AT&T: Where is our whole-home DVR (WHDVR)?
We can't say for certain how long the above pictured splash screen has been around on AT&T's website, but if "2 room DVR service" means "whole-home DVR" service, we're left with just one question: where? One of the U-verse issues that has long since held it back from being viewed as a killer programming service was the inability to serve up various DVR recordings around the home, and while AT&T has been promising that said feature was on the way for nearly a year, there's still nothing to show for it. You only need shuffle through a few pages of the U-talk forums to find a plethora of angered individuals, and while some are optimistic that WHDVR is imminent now that 2 HD / 2 SD is spreading across the land, others are understandably skeptical (and bitter, too). So, AT&T -- when can these loyal users expect WHDVR to really be implemented? And for those on the fence, is this limitation the primary thing holding you back from embracing fiber?
[Thanks, Todd]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ordeith @ Jul 15th 2008 7:31PM
Just give me a tuner for VMC and call it good.
kthanks.
Harley3k @ Jul 15th 2008 8:02PM
DirecTV promised this capability several years back at CES, and has yet to deliver.
FIOS' implementation of it sucks-ass, and doesn't work for HD recordings.
The only thing consumer-grade that comes close is TIVO-HDs/S3s, with their Multi-Room Viewing, but you pay a premium for it since you have to have full-blown Tivos in all rooms you want to watch in.
I think the big stickler is DRM. The content owners don't want HD quality video moving around your network so easily so your teenager can capture it and put it on bittorent. Not like everything isn't already being put out there anyway?!@#
Uverse Tech @ Jul 15th 2008 8:45PM
Hello Engadget you cant be this stupid, thats advanced Tv hence the Dish Network side which has the dual tuner dvr for two rooms, uverse is starting rollout of WHDVR in the begining of Oct
squiggleslash @ Jul 16th 2008 9:59AM
A "2 room DVR" is what Dish Network does.
It's a DVR/satellite that has two (or three, if you get a 622 or 722 with an OTA tuner) tuners, and two outputs, one HD (in the case of the HD DVRs.) The non-HD signal is modulated into a basic NTSC channel and routed through the existing TV/cable cabling in your home to whatever TVs you want, and controlled by a "remote" that uses UHF instead of infrared to control the DVR.
Of course, this is AT&T, so this can't be the same thing. After all, it's not like AT&T's TV service is just a rebadged Dish Network service. No. It must be something entirely different.
OMG Darren! You didn't blame Toshiba's reluctance to embrace Blu-ray for AT&T not having a "whole house DVR"! You need to be more careful, what will Time Warner say at review time if you don't find more excuses to make illogical pro-Blu-ray rants? You're letting down the whole team!
Andy @ Jul 16th 2008 1:03PM
I think they simply give you two DVRs without extra costs. That's what my dad got in Atlanta.
Blake @ Jul 18th 2008 2:40PM
I just had Uverse installed on Wednesday and they told us we'd have to wait until August 1st (or early August). Either way, compared to the crap 8300 HDC Time Warner's serving up, I can live with one DVR for a couple months (I do feel bad for those who have had to wait over a year)...
Blake @ Jul 18th 2008 2:40PM
I just had Uverse installed on Wednesday and they told us we'd have to wait until August 1st (or early August). Either way, compared to the crap 8300 HDC Time Warner's serving up, I can live with one DVR for a couple months (I do feel bad for those who have had to wait over a year)...