blhirsch
03-27-2006, 04:56 PM
Ok, I'm posting this here because I'm most familiar with this forum, and I, personally, have two direcTivos. I trust the knowledge of the folks around here, so I hope you'll indulge me this slightly off-topic question. A search didn't quite give me enough information to piece together any real answer, but this is probably due to my general lack of knowledge with the options and services I'm asking about.
So, caveats and explanations aside, the recommendation I need is for a friend who has a regular SA tivo and is contemplating moving over to Comcast DVR.
She has: Gigantic (80+ inches? More?) HD projection television. SA series 1 Sony tivo that I upgraded to 160 hours for her. Not hacked. Single tuner. No HD (duh). Lifetime sub. Works seemingly ok, but she complains of issues where the Tivo records what it SAYS, say, is ER but is really some other show. My suspicion is that it is the channel that the tv was tuned to before the recording and the Tivo had trouble changing the channel on the Comcast cable box. Can't confirm, but I think it's the cable box/Comcast. The tech she brought out to look at the problem (she has a very complicated home theater system and computer that runs the whole setup) says it was her tivo. It's definitely an old tivo and was almost unusable in its original form with 30 hours.
At any rate, she's contemplating a Comcast DVR. I have ZERO experience with these. I have friends who are happy with it but these people did not come from Tivo. My only experience with Comcast was trying to operate my mother in law's Comcast On-Demand and being flummoxed by the complete illogicality of the menu layout and navigation. So counter-intuitive that I thought there must be some joke.
So--she's reluctant to give up her lifetime sub, but likes the idea of a $10 fee for the service. Plus she would like to solve the issues she perceives she's having with her current setup. And while I shudder at the thought of throwing her to the lions to navigate her way around anything Comcast-branded, I also suspect that she'd finally get to watch HD. It's a cryin' shame they're not watching HD on that television. And since "do" the football season at their place, it certainly wouldn't be a tragedy if I got her in HD.
We're in the Philadelphia area, so if that affects what kind of DVR service she'd get or what box she'd end up with, there's that.
Anybody willing to weigh in or tell me where I should go to find more information in order to give her a solid recommendation either way?
So, caveats and explanations aside, the recommendation I need is for a friend who has a regular SA tivo and is contemplating moving over to Comcast DVR.
She has: Gigantic (80+ inches? More?) HD projection television. SA series 1 Sony tivo that I upgraded to 160 hours for her. Not hacked. Single tuner. No HD (duh). Lifetime sub. Works seemingly ok, but she complains of issues where the Tivo records what it SAYS, say, is ER but is really some other show. My suspicion is that it is the channel that the tv was tuned to before the recording and the Tivo had trouble changing the channel on the Comcast cable box. Can't confirm, but I think it's the cable box/Comcast. The tech she brought out to look at the problem (she has a very complicated home theater system and computer that runs the whole setup) says it was her tivo. It's definitely an old tivo and was almost unusable in its original form with 30 hours.
At any rate, she's contemplating a Comcast DVR. I have ZERO experience with these. I have friends who are happy with it but these people did not come from Tivo. My only experience with Comcast was trying to operate my mother in law's Comcast On-Demand and being flummoxed by the complete illogicality of the menu layout and navigation. So counter-intuitive that I thought there must be some joke.
So--she's reluctant to give up her lifetime sub, but likes the idea of a $10 fee for the service. Plus she would like to solve the issues she perceives she's having with her current setup. And while I shudder at the thought of throwing her to the lions to navigate her way around anything Comcast-branded, I also suspect that she'd finally get to watch HD. It's a cryin' shame they're not watching HD on that television. And since "do" the football season at their place, it certainly wouldn't be a tragedy if I got her in HD.
We're in the Philadelphia area, so if that affects what kind of DVR service she'd get or what box she'd end up with, there's that.
Anybody willing to weigh in or tell me where I should go to find more information in order to give her a solid recommendation either way?