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Charter Communications to file for bankruptcy {Engadget HD}
Feb 15th 2009 7:21PM Maybe this trip into Chapter 11 may be what is needed to bring several new cable providers to Upstate South Carolina. Charter is so bad; they need to be thrown out of our region...today.
Verizon wraps up network expansion projects in Rhode Island, Massachusetts {Engadget HD}
Jan 14th 2009 7:32PM Please bring FiOS to Laurens, SC IMMEDIATELY!! We hate AT&T and Charter and we want to kick them out of town.
Ron Jaworski Says Some Browns Players 'Lacked Enthusiasm' During Loss to Broncos {Fanhouse NFL Blog}
Nov 15th 2008 2:11PM Thank you Mr. Jaworski!! The "lack of effort" and other mental mistakes were especially obvious in the Fourth Quarter. I would not be surprised to see Cleveland lose double-digit games this year.
Win a 32-inch LCD HDTV on TV Squad's second birthday! {TV Squad}
Mar 14th 2007 7:54PM Sportscenter(ESPN)
NFL Football
Verizon FiOS hitting 50Mbps in more states {Engadget HD}
Jan 11th 2007 8:03PM A message to Ivan Sederberg, President of Verizon Communications:
Please bring and deploy Verizon Fios TV, Internet (and possibly VOIP and Wireless)to the entire state of South Carolina. We desperately need competition to counteract pay tv abominations such as Charter, Directv et al. Right now, there is NO compeition in the state of South Carolina.
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Samsung HL-S5679W DLP with LED backlight {Engadget HD}
Oct 4th 2006 10:34PM Directv until February 2007. After that, I may go to my local telco IF they start offering HD channels in FULL RESOLUTION!!
TiVo tells FCC, cable operators to expect Series 3 boxes "soon" {Engadget}
Jul 19th 2006 6:08PM I saw on the July 18 edition of Engadget.com an article stating the stand alone TiVo series 3 DMR is supposed to debut in the September/October time frame. As a 5-year subscriber of Directv and the Directv/TiVo Series 2 DVR, I DEMAND Directv allow, produce AND SUPPORT a Directv/TiVo Series 3 DMR. In addition,the hybrid DMR needs to have the following added to it:
1. 500 gb hard drive that records 6 sd/hd streams @ the same time while watching a seventh prerecorded stream.
2. Directv/TiVo customers get ALL updates the stand alone models get. I want the 7.31 tivo software...NOW!!!
3. Interactive services
4. 1 touch recording
5. 30/60/90 skip back and forth
6. A new mosiac style epg w/ multi pip
7. Removal of all vestiges of DRM and Macrovision. Make the product open source. The reason I will NEVER buy the Directv+ is due to the limits on the product, the crappy software and the strong DRM.
8. 3sd/3hd tuners to record and store free VOD on a seperate 500 gb hd
As a consumer,I am already tired of that buggy pos called the Directv+ dvr. This may be wishful thinking, but, that crappy product should be scrapped asap.
Sky HD goes on sale on Wednesday {PVR Wire}
Apr 8th 2006 7:41PM Let's see...only 80 hours in sd, ONLY 30 HOURS IN HD?!?!!? You have to be kidding me!! If SKY has any chance in the world of selling HD in Europe, they had better make the following changes to this hd-dvr:
1. Sky+ dvr must record @ minimum 400 hours in SD and 100 hours of HD...IN FULL RESOLUTION(not that 1280*1080 bitrate starved junk their bretheren @ Directv has tried to shove down subscribers throats)!!
2. The dvr must be able to record 6(either sd/hd) streams simultaneously while watching a seventh.
3. Scrap the NDS junk software for either TiVo, Microsoft IPTV software, or someone that can write rock-solid, stable, bug-free software. Based on the buggy, unreliable and unstable Directv+ r15 and sky+ junk dvr, It is painfully obvious that NDS cannot get the job done writing solid dvr software.
If Sky sells this product as is, I hope the British crap all over the product
DirecTV hitting a few snags? {PVR Wire}
Jan 23rd 2006 8:11PM Mr. Nipper, I am aware that no product made w/ human hands will ship bug free. Nevertheless, I expect any replacement dvr from Directv to be equal to or slightly better than the TiVo product it's replacing.
I base my comments about the NDS based D+* dvr on NDS's very inconsistent, buggy, crash-filled Sky+ dvr in England. The same problems I saw playing w/ the product in England and reading about daily on the sky+ forums of www.digitalspy.co.uk are almost identical to the r15. Very annoying and bothersome. Bells and whistles like Directv Active and VOD are worthless if the basics(recording programming, rewind, fast-forward, pause, stop, dual live buffers, the addition of 30/60/90 skip back and forth...) don't work as they are supposed to. This is why I am unhappy with the new D+* dvr.
As for cable, we have Charter in upstate South Carolina. They are horrible and I will not do business w/ them.
DirecTV hitting a few snags? {PVR Wire}
Jan 3rd 2006 11:08PM Attention Mr. Pontual: Your improperly beta tested NDS dvr is a BLATANTLY INFERIOR PILE OF METAL when compared to a fully loaded DirecTiVo sd/hd dvr!! Dammit sir, we Americans aren't stupid Mr. Pontual. We know a good dvr from a pile of junk.
To knowingly sell a product to unsuspecting customers whose software is incomplete, crashes, freezes, cannot consistently rewind/fast-forward/pause(what a joke!!), has issues w/ series links and does not record some shows when asked to is:
1. an insult to the 18 million or so DirecTV customers who deserve the best dvr possible.
2.This is borderline fraud and deception on the part of DirecTV and its engineering department.
Is there anything we as DirecTV customers can do to express our displeasure with the company's poor product and non-responsive attitude towards fixing the shortcomings?
