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?
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
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§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 5:05:14 pm PST #13090 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.)
omnis_audis - Feb 25, 2010 6:51:41 pm PST #13094 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
how is the DVR on Uverse?My experience is based on a system with a single receiver and one TV in the apartment. It sounds like Kristen will have other experiences that I might not have.
Before U-vers, I had the Time-Warner DVR. Before that I had a few Panasonic stand alone DVR's that I really liked.
Search feature to add a show is pretty easy, although you can't add a show that isn't in the current TV guide. For instance, Parenthood is being advertised MONTHS in advance. I can't add the show until about 2 weeks before it airs, which is when it pops up in the guide.
My Panasonic's, I could burn a DVD of shows, I could edit out commercials, I could share a recording. My understanding with TiVo, you can transfer to your computer to load up on your iPhone/iPod/Zune/etc. U-verse, as far as I know, you can *NOT* do that yet. I hate that aspect.
The picture is clean, sound is good, no hum or buzz like TW had. As mentioned, you can record 4 programs at a time (2 SD, 2 HD). You can pause TV shows, rewind live, etc. The skip ahead past ads is 40 seconds that I like better than the tivo which just fast forwards at 3 speeds. I wish it was 30 seconds and not 40, but eh. There is also a back skip of 7 seconds.
It doesn't do that "you might like, so I recorded it for you" like TiVo, but I'm fine with that. If I miss something, it will come out in DVD eventually. I'd rather not fill up the hard drive with unwanted stuff.
I can access the guide from the internet and my iPhone. I can access my recordings from the internet to erase stuff (so when working a week of 12 hour days, I can delete the news, so my HD isn't filled with 3 hours of news every day.)
Not sure what else to say, so please ask specific questions. I do like it a ton. It doesn't miss shows, like the TW dvr did. It is easy to set up a series recording.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 7:06:24 pm PST #13095 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd rather not fill up the hard drive with unwanted stuff.
That's totally not a concern with TiVos, by the way. They delete unwanted stuff for wanted stuff so it never gets in the way.
javachik - Feb 25, 2010 7:20:14 pm PST #13096 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I turned off the Tivo recs thing because I was sick of it trying to change the channel I was currently watching.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 7:32:18 pm PST #13097 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mine gets interesting stuff that I don't want to invest a season pass in (Star Trek, Stargate, Doctor Who repeats) and stuff I feel guilty for not watching (astronomy and history). So I keep it on. It also gets me a lot of Buffy and Angel, and I feel anthropomorphically fondly towards it because of that. I check it every day amd trim it, because nothing stays there for long.
megan walker - Feb 25, 2010 8:02:52 pm PST #13098 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Before that I had a few Panasonic stand alone DVR's that I really liked.
And now I like them! I love how easy it is to edit out commercials and burn a DVD. I solved the buzzing problem, if I only could bother to figure out how to get the guide working, it would be perfect.
omnis_audis - Feb 25, 2010 8:17:43 pm PST #13099 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
what was the buzz problem? (yes, the sound guy was too lazy by the time he got home to figure that out)