Recent content by daverp

This could be interesting. AT&T Uverse is not their own product. Uverse is Microsoft MediaRoom platform. Sue AT&T over the Uverse DVR and you’re directly bringing Microsoft into the battle.

Wall Street Journal is saying this ruling is specifically the "workaround" Article - WSJ.com

I guess Dish buys thier leagal services in bulk. It's in the 3rd isle next to the 80lbs bags of dog food.

At most this ruling gives a little negotiating power to Dish to settle the lawsuit and reach a licensing agreement. First USPTO did not invalidate the patent. They issued a preliminary ruling that Dish’s workaround doesn’t infringe on those patents. It has nothing to do with the validity of...

I got the same deal. I told them I was considering leaving DTV because of all the equipment trouble and they offered an extra $100 to sign up. In the end I got a $200 check and a $100 visa gift card. Recived them both before even the first bill was due.

I think phase two has improved the HD quality quite a bit. I used to say it was 95% of DTV now I would say it's 99%. Most HD stuff looks better than DTV now but Uverse is still over compressing when the video is very dark, like a night sky with only a few stars you’ll see blocking. I'm betting...

by time shift I mean pause or rewind live tv.

Uverse is different than other services. Your house gets 2 hd and 2 sd streams. You can use these on any number of boxes you choose. (hd streams can be used as SD, so you could view 4 sd streams and no hd streams) A house can have one DVR and the remaining boxes are salve boxes off the...

U-Verse use cables and equipment installed in or on public easements which subjects them to state and local taxes. Satellite does not. BTW... the badwidth used by U-Verse Tv does not go over the internet. It is segmented totally within AT&T's network.

I did have the protection plan. I don't know if it was a screw up and rep was just talk out his as* like normal or is this a real thing. They waived the fee so I don't care.

They wavied the fee and credited it back to me. After 30 minutes the rep came back on and just said they would wave it. Supervisor never did get on the line.

Below are the taxes and surcharges on my bill. Surcharges Description Amount 16. IL Local Video Service Franchise Fee 5.09 17. IL Local Video Facilities Fee 1.02 Total Surcharges 6.11

Canceled DirecTV last month after switching to Uverse and just got a $360 charge on my credit card. On hold now for a supervisor but the rep is telling that replacing my defective receiver in January restarted my two year commitment. He says “that’s how it works, any receiver change, add...

The skip seems to depend on where you live. In west suburbs of Chicago with the Cisco box the skip is a true skip and is 36 seconds in length. The back is a true skip back and in 7 seconds in length. The important thing to remember is the service you get is not based on the number of boxes...