You get what you pay for: You pay cheap and you get cheap. Right now, my FiOS TV operation is not as it should be. I didn't have any of these problems when I had D*. I swapped mainly because of the effects of the environment on my reception. Satellite/OTA reception is not reliable in my area. And no, I did not have a "tree problem".
2. Economies of scale would reduce any additional cost.
3. Didn't CC fire all its senior sales force to save money? Yeah, that's a great business plan.

I think he means Comcast not Circuit City.

Had FiOS since early Feb and haven't had any of these problems on 2 DVRs. I had DirecTv for many years with the real Tivo and, frankly, the FiOS DVR is a lot closer to that than Cablevision was. Agree, no tuner swap, but for me that's not a big deal.

It operates as it should, records what it is supposed to and I can find what I need.

Thanks for the clarification. That makes more sense.

Repost...

I hope customers in PA / DE / S. Jersey are complaining regularly to Verizon about the recent degradation in picture quality on their high-definition channels.

Some equipment recently failed at the video hub (VHO) serving that region, which significantly reduced the bandwidth Verizon had available to transmit video to local markets in those areas. Verizon apparently compensated by substantially increasing the compression on many of their SD and HDTV channels. Customers in PA / DE / S. Jersey should make it clear to Verizon that they will not tolerate such reduced quality on their high-def channels.

Has anyone else had problems w/ 199 - something like Soundtrack. I never get a picture or sound anymore, but it still shows up in the guide listing programs.

Thanks.

If you look at the description of the program(at least in my area) it says something to the effect of technical diffiulties at the Soundtrack Channel, etc.

Any details on the exact areas that are affected? Is Mercer county in NJ (it is considered 'central jersey' by some 'south jersey' by others). I have noticed some more pixelation from time to time, which I am not happy about, but the overall PQ doesnt seem to be changed.

First, Tivo didn't invent the DVR they (arguably) made it better.
Second, why would anyone want to have one company for DVRs, competition is good.
Third, Tivo charges way to much for their oversimplified DVR UI/OS (see point 2).

I'm scheduled to get FIOS TV next month (had internet for a couple of years) and would like to know if there is a listing anywhere of what channels are available without their box. I'm getting three boxes, but would like to hook up the coax straight to my slingbox so I don't have to mess with what the rest of the family is watching when I'm on the road.

Thanks,
Joe

Look up the Verizon Fios channel line- up here: http://www22.verizon.com/content/fio...nel+lineup.htm. You can save and print out a PDF file for your area.

As for the Slingbox, does that have a digital QAM tuner? I have not kept up on them. Only the local broadcast and access channels in the channel 2 to 49 set are available in analog. All other channels are digital. Verizon does leave the local HD and SD digital stations in the clear, so a QAM tuner can access those channels without requiring a cable card.