So let me get this straight you want the ads just so you can call and complain to have them removed. No offense but that has to be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.
So let me get this straight you want the ads just so you can call and complain to have them removed. No offense but that has to be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.
Yes if you call in before seeing ads the rep will just tell you call back when you are receiving the ads as they can not put in an opt out request until you are seeing the ads.
So let me get this straight you want the ads just so you can call and complain to have them removed. No offense but that has to be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.
I imagine he wants to express his displeasure with the idea of pre-roll advertisements. I'm going to vote with my wallet and just not buy any more TiVos.
Just FYI, the new pricing scheme that Comcast has rolled out in parts of their footprint (and will almost certainly spread everywhere) is this: DVR service (whether 60 hrs cloud-only or local+cloud) costs $10/mo for the account. And then whatever model X1 boxes you rent are $5/mo each. You can go 100% IPTV and just get simple wireless X1 boxes with no tuners or hard drive and exclusively rely on cloud DVR. (Or, if you go 100% IPTV, you're not forced to rent any boxes at all; you can just use the Stream app on your Roku or smart TV at no additional charge, at least for now while it's still officially in beta.) Or you can (for now, at least) still get physical X1 DVRs, which use a hybrid QAM/IPTV system. Either way, you pay $5 for the box and $10 for the DVR service itself.
Right and the CableCARD menu's are passthrough from the CableCARD. The rest of the SD menu's were upgraded 2 years ago and UI/menu's brought up to the Bolt TE3 standard (which everyone complained about with color changes, etc)
I have. It's different, to be sure, but in many ways I actually like it better than TE 4. Tradeoffs to be sure, but the way it integrates On-Demand is good, the online experience is better, and remote play just "works". Lately, I can't say the same of Tivo. My Mini works for a few days, then the box needs to be rebooted. Then streaming works for a few weeks, then the box needs to be rebooted. Much may have been solved here with Edge, but with pre-roll ads, it's just not a gamble I want to take, especially with Comcast moving to IPTV.
I live in an association that provides cable + internet for a bulk rate (it's super cheap). With that, I get 3 free boxes, and a free cable modem. So at least for me, the DVR service won't change. That said, even if the DVR service is identical in price to Tivo, I don't have the up-front cost of buying the box, and when the equipment gets older, I can just swap it out (since it's a lease).
Different company, different business model. Comcast has scale, and their primary profit driver is broadband, not the TV portion of things. They probably make some money on the VOD, premiums, box rentals, etc, but they are at best scraping out a thin margin on their TV packages.
X1 is "good enough" for the masses, but it's certainly no TiVo. Most of the X1 boxes (excluding the XG1v4 on Comcast, Cox does't have it yet AFAIK) are slow and clunky in comparison to TiVo, and all X1 boxes have a clunkier UI than TiVo, with more menus to click through, and fewer features. They also don't have 2-3TB hard drives like TiVos. The X1 boxes also throw a fit when the network goes down, and they either can't play anything back or are very limited on functionality. Also, with a TiVo you can switch QAM-based providers and keep your recordings if you're lucky enough to have multiple QAM providers, or if you have certain TiVo models, switch from cable to OTA.
I'm on TE3 now on all my Tivos. I have an unsubscribed Roamio OTA. I want to activate it month to month with TE4, but not use it. Then contact Tivo to acquire the ads so I can then cancel the ads. Then cancel the subscription. Then if I ever move to TE4 in the future, I won't be interrupted with the ads.So let me get this straight you want the ads just so you can call and complain to have them removed. No offense but that has to be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.
That will only work if "cancel pre-roll ads" is applied to the account rather than each individual TiVo. I don't think we've been given enough information to know just how that works.
Speaking of a NAS with Channels... I have a Synology that I use but I've also used one of those little WD My Cloud Home drives and it works perfectly with Channels. A cheap solution.
You don't really have to flip through the menus, just use the voice feature. It's almost flawless taking you to settings and features.
CW doesn't allow PS or other streaming package services access, I think. At least PS Vue doesn't carry it. But CW does have the free app (with commercials sadly).
time shifted live tv is recording....... ?? For Vue you can skip back and pause, I believe it only buffers for 5 minutes if you haven't set up the show as a recording. If you have it's the same as Tivo. The skip back is 10 second increments for every press. Auto skip is when Tivo manually goes through and puts markers, with its own staff - that's a Tivo thing, which you pay them for indirectly through your purchase.
I also never used suggestions. But you might benefit from taking a look at yourself from the outside view and realize you're very fanboy about defensive about old Tivo stuff due to the fact that you've been around since 2000. New isn't always bad, and nostalgia isn't always good.
Hahahaaaaaa, you couldn't be further from the truth, I have harshly criticized TiVo for this, and very many other things over the years.
Um... yeah, and I've been saying I vastly appreciate TE4 over TE3 and regret waiting as long as I did to upgrade. What are you going on about?
maybe I misunderstood. You were saying that you like the simplicity of the older interface, no?
