baineschile
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2 edits | The evolution to...
IPTV.
Was there ever a doubt in any of our minds? When will VZ start sprouting content sites, like ATT and Comcast?
Do you think people like having the "media room" and the "office"? I can see why people would want these seperate (working from home v.s. movies with the kids) |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | I don't know about them, but I do know that YouTube on my Series 3 TiVo kicks serious ass. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
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join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs: | Wow
VZ Fios rocks. No doubt about that. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| TiVo has this
TiVo has had YouTube capability for almost a year now.
Facebook and Twitter TiVo doesn't have, but it's not something I really care about.
But listen to this - even if TiVo doesn't have it today, someone can write a HME app to make the functionality available. Try THAT on a FiOS DVR! |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | reply to RadioDoc
Re: The evolution to...
LOL
Another FiOS "innovation" almost a year late. |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | watch with baited breath..
IF Verizon can make these widgets user friendly, the cable companies will be ready to jump on the widget bandwagon during their docsis 3.0 upgrades. among those interested would probably be cablevision, time warner, & comcast. |
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tdouglas22
join:2001-09-25
Memphis, TN | Just a thought....
I think this is part of the problem with companies. Too many of them are trying to do too much and not focusing on the important parts of their business. Mainly their customer base and basic services. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | This is the new form of competition. Gone are the days of competing on price. It's more economically sound for companies to compete based on service additions/enhancements than to initiate a price war. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
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| Does this mean they will keep the no cap?
I mean if it(youtube) is built into their system, y would they cap u for it? I mean sure they may loose some cash, but you most likely have to pay for said box, and if they kept the no cap it would make the cablecos vid systems look bad, as they DO count against a cap. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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Re: TiVo has this
Got HTPC? |
said by Eat Me  :TiVo has had YouTube capability for almost a year now. Facebook and Twitter TiVo doesn't have, but it's not something I really care about. But listen to this - even if TiVo doesn't have it today, someone can write a HME app to make the functionality available. Try THAT on a FiOS DVR! Agreed!
Also: HTPC - Can play anything from anywhere on the internet right on the ole TV.
Can even use a laptop as the "remote"! 
Stream music, video, Youtube, DSLReports, check email, anything!
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to me1212
Re: Does this mean they will keep the no cap?
they could cap it because they can say "well just because we give you access doesn't mean you have to use it"
It's that simple. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| reply to dadkins
Re: TiVo has this
Tivo's biggest advantage is cablecard support. If there was a half decent cablecard tuner available that didn't force you to buy a whole new PC from the likes of Dell or HP I would jump on the HTPC bandwagon really fast.
Without cablecard or a cableco STB I can't decode three quarters of the HD channels I pay for. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Does this mean they will keep the no cap?
Yes, but they could do major damage to cable AND get more money if they charge for the service. |
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chronoss2009
join:2008-09-23 | Next up
CAPPING your internet so they can make room for it as part of the network suddenly is congested and thus now to get anything you have to have a ridiculous cap.
get ready that's next |
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BarneyBadAss
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|  What a freakin' waste of bandwidth
For pete's sake... I thought this was what computers were fore...
And just how much is this little (unwanted) going to cost?
Honestly, if they'd just do what they do best and not try to make the TV side all things to all people I'd be a lot freakin' happier.
Hmmmm... did Vz get any of the TARP money and is this where they are spening it?
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bgraham
join:2001-03-15
Smithtown, NY
1 edit | Remember internet TV from the nineties. Please leave TV to televisions and internet to my computer.
All this crap is going to do is increase prices someday. Put in another few hundred miles of fiber with the money instead of internet TV. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| reply to Eat Me
Re: TiVo has this
IR Blaster.
It allows you to change channels on a cable/sat box with the computer's remote control.
Or, just use it as a secondary input - HDMI 2.
Cable box for cable and Channel 1 On Demand, HTPC for DVD/Blu-ray/Internet/video files...
Either way... 
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to me1212
Re: Does this mean they will keep the no cap?
You not have seen though that Tivo already offers the service though. |
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Smith6612
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join:2008-02-01
united state | reply to Eat Me
Re: The evolution to...
if Verizon allows people to watch YouTube in the 720p HD format, then that's something different despite it being a year late |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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1 edit | That would be interesting but TiVo still had YouTube first (and with the new TiVo search it's pretty slick).
Also it's not hard to implement 720p on TiVo for YouTube because they already do netflix in 720p and use the same decoder that they use for YouTube. |
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