Comcast can lick my taint, but....

[mgb]

Stick to your guns man, just keep calling them and get the best deal out of them you can for the cheapest amount and just add it to one TV, if you do have the extra $40 or so per month it would cost.

I never bitched about comcast until about 4 years ago when I switched from TiVo, to their DVR. It is terrible, flat out. If you have never used another DVR then you wouldn't know any better. It's kind of like HCP before he hit it big time. He lived on top ramen and cardboard pizzas, then he trapped his gorgeous wife by knocking her up and she changed his ways and introduced him to many finer things in life.

I was "raised" on cable TV, AT&T, comcast, etc. Then DVR's came and I was all over TiVo, they slipped and Comcast offered an HD DVR so I jumped ship from TiVo and I realized going from HCP's gorgeous wife and fine foods to expired cardboard pizzas and over cooked top ramen, that it sucks. I later had issues with my home phone as well and then they "added more HD channels than ever before" meaning they recompressed all of their content so they could reduce the quality to give consumers more channels, I bounced to Dish who has the best DVR available today. Then Dish lost ABC so I bounced to Direct, their DVR is alright but they also have the most HD channels so I was willing to deal with it and they are always rolling out new features, something I don't believe Comcast has touched with their DVR.

Yes they do have a deal with TiVo to someday release TiVo software on their DVR but that was announced 2 years ago and still isn't here, at least in our area. MAybe that would make it usable for me again. So in short, if you've never experienced the gorgeous girl, or then name brand food, you don't fully understand what a crappy product really is.

I agree comcast's dvr sucks big time. I've used Tivo and Directv dvr which I still use, and comcasts is like a first edition from years ago or something. Is there any way to delete a program without going into the program and deleting it? The only feature that I kind of like that Directv doesn't have is you can set it to do a season pass for a program and have it do it for any channel. What's frustrating though is some programs it just won't let me set a season pass. Talking Ball is one of them. I can't get it to set it for season pass it doesn't have that option in settings.

Oh, well, I went to the dark side for a year since I got a deal for $29 a month for 12 months for the digital starter package, but I kept Directv. I drop NFL Ticket so I could afford it. I email Directv saying I was thinking about dropping them for Comcast trying to get NFL ticket for half price, which I was offered when I drop it, but also asking for super fan for free so I can get the games in HD. They email me back and said they value me as a customer, I've been with them since 94, and gave me three months of showtime for free and a # to call about getting NFL ticket for cheaper. Since the Cowboys are on reg tv the next couple weeks I'll probably wait and see if I can get it even cheaper with few less weeks left to the season.

My big decision will be in a year if Directv and Comcast hasn't made a deal.

 

[barfo]

I agree comcast's dvr sucks big time.

I third that. Not just the dvr, but the remote sucks. It's like a qwerty keyboard - designed to slow you down.

barfo

 

[Foulzilla]

It's interesting to hear all the hate for the Comcast DVR. I had one for a long time, until my last move where I switched to Verizon FIOS. Their dvr seems basically the same as the Comcast one to me. What am I missing out on, as I've never tried any others?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I third that. Not just the dvr, but the remote sucks. It's like a qwerty keyboard - designed to slow you down.

barfo

Invest in a high tech universal remote. I thought my home theater guy was just upselling me to pad the total (probably was) . . . but I love the universal remote he set me up with.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Where are the mods when you need them!?!? Who does this rookie think he is? You guys better let him know!

Welcome aboard EWT. Pay no attention to HCP . . . he is our "special needs" poster.





(Guessing you guys know each other . . .)

 

[BrianFromWA]

Where are the mods when you need them!?!? Who does this rookie think he is? You guys better let him know!

I heard that Barfo and Ed were out with someone's wife, so I'm left alone. I keep mis-remembering how to delete a poster, though...sorry to whoever had the "OT: why does my kitty make these noises as I pass Outlaw" thread.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

Check that remote

Roy has DirecTV!!! Nuff said?

 

[JayRose]

Do what I did -

Keep your DirectTV and add Comcast for 6 months - for the season, then cancel when the season ends. That's what I did, and now I am about to re-up for another 6 months. I use it only to watch Blazer games - it was like $30 /mo.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Do you know whether Comcast has Blazer games ON Demand during the season?

I dont think so. But they do replay each game at least once.