ToranagaSama
join:2005-10-29
New York, NY
| reply to LyleGoldstei
Re: Issues with Time Warner Cable service in New York
said by LyleGoldstei  :Wow, this is truly awful. Did they think this was an upgrade with loss of half of functionality? Beyond it being a touch slower, -no manual recording -review/forward is absolutely awful;never stops at the moment you stop it. (you have to pause and play) -the color scheme of telling what is being recorded (red) when looking through episodes of shows gone. -on recordings no indication of how long the show, movie is for. (another extra click) -doesnt even show the full name of show, episode on recordings. (can you tell the difference between law and.... vs. law and....) -reordering shows to kept longer- gone. who knows what else? Is anyone as irritated as I am? I don't have much money but I got to go to tivo. This is unacceptable. I fully agree with you.
Mystro sucks.
I did not ask for this "upgrade"!
Why am I not allowed to continue using Passport?
This has got to be illegal.
Time to look for a dual-tuner ReplayTV box. Already have Lifetime service. |
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rv65
Let's just say I like Dublin Dr Pepper
Premium
join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | TWC won't pay for Passport. Even if you got a Passport box it will automatically upgrade itself to Navigator. |
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gavinator
@verizon.net
| reply to ToranagaSama
why do u say this has got to be illegal? they can put whatever they want on their boxes.
now u as a consumer can choose to keep it or go to another provider such as verizon or dish.
said by ToranagaSama :said by LyleGoldstei :Wow, this is truly awful. Did they think this was an upgrade with loss of half of functionality? Beyond it being a touch slower, -no manual recording -review/forward is absolutely awful;never stops at the moment you stop it. (you have to pause and play) -the color scheme of telling what is being recorded (red) when looking through episodes of shows gone. -on recordings no indication of how long the show, movie is for. (another extra click) -doesnt even show the full name of show, episode on recordings. (can you tell the difference between law and.... vs. law and....) -reordering shows to kept longer- gone. who knows what else? Is anyone as irritated as I am? I don't have much money but I got to go to tivo. This is unacceptable. I fully agree with you. Mystro sucks. I did not ask for this "upgrade"! Why am I not allowed to continue using Passport? This has got to be illegal. Time to look for a dual-tuner ReplayTV box. Already have Lifetime service. |
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trekkie
@rr.com
| reply to visuelz
well, not really an issue ... got mystro yesterday and was playing around with search ... searched for star trek ... and there it was ... the new star trek movie ... available for 11.99 ... but it's not listed on any of the on-demand guides ... would it work if i actually pressed the buy button or is this being pulled from some hotel system or something? |
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MacAlert
join:2005-03-16
Flushing, NY | Have you checked in channel 699? |
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trekkie
@rr.com | i did check 699 ... nope, no star trek anywhere ... other than thru the search. |
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MacAlert
join:2005-03-16
Flushing, NY | Hmm..I don't see the new move in the guide. Can you get a screenshot? |
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thedoctor
join:2009-08-13
New York, NY | yep!
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MacAlert
join:2005-03-16
Flushing, NY | Did you check channel 1000? I don't see it on my 3090. |
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rv65
Let's just say I like Dublin Dr Pepper
Premium
join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | reply to visuelz
23rd street now has 320 GB 3090's. |
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thedoctor
join:2009-08-13
New York, NY | reply to MacAlert
yep, checked 1000 ... wasn't there ... this is only visible via search. |
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MacAlert
join:2005-03-16
Flushing, NY | Interesting, I don't see it on either of my two boxes. |
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rv65
Let's just say I like Dublin Dr Pepper
Premium
join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | reply to rv65
Now the next batch of 3090's will have 320 GB HDD's on Tuesday. |
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thedoctor
join:2009-08-13
New York, NY | is nyc getting the 3270s? |
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rv65
Let's just say I like Dublin Dr Pepper
Premium
join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | Nope just the 320 GB 3090's. |
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rv65
Let's just say I like Dublin Dr Pepper
Premium
join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | reply to thedoctor
3270 isn't even out yet for all I know. It's still got bugs though they aren't any major bugs. Just minor bugs that you'll have to live with. The major bugs actually were fixed in a software update. Probably the low level OS not ODN. |
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watchit
join:2009-08-28
New York, NY | reply to rv65
What Time Warner Cable seems to have done now is block timer VCR recordings precisely because they want to sell DVR. And like others who have posted, I don't want to waste money I don't have to.
