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CRB said: "When I read threads ... harping over the lack of Firewire (get over it already)" Get over it? Tell you what. I'll make you some promises, you give me $1,000, and then I'll only deliver on about half those promises. Sound good? If not, then you need to get over it. Dish...

The cable boxes doesn't do OTA in the way that Dish or DirecTV does OTA, but many cable companies carry the local HD channels so you get them as being a subscriber. In my case with Time Warner in Minneapolis, they carry my local PBS, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX and UPN's digital/HD transmissions, so I...

I moved to Time-Warner in Minneapolis back in January and I regret it not one bit. Spending only $20/month more than I was with Dish, I get: a. Three receivers (1 HDDVR, 1 HD, 1DVR) instead of two (both HD-only) b. $325 from selling my Dish receivers c. All digital/HD locals (PBSx5, CBS...

smroycro: I do not have a complaint about bugs in my equipment or how it was hooked up. My 811 froze from time to time, but for the past six months it's been pretty stable. My 6000 has been fine. Not to mix metaphors, but it appears that DISH is running around like a chicken with its...

I also just left Dish a month ago and signed up for Time Warner here in Minneapolis, and it's been excellent so far! Just the day after they were introduced, they installed for me two SA8300 DVR's - one HD and one not - and an older SA3250HD box. They've been working quite well so far. The...

I did a switch to Time Warner, but I switched completely so I wanted everything from them. Can't speak to how to get them to give you just the HD channels. However, I can speak as to why someone wouldn't be happy with just an OTA antenna -- because it sucks in some regions! Even though I...

Timmernator: I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I've posted a few times about my experience having now switched from Dish almost two weeks ago, but I can't remember the thread. (I've actually posted on a couple of them.) In any case, I have two 8300's in the house now -- one HD and one...

I already switched to Time Warner and have been very happy so far. The 8300 DVR's are great -- I have two! Cost me nothing (not $549, not $749, not $999) up front, and the small monthly price for renting them from T-W would take me many years to match the price of buying HD DVRs from Dish --...

Fenwah: Just think, though -- $20/month takes 27 months which is over two YEARS to equal the $550 up-front cost of the now-discontinued 921. And because of the switch to MPEG4, the 921 won't even be useful that long. :-) I've had the 8300 HD DVR now from Time Warner for 48 hours and am...

Josem3: No, you didn't understand. First, the 8300HD can handle any programming, not just HD. I didn't mean to imply that you have to have one just for HD DVR'ing and one for just SD DVR'ing -- that's not the case at all. I needed two so the roommate could have his own DVR with his own...

JSanders: The FCC requirement doesn't address DVR's specifically. From my reading, it just mandates that if I want a box with Firewire, they are to provide one to me, but there isn't a requirement that it have identical funcionality to the DVR box. In any case, I now have two 8300's...

Update Time Warner came out and installed my service today. By a nice surprise, the two DVR's they brought out were both the brand-new 8300's -- one hi-def, the other not. The third box, which was to be a 3250 with firewire, was a 3250 but without firewire, so a unit with firewire is being...

From Scientific-Atlanta yesterday: "Scientific-Atlanta announced today the commercial availability of its innovative Explorer® 8300™ MR-DVR set-top. Time Warner Cable, the cable industry leader in the deployment of DVRs, is now initiating the deployment of Multi-Room™ DVR set-tops in its...

Dish on 1/6/05: "No other pay-TV company offers the innovative combination of HD and digital video recording (DVR) features with multi-room capability like the DISH Player-DVR 942." So myopic. From Scientific-Atlanta on 1/6/05: "Scientific-Atlanta announced today the commercial...

Nope, I won't be buying. In fact, I'm switching tomorrow -- not to DirectTV, but Time Warner Cable. Released at CES today, and being rolled out here in Minneapolis immediately, is the Scientific Atlanta 8300 multi-room, HD DVR. So, let's see -- it's HD, multi-room, and has Firewire that still...

Because they hype a product, release it with tons of bugs and then start eliminating features, even though some have already shelled out over a thousand dollars for those advertised (promised) features. (The 921 was supposed to have FireWire. And yeah, it retailed for $999, but then you either...

BobbyM: How do you like the 8300? My install is set for Time Warner is this Saturday -- don't know if they're bringing out the 8000 or the 8300. Am also getting a 3250 w/an active Firewire out, and some lo-def DVR for the roommate. I hope the UI on these boxes is halfway decent, and the...

Wow, you can only find 811 problems with Dish? I've counted over a thousand now. :-) (J/K) Seriously, I'm a few days from dumping Dish myself. Talked to Time Warner yesterday, and for only $20/month more than what I'm paying now, I get so much more: Box 1: HD DVR (instead of an 811)...

Agreed, Cholly -- you do win some and lose some. I'm expecting most of my losses so far to come from my pocketbook, as I'm betting Time-Warner will be more expensive. At least as far as HD channel lineup, I'll only lose the HD PPV channel, but I'll gain the local HD broadcasts of PBS, CBS...

I understand that there are issues with every provider, but there are issues I am having now with Dish that are inherent with Dish Network and satellite providers in general. First, a very limited choice of boxes. If one model of box has a problem -- tough luck on Dish, and now DirecTV is...

I've done nothing to my 811 or 6000 to cause these recent issues, it's definitely not "rain fade", and it is happening on more than one channel. Even on non-HD channels such as Comedy Central I'm getting dropouts. And I'm not talking simply that the signal is highly compressed making it look...

I've been getting really bad pixellation lately as well, especially on my 6000. Watching the credits roll on HBO HD's "Bruce Almighty" on Saturday was incredibly bad. The tops of the letters would scroll up, but the bottoms would smear and slowly "pixellate" away. My one year agreement from...

Huh? As to someone's assertion that being Christian can only mean you frown upon homosexuality, I suggest they check out the many churches that believe in a more non-literal, analytical interpretation of the Bible -- you know, the same non-literal interpretation that lets people work on Sunday...

I've really been enjoying mine. Of course, I'm still waiting for the two-day programming guide, and I've noticed the picture is a little on the dark side, but nothing horrendous. The biggest improvement for me, though, is scrolling speed. I swear all the time I spent scrolling through the...

All I can say is I'm glad I decided I should wait for the DPP44 switch (for wiring/cable run reasons) before trying to buy a 921. :D