According to this thread on AVS forum, Comcast plans on beta testing their HD DVR with TiVo software next month! This could just be a rumor but it sounds legit since the Comcast TiVo deal has been in the open for quite some time now.
If anybody gets their hands on a Comcast TiVo DVR, I would love to hear about it. I’m not a Comcast user but, I’m sure there are a lot of people who would be interested in getting more information.
Thanks Mike!
Any ideas on how to get in on the beta test? I’m a current Comcast customer using an existing DVR and also have a TiVo unit.
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[...] According to a thread on AVS forum, Comcast plans on beta testing their HD DVR with TiVo software next month! This could just be a rumor but it sounds legit since the Comcast TiVo deal has been in the open for quite some time now.read more | digg story [...]
Charter Communications has had a Motorla HD DVR product called MOXI on the market for more than 6 months now. They also have a multi-room unit available that allows you to play recorded shows in another room (dubbed MOXI Mate). You’d think Comcast could get their act together sooner…
Hey Nick, Comcast has had an HD DVR for well over a year now, but this is a test for an HD Tivo DVR. Comcast uses the same Motorola boxes which your cable company probably uses.
Here in Seattle we have the Microsoft version of the Comcast HDDVR. I thought we were the test case for the rest of the country. Maybe they are ditching the MSFT version for Tivo?
[...] According to a thread on AVS forum, Comcast plans on beta testing their HD DVR with TiVo software next month! This could just be a rumor but it sounds legit since the Comcast TiVo deal has been in the open for quite some time now.read more | digg story [...]
Lots of cable companies have had HD DVRs for a year or more now. Those of us who’ve used Tivos and then had the unpleasant experience of dealing with these poorly thrown together miasmas they provide are in the know. For better or worse noone has come within a lightyear of touching Tivo’s software. That, my friends, is what this is all about. I would be willing to relocate and buy a new house just to get away from my Time Warner Scientific Atlanta 8330 series POS if someone out there offered Tivo’s software IN the receiver.
That’s been the standoff, cable companies figured they could make money by homebrewing a skunkworks POS and passing it off as another Tivo. They knew that the techies would point out an external Tivo unit includes yet another conversion process which may not be noticable to most people but just knowing it degrades the signal marginally will prevent people from buying Tivos. We should be able to pass judgement on the idiots in the meetings for all cable companies that made this call; the deadweight loss of our subscriber fees being spent for something so relatively lackluster should warrant a mandatory beat down.
Long story short: if Tivos software takes hold in Comcast, maybe it’ll take hold in other cable companies, and that would be worth a parade. If not, we’re screwed for the next 15 years while these turkeys try to hammer out their software to work like Tivos did 4 years ago.
I agree. I have Time Warners DVR as well. Went cable to get away from Directv. I can’t wait for the HD TiVo this fall
Three important take aways from this:
1.) This is a test of Tivo SOFTWARE on Comcasts existing DVR boxes.
2.) This is a test of Tivo SOFTWARE on Comcasts existing DVR boxes.
3.) This is a test of Tivo SOFTWARE on Comcasts existing DVR boxes.
[...] The bottom line is that these types of advertising are just beginning their set-top box intrusions and are most likely here to stay — for example, both satellite and cable operators have also started rolling out similar “features.” In fact, TiVo’s “interactive advertising platform” was cited in partnering with Comcast. Additionally, one shady individual (a competitor? consulting firm?) offered me several hundred dollars to film and describe all of TiVo’s current ad technologies (I declined). [...]
[...] The worst part is the past 2-3 years showed a bit of a dropoff on the TiVoMania effect. Frustrated customers began doing the same move I did (although again, I was not frustrated by the company in any way) and switching to the freebies. I applaud TiVo for making great products. I sincerely hope the rumored Comcast-TiVo DVR is available in my area one of these days, as I’d probably make the switch. As long as it’s free, that is. Related stories: [...]
This is OLD news
I have only had a Moxi HD from comcast for about a month and it has a few problems.
#1 they did not tell me that I am a Beta tester and that all the user ports are dead.
#2 it locks up and I have to turn off the power to reset it.
#3 it studders.
#4 it has pixelation attacks and some so bad you can only give up watching.
#5 when a program is recorded the show starts one minute to soon and stops one minute to soon.
#6 Hard drive says it is full when it is not???
Does anyone know how much they are paying me to do this testing and were do I send the reports?
Thank you
Mac
Mac4tBH,
. I’d love to hear how it works…
I’d contact somebody at Comcast. This site is dedicated to TiVo news. If you do however get a chance to try out the comcast TiVo let us know