gate1975mlm
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1 edit | New HD DVR boxes in the Philadelphia?
When will Comcast be coming out with new HD DVR boxes in the Philadelphia?
Like this for example DCX 3432 320 GB HDD |
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JamesDax
join:2001-02-24
Philadelphia, PA | About the same time Philly gets more HD channels. lol
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX | reply to gate1975mlm
heck it shouldnt be long for your area my time warner cable system launched them last month. with the 320GB hard drive. it has 256MB memory and 64MB ram |
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patspub
join:2005-02-10
Philadelphia, PA | reply to gate1975mlm
I'm still using the Motorola DCT6200 in Northeast Philly area. I'm afraid to go up to the NE/Philly office just to get replace with a DCT5100. |
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jwhite4
join:2002-03-21
Philadelphia, PA
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Are we getting the x32 (320GB) model? There's another thread where it said (I thought) Comcast was only getting the x25 (250GB) model. Even 250GB is a nice improvement over the 120GB/250GB models we have now.
Still, I want to vomit everytime I get a newegg.com email announcing another 1TB drive sale for $100 or less. Now that really would have been nice.
Jeff |
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scanpa
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Lebanon, PA | If you need a long term storage solution, get a TiVo.
The HD STB from the Cable Co. are for limited Time Shifting only. Record a show and watch it and then delete it. They do not care about long term storage for there users. |
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Goober
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Naperville, IL | SA has external expansion enabled. Mot should as well. |
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castsucks
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direct tv has 320gb / 500gb + e-sata and mepg 4 that takes up less room as well. |
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djdanska
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2 edits | reply to gate1975mlm
They have these out in the west burbs of chicago. Got one in the mail a few days ago. pretty sweet looking box! The remote for it doesn't like the 30 second skip but the old silver remote still works. The new one must be different. I think page up or down does skip 30 seconds though. It's 250 gig.
edit: Oh, and i can't get hdmi to work for more than 10 seconds. Have to use component. Something about a firmware update coming eventually.
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Goober
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| said by djdanska  :Oh, and i can't get hdmi to work for more than 10 seconds. Have to use component. Something about a firmware update coming eventually. Crap, I hope that isn't true with my equipment. That would be a PITA. |
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djdanska
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| said by Goober :said by djdanska :Oh, and i can't get hdmi to work for more than 10 seconds. Have to use component. Something about a firmware update coming eventually. Crap, I hope that isn't true with my equipment. That would be a PITA. When i called comcast, i was told either to use component, wait a few months, or get an older box. I will wait for a firmware update. When i checked the internet, motorola finished a firmware update earlier this week and sent it to comcast and other providers and when comcast finishes testing it, will be rolled out through the system.
All i get is a green screen with audio. Not everybody has this issue though.
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Goober
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Naperville, IL | HDMI can definitely be finicky. It took several ATI driver releases before the HDMI got fixed in my HTPC.
But, in the end, I'd rather have the newer box with greater capacity than the old. |
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ak3883
join:2005-08-20
Bensalem, PA
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I believe I saw a couple of these on the stack of DVRs on the shelf in the office in Bensalem, back like 3 weeks ago when I turned in a DVR box. I didn't ask, but it looked smaller than the old 34xx boxes it was on top of, and had round vent holes on the side.
I won't be getting a DVR again till fall, gives them time to work out the HDMI bug(hopefully) and get some more stocked up. Since my promo ended, I trimmed about $70/mo off my cable bill by going to limited basic. Once fall comes 'round, I'll be eligible for a new promo. A little bit of legwork but big savings. |
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Goober
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Naperville, IL | No HDMI issues here, thank goodness. Everything works like a champ so far (knock on wood). |
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX | reply to Goober
that is the DCX3200 it does not have a display. |
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Goober
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| said by motorola870 :that is the DCX3200 it does not have a display. ?? I don't understand the context. |
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Phila Tech
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We are using these boxes in Area 2(North, Northwest, Southwest, West Philadelphia). Except, the ones we have been using are the 250 gig model. |
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kb1
join:2008-11-15
South Bend, IN
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said by Goober :No HDMI issues here, thank goodness. Everything works like a champ so far (knock on wood). Goober, did you get your letter from Comcast talking about analog migration starting Sept. 29th in your area?
On another post someone from Naperville got the letter. |
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mike5026
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I have the DCX3400. Pretty much its an awesome box touch stuff on the box like one of those PS3 power buttons. Other than that I think I'm having issues with the On-Demand thing saying Feature is Unavailable |
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Goober
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Naperville, IL | reply to kb1
I haven't gotten anything yet, but I saw the other post as well. I'm hopefull that more HD will be on the way. |
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