Surfing the big wave....

Moonliner · 05-30-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

My friend has VZ FiOS. I totally love it. But more importantly, he totally loves it. The only negative with the cable/dvr package is that it isn't nearly user friendly as TiVO. But I've found that with Cox DVR too.

I think it's only in HB right now though - the test market in OC.

I'm giving the "Home media" dvr a try. They say it will allow me to watch recorded content on any TV in the house with up to three diffrent shows playing at any one time. Since I watch about zippo "live" TV anymore it should be fun. Apparently it lacks the 30 second skip feature. In it's place there is a 4x fast forward however the Googleverse seems to say there are ways to get the 30 second skip back....

BarTopDancer · 05-30-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

I'm giving the "Home media" dvr a try. They say it will allow me to watch recorded content on any TV in the house with up to three diffrent shows playing at any one time. Since I watch about zippo "live" TV anymore it should be fun. Apparently it lacks the 30 second skip feature. In it's place there is a 4x fast forward however the Googleverse seems to say there are ways to get the 30 second skip back....

I seem to recall that being a big deal when he got it. But that was about 2 months ago and I have a very short term memory. I know he has a box for each TV. I'll have to ask about that tonight.

I also recall him needing to keep upgrading stuff. It seemed the package that he bought didn't have "what he needed". The HD recording sucks up space on the hard drive - so make sure you get a big one.

Moonliner · 05-30-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

The HD recording sucks up space on the hard drive - so make sure you get a big one.

Despite my rather high tech veneer I am for the moment at least depressingly HD free. So in theory I should get about 120 hours of record time.

BarTopDancer · 05-30-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Despite my rather high tech veneer I am for the moment at least depressingly HD free. So in theory I should get about 120 hours of record time.

Hehe. FIOS caused a chain reaction resulting in a new TV.

Moonliner · 05-30-2007, 11:19 AM

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Hehe. FIOS caused a chain reaction resulting in a new TV.

Damn! Am I that transparent? Thank God my wife has not picked up on that one yet.

BarTopDancer · 05-30-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Damn! Am I that transparent? Thank God my wife has not picked up on that one yet.

I think it's a guy thing. Or a geek thing. It all started with a movie day at my place and our ginormous HDTV. The end result was FIOS, a new ginormous HDTV and remodeled living room (to better fit the new HDTV). Next up is flooring and new furniture. And a new DVD player to play DVDs on the TV.

For what it's worth we also notice a huge improvement in internet connectivity and speeds. There are times when there are 5 laptops on the network and we're all zipping along.

What ever *thing* it is, it's sure fun.

Moonliner · 05-30-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I think it's a guy thing. Or a geek thing. It all started with a movie day at my place and our ginormous HDTV. The end result was FIOS, a new ginormous HDTV and remodeled living room (to better fit the new HDTV). Next up is flooring and new furniture. And a new DVD player to play DVDs on the TV.

For what it's worth we also notice a huge improvement in internet connectivity and speeds. There are times when there are 5 laptops on the network and we're all zipping along.

What ever *thing* it is, it's sure fun.

I got my eye on one of these baby's and some of these...