Another FiOS TV Review - Page 6

BrettTRay · #51 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 06:30 AM

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Glad to hear you like it Korsjs. I wish that i could get FIOS here but maybe the bell south/at&t merger will bring there version of IPTV to us southeasterners. I was at a friend of mines house that had that particular HD DVR through comcast and it sucked compared to the dish network interface. It was actually at the brothers house of Tampa Bay Running back Carnell Williams-and it is one big ass house here in gadsden!!!

legalaliens · #52 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 08:43 AM

Has anybody noticed a bit of "noise" on FiOS SD channels? Specifically, I've noticed it on the Children channels (like Nick, etc...), with animated programming (like Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, etc...). I still have D* as well as FiOS, and D* has noticeably less "noise" on these channels than FiOS. When I say "noise", I mean edges of the characters seem a bit blurred. I noticed this using HDMI output from the STB as well as S-Video.

I am extremely pleased with the HD PQ on FiOS, but jus a bit disappointed with the SD on some channels.

korsjs · #53 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 09:37 AM

i have not noticed any noise and am using the hdmi in the main room. my kid watches nick quite often. it even looks good in his room using standard rg6 as the connection.

i have watched a lot of hd over the past few days and it still is amazing to me how much better it looks than brighthouse and dish. i watched a show on discovery yesterday and it looked beautiful.

some minor bugs with the dvr, but the picture quality outways everything. truely stunning.

legalaliens · #54 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 09:50 AM

I wonder if this is a Fairfax County, VA issue (SD PQ)? Anybody in Fairfax County notice "noise" on some of the SD channels as I mentioned in the earlier post?

On other SD channels, I notice less "blockiness" on FiOS than D*. In other words, FiOS is more detailed (like you can see leaves on trees) than D* (can't really make out the leaves - more "fuzzy" green than leaves).

Go figure...

mindgrind · #55 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 05:49 PM

No noise on those channels on mine here in Texas either.

I agree Korsjs, the bug issues are easy to put up with if you are picky about the quality of the picture. If the best picture available is what you want, then FiosTV is your answer.

If you want the best of both, get a Tivo and bypass Fios' DVR. As I also said in my reviews, the HD is stunning and the SD is the best out there.

For those that can't get it yet, hopefully the satellite and cable companies will start getting "hurt" enough by us that have switched that they will upgrade their quality soon enough. Competition will help everyone.

StevenD · #56 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mindgrind

If you want the best of both, get a Tivo and bypass Fios' DVR. As I also said in my reviews, the HD is stunning and the SD is the best out there.

You cannot record HD from FiOS on a TiVo.

jgantert · #57 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenD

You cannot record HD from FiOS on a TiVo.

As the old text based adventure games would say...

You can't do that yet!

-John

mrschwarz · #58 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDTVFanAtic

I suspect the poster confused operating a mail server on a residential account, which is not allowed on most residential accounts for most ISPs anyway as it is not listed in the FIOS TOS on their webpage. Considering his other arguements, this mistake wouldn't surprise me.

I suspect Port 25 is blocked incoming but not outgoing on the residential accounts. I wish more Broadband Services would do this as so many residential accounts are turned into spambots. RoadRunner and other Broadband services have the same blocks in place.

Many ISPs will not even accept email from MailServers on Residential IPs, which also might be what the original poster is confused about. AOL and others have these blocks in place now.

I have no firsthand knowledge of it, but as the original poster said he is not a sub, he has no first hand knowledge of his statement either.

Actually, Verizon blocks port 25. This provents you from using other SMTP servers. YOu can download from any POP3 or IMAP server, but you cannot send using any server other than Verizon's on port 25. In addition, you cannot send any email to more than 50 recipients at a time.

You have two options. First, configure your outgoing mail to use the Verizon servers. THis solution is not that bigt a deal for a desktop PC. It's a problem for someone with a laptop.

The other solution is to get a provider to host an outgoing server on another port, such as 26. This is what I do and it works everywhere.

Verizon is probabably fooling itself into thinking it is preventing spam (which it may be doing, to a very limited extent).

mrschwarz · #59 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 09:34 PM

I don't have HD. The two things keeping from FIOS are their DVR, which is very unimpressive, and their prices.

I have *E with AT120, HBO and CInemax, a 522 DVR, and a 322. To replace it with a single DVR and 3 other receivers would increase my costs more than $15.

So far, I am not willing to pay the price.

mindgrind · #60 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 11:50 PM

You're kidding! You STILL can't record HD with Tivo yet? Do they think customers aren't that concerned with it? That seems crazy with a vast ammount of HD from the networks alone.

Well, what about the Sony HD recorder, what software does it use?