[rahlquist]

As noted here http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Uverse-Whole-Home-DVR-Arrives-97315 AT&T is ready to roll their whole home DVR solution with capability of recording 4 shows at once and displaying them to any U-verse TV in a home.

:crying: :crying: :crying:

 

[dtrell]

sweet. now to get u-verse in akron...ill hold my breath..time warner has such a grip over the political machine in akron, it wont happen anytime soon...and forget FIOS...

 

[rahlquist]

I'd run cat5e to every tv in my house if Directv would get theirs to market before 2010.

 

[sunking]

As noted here http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Uverse-Whole-Home-DVR-Arrives-97315 AT&T is ready to roll their whole home DVR solution with capability of recording 4 shows at once and displaying them to any U-verse TV in a home.

:crying: :crying: :crying:

Don't worry, it'll happen. After all wasn't it shown 3 or 4 years ago at CES? It must be right around the corner by now!
:hurah:

 

[PCampbell]

I have u-verse and there is no sign of whole home dvr. If you record 4 shows at once or 2 HD shows the the bandwith is used up and no other TV can be used.

 

[tunce]

Boy it is getting closer to the point that I am looking hard at U-verse. I do love Directv but if the price point is there and they provide the "wants" I am looking for like this one, which is number 1 on my list. I will change providers. Also id dose not hurt that they can provide high speed internet access unlike Directvt

Thank the Lord for a free market society!!

 

[Doug Brott]

I have u-verse and there is no sign of whole home dvr. If you record 4 shows at once or 2 HD shows the the bandwith is used up and no other TV can be used.

yup, this is what I recall as well .. Sure, you can record 4 things on the same DVR .. but if you have other DVRs, they can only record one of those 4 things .. not a 5th program .. oh and more than 2 HD programs at the same time (in the entire house) .. forget about it.

That would really mess me up as there are times when I record 3 or 4 HD programs at the same time (on different DVRs of course).

 

[rahlquist]

yup, this is what I recall as well .. Sure, you can record 4 things on the same DVR .. but if you have other DVRs, they can only record one of those 4 things .. not a 5th program .. oh and more than 2 HD programs at the same time (in the entire house) .. forget about it.

That would really mess me up as there are times when I record 3 or 4 HD programs at the same time (on different DVRs of course).

Mind you I cant say the recording aspect is the part that appeals to me in this, its the MRV.

 

[PCampbell]

They will not give you a second DVR. The HD sucks compaired to Directv. I only need to keep the TV for 90 days to get the internet and IP Phone. The internet is great and the phone is only 20.00 a month here.

 

[RAD]

If UVerse wasn't bandwidth starved (no more then 2 HD streams) I might be willing to give this a shot, MRV is something that I'd really like to get back after losing it when I got rid of my Replay boxes.

 

[fornold]

I tried to get UVerse installed at my house just for the internet since it is the only wired option available where I live. ATT was too stupid when they wired up our neighborhood, out of about 40 homes they can service about 10 due to the convoluted path the wires are laid in the ground. The sales agent was shocked I wasn't interested in the TV service, but I signed up for it just to get free installation. There is no contract so I was going to cancel after the first 30 days (which are free). I found an old portable TV that I set up in my network closet and told the installer that is the only TV I wanted hooked up.

Even after the failed installation I get weekly calls, emails and postcards wanting to get me to sign up. The latest info does include mention of the whole home DVR.

I have friends that have the TV service and the HD quality is horrible, it is compressed to death.

 

[Grentz]

I'd run cat5e to every tv in my house if Directv would get theirs to market before 2010.

Heck I already have that done!

Maybe this will light a little fire under Directv to get MRV a bit quicker though, you never know!

 

[RAD]

Heck I already have that done!

Maybe this will light a little fire under Directv to get MRV a bit quicker though, you never know!

With both Verison FIOS and Uverse now having this (and E* with their RF output soluition to send NTSC to a 2nd set) DirecTV really needs to get moving on this IMHO.

 

[fl panthers]

yup, this is what I recall as well .. Sure, you can record 4 things on the same DVR .. but if you have other DVRs, they can only record one of those 4 things .. not a 5th program .. oh and more than 2 HD programs at the same time (in the entire house) .. forget about it.

That would really mess me up as there are times when I record 3 or 4 HD programs at the same time (on different DVRs of course).

do you actually work or moderate and watch tv

 

[elaclair]

do you actually work or moderate and watch tv

Hey, us IT guys can multi-task! You'd be surprised at just how often you can find me watching a program on the main set, running tests on the HR-21 in the bedroom, logged in to work on my laptop, and mastering a DVD on my iMac..... All the while reading DBSTalk.

 

[Tom Robertson]

As Doug says, I have many times with 4 HD items recording, sometimes as many as 5 plus some SD. (As soon as Comedy Central and MSNBC go HD, I'd blow Universe out of the water for the whole neighborhood!)

Mr. DIRECTV, I'm glad you're listening to us--4 tuners is not a whole house DVR. (No, this is not foreshadowing any information, merely pointing out how many of us there are that use lots of tuners.)

Cheers,
Tom

 

[inkahauts]

I don't like Uverse current solution, but MRV is the right step. I have a feeling that at some point, MRV will do for DVRs, what DVRs did for recording programs... It will fundamental change the way people view tv.

 

[Tom Robertson]

Inkahauts, MediaShare, now that I've built up a library, is a big TV viewing changer for me.

I expect MRV will continue that direction as I now build up a library of HD content from premium channels. Woohoo!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[cartrivision]

As Doug says, I have many times with 4 HD items recording, sometimes as many as 5 plus some SD. (As soon as Comedy Central and MSNBC go HD, I'd blow Universe out of the water for the whole neighborhood!)

Mr. DIRECTV, I'm glad you're listening to us--4 tuners is not a whole house DVR. (No, this is not foreshadowing any information, merely pointing out how many of us there are that use lots of tuners.)

Cheers,
Tom

I'd have to agree with this. I for one am really hoping that what DirecTV has referred to as a "whole home DVR" will be a DVR that can be arbitrarily expanded two tuners at a time by adding another (or several) networked DVRs to the mix, and that MRV allows any group of networked DVRs to look like one big N tuner DVR that can record up to N conflicting programs based on a single Prioritizer List that can be added to from anyone on the DVR network.

 

[houskamp]

As Doug says, I have many times with 4 HD items recording, sometimes as many as 5 plus some SD. (As soon as Comedy Central and MSNBC go HD, I'd blow Universe out of the water for the whole neighborhood!)

Mr. DIRECTV, I'm glad you're listening to us--4 tuners is not a whole house DVR. (No, this is not foreshadowing any information, merely pointing out how many of us there are that use lots of tuners.)

Cheers,
Tom

Same here.. I have 6 (3 DVRs) tuners and still occationaly have to look for a free tuner.. allmost everything I record/watch is HD (if not HD I send emails )