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Not to dig up an old thread, but SDV is now a reality for Tivos: NCTA and TiVo Announce Switched Digital Solution for HD DVRs

This is comcast, not sat..

Just went live this morning with 9 new channels, here is our lineup as of this AM. We weren't told about Discovery HD, a nice surprise! (New channels are marked with a *) 704 WBZDT (CBS Boston) 705 WCVBDT (ABC Boston) 707 WHDHDT (NBC Boston) 709 WMURDT (ABC Manchester) 711 WENHDT (PBS NH) 725...

Is it just me or does Comcast love to tout On-Demand.. personally in our household we could care less.. 1. we don't have any comcast STBs or DVRs (we use a Tivo S3 HD and a Tivo2) 2. We never used the on-demand when we had it. DirectTV charges you extra $5 per outlet per month. We only pay...

Announced for Southern NH, coming November 6 Food Network HD (Ch. 769) HGTV HD (Ch. 768) Universal HD (Ch. 767) MHD (Ch. 766) Versus HD/Golf HD (Ch. 775) CNN HD (Ch. 760) History HD (mmm HD black and white WW2 footage!) (Ch. 762) TBS HD (Ch. 761) USA HD (Ch. 763) And over a year after Comcast...

Called Comcast today, outlook is good for more channels in mid-november... We should be getting a mailing around 10/6.. Current Lineup (not including Premium Pay HDS) CBS HD NBC HD ABC HD Boston ABC HD Manchester, NH PBS HD Fox HD UPN HD TNT HD WB HD ESPN HD NESN HD Mojo HD Discovery HD...

Agreed, here in Southern NH they aren't moving very fast.. We've still got tons of West/Pacific channels, the head end is getting their feed for all channels under 25 via an antenna (no joke... I've had conversations w/multiple comcast techs in the area). My concern is that Comcast is going to...

I don't have a dish, I have Comcast.. thanks for asking... I'm stating a fact about Comcast, they are going to be in a lot of hurt if they don't do something. I'm all for Comcast's superior PQ, but people are going to see the # of channels as the reason to switch..

I shiver with excitement.. 2 whole channels? my goodness.. in 3 months the entire country will have a choice to have over 50 HDs channels from Dish or Direct, OR choose a portion of those via Comcast's selection of channels that they think you need. Comcast better step up to the plate fast...

Nothing here in Southern NH

Also what is really odd is that Bloomberg TV is in the Sports and Entertainment package... Financials are Entertainment? Hmm, maybe the stock market is a sport afterall..

Oh i know, I was stating from a fact of what Tivo sends regular updates. I work in the tech industry, very familiar w/firmware and software builds. :) Tivo "could" be flashing the firmware, but from what I've seen and all of the work I've done on the boxes the changes so far have been software...

2. Correct, the cost of Tivo was high, $500 to be exact. Did I mind spending that? Nope. My Tivo S1 has been going for 6.5 years now, so yes I do feel that my Tivo S3 will be working 3 years from now, and even more. Lets do the math on my original S1. Purchase price with lifetime in 2001 was...

Simple. In our household we enjoy the shows that Tivo gets for us and we watch live sports (Red Sox and Patriots). Other than that, if its not in Tivo or on live TV we have no interest in searching for something to fill our time. We'd rather do other things (hobbies, house work, etc) than sit in...

A few facts to correct here: 1. Tivo does have an interactive program guide, and correct that is what the montly fee is for (lifetime fees are available and you can transfer them, tricky but worth it). 2. In some areas having Tivo is cheaper; agreed there is an upfront cost but if you can...