cwerdna
04-09-2006, 07:51 PM
Can this thread be made a sticky or can one of the mods make a post similar to this a sticky?
When people are talking about "cable company DVRs", too many people are posting about [Comcast, Cox, Adelphia, Time Warner, etc.] DVR or just referring to it by model like Motorola DCT-6412 or Scientific Atlanta 8000/SA8000.
That's not specific enough and things are just WAY too confusing. Who knows which software is running on the poster's box? We can't read your mind and we don't have a camera pointed at your TV.
People NEED to be more specific. A "Comcast DVR" could mean one of MANY models along one of many different pieces of software. What's offered in your area by your branch of cable co might be totally different than that's offered elsewhere. For example, the software running on a "Comcast" DCT-6412 DVR in Seattle is totally different than those in say the SF Bay Area.
For instance, the DCT-6412 runs at least 3 totally different possible pieces of software that look nothing alike:
- MSTV [I hear this is only in the Seattle area]
- iGuide
- Passport [not sure where this is deployed, but for instance Cox has some of these http://replayguide.sourceforge.net/dct6412/DCT6412_Passport.html]
The DCT-6208 can also run the above 3. See http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/dct6412_multimedia_demo_lo.asp and http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/dct6208_multimedia_demo.asp (click Interactive Program Guide in the flash movies) to see what I'm talking about.
The SA8000 could be running at least these 2 (are there any others?):
- SARA [see shots at http://www.pvrcompare.com/sciatlimages.html)
- Passport [see shots at http://www.pioneerdigital.com/passportecho/passportecho.asp]
Adelphia (http://www.adelphia.com/cable_entertainment/dvr.cfm) has at least 3 Motorola boxes: one running Moxi and 2 running iGuide and a SA box running what looks like SARA.
When people are talking about "cable company DVRs", too many people are posting about [Comcast, Cox, Adelphia, Time Warner, etc.] DVR or just referring to it by model like Motorola DCT-6412 or Scientific Atlanta 8000/SA8000.
That's not specific enough and things are just WAY too confusing. Who knows which software is running on the poster's box? We can't read your mind and we don't have a camera pointed at your TV.
People NEED to be more specific. A "Comcast DVR" could mean one of MANY models along one of many different pieces of software. What's offered in your area by your branch of cable co might be totally different than that's offered elsewhere. For example, the software running on a "Comcast" DCT-6412 DVR in Seattle is totally different than those in say the SF Bay Area.
For instance, the DCT-6412 runs at least 3 totally different possible pieces of software that look nothing alike:
- MSTV [I hear this is only in the Seattle area]
- iGuide
- Passport [not sure where this is deployed, but for instance Cox has some of these http://replayguide.sourceforge.net/dct6412/DCT6412_Passport.html]
The DCT-6208 can also run the above 3. See http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/dct6412_multimedia_demo_lo.asp and http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/dct6208_multimedia_demo.asp (click Interactive Program Guide in the flash movies) to see what I'm talking about.
The SA8000 could be running at least these 2 (are there any others?):
- SARA [see shots at http://www.pvrcompare.com/sciatlimages.html)
- Passport [see shots at http://www.pioneerdigital.com/passportecho/passportecho.asp]
Adelphia (http://www.adelphia.com/cable_entertainment/dvr.cfm) has at least 3 Motorola boxes: one running Moxi and 2 running iGuide and a SA box running what looks like SARA.