AT& T U-Verse

[chris vesuvio]

Just wondering if anyone has seen or is using AT&T U-Verse equipment?
I spoke with a friend who was having it installed but I have not gotten any feedback.

DVR will record 4 shows at the same time.
HD recording hours only 37 or 65 hours depending upon the package.

Availabilty areas seem limited right now.

https://uverse1.att.com/un/launchAMSS.do

[Hansen]

My in laws went from DirecTV to U-Verse due to a need for broadband and trying to consolidate costs via a package.. They really dislike the TV portion of that package and wish they had not (the broad band portion is no joy either with the proprietary modem, etc). The picture quality is poor for comparative HD from DirecTV or OTA. The DVRs are quirky. Can only view 1 HD program in the house at a time and the list goes on. Not sure about this, but I think while it can record 4 shows at the same time, only can record 1 HD show at that time.

[Movieman]

They are limited on their network. There was a report that came out where they have slowed the rollout. By buddy that works for AT&T has shown it to me at his home. Even though its 4 tuners its 2 HD and 2 SD. That would be a problem for me since I only watch HD programming. Their packages are not bad but I would get U-verse for internet and drop Comcast. He also admitted that his Directv has better quality but because he works for AT&T he gets a great discount on U-Verse. Its not too bad though. And for those that want multiroom viewing they are the only true carrier with this service. I watched some programming and it looked ok. Could have been more related to the type of tv he is using over the signal.

The no contract makes it appealing as well.

[wingrider01]

Just wondering if anyone has seen or is using AT&T U-Verse equipment?
I spoke with a friend who was having it installed but I have not gotten any feedback.

DVR will record 4 shows at the same time.
HD recording hours only 37 or 65 hours depending upon the package.

Availabilty areas seem limited right now.

https://uverse1.att.com/un/launchAMSS.do

Single whole house DVR with very limited record space

If your profile supports it, 4 video streams allowed, normally 2 HD, 2 SD, so if you are recording 2 HD programs you can either watch 2 SD streams or something recorded, if you are recording 4 programs, then you cannot watch anything else that what is being recorded, or a previously recorded program

Doubt I would ever get it for TV unless they add the ability to expand the DVR by 2 or 3 TB and bring in the ability for more then 4 streams. Would switch for Internet, but the 150.00 install charge is something hard to overcome.

[Zellio]

Single whole house DVR with very limited record space

If your profile supports it, 4 video streams allowed, normally 2 HD, 2 SD, so if you are recording 2 HD programs you can either watch 2 SD streams or something recorded, if you are recording 4 programs, then you cannot watch anything else that what is being recorded, or a previously recorded program

Doubt I would ever get it for TV unless they add the ability to expand the DVR by 2 or 3 TB and bring in the ability for more then 4 streams. Would switch for Internet, but the 150.00 install charge is something hard to overcome.

The $150 install charge can be waved by getting video (the bundle makes it free), then canceling video before the end of the first month.

Idiotic yes, but this is At&t.

[Zellio]

They are limited on their network. There was a report that came out where they have slowed the rollout. By buddy that works for AT&T has shown it to me at his home. Even though its 4 tuners its 2 HD and 2 SD. That would be a problem for me since I only watch HD programming. Their packages are not bad but I would get U-verse for internet and drop Comcast. He also admitted that his Directv has better quality but because he works for AT&T he gets a great discount on U-Verse. Its not too bad though. And for those that want multiroom viewing they are the only true carrier with this service. I watched some programming and it looked ok. Could have been more related to the type of tv he is using over the signal.

The no contract makes it appealing as well.

They are limited because they went at this all wrong and stupidly. Instead of building Fiber to the Premises (IE, your home), they built it to 1.5 million refridgerator sized boxes.

Now here is the problem: Not only are they extremely limited in space 2 years after first deployment, but they paid workers to come and put in these 1.5 million refriderator sized boxes. When they want to compete with docsis 3.0, they will need to REHIRE THE WORKERS and buy the fiber to build to homes.

In other words, they will be hiring workers twice, paying for 1.5 million fridges, all to do the same thing that would've costed less if they hired workers once and built to people's homes.

There's a saying that goes well here: Penny wise, pound foolish.

[PCampbell]

The internet and Voice work well for me but I droped the TV after the 30 day free trial. The HD is poor at best. The only way to get more streems of HD is to compress it more.

[Mike Bertelson]

Here is a good article about how it's implemented.

http://thegaskins.dyndns.org/wordpress/?page_id=50

Mike

[wingrider01]

The $150 install charge can be waved by getting video (the bundle makes it free), then canceling video before the end of the first month.

Idiotic yes, but this is At&t.

I have no desire to have ATT muck with my setup, nor do I want to have to be responsible to ship their crap back and fight with CS on canceling the service. Will not allow ATT to run any cabling in my house nor will I have the wiring company come out and put in additional wiring for that their stuff will work. Cannot unplug my current service since I need connection for business purposes. My current ISP is not DSL, so they can be run in parallel

[Hansen]

Also, doesn't Uverse require some weird modem and router that often does not play nice with other equipment on the network?