JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL | Good/bad
Great deal for Verizon. They get to save on equipment cost.
Good deal for subs if they don't record that much, not so good if you record a lot. I can just see some big households eating right thru that 160 GB hard drive. |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | PC Hookup
This can already be done via a TV tuner or capture card. These are easier to use for pirating purposes than if they used some proprietary program. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| said by Maxo  :This can already be done via a TV tuner or capture card. These are easier to use for pirating purposes than if they used some proprietary program. It'd be nice if there were a tuner card which captured DVI or HDMI output... lowdef is just so 19th century.
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Steve B
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | uhhh, i don't think they had tv in the 19th century, it's the 21st century right now, so i think you meant the 20th century. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by Steve B :uhhh, i don't think they had tv in the 19th century, it's the 21st century right now, so i think you meant the 20th century. I suppose I could reply by saying "what I have written, I have written" but that might be tacky.
I can't even watch standard NTSC broadcasts anymore. The lame picture quality literally hurts my eyes.
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | Wow what a ripoff
You have to actually pay per TV attached? Give me a break I'd rather do it myself I am sure that with 2 TVs attached I would recoup the cost of all the equipment within half a year. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | reply to JSRoman
Re: Good/bad
I don't know. I popped a 120gig HD in my TiVo and I still have program a year old on it. |
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Steve B
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | reply to pnh102
Re: PC Hookup
I don't have a Hi-Def TV. I still have the standard tube with D*. I watch Hi-Def when I can like when I am over at my brother's place. He got the 64in widescreen DLP with a subscription to hi-def. It's fun to watch when I can, LOL. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
·Comcast
·Patriot Media
| reply to JSRoman
Re: Good/bad
I dont understand who would want this.
20x 12= 240. A new tivo or replay is just able to the same cost and some do streaming and there have a better interfaces.
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
2 edits | QIP6416?
This sounds dangerously similiar in model to the Moto DCT6416 which is a high definition piece of trash. I have went through about 5 of those boxes. Just because the transport is Fios and not cable doesn't mean the box doesn't suck.
EDIT: yep I found it......the same piece of garbage, retrofitted for FIOS
»broadband.motorola.com/noflash/QIP6416.html
as far as charging for each TV, the box uses MoCA which is just retrofitting and using your existing cable loop through the house. So just tell Verizon you only use one TV, then hook it up yourself.
After you use this box for a week though you wont want to hook it up to more than one TV, more like you'll want to throw it out the window.
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to DaveNJ
Re: Good/bad
said by DaveNJ :I dont understand who would want this. 20x 12= 240. A new tivo or replay is just able to the same cost and some do streaming and there have a better interfaces. Really? They both came out with high def units? When did this happen? |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to inteller
Re: QIP6416?
said by inteller : So just tell Verizon you only use one TV, then hook it up yourself. It won't work that way. The charge that everyone is so up in arms about is a normal converter rental that is required to view shows on the DVR. Without that converter there is no way a tv can tell what is on the DVR. They communicate with each other. |
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McLovin
Chicka chicka yeah
Premium
join:2005-06-12
Fairbanks, AK
clubs:
·GCI.net
 ·PTIAlaska.NET
| said by imrf :The charge that everyone is so up in arms about is a normal converter rental that is required to view shows on the DVR. Without that converter there is no way a tv can tell what is on the DVR. They communicate with each other. A smart move on Verizon's part!
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| reply to imrf
Re: Good/bad
said by imrf :said by DaveNJ :I dont understand who would want this. 20x 12= 240. A new tivo or replay is just able to the same cost and some do streaming and there have a better interfaces. Really? They both came out with high def units? When did this happen? And a dual-tuner HD unit at that. |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| reply to grandpinaple
Re: Wow what a ripoff
said by grandpinaple :You have to actually pay per TV attached? Give me a break I'd rather do it myself I am sure that with 2 TVs attached I would recoup the cost of all the equipment within half a year. I don't think you understand how it work. The multi-room DVR option allows a non-DVR STB to pull recorded programming from a DVR totally independently of what is happening on the DVR. In other words, you can watch one recording on the DVR and a different one on the other STB (and still be recording two other programs at the same time). |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs:
| reply to pnh102
Re: PC Hookup
Hi-Def is fun, but it's also for those who can afford it. It's not really about the quality of the picture, it's the quality of the programming. Right about now the content of most programming on TV is much lower than the actual quality of the picture it's coming in at.
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Edrick
Premium
join:2004-09-11
Orlando, FL
| reply to McLovin
Re: QIP6416?
The equiptment charges are cheaper than comcasts.
Now for those saying why not just get a tivo blah blah blah
Say you have 4 TV's 1 DVR
1 DVR - 20.00 w/ Multi Room Service
3 Settop boxes 5.00 each - 15.00
Now say you have Tivo Boxes
4 Tivo Boxes
4 Set Top Boxes
= Cost More.
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | reply to DMS1
Re: Wow what a ripoff
No I got that I'm saying you can stream yourself to multiple rooms although it is admittedly looking more difficult than I originally envisioned. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
·Comcast
·Patriot Media
| reply to DMS1
Re: Good/bad
said by DMS1 :said by imrf :said by DaveNJ :I dont understand who would want this. 20x 12= 240. A new tivo or replay is just able to the same cost and some do streaming and there have a better interfaces. Really? They both came out with high def units? When did this happen? And a dual-tuner HD unit at that. For the price it isnt reasonable. I rather just build my own.
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tivo-pc
@cyg.net
| PC PVR
How do you setup a PVR on your PC? what hardware is required? I think the last tv tuner card i had, i just plugged the coax in and it changed the channels. How is that done with satellite system or digital cable systems? (or even multiple inputs, like dual-tuner or more).
I guess the windows media system comes to mind, I've seen them with dual tuners but couldn't figure out how it can tune the sat boxes automatically.
thanks. |
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