I've had this for a few months now. That "box" is about 3 blocks away. But I am still limited to only 1 HD channel at a time. After bouncing around on their telephone support lines for about an hour (major hot-potato scenario), I finally spoke to a techie who told me the bandwidth to my house isn't sufficient for "profile A" and that I was on "profile B". My router shows 19.2Mbps coming into the router, so I don't get it. This is my biggest complaint at this point, especially after all their ads harp on multiple HD channels. Frankly, it sucks...
I also have not been able to figure out how to get a button on that remote to put my name-brand TV into "sleep mode". But maybe that's just me being a moron...
I also see frequent blips similar to what one would see on a YouTube video when the bandwidth is barely sufficient. I wonder what that's all about...
The multi-room DVR feature is FANTASTIC! Can even watch HD movies on the SD TV (it must refactor the images).
From a technology stand point, I like the way they have this set up. It's a LAN that can be extended over existing twisted pair, existing coax, plus wireless. The installer replaced my LinkSYS router with this fancy new modem/router that has several connections of various types on the back. He connected my existing coax runs to each TV, my existing Cat-5 runs to my computers and I was set in about an hour. Slick... And that's why that multi-room DVR thing works so well...
I do have a nice fat 6MB internet connection too. Wow...
I was a DirecTV subscriber for 10 years and am a huge fan of this company and their technology. But in order to hook up my new HD TV, I had to buy a new box and a new dish. The box was included with U-verse signup. And when I asked them about multi-room DVR, they said it was too confusing. I'm guessing it's because they don't have the network setup that U-Verse does... no LAN, just raw signal to the back of the TV converter box. And the real deal breaker was that DirecTV Internet service is a lousy value for an urban-dweller. Oh well, so long DirecTV... it was great while it lasted.
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I've had this for a few months now. That "box" is about 3 blocks away. But I am still limited to only 1 HD channel at a time. After bouncing around on their telephone support lines for about an hour (major hot-potato scenario), I finally spoke to a techie who told me the bandwidth to my house isn't sufficient for "profile A" and that I was on "profile B". My router shows 19.2Mbps coming into the router, so I don't get it. This is my biggest complaint at this point, especially after all their ads harp on multiple HD channels. Frankly, it sucks...
I also have not been able to figure out how to get a button on that remote to put my name-brand TV into "sleep mode". But maybe that's just me being a moron...
I also see frequent blips similar to what one would see on a YouTube video when the bandwidth is barely sufficient. I wonder what that's all about...
The multi-room DVR feature is FANTASTIC! Can even watch HD movies on the SD TV (it must refactor the images).
From a technology stand point, I like the way they have this set up. It's a LAN that can be extended over existing twisted pair, existing coax, plus wireless. The installer replaced my LinkSYS router with this fancy new modem/router that has several connections of various types on the back. He connected my existing coax runs to each TV, my existing Cat-5 runs to my computers and I was set in about an hour. Slick... And that's why that multi-room DVR thing works so well...
I do have a nice fat 6MB internet connection too. Wow...
I was a DirecTV subscriber for 10 years and am a huge fan of this company and their technology. But in order to hook up my new HD TV, I had to buy a new box and a new dish. The box was included with U-verse signup. And when I asked them about multi-room DVR, they said it was too confusing. I'm guessing it's because they don't have the network setup that U-Verse does... no LAN, just raw signal to the back of the TV converter box. And the real deal breaker was that DirecTV Internet service is a lousy value for an urban-dweller. Oh well, so long DirecTV... it was great while it lasted.