watchit |
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drivers93
join:2009-08-24
New York, NY
|  I've got TWC in Mahattan and a SA 8300HD box. This is a list of all the bad changes I've found when we got switched from Passport to Mystro (Navigator):
-shows in program guide no longer have labels "Live", "Taped", or "Repeat". How are you supposed to know what shows are live? Really bad for programming DVR for sports.
-DVR no longer automatically prompts you to extend the end time of live programs.
-in the guide the label "NEW" is shown erroneously in many programs that aren't new.
-the guide provides less program "info" than before.
-in the guide you can no longer jump between your favorite channels- now you will leave the guide and tune to the favorite channel instead.
-the duration of the programs are no longer displayed on the first screens in the guide, search, or show list- you have to drill down to see it.
-searching for shows is much less user friendly and takes much more buttons and time. The Find Shows feature puts you back at "A" every time you start a search. I used to be able to press one button ("C") to see every instance of whatever show I was on in the guide. Now I have to keep drilling down, and also uncollapse multiple listings of a program.
-when you hit Pause the banner stays on the screen- it used to disappear. Not good for sports.
-when watching a recorded program the tuner displays the channel of the recorded program instead of the channel you're actually tuned to- not easy to remember what channel you're on if you want to go back to live tv.
-when using REW or FF it use to show the exact time you're at in the program. Now it's harder to figure out with just the one number on the left of the banner.
-the Instant Reply often doesn't work right the first time you use it on a program- the first time it replays only a couple of seconds. It replays the correct 8 seconds only if you hit it again.
-when you REW at the slowest speed, the program actually jumps AHEAD a number of seconds from where you release the REW button.
-viewing Scheduled Programs used to be one button away. Now you have to scroll to it, hit a button, then hit another button to sort by date or title- not good.
-no more going forward or back frame-by-frame when in pause mode. Again, bad for sports.
-previous hour of startup channel programming is no longer buffered each time I power on the cable box.
-icons on recorded program list no longer give detail on when shows will be erased.
Not to mention- in the new Start Over feature- once you're viewing a program in start over mode you can't even use FF.
I think it's a friggin insult TWC offers no concern or apologies for taking away all this functionality, and for what? for the dopey Start Over feature and caller ID on the tv screen? Gimme a break.
I suggest anyone else who's unhappy about losing these features keep calling TWC as often as possible and give them crap about it.
The only improvements in Mystro IMO:
-"% Full" display on recorded programs list.
-ability to sort all Favorite channels in the guide so they're all together. |
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Aqua339
@omd.com
|  reply to visuelz
i recently was "upgraded" as they like to call it and am so mad with this new mystro or whatever they call it!
my biggest complaint is the manual recording option. does anyone know if this is available? if so how to use it, i have the 8300hd box and have never really had a problem with it.
I Need MY Manual Recording Option! |
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chazman151
join:2008-05-11
Fresh Meadows, NY
| reply to visuelz
Today have had issues with my 8300HD where I'm recording one show and the tuner(s) think I'm recording two. When try to change the channel, says I need to stop recording one. They list the phantom recording as "unavailable". I've seen this happen a few times when, say one show ends at noon and another show starts and noon, and for that minute it lists two shows as overlapping. Now it does it when I'm only recording one show and there isn't another set to record for hours. Wonder where it comes up with this phantom "unavailable" show(when you look at show list, only lists one show recording)
Any ideas? |
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