"Alan F" <afiggatt1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> in Technicolor® wrote:
>> Does anyone here use the FiOS Cable Service in the ****tland, Oregon
Area?
>> I'm currently a Dish HD user, but with the offers right now from
Verizon,
>> I may be able to save a whole lottta loot if I switch to the light
pipe.
>> I just wondering if they have a decent HD DVR and good image quality on
>> both the SD and HD channels. If I can get the same or more channels
with
>> the same or better quality for a better price, then I will probably
jump
>> ****p.
>>
>> TIA
>
> At this point, you will have fewer HD channels with Verizon Fios.
> Verizon is expanding the distribution system to provide a lot more HD
> channels from their Super Head End (SHE) to the VHOs to the Central
> Offices. But at this time, Verizon has 16 national and 5 premium HD
> channels along with the local HD channels. The latest rumor is that the
> long awaited HD expansion will start in June. Since the ****tland market
> is already all digital with no analog channels, it is likely to be in
> the first group of markets that will get the additional HD channels.
> Verizon has stated they intend to have the capacity for 150 HD channels
> by the end of 2008, but they have slipped in their announced schedules
> for HD VOD and the software updates to the STB & DVRs.
>
> Dish has the HD Voom channels. Verizon does not and is unlikely to any
> time soon as the Voom channels are controlled by the Dolans &
> CableVision. Verizon Fios is in direct competition with CableVision in
> the New York area markets. Check the Fios channel line-up and options at
> http://www22.verizon.com/content/FiosTV/.
>
> The picture quality on Verizon is as good it will get. Verizon p*****
> through the signal they get from the source - local stations and
> national cable channels - without additional recompression. If the
> national cable channel provides a 18-19 Mbps HD feed, that is what you
> get at the TV. Coming from Dish, you will see better picture quality for
> the SD and HD channels.
>
> The Verizon HD-DVR is the 160 GB Motorola QIP 6416 DVR. The guide
> accuracy and the software are still being improved, but now work ok -
> in my opinion anyway. The DVR has only a 160 GB drive with a total
> capacity of 20-25 hours of HD recording. It does not sup****t an external
> HD and there have been no re****ts when or if it ever will. The limited
> capacity of the DVR, IMO, is one of the biggest limitations with Verizon
> Fios and one that they should fix. However, TivoHDs will work fine with
> Verizon Fios and a number of people have gone that route. You have to
> lease two cable cards (or a single M-card whenever Verizon finally
> carries it) for each TivoHD.
>
> You get a lot more info on Verizon Fios and read all the complaints at
> http://www.dslre****ts.com/forums/54.
avsforum.com is also a very useful
> resource for info.
>
> Alan F
>
Alan
Thanks for your very informative reply. I now have more research to do
before I jump. Right now I would hate to give up the Voom Channels as
they
are, I think, the best part of Dish HD.
All the best,
Morgan
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