Start Over --

[stevenl]

Coming to Central Florida Sept 30!!!

For those who dont know what it is..


Start Over - Bright House Networks Tampa Bay

[jcarrera]

When you do a StartOver, can you send it to the DVR, i.e., record the started over program?

[LonghornXP]

You cannot fast forward nor can you record any Start Over show sadly to say.

[jcarrera]

Yuk. That makes no sense.

The signal (picture) is obviously coming into your box (you are seeing it on the screen, so QED). Why do they restrict you from sending it onto the disk? Another one of those things that make you think nobody's thinking. "Oh, we needed code to let the record button work? Too bad."

[Saxamoophone]

It could very well be a legal issue.

It's one thing when you DVR an over-the-air program (the courts said that was 'ok' back in the VHS days....so they can't stop you from doing that...). It's another thing when Brighthouse FEEDS you a show that has already been taped (even if it's just a 5 minute "buffer").

[LonghornXP]

For BHN or any cable company to offer Start Over type services they must have Video On Demand type contracts in place with each network that has a Start Over feature. The network itself can also deny specific shows access to Start Over as well. The On Demand contract simply states that customers cannot record On Demand delivered content and as such you cannot record Start Over content onto your BHN DVR box. Also the contract states that for BHN to offer Start Over they must block customers from fast forwarding commercials but the problem is that to comply with this requirement they must block all fast forwarding even on content from say Showtime which doesn't have commercials for example.

This without a doubt isn't a choice for BHN and from what I've been told BHN would love to allow DVR recording and fast fowarding. This is also a service created mostly for those customers who don't have a DVR allowing them DVR like ability (starting the show from the start and pausing) without having to upgrade to a DVR. This service has greatly reduced churn and I'm sure of this.

[jcarrera]

Did you just tell me that fast forwarding capability is gone for everything, or just for on-demand content?

If the former, you can have my DVR back; it will save me money anyway.

[byron]

He only said Start Over content cannot use FF by their specific contract. The separate VOD contract prohibits the recording of all VOD-delivered content.

[skottey]

Coming to Central Florida Sept 30!!!

For those who dont know what it is..


Start Over - Bright House Networks Tampa Bay

We've had start over in the Tampa market since January or longer. It was so annoying I called and had it turned off on my account. Channel changing seemed to slow and it popped up on the screen every time I tuned to a channel that was start-over-able.

It might be good for somebody without a DVR. With a DVR and a little planning ahead you would record the program and then you can FF, RW, pause, etc. Let's not forget that the DVR can also rewind up to an hour back of whatever channel you are watching, as long as you haven't changed the channel.

I have yet to meet a person that comes out and says they like start over. BHN has really been hyping it though. I think it boils down to a misunderstanding by BHN as to what their customers might actually want.

[jcarrera]

Ohmigosh! You get something on screen to answer every time you hit a channel in the middle of a program???!!!!

Then thank goodness you can turn it off!!