Comcast DVR

**andygradel** · 08-18-2006 12:32 PM

I'm looking at going with a Comcast DVR in about 2 or 3 weeks, but wasn't sure if it'd be better off to wait a little bit due to the deal they announced with Tivo a few months ago... Has anyone heard if is Comcast slated to come out with a new DVR anytime soon or is Tivo going to have a Comcast-compatible model?

**Bobby** · 08-18-2006 12:54 PM

Comcast is not going to offer a Tivo standalone box. They are going to have Tivo functions initiated in their present day Motorola boxes. Go for it now, when it becomes available, order it, and they will download it to your box.

**markjrenna** · 08-18-2006 07:36 PM

Any truth to the rumor that it may need to be a 3412 and not the 6421?

**nsafreak** · 08-19-2006 11:22 PM

Don't see why it would need to be a 3412 since that would limit Comcast in their rollout of the service. The 3412 is a digital only box while the 6412 still has analog functionality otherwise they are the same box though. So the software should work on either one. To be honest though I'll stick with the regular Comcast software unless they load the Tivo software for no additional monthly charge. It does what I want it to do quite well and I haven't had any issues with it.

Edit: After a few moments of thought I would be willing to pay a small monthly fee for the Tivo software as long as Comcast enables the Tivo2Go functionality. That's really the only feature that does not have an equivalent feature via the Comcast box short of running a long (and expensive) firewire cable from the box to my PC. But I'd be plenty willing to hook the 3412 into the home network if it supported that option.

**andygradel** · 08-21-2006 03:18 PM

Thanks for the advice... A Comcast DVR it is in about 2 weeks!

Looking forward to watching one NFL game while DVRing the other and seeing what I missed when the first game is in commercials.

**shelly** · 10-31-2006 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by nsafreak

Don't see why it would need to be a 3412 since that would limit Comcast in their rollout of the service. The 3412 is a digital only box while the 6412 still has analog functionality otherwise they are the same box though.

Not sure what you mean.

I just swapped my 6412 for the 3412, which shows all the analog channels as well as the digital ones. I also have the coax connected directly to the tv to enable my pip.

As far as I can tell, there seems to be no difference betweent the two models. MY remote did some strange things wittth the 6412 so I though that I would start over with a fresh box.

By the way, the 3412 can be programmed for the 30 second skip with the same code as used with the 6412.

Shelly

**LonghornXP** · 10-31-2006 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by shelly

Not sure what you mean.

I just swapped my 6412 for the 3412, which shows all the analog channels as well as the digital ones. I also have the coax connected directly to the tv to enable my pip.

As far as I can tell, there seems to be no difference betweent the two models. MY remote did some strange things wittth the 6412 so I though that I would start over with a fresh box.

By the way, the 3412 can be programmed for the 30 second skip with the same code as used with the 6412.

Shelly

The 3412 models are only available in markets that have upgraded their systems to advanced digital simulcasting. Using this box cannot give you any analog channels as the box has no analog tuner in it. All your channels below 100 are now mapped with digital feeds instead of the analog ones. Analog channels are still being offered without the use of a box but if you have the 3412 your getting all your channels in digital with that box.

Again these 3412 boxes only have a QAM tuner while the 64xx models have both a QAM and analog tuners. The two great benefits of these boxes are that when using them you get an all digital lineup and you now have tons and I mean tons more storage if you mostly record channels below 100.

**shelly** · 10-31-2006 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by LonghornXP

The 3412 models are only available in markets that have upgraded their systems to advanced digital simulcasting. Using this box cannot give you any analog channels as the box has no analog tuner in it. All your channels below 100 are now mapped with digital feeds instead of the analog ones. Analog channels are still being offered without the use of a box but if you have the 3412 your getting all your channels in digital with that box.

Again these 3412 boxes only have a QAM tuner while the 64xx models have both a QAM and analog tuners. The two great benefits of these boxes are that when using them you get an all digital lineup and you now have tons and I mean tons more storage if you mostly record channels below 100.

Thabnks for the explanation.

My box is set to output 1080i. If I watch fox, nbc et al during the day when they do not have any hd, the hd channels of these stations have black bars along the 4:3 picture which I totally understand.

But if I go to the lowere channel numbers of these same stations (the ones that used to be analog, they are stretched which, I thought, woould only happen with a lower feed (not 1080i)

My box must not be outputting those channels in 1080i. Would it be 480i done digitally as opposed to an analog 480i?

Shelly

**Bobby** · 10-31-2006 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by shelly

Would it be 480i done digitally as opposed to an analog 480i?

Shelly

Yes!!!

**LonghornXP** · 10-31-2006 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by shelly

Thabnks for the explanation.

My box is set to output 1080i. If I watch fox, nbc et al during the day when they do not have any hd, the hd channels of these stations have black bars along the 4:3 picture which I totally understand.

But if I go to the lowere channel numbers of these same stations (the ones that used to be analog, they are stretched which, I thought, woould only happen with a lower feed (not 1080i)

My box must not be outputting those channels in 1080i. Would it be 480i done digitally as opposed to an analog 480i?

Shelly

As bobby said that is what is being done. Just think of all channels above 100 and the only change is that with these boxes Comcast is doing the same stuff for channels below 100 as they always have done for channels above 100.