OptimusADL
join:2000-12-20
USA | GUI needs major overhaul
Why don't they invest in fixing their HORRIBLE GUI? |
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baineschile
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
 ·Comcast
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| Good news, bad news
Good news:
Tons more HD and HD content, DOCSIS 3.0 deployment, ability to add more digital and ethnic channels
BAD NEWS:
The days of not needing equipment to get TV are over. I heard a rumour that Comcast and Panasonic are teaming up to have TVs with built in digital tuners (not QAM or NTSC) that can go up and down |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA
·Comcast
| they already have those tv's they are called Tru2Way and they use QAM tuners and cablecards still.... they just program the box code into the tv so you dont need a box for the GUI and VOD you can buy one right now, but only a few compcast markets have Tru2Way enabled right now |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
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| reply to OptimusADL
Re: GUI needs major overhaul
The GUI does suck, and the DVR's leave A LOT to be desired.
Good news is that they are aware of this, and improvements are in development. Tru2Way and EBIF along with more advanced set tops will allow for greater flexibility. I'm with ya though, couldn't come soon enough!
Back to the topic though.... What good is "Project Calvary" if it only applies to certain area's of the country? It certainly doesn't apply to the entire Central PA region, and there's many other regions that I hear complaints from as well. Might as well attribute the project to Verizon Fios. Only available to special "privileged" area's. I'm sorry, no service provider would ever provide moving expenses to a customer just so they can relocate to those privlaged area's. Cherry picking at it's finest folks! |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to baineschile
Re: Good news, bad news
The best news for me is that I will be able to use my Moxi HD DVR with a CableCard as Comcast has no plans to go the SDV route, which this DVR cannot do at this time. Now, if I change service from FiOS back to Comcast, I can still use my own DVR, at least for the foreseeable future. |
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mustang46
join:2005-05-06
Roseville, MI | reply to baineschile
I got a letter last month saying my area is going all (mostly all) digital in June. I wonder how long after that we'll see more HD and have docsis 3.0.
I hope it's soon, but I've been told don't expect anything till years end or later. |
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BobnyAbdul
@comcast.com
| reply to cypherstream
Re: GUI needs major overhaul
I don't know about your area, but I would think such a massive undertaking as bringing "Project Calvary" live in a given system would be a massive undertaking.
I think our first reports of an area doing this was only a few months ago. If you factor in getting the kinks out of hte system, and ensuring box supply and distribution systems would be working for a large scale rollout, it makes perfect sense that it's not a simply "throw the switch" kind of deal.
I also wouldn't be surprised if there were other things needed to "protect" their content. Since all those analogs that get trapped out for HSI only or Limited basic customers are going clear digital, they may need to move things around so they can trap out the digital versions as they go into the clear. (since they can't use encryption on them like they do now).
Ultimately, with all the work needed, I'm not surprised that larger markets are getting the rush deployment with the rest of the system to follow. Just look at their DOCSIS3 deployment. They've promised 100% of the footprint in a year, but so far only limited markets have been deployed. BUT.. we have seen a steady increase in the speed new markets are coming online since the first test markets last year. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
| reply to neufuse
Re: Good news, bad news
said by neufuse  :they already have those tv's they are called Tru2Way and they use QAM tuners and cablecards still.... they just program the box code into the tv so you dont need a box for the GUI and VOD you can buy one right now, but only a few compcast markets have Tru2Way enabled right now Chicago and Denver are the only two markets I've heard of so far. While 100% of Comcast's and four other companies' digital cable systems are supposed be "Tru2Way ready" (whatever that means) by July from what I've heard consumers shouldn't expect much until next year. |
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djdanska
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join:2001-04-21
Glen Ellyn, IL
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| reply to mustang46
said by mustang46 :I got a letter last month saying my area is going all (mostly all) digital in June. I wonder how long after that we'll see more HD and have docsis 3.0. I hope it's soon, but I've been told don't expect anything till years end or later. The city of chicago was converted to all digital a year or so ago and it took ages for them to get more channels. On the other hand, one of chicago's other cable companies, rcn, did it differently. They converted ALL channels to digital. (Even 2-20, unlike comcast) and when they made the switch, the same night you got TONS of new HD channels! Not weeks or months later. Did it area by area. Not the entire city at one time. |
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TechnoScott
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join:2003-03-25
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| reply to Sammer
Comcast Oregon Market was the first market in the country to roll out the Cav project. Oregon deployed MANY DTA devices to give customers TV service while freeing up MANY channels. Comcast Oregon Market has also deployed DOCSIS 3.0 as well as a huge assortment of HDTV channels.
The nice thing, IMO, is that there is still room for more improvement. The cable network just keeps scaling and scaling. |
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