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War Eagle said:
Im pondering switching cable companies.

Verizon Fios doesnt make a DVR that record more than 2 programs at the same time, and that's annoying.
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whenever the heck we move out and buy a place, I'm pretty sure I will be going DirectTV. I'm sick of TWC
 
War Eagle said:
Im pondering switching cable companies.

Verizon Fios doesnt make a DVR that record more than 2 programs at the same time, and that's annoying.
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its brutal isnt it. Fios does have great services however. But I thought Wake said previously that his did more, and it was very similar to the Roamio from Tivo? FWIW, if you do not use a lot of OnDemand stuff (we dont), you could go with TIVO and pay the same amount or less. Plus get 6 tuners at once.
 
JB said:
its brutal isnt it. Fios does have great services however. But I thought Wake said previously that his did more, and it was very similar to the Roamio from Tivo? FWIW, if you do not use a lot of OnDemand stuff (we dont), you could go with TIVO and pay the same amount or less. Plus get 6 tuners at once.
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We use OnDemand a good bit. Im trying to figure this one out, dont really want to switch.
 
War Eagle said:
Options are Comcast Xfinity pretty much.
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Based on what Morgan loves going through sometimes, they're not much better then when I had them a decade ago. Better off just dealing with two recordings or looking for a repeat of the show and recording that one
 
War Eagle said:
We use OnDemand a good bit. Im trying to figure this one out, dont really want to switch.
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Call Fios back and ask if OnDemand is available if you use a TIVO unit. I cant imagine going back to cable company boxes after switching. Being able to record 6 at once, plus TIVO suggestions make OnDemand virtually a non-issue for us.
 
Mward said:
Based on what Morgan loves going through sometimes, they're not much better then when I had them a decade ago. Better off just dealing with two recordings or looking for a repeat of the show and recording that one
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I think I can upgrade one of the DVRs in the bedrooms and schedule recordings from any TV. That would give me a max of 4 shows at once, but cost goes up.
 
JB said:
Call Fios back and ask if OnDemand is available if you use a TIVO unit. I cant imagine going back to cable company boxes after switching. Being able to record 6 at once, plus TIVO suggestions make OnDemand virtually a non-issue for us.
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From what I have read, I can use a Set-top box in conjunction with Tivo.
 
War Eagle said:
From what I have read, I can use a Set-top box in conjunction with Tivo.
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Possibly. You can come by here and check out the TIVO if you want.
 
who the eff needs to record 6 shows at once...thats a lot of TV
 
mikedean441 said:
who the eff needs to record 6 shows at once...thats a lot of TV
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I don't need 6,however,i like being able to record 2 shows and still watch TV.
 
Yeah, I can record four and watch TV. It helps to have that extra capacity
War Eagle said:
I don't need 6,however,i like being able to record 2 shows and still watch TV.
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This last Vegas trip is why I love our TIVO so much. Sure it records 6 shows at once.
But being able to download any shows I want from the unit right to the tablet or laptop made it awesome.
Loaded that thing up with some of our favorites, and off we went.
 
mikedean441 said:
who the eff needs to record 6 shows at once...thats a lot of TV
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We can record 8 shows. We'll never do it, but if you are recording a show at 7PM on CBS and another show at 7PM on NBC, and for some reason they both are scheduled to go to 8:01, the shows you have recording at 8PM on FOX and ABC won't record if you can only record two shows.
 
Now that is cool, I have to try that with my uverse
JB said:
This last Vegas trip is why I love our TIVO so much. Sure it records 6 shows at once.
But being able to download any shows I want from the unit right to the tablet or laptop made it awesome.
Loaded that thing up with some of our favorites, and off we went.
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Galaxy Note 3. Big time ponder.
 
JB said:
This last Vegas trip is why I love our TIVO so much. Sure it records 6 shows at once.
But being able to download any shows I want from the unit right to the tablet or laptop made it awesome.
Loaded that thing up with some of our favorites, and off we went.
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that right there is a great feature
 
Smallville said:
We can record 8 shows. We'll never do it, but if you are recording a show at 7PM on CBS and another show at 7PM on NBC, and for some reason they both are scheduled to go to 8:01, the shows you have recording at 8PM on FOX and ABC won't record if you can only record two shows.
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I guess I can see that then, just seems like a sh!t ton of TV, but to each there own
 
I was thinking I was going to get a Chromecast, but I don't see that I have a USB plug in the back of either of my TV's. Does it have something you can plug into a wall instead?


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Smallville said:
I was thinking I was going to get a Chromecast, but I don't see that I have a USB plug in the back of either of my TV's. Does it have something you can plug into a wall instead?


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It connects to your tv via hdmi. Not USB.
 
Qip7232, I will have to double Check, but I never get those ''cancel recording or change channel'' like I did with Bright house.
 
Wake said:
Qip7232, I will have to double Check, but I never get those ''cancel recording or change channel'' like I did with Bright house.
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I get those all the time.

Mine is qip 7216
 
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