Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Jason & The Comcast DVR
Jason & The Comcast DVR
by Ken from Chicago - 1/25/08 3:28 AMComcast LEASES the dvr for $5 / month--so you don't have to buy a dvr.
Like back in the Dark Ages when you rented the telephone from Ma Bell.
Whether you have to pay to upgrade to tivo is unknown--at least here.
-- Ken from Chicago (where "here" is)
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by skyzophrenyk - 1/25/08 6:59 AM In reply to: Jason & The Comcast DVR by Ken from ChicagoHow are you getting a DVR for 5 bucks? I'm in Chicago and they charge me $13
TiVo v. Cable Company?
by milkky - 1/25/08 8:57 AM In reply to: *** by skyzophrenykWhen I had a standalone TiVo, it was $13/month for the service. Now, with DirecTV, my TiVo dvr from them only costs $5/month. Those match both of you rnumbers--is that the situation here? A "discount" by the provider?
comast is better in price but not softwear
by mementh - 1/25/08 10:18 PM In reply to: Jason & The Comcast DVR by Ken from ChicagoRight now comcast is better for hardwear cost because you just pay rental fees and can replace whenever it breaks down.
tivo is better at softwear but the hardwear is more expensive and you still have to pay 13.xx/month for the listings and such
lol
by skyzophrenyk - 1/25/08 10:26 PM In reply to: comast is better in price but not softwear by mementhThe reason you pay to rent it is because they CONSTANTLY BREAK. I haven't had a Comcast Motorolla DVR for more than 6 months before I get unwatchable HD, and eventually SD recordings from it.
how do you treat yours?
by mementh - 1/26/08 4:21 AM In reply to: lol by skyzophrenykMake sure you have proper airspace..
Hard Drives get VERY VERY VERY hot.. and DVR's make them hotter (the constant moving of the read/write head generates alot of heat and its CONSTANTLY doing this.
I have had mine for about a year now (ok ten months). I picked mine up from the front counter just like everyone else. Mine has only had one error a Video on demand that seemed to cause it not to want to work till i rebooted it.
I make sure its away from other devices and has plenty of airspace to exhaust its heat.
Don't seal it up in a cabinet since there is not alot of airflow there.
I constantly see people who have issues that have bad drives, the electronics are good, its just the drive get too hot and dies quickly in a few months.
So if you have adequate ventilation then you have gotten a few bad apples and I am sorry.
BTW, I do work for comcast. I got my DVR on the day I started working for them
i treat it just fine
by skyzophrenyk - 1/26/08 11:38 AM In reply to: how do you treat yours? by mementhIt sits on top of my desk with nothing on top of it. The only way i could ventilate it more is if I stuck fans on it to blow the air out. Its not in a cabinet or anything, its literally just sitting right on the top of my desk. Laptop hard drives sit inside a tiny compact area with little ventilation (especially when its sitting on a bed or something like that) and i've never had a single laptop hard drive go bad, so explain that? Where are they getting these crappy drives from? Its probably all refurbished crap.
about that.. (bad drives)
by mementh - 1/26/08 3:06 PM In reply to: i treat it just fine by skyzophrenyki don't know.. if its a bad case of drives or what....
I assume that you have replaced it more then once?
I don't know what to say... its beyond my ability to assist 
yeah
by skyzophrenyk - 1/26/08 3:19 PM In reply to: about that.. (bad drives) by mementhI have to get a new DVR every 6-8 months i'd say.
90 day warrenty
by milkky - 1/28/08 9:26 AM In reply to: yeah by skyzophrenykon the DirecTV HD DVR. Sort of says it all--that's all the confidence they have in their equipment? Was a big part of my hesitation about upgrading to HD.
Your experience with repeatedly dying hard drives only adds to that concern.
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