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Just got rid of Comcast and Directv for FiosTV.
I tried to get Directv hd but my neighbor's trees block all the hd satelites. They tell you, you need a southern exposure, that is not accurate in New England. You need a South West exposure in order to get Directv and you need a pretty large span to get all 5 satelites. Well, my neighbor is a nice guy but cutting down his trees is not an option (unless Bass shows up with his husky).
Comcast is ok, but I thought I would give fios a try. On the hardware side it is much different. When the Verizon guy showed up he informed me that I had to change my router that I use for internet access. He installed a nice 4 port, wireless router that also connects your cable boxes to it via the fios box outside your house. That is a neat trick, now I can see my cable boxes on my router's maintenance screen. So it is all connected together. Nice...... since I can now download a movie on my pc and send it to my cable box for watching, slick.... Or I can record something with the dvr box they installed and send that to any tv in the house for viewing, nice touch. So now I also have a wireless network, bonus.
As far as picture quality they appear to be indentical. I think that once you get to the high def environment the pictures at 1080i look identical. So far it looks good and I end up saving $68 per month (having two services was expensive and redundant). Glad I did it.
I tried to get Directv hd but my neighbor's trees block all the hd satelites. They tell you, you need a southern exposure, that is not accurate in New England. You need a South West exposure in order to get Directv and you need a pretty large span to get all 5 satelites. Well, my neighbor is a nice guy but cutting down his trees is not an option (unless Bass shows up with his husky).
Comcast is ok, but I thought I would give fios a try. On the hardware side it is much different. When the Verizon guy showed up he informed me that I had to change my router that I use for internet access. He installed a nice 4 port, wireless router that also connects your cable boxes to it via the fios box outside your house. That is a neat trick, now I can see my cable boxes on my router's maintenance screen. So it is all connected together. Nice...... since I can now download a movie on my pc and send it to my cable box for watching, slick.... Or I can record something with the dvr box they installed and send that to any tv in the house for viewing, nice touch. So now I also have a wireless network, bonus.
As far as picture quality they appear to be indentical. I think that once you get to the high def environment the pictures at 1080i look identical. So far it looks good and I end up saving $68 per month (having two services was expensive and redundant). Glad I did it.
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Originally Posted by SSSnakeSSS,May 17 2007, 08:34 AM
Just got rid of Comcast and Directv for FiosTV.
I tried to get Directv hd but my neighbor's trees block all the hd satelites. They tell you, you need a southern exposure, that is not accurate in New England. You need a South West exposure in order to get Directv and you need a pretty large span to get all 5 satelites. Well, my neighbor is a nice guy but cutting down his trees is not an option (unless Bass shows up with his husky).
Comcast is ok, but I thought I would give fios a try. On the hardware side it is much different. When the Verizon guy showed up he informed me that I had to change my router that I use for internet access. He installed a nice 4 port, wireless router that also connects your cable boxes to it via the fios box outside your house. That is a neat trick, now I can see my cable boxes on my router's maintenance screen. So it is all connected together. Nice...... since I can now download a movie on my pc and send it to my cable box for watching, slick.... Or I can record something with the dvr box they installed and send that to any tv in the house for viewing, nice touch. So now I also have a wireless network, bonus.
As far as picture quality they appear to be indentical. I think that once you get to the high def environment the pictures at 1080i look identical. So far it looks good and I end up saving $68 per month (having two services was expensive and redundant). Glad I did it.
I tried to get Directv hd but my neighbor's trees block all the hd satelites. They tell you, you need a southern exposure, that is not accurate in New England. You need a South West exposure in order to get Directv and you need a pretty large span to get all 5 satelites. Well, my neighbor is a nice guy but cutting down his trees is not an option (unless Bass shows up with his husky).
Comcast is ok, but I thought I would give fios a try. On the hardware side it is much different. When the Verizon guy showed up he informed me that I had to change my router that I use for internet access. He installed a nice 4 port, wireless router that also connects your cable boxes to it via the fios box outside your house. That is a neat trick, now I can see my cable boxes on my router's maintenance screen. So it is all connected together. Nice...... since I can now download a movie on my pc and send it to my cable box for watching, slick.... Or I can record something with the dvr box they installed and send that to any tv in the house for viewing, nice touch. So now I also have a wireless network, bonus.
As far as picture quality they appear to be indentical. I think that once you get to the high def environment the pictures at 1080i look identical. So far it looks good and I end up saving $68 per month (having two services was expensive and redundant). Glad I did it.
Is this post offered in English?So if I understand this, you now have to go to your computer and do something to watch TV. And you think that is a good thing, right?
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sounds awesome
how does the rates for the fios tv packages compair to comcast - i'm paying 140.00 for tv, phone, dvr, and high def (only 1 tv)
Bill it means his computer can now connect to his tv wirelessly. I would love to do that because right now i have to either burn a dvd or plug my laptop into to tv & receiver
how does the rates for the fios tv packages compair to comcast - i'm paying 140.00 for tv, phone, dvr, and high def (only 1 tv)
Bill it means his computer can now connect to his tv wirelessly. I would love to do that because right now i have to either burn a dvd or plug my laptop into to tv & receiver
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill,May 17 2007, 09:45 AM
Is this post offered in English?
We're still on basic cable with extended channels, and I biatch about spending that much to watch TV as there's nothing to watch except reality shows. We don't have Tivo. We still use a VCR/DVD and no the clock is not flashing 12:00. We get our movies from Net Flix, and don't even have a cable box in the house. Guess we're truly
Steve, I'd probably have a hard time figuring out how to watch TV in your house.
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill,May 17 2007, 09:45 AM
Is this post offered in English?So if I understand this, you now have to go to your computer and do something to watch TV. And you think that is a good thing, right?
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Originally Posted by Lainey8484,May 17 2007, 09:54 AM
We're still on basic cable with extended channels, and I biatch about spending that much to watch TV as there's nothing to watch except reality shows. We don't have Tivo. We still use a VCR/DVD and no the clock is not flashing 12:00. We get our movies from Net Flix, and don't even have a cable box in the house. Guess we're truly
Steve, I'd probably have a hard time figuring out how to watch TV in your house.
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Originally Posted by Bass,May 17 2007, 09:52 AM
Bill it means his computer can now connect to his tv wirelessly.
I got all the packages, sports and movies. I did not get into the international or spanish language packages. The entire set up for 3 tv's (1 hd dvr and 2 digital boxes) with all those channels is $102, which is not cheap, but less expensive than comcast which was about 125 for the same channels for one tv and no connectivity like this.