Comments on: Verizon adds multiroom DVR

Company takes aim at cable with DVR service that lets customers watch recorded content in multiple rooms.
Commentary: Verizon's DVR offers a new view of TV

[bobby_brady]

$25 a month?! I get the same thing with Media Center

using Xbox's as extenders and pay no stupid monthly fee. Plus I can burn or copy shows to my friends Media Center so he can watch them.

[jester99]

If the first one doesn't work, sell another one

I would like for Verizon to fix their current DVR offering before releasing another one. The menu is horrible among some of the issues that I have. The scary thing is that if you look at the forums our there numerous people have the same issues. I fought with Verizon for four months in order to get my one DVR replaced. I would be very pleased if the would join forces with Tivo so that maybe they could put out a product that would make the customers happy.

[HDTVCAMERA]

FIOS Interface Still Terrible

The updated interface is even more horrible than the old one and talk about SLOW processing. There are 100 volume settings. If you want to lower the volume (for loud TV commercials) Getting to recorded programs is a multi stepped nightmare. It takes way too long. It is such a hassle to delete programs that I just let the system boot them off when the DVR gets full. How could Verizon distribute such a horrible product and get away with it? Anyone who used the Moxi DVR offered by the Cable company would find this FIOS system a giant step backwards

[Mystigo]

2 x nearly limitless = infinite!

"The network, called Fios, reaches directly to the side of a
customer's home, bringing customers nearly limitless bandwidth
capacity"

Wow. If they had two of these cables, would the bandwidth then be
limitless?

[tapaskm]

No it would still be nearly limitless

just like infinity * 2 = infinity,
similarly
"Nearly limitless" * 2 = "Nearly limitless"

[anarchyreigns]

Rip off price!

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[zxocuteboy]

I WISH I HAD THIS WITH TWC

http://www.infoblog.us/2006/06/cablevision-caves-in-postpones-network.html

[BengalTigger]

X10 = limitless number of TVs watching

I don't get it. Why is having 3 TVs at the same time such a wonder? I currently have 5 TVs hooked up to a dual DVR that allows all 5 tvs to choose between either of the two channels currently selected. And, I don't pay a monthly rental fee. X10 sells the video sender/receiver combo, and sells extra receivers separately. Plus, they even come with a fantastic free universal remote. (no, I don't work for them or own stock, I'm just really pleased with my setup).

[mstrclark]

Tivo Already Offers This And More

With Tivo Series2 units you can do this and send your recording to you iPod.

[t2gren]

Multi Room DVR is NOT HiDef Capable

I am researching Verizon Fios, now on Comcast. Was interested in the MultiRoom DVR until I read the Inmportant Information section of the brochure. The first line reads, "Programs recorded in Hi-Def cannot be played back on the remote Set To Boxes".

Okay, I figured that I could get a Hi-Def Set Top box and solve the problem. OH NO! Because I read further in the section and found, "HD Set Top Boxes cannot be used as part of a Multi-Room network".

Excuse me, but isn't one of the major reason for using Verizon Fios to have the Hi-Def Experience! But what they don't say in the marketing material for MultiRoom setups is that you can watch recorded Hi-Def programming on your main TV, NOT through any remote sets. This is a deal breaker for me, since I don't watch any shows during the week at their regular time, but use the DVR on Comcast to watch them when it is convenient to me.

So why can't Verizon's technology department make a DVR remote that can play Hi_Def? Am I the only one that this doesn't make any sense in today's Hi-Def world?

[bidnesswoman]

What is troubling about this service, is we USED TO be able to time-shift any program we wanted with a normal VCR. Now the cable companies are making that option obsolete, and charging us 25 a month for it!
What happened? The FCC happened, and stepped in to allow it. We should be able to watch ANY broadcast or otherwise program at our own leisure, but with copyright issues the companies have waved in front of the FCC, we are slowly being denied this option. HD content especially will fall by the way-side, even with my use of an HD-VCR to off load my content from the box. I hope Verizon falls flat on it's face with this NEW option. We should get it for free.