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I thought the VOD service only worked with TiVo Premiere's provided by RCN? Unless I am mistaken, if you buy a TiVo from Best Buy it would be on their network but still wouldn't get VOD.]]>Apr 20th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/Apr 20th 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/Apr 21st 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/
They are focusing on the SD interface only. Yes it's a real Tivo Premiere, but RCN worked with Tivo to customize the firmware a bit. There's no menu option to "turn on" the new UI. However, once Tivo perfects their full HDUI makeover, RCN will then incorporate it. As a service provider, I doubt RCN wanted their name on a product with such inconsistencies in the UI and overall operation of the unit. With the Tivo Premiere unfinished and switching in and out of an inconsistent HDUI, it just doesn't look fit and polished. I don't blame RCN for their decision. Once Tivo get's things right and finishes their product, and also ensures it doesn't randomly reboot or lockup - then RCN will give them the blessing to allow the user to enable the HDUI.

There's hope though. The VOD access is miles faster in both navigation and trick play commands. Keep in mind that you must also subscribe to RCN's cable modem service.

Jason Nealis states "The upstream communication goes through the data port on the TiVo unlike the Motorola which uses the RF for upstream. They are two different types of technology. We mandate the use of RCN [HSI] in order to control the experience and also address security concerns on our side as well."

The RCN Tivo price is currently $19.95 a month in the D.C. area. The regular Motorola DVR running Passport is $17.95 a month.

At least using a real Tivo with just the VOD access add on will allow RCN to quickly roll this product out. Contrast that to the Comcast Tivo project which started in 2006 and has yet to leave a few isolated communities in the New England regions. I applaud RCN for using an actual Tivo Premiere, rather than trying to shoehorn the Tivo software on a bunch of convoluted software stacks in a buggy Motorola set top.]]>Apr 21st 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/Apr 21st 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/Apr 21st 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/tivo-premiers-rcn-vod-menu-is-based-on-the-classic-interface/Apr 21st 2010 1:47PM