Dodge
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Re: Still a need for a set top box....
said by wifi4milez  :... In fact, I would prefer to have the content locally in case the cable feed gets messed up due to rain or some other thing. If the cable feed goes out your DVR will not work either way, unless they changed it from about a year ago. Try pulling the incoming feed out of your current dvr and play something |
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Araiden
join:2008-04-12
| Well the stuff that you already have recorded will still work. That stuff is being loaded off of the hard drive on the box and doesn't require your service to be connected to play that. However if you disconnect the incoming feed you will not be able to watch anything else ;P. |
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wifi4milez
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said by Dodge :said by wifi4milez :... In fact, I would prefer to have the content locally in case the cable feed gets messed up due to rain or some other thing. If the cable feed goes out your DVR will not work either way, unless they changed it from about a year ago. Try pulling the incoming feed out of your current dvr and play something Of course it still works, unless you pull out the power plug! The content you have recorded is stored on a local hard drive, so you can access it any time the machine is booted up. I havent yet tried it with my FIOS, however it certainly worked with TWC.
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TKJunkMail
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1 edit | said by wifi4milez :said by Dodge :said by wifi4milez :... In fact, I would prefer to have the content locally in case the cable feed gets messed up due to rain or some other thing. If the cable feed goes out your DVR will not work either way, unless they changed it from about a year ago. Try pulling the incoming feed out of your current dvr and play something Of course it still works, unless you pull out the power plug! The content you have recorded is stored on a local hard drive, so you can access it any time the machine is booted up. I havent yet tried it with my FIOS, however it certainly worked with TWC. The DVR STB could still play existing already recorded shows if cable goes out. But only as long as the STB wasn't powered down and restarted while the cable is down. Because if you power on a DVR STB after a power outage and the cable connection is still down, it won't come up far enough to play back existing recordings. |
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cornelius785
join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA | reply to Dodge
well, not necessarily. i assume this is true for cableco DVR things, but probably not true for TIVO and windows media center, and definitely not true for mythtv and similar. |
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Anonymous_
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that might depend on the brand and or software used
as with the motorola boxes i was able to take my DVR to other places and use it with out cable pulged in |
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chasmn84
join:2009-05-07
Glen Ellyn, IL | reply to wifi4milez
Most of the time the menu to get to your dvr from tv operators is downloaded from the node so if you have no signal you cannot access the DVR. NO SERVICE, NO MENU... |
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i install U-Verse for AT&T ... i know for a fact that on our DVR's .. without a signal coming to the DVR you cannot funtion anything on the box ... you wont even be able to get to a menu screen... it will just sit on a blue AT&T screen and then eventually give you an "X" in the middle of your screen.
now i have seen DVR's i believe from DISH NETWORK? where as long as your DVR is plugged to power and to your t.v. then you can watch your recordings from it. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
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said by TKJunkMail :The DVR STB could still play existing already recorded shows if cable goes out. But only as long as the STB wasn't powered down and restarted while the cable is down. Because if you power on a DVR STB after a power outage and the cable connection is still down, it won't come up far enough to play back existing recordings. direct tv boxes can playback dvr feeds with no sat feed and that is after a reboot as well.
will this have the same as VOD control lag? |
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