Recent content by technikal

I don't know if they've changed codecs recently or what, but imo HD has improved significantly in the last couple of months. Not nearly as much macro-blocking. Even watching live sports like the BCS game last night looked really good - something that wasn't the case several months ago. There...

Roku in HD looks very good. It's been a while since I had Dish, put it's as good or better than Uverse HD. SD stuff is very, very good and most is anamorphic wide-screen so it plays well on a widescreen HD set. FWIW - Roku does do more than just netflix. It allows streaming of Amazon...

I doubt it - though it could be. I'm in Austin where they do a lot of the testing (actually have a 3HD profile now, fwiw) so we sometimes have things different that elsewhere. The limitation on streams is driven by the bandwidth available to your home. Most folks are on a 25mb/sec profile...

That hasn't been my experience. If I'm watching a HD VOD and have a second HD recording kick in, I'm alerted that all my streams are in use. I'm on the 2hd/2sd profile, which is the max normally offered.

I switched a few months ago, and find Uverse good enough that I took my Dish account off 'hold' and fully canceled Dish. Uverse Pros: - lots of channels - excellent SD picture quality - pretty good HD quality - stable TV and internet service - Mediashare allows streaming of pics and...

I've had it for about 2 months. My quick review: The Good: - Nice channel selection - Internet and TV service has been stable - Price is reasonable - Two HD streams, up to 4 total streams - Picture quality on broadcast TV is good (to me, anyway) - Set-top box is small and quiet The Bad: -...

Yes - though with one cavet. I've noticed that if I start watching something that's recording and pause it, I'll get the 'too many tvs in use' message if two recordings kick off while the buffered playback is still running. I have to actually go to the Record TV list and select the show from...

The current 'normal' profile for UVerse is 25mb down, 2.3 mb up, I believe. Most folks within about 3000' can get that profile. From what I've read, the average HD stream on Uverse is around 6mb/sec and SD is around 1.5mb/sec. So, to support 5 HD streams, they'd need 30mb/sec down +...

It's interesting that the skip is implemented differently with different boxes. I kind of figured it'd all be the same since it was running the same software. I definitley miss this feature from Dish. I think it'll be interesting to see how ATT handles the streaming limit. I know the...

I hear rumor that the Cisco box has a 'real' 30 second skip. Is that true?

I don't mind the length of the skip so much as the fact that I can't queue skips. On the 622, I'd press the skip button 6 or 8 times and I'd be back to the program. On Uverse, it's press-wait-press-wait-press-wait... I guess they feel there's some value in me seeing 2 or 3 still shots of...

I just switched from Dish to U-Verse. Primary reason for the switch is two fold - first I wanted to drop TWC as my internet provider after they announced plans to implement usage caps here, and secondly we were getting a new roof on the house after a massive hail storm and I didn't want to put...

Question - I live in Austin TX and my HD locals are on 61.5. I subscribe to the HD Ultimate pack and have the new smart cards. I do not currently receive the HD locals via sat as I only have one dish installed and didn't want the clutter of a second one. Would installing a 1000.4 allow me to...

Hi, I'm in the Austin market and have seen that Dish now has Locals in HD available. I have a few questions about adding a 61.5 dish to pick these up (currently running a 1000.2 with a single 622). First - does this 'wing' dish mount on its own pole, or does it share the mounting post of my...

I tried chat again and was able to get the HD Only pack. The message from the agent was a bit confusing. She told me the HD pack was only for folks without a qualifying pack, so I'd have to drop all of my existing channels in order to get it. So, I essentially downgraded to no package, then...