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Not a problem, Boss... The alpine head units support both services. There are also some home versions available, but they are quite pricey. Crestron makes a modular tuner, with modules for AM, FM, XM, and Sirius. You can mix and match the modules for your neccessity.

I'd disagree. I won't say that Sirius' equipment is oodles better, but XM certainly does not have "better" equipment.

Incorrect... There are several. I have one: Yamaha RX-V 4600.

Nice!

The short answer is that Scientific Atlanta has an HD DVR w/ built-in DVD burner on the way. http://scientificatlanta.com/products/customers/images%5Fsubscriber/g1551a.pdf

Hmmm... I don't have handshake problems between my SA 8300 and a Sony LCD... This is a fascinating topic... :confused:

Boss, It sounds like a problem with the feed. The signal you receive for your locals (through your cable box) would have the same strength as any other channel your box is decoding. Typically, the HD stations and features such as on-screen guides chew the most bandwidth. If you have these...

Eh? That would be cool!

Absoultely, Sir... You Sir, are quite right for that point... Cable is far more capable in regards to "on-demand" and data delivery services... Remember when DirecTV tried to offer dsl? The service (supposedly) was horrible!

I disagree... Incorrect. As satellite providers begin to switch over to better codecs (mpeg4) their bandwidth allocations will change drastically. Further, as new codecs emerge, compression (much as I hate to say it...) will become better and better. Cable companies are proprietary. At...

On Demand requires... ...uuber bandwidth. An individual digital channel or stream doesn't require a ton of weight behind it, but with security algororithms and streaming software in place, bandwidth needs become greater and greater. Now, add multiple streams on top of it... Much bandwidth is...

True, but then there are people who live in areas where ALL buried cables belong to a Baby Bell, a massive cable company, (Time Warner for me...) or the power company. I won't see FiOS for years. Why? Because it would cost Verizon tens of billions to lay their own lines to compete head on...

No, it won't make a difference. Time Warner's current deployment couldn't support tons of HD streaming. They have to get in like Verizon's doing, and bring fiber to my front door. :D

Notice, Time Warner says "eventually..." Just like Time Warner to make a claim like that... It will be YEARS before we see this level of service from them. By the way, for those who are not familiar. This is what Verizon is doing with their FiOS service, which is available NOW in certain...

They need to deploy in... ...North Carolina, damnation! :dev

If they could tell me... ...who's ringing the doorbell, that might be cool :D

I mean, I'm lazy and all... But I might gain calories if I don't pick up the cordless handset laying 7 inches from my fingers, to look at its caller-ID display... :rolleyes:

I hope that it is this "clunky" problem that TW has spent so much time "testing" to work out. As has been noted by several people in this forum, TW has been "testing" for some 9-10 months now. I understand the "ease of installation" bit associated with using existing coax... The only problem...

Two things... Firstly, I have not actually seen a variation on the box. However, it would not shock me if SA needed a separate box for multi-room capabilities. Secondly, and perhaps most scary, is that they are NOT networking the boxes in the sense that you or I would consider having them...

Time Warner does tend to... ...blow goat chodes from time to time. The buzz in NC is that they're focused on the technology for next year; i.e. bringing us caller ID on tv, multi-room DVR, etc. My local reps won't confirm or even talk about anything having to do with adding channels. :( I...

8300 I've been using an 8300 in the Peidmont Triad area of North Carolina for a year now, and have found it to be profoundly better than an 8000 in just about every way. My spur to switch was the inactive DVI port on the 8000 (now active, I hear...). I have not experienced any problem in...

They've been "testing"... ...that box in North Carolina since January. Forget the Multi-Room, I want the Multi-Room with built-in DVD burning. http://www.scientificatlanta.com/newscenter/releases/05Apr02-1.htm It downsamples HD ; )

For goodness' sake! We need an HD news channel, DAMMIT! The bbc, CNN, and FOXnews need to get on the ball...

I would like... Anything more competitively priced than what Time Warner offers ;) Road Runner is our best (by far) option, but it is still failry expensive for what we get: 5/.512. And business class? Forget it! It STARTS at $150 in my area, and is LESS downstream than their home plans!

Running servers out of your home is COOL! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! We be doin' it anyway, matey!