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Brad Benson wrote:
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type="cite">On 10/7/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Adeff</b>
<<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com">adeffs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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Does comcast charge a DVR fee on top of the box charge?<br>
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No, I don't believe they do - just the $10/month for the DVR box. <br>
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One other thing I forgot to mention about the craptasticness of the
Comcast HD-DVR:<br>
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It apparently also requires a box at the head-end to function
correctly. Last week the cable was out at my sister's place for
about 2 hours. So we figured no big deal, we'll just watch
something that's already recorded. NOPE. Turn on the TV and DVR
and what do we see? A dialog box in the middle of the screen that
says "This channel should be available shortly". No keypresses on
the remote or front of the DVR had any effect whatsoever. I
couldn't even see what had been recorded, let alone watch
anything. If the DVR doesn't work when the cable is out, doesn't
that effectively remove one of the best features of the system?
That's just retarded if you ask me.<br>
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<font face="Arial">And they wonder why we are ready take up arms over
the fact that HD is being locked down to a point that we will not be
able to build our own DVRs to manage our media. The only way for the
consumer's needs will be considered is if the consumer builds the
solution.</font><br>
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