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Thanks Roadwarrior, I am finding most people have glitches with the U Verse service

71.13.230.140

PhilJ

In Reply to: RE: Having had DISH HD service for 4 years and switching to U-Verse in Feb of this year posted by Road Warrior on November 30, 2011 at 08:03:18

also price increases and long installs with repeat visits to get it right.

I think I will consider cable (gasp) now to bundle and save money.

Thanks

Phil

Follow Ups:

One plus for U-Verse I forgot to mention, a monstrous (capacity wise) DVR - Road Warrior 10:46:32 11/30/11 (9)
Also it can be accessed from other non DVR boxes in the house. Much more storage than the DISH (formerly an industry leader in DVR storage). It's very intuitive and easy to use. The DVR is the one thing I'll miss.

"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
- fwiw: the cable HD set up I just got has about 90 hrs of HD capacity - PhilJ 17:59:26 12/03/11 (6)
  ..
  - I guess that's getting to be about the standard now? - Road Warrior 19:43:09 12/03/11 (5)
    2x as much as my old DISH, SOTA, DVR used to have. and about the same as U-Verse has
    
    "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
    - my old Directv (HR700 I think) had 30 HD hours storage, maybe the cable is lower res or compressed? - PhilJ 21:05:26 12/03/11 (4)
      they look about the same...
      - HD is as good as the regular signal - Road Warrior 16:10:54 12/04/11 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: my old Directv (HR700 I think) had 30 HD hours storage, maybe the cable is lower res or compressed? posted by PhilJ on December 03, 2011 at 21:05:26
        
        No hint of signal degredation on DVR payback.
        
        "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
        
        you mean on Dish? I was speculating about the reason my cable DVR holds so much - PhilJ 18:20:33 12/04/11 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: HD is as good as the regular signal posted by Road Warrior on December 04, 2011 at 16:10:54
        
        .
        
        Nope, I was referring to the ridiculous amount of HD programming we record on our U-verse - Road Warrior 18:32:16 12/04/11 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: you mean on Dish? I was speculating about the reason my cable DVR holds so much posted by PhilJ on December 04, 2011 at 18:20:33
        
        DVR (70hours) with no hint signal degredation noticed on playback. Plus we still have the Dolby Digital sound intact.
        
        "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
        
        I see, mine too! - PhilJ 19:24:12 12/04/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Nope, I was referring to the ridiculous amount of HD programming we record on our U-verse posted by Road Warrior on December 04, 2011 at 18:32:16
        
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- How monsterous ??? - EmailTim 15:01:43 12/03/11 (1)
  How big are the U-Verse hard drives ???
  With DIRECTV, you can add an external ESATA drive to each supporting STB. I believe the external ESATA can be up to 2TB. They also have the Multi-Room-DVR functionality so you can access the content from your other STB hard drives.
  Thanks,
  Tim
  
  Edits: 12/03/11
  - 2TB? Nope, not that big. My comparison was the 40 hrs of HDTV on the old DISH DVR - Road Warrior 19:41:33 12/03/11 (0)
    as opposed to about 80(????) hrs. with the standard U-Verse DVR in HD.
    
    To be honest, too much DVR storage is a negative for me, as I'll screw around and record everthing and not watch it.
    
    "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"

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