[mythtv-users] Comcast vs. FIOS, ease of mythtv integration?

Eric Sharkey eric at lisaneric.org
Fri Jul 9 15:46:13 UTC 2010


So, a few years back Verizon made FIOS available in my area and
they've been marketing it heavily, but I chose to stick with Comcast
due to the fact that they didn't block ports on the internet connect
and that there were a wide variety of channels available without a set
top box which I could get either on analog cable or through clear QAM.
 Fast forward to today and Comcast has consistently worked to reduce
the ease of use of their service to the point where I no longer see
any advantage to sticking with them.

Is Verizon any better?  What's the general feel for people on this
list?  Is firewire capture from Verizon STB's any more reliable than
with Comcast?

I really would like a solution that just works with the same
reliability I once had with my PVR-150 and HDHR to get a recording
that I can be reasonably confident will actually happen (and record in
its entirety) when I schedule it and be watchable, including support
for closed captions, preferably in HD when available.

Eric


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