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    Thinking of switching from E*

    ATT charges an extra 10 per month to get HD, just as D* & E* and most cable companies do (the local cable company gives HD for free, if you pay an additional 19/month per receiver for a HD box and there is no whole-home DVR sharing! :) ) AFAIK, ATT uses the same boxes for SD & HD services, so...
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    Recording 3 HD programs at once (plus SD, if you wish)

    Sorry, I meant to post this a few months ago :( , but was certainly glad to notice one day that I had 3 HD shows set to record at once and it showed in the queue that they were all scheduled at once and none was showing a conflict. I went ahead and did my thing of scheduling the one that would...
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    JD Powers and other info

    I can understand that. I have only had a couple of issues with U-verse and all were minor and can be attributed to being new locally and were quickly resolved. They also keep adding channels (what exactly is HUB-HD network?), features to the DVR and STBs, and actually informed us before they...
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    New HD Channels Added

    Just checked and the following channels have been added in HD to U-Verse offerings: 1454 - DIY Network HD 1456 - Cooking Channel HD 1492 - Halogen TV HD
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    AT&T U-Verse doesn't drop Rainbow channels

    Got the postcard from them the other day where they at least had the decency to alert us that the contracts were up on August 31, 2010 and possibility of being dropped until settlement is reached. That was refreshing, not the usual "no notice whatsoever" way that diwrecked and dish do things...
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    AT&T U-Verse doesn't drop Rainbow channels

    Biggest question is: "would anyone care if Uverse dropped the channels?" In my house, answer is nope. AMC has as many commercials as anyone and edits the movies to where they are hardly recognizable. WE? Like all the others are not enough? There are more "women's" channels than there are...
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    Is there any way to find out launch timetables?

    I went through the same thing when I got U-verse. The ATT web-site leaves something to be desired. It acts like it is using multiple databases, none of them right. I went to the ATT website when U-verse was rolling out originally and it was not available here, so I put my email address...
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    Your option about uverse

    ...in HD is as good or BETTER than what you can get anywhere else. With good selection of channels and awesome PQ, we like it much better than E*, D*, or cable. The DVR is true whole house, playback in any connected room, HD or SD recordings. My wife likes the ATT offering better than...
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    Thinking of switching from E*

    NFL Redzone is available with most other packages as well. No need for the premium tier to get that one either.
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    Thinking of switching from E*

    There are plenty of HD channels in each package, as long as you pay the "technology fee" (I think its 10 here) and IIRC, you get all the channels in the base package that are available in HD at that point. As far as the HD offerings, U-verse offers more real HD channels than either Dish or...
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    Thinking of switching from E*

    ...but its way faster than what Diwrecked uses and after a couple of months using it, was as easy to use or more so than what I had from either D* or E*. My wife uses it more than she ever did the other 2, so maybe that is what is going on, ATT's software is written more for ease of use than...
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    Thinking of switching from E*

    ...faster. ) Only problem I have with the Cisco equipment I have is that you have to point remotes at boxes, something I did not have to do with D*'s HR20s (had them set up as RF remotes) , but I am learning. If you want to see how it actually is, go to your ATT store and check it out...
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    Still Waiting

    Same here, waiting on the new software. As ATT is actually distributing the software, it cannot be as painful as waiting for the new HD channels that Diwrecked promised in the summer of 2007 that they have never delivered on. :D
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    Still Waiting

    Note: The new version of software is Client Version 1.6.4.5. To check your current version: Menu, System Information, and will show you current release, disk space available, etc. New software has bug fixes plus: Series Priority - Rank series priority Keep at Most - Set how many episodes to...
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    Still Waiting

    There is a new release of software that is being sent out currently (haven't received it yet here, however it is being received in other parts of the country as a national roll-out) that will allow you to record 3 shows simultaneously in HD and 1 in SD. I am like you, I have played with the...
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    Still Waiting

    Congrats! My son was over yesterday and wanted to see if I had some shows on the DVR that he likes, but I had watched and already deleted. We were BOTH impressed at the "On Demand" as it is almost as good as having the shows on the DVR and the shows he wanted to see were all available. After...
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    Still Waiting

    Only caveat is that, as usual, make sure the installer does the install like you want, not the easiest way for him. I have had cable, Dish, Diwrecked, and now U-verse, and the installers for all of them seem to be the same guys, just getting paid by different companies. The guy with ATT was no...
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    Still Waiting

    ...2 free HD boxes for 3 months and 15 off for 6 months. My Diwrecked contract was up a year or so before I changed, so no ETF. I DID however put D* on vacation mode (kept equipment, but no charges) until I made sure that Uverse was going to work out for me (and that my wife was OK with it.)...
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    Still Waiting

    Keep us informed of how you like it. I have had Dish, Diwrecked, and local cable (all with DVR service, when it was available) over the past 30 years and this thing is the best I could see. Leaving Diwrecked was the best thing I ever did. The folks who say the picture isn't as good on U-verse...
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    Still Waiting

    If you haven't actually played with it yet, go to an ATT store (wireless places here) and check it out. The DVRs are a lot like D*, except faster and more stable (they are using the Cisco version here) and we get local traffic reports, weather, etc., to boot. I had sworn that I would never go...
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    Still Waiting

    ...their perspective) in this area, though. Insight cable is not cheap and is lacking in HD channels. All of my neighbors are leaving Insight, D*, and E* in hoards to sign up for U-verse. In other parts of the metro area, am betting that they will drag out until all the other areas are served...
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    Roku Launches New Channel Store with 10 New Channels

    Will definitely find the shows and take a look. THANKS! ZD was an interesting company, managed rather interestingly. :D When the channel was sold and changed so much, they may as well have totally killed it off to me. That was one of the shows that encouraged me to take the plunge into a...
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    Roku Launches New Channel Store with 10 New Channels

    That show with Leo, et. al, was the only thing on there that was worth watching. Once they canceled it, quit watching that channel. Hmmmm... still surprised at calling it "Twit" channel as "twit" has a pretty negative connotation around here. From dictiionary.com: –verb (used with...
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    Roku Launches New Channel Store with 10 New Channels

    TWIT channel? You have got to be kidding, who named it that? :D
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    Should I get U-Verse (or stick with Dish Network)?

    Just found this thread, lots of info in there re: satellite vs. UV. http://www.satelliteguys.us/iptv-discussion-forum/87544-review-t-u-verse.html