Verizon planning Q4 update to FiOS TV 2.0
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 7th 2007 10:53AM
posted Aug 7th 2007 10:53AM
- Scaled video while you are in the menus finding the next show or movie to watch.
- Better program information with richer descriptions.
- New reminder system, for future TV shows or PPV events.
- Efficient way to flip through your favorite channels while hiding others.
- Better management of your DVR settings and schedule.
- Expanded help topics, and more video tutorials.
[Via ZatzNotFunny]
Rumors are flying around Fort Wayne, IN that one can replace the internal Seagate HD with a larger HD (at your cost, of course) to expand the recording capacity of the DVR.
Other rumors suggest the Q4 firmware upgrade will allow one to connect a USB external HD for expanded DVR capacity.
Can anyone confirm?
What about the crapped-up remote?!
Every time I think about the TiVo they had to pry out of my hands to get this service.. I weep!
One word my friend...
- Harmony -
Buy one and chuck the Vz remote.
I live in MA, woke up this morning to the IMG, finally.
hmmm...no word on page-up/page-down buttons for the remote, or a swap-tuner button, or dual buffer for the box. this looks really cool and all, but shouldnt elementary functionality be addressed before eye candy?
How long till they add "features" like advertisements, a`la Tivo.
1. DVR recorded episodes of the same program is now limited to a maximum of five. Verizon deleted four of our prerecorded and unseen programs overnight when they implemented their IMG upgrade.
2. DVR recording program information is now truncated.
3. DVR recorded and View Schedule programs no longer include the episode titles.
4. DVR recorded and Series Manager programs are no longer listed alphabetically.
5. DVR recording capacity is now reduced down to 47 hours; previously it was 80 hours. Interesting, the Verizon website says the capacity is 120 hours.
6. It takes five button pushes to learn if a program is new or a rerun; previously it was display along with the basic information about the programs on the TV listing and DVR screens.
7. When watching a recorded program and it ends, pushing the Stop button now display all of the recorded programs; previously, we were given the immediate option to delete the previously watched program. Now we must search through the entire recorded program in order to find the program that we just watched so that we can select it and delete it.
8. I found the Marketplace listing something that I’m not interested in. In fact, it cheapens our whole FiOS service.
9. No longer can we search for a program by date and time, as that option is gone.
10. Programs in the DVR View Schedule now only show seven days in advance while the TV Listing shows 14 days.
11. The Reminder feature on the STB for controlling a VCR no longer works.
12. The remote control on the Help video shows a totally different control than the one that we received with our DVR and STB boxes. We have four Scientific Atlanta AT8550 controls. We are missing the DVR, OK, On Demand, Options, Skip Forward, and STB buttons. Verizon is charging us $5 apiece to replace the remotes.
13. The channels previously removed from the TV Listing are now all back and the option to remove these unwanted channels is no longer available
is this only for the DVR set top boxes?
Instead of giant menus that monopolize the screen and stripping out useful features like reminders, how about making the menus faster and easier to use. This is a horrible update. If the previous menu system was a 6 out of 10, this new one is a 4.5. Yeah, it's more colorful, but it's clunky, slow, user unfriendly and missing features. Horrible. I wish there was a way to opt out.