Excellent! I only just discovered the HD thing on Superbowl Sunday. I was playing around with the tv and the inputs and wondering why the tv channels said "5" and "5.1" and "5.2". It was so awesome to see HD without having to pay extra for it.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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javachik - Feb 25, 2010 2:36:58 pm PST #13084 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
NoiseDesign - Feb 25, 2010 2:39:54 pm PST #13085 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Series 2 Tivos aren't able to work with over the air broadcasts. The Tivo HD can work with an over the air HD antenna. Series 2 Tivo's don't have the correct type of tuner to work with an antenna.
javachik - Feb 25, 2010 2:41:32 pm PST #13086 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I wouldn't know about that limitation, because I've always had cable.
Lori, maybe you can just get the most basic cable?
omnis_audis - Feb 25, 2010 2:47:59 pm PST #13087 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Does anyone know much about AT&T U-Verse?I have U-verse now, for a couple months. So far, pretty good! You can get a package with a DVR, and depending on how far away you are from the signal, you can watch/record 2 HD shows and 2 SD shows at a time. Or record 2/2 and watch a recorded show. It streams the channel(s) you are watching, rather than modulating all the channels at once. They have some free on-demand stuff that is almost Hulu. The internet has been rather consistent at 5.93 Mbs down and .89 Mbs upload for the mid-tier internet package. Dunno much about the phone. I have my iPhone and a Magic Jack, and that is more than enough.
le nubian - Feb 25, 2010 3:40:06 pm PST #13088 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
omnis,
how is the DVR on Uverse?
Zenkitty - Feb 25, 2010 4:20:37 pm PST #13089 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It's too confusing. I'm paralyzed by too many options and a limited understanding of how they all work. I may just go to plain broadcast tv and watch everything else on Netflix or Amazon. I need to save some money anyway.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 5:05:14 pm PST #13090 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need a web log analyzer. Web Trends used to have a client side executable that went for about $60. NSM anymore. Is there anything else in that space?
Kristen - Feb 25, 2010 5:09:40 pm PST #13091 of 25501
lori, we have U-verse and here's my take. The actual service itself, where you turn on the TV or record stuff, etc., excellent! The part where they have to come to your house to do stuff? A nightmare beyond your most vivid bad memory of Time Warner.
My feeling is that they're growing quickly in our area and don't have the staff yet to cover all the stuff they have to do. Our install went okay, IIRC, but when they had to come back to add a box for Allyson's new TV, they were so late the first time, Allyson cancelled the appointment. The second time, I think they were only two hours late. Then there was the idiocy when we tried to call them during those debacles.
So yes. I like the service as long as I don't need to interact with a human who works for them in any way, shape or form.
ETA: I also love the thing where you can pause a show in one room and pick it up in another. Oh and you can even watch HD shows on an SD TV. (Though, obviously, not in HD quality.)
le nubian - Feb 25, 2010 5:59:22 pm PST #13092 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kristen, do you have a TiVo? Because what I'm trying to do is figure out how much I will miss my TiVo if I move over to Uverse.
I have Comcast right now and I really hate those people.
Kristen - Feb 25, 2010 6:12:04 pm PST #13093 of 25501
I don't have a TiVo. I have the DVR that comes with my U-verse service. (Before that I had TW's DVRs. I was with them so long that I think I saw generations 1 - 4 or something.) I've actually never had a TiVo so I can't compare.
I do love my DVR a lot. The one (small) downside I see with U-verse is that the pausing of live TV can only happen on the TV that's physically connected to the DVR. (You can pause recorded stuff on the other TVs but not shows you're watching live.)