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Re: new to fios. i have a few questions So I was playing with fios a little more and here are my day 1 thoughts
The channel switching speed is insanely faster than opt tv . +
Network tv looks very soft on fios compared to optimum. It's night and day . -
SD channels look either blurry or skin pigments are super bright. This wasn't do on optimum. -
HD isnt better than optimum in anyway . I was watching the MLB network and you can see the grass pixelating/ blurring but the rest of the screen wasn't. -
No cartoon network in HD  . -
I don't know how to explain it but on optimum if a channel was hd then you didn't have to go to another channel to watch it in hd it just was hd. On fios you have to go to the HD section channel section. -
I got a good package price with fios. Ultimate packages, 25/25,phone ,all movie channels , for $125 which includes taxes. Plus $40 off my first bill, and a $175 gift card no contract for 2 years. +
I don't know ,maybe I'm just used to optimum. I heard all the fuss over fios, I thought it was gods golden penis.I have it now so I'm going to keep it unless it just irks me then I'll jump back to optimum. 1 thing I don't miss fom optimum is the weird zzzzzip sound that happens sometimes when watching hd channels. My father and brother got fios and love it do maybe it's just me. Also why no clock on the boxes? That's weird 
I've had optimum , dish network, direct tv, fios and I think I preferred dish networks tv picture quality over all do far. What do you guys think?
1 side note, the installer was a moron! It took him from 9 am - 5pm to install 3 boxes to a pre wired apt and had problems all day. He drilled a hole from out in the building hallway through my apt door frame instead of the wall. The landlord saw it and FLIPPEDOUT! He said he was going to have fios service pulled from the building lolol FML... The fios guy and landlord got into an argument. |
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| I have Dish as well and agree that there's not much to pick from between it and FIOS, at least when it comes to HD quality.
Of course with Dish you don't get any of the NY sports channels (MSG, SNY, Yes) so if you're a sports fan then Dish is a non-starter.
The automatic HD channel mapping (Dish has it as well as CV) is more convenient, but hardly a deal breaker.
The biggest issue for me with FIOS is the lack of certain HD channels I can get with DISH (e.g. BBCA, RFD). Hopefully FIOS will find a way to furnish those before too long (but I'm not holding my breath). |
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| reply to JOEYNOX
I'm not going to address all of your issues except 1 easy one. Your settings in your STB/DVR will allow you to view the Clock. You have a choice of off or clock when you shut your box off. |
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 nycdavePremium,MVM
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| said by fioseller:I'm not going to address all of your issues except 1 easy one. Your settings in your STB/DVR will allow you to view the Clock. You have a choice of off or clock when you shut your box off.
He has 7100-P2 boxes - which have no LED display. Maybe you need to ask before posting bad information. |
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There's something wrong with your installation. I switched from DirecTV to FiOS six months ago. I couldn't tell the difference in HD PQ between the two but then I only have a 40-inch set. However SD PQ was much, much better with FiOS than DirecTV.
I switched mainly to save money but also because of the slow response time of the DirecTV DVR's to remote input.
I agree with the others on channel selection. Look before you leap! |
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| reply to nycdave
My bad, but I didn't think you could get those anymore.
Secondly, I would suggest he get the newer 7232 boxes. Is that better? |
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