StarcadeFeb 21

A few weeks ago I started using Comcast's X1 DVR, as the cablecard in my Tivo failed. What I didn't realize it that cablecard quietly disappeared about 3 years ago. Comcast stopped billing me for having one, something I also didn't realize. I had told myself that once my Tivo stopped working I would switch to Comcast's DVR. By the way, Tivo went out of business last October.

Comcast's DVR is functional, but inferior in just about everything it does compared to Tivo.

Skipping commercials is a fast forward on the X1, while on the Tivo it was a simple button press and it would instantly jump to the end of the last commercial. You never saw the commercials. In retrospect, I think this is why I hardly ever saw ads for movies on TV, as I skipped watching most commercials. It's only when watching live, which is rare, and probably only for news or sporting events, do I ever see commercials.

Tivo must have have some patents that Comcast can't use.

#DVR #X1 #Tivo

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While digging into the X1, it appears portions are open source. Perhaps that's why some of it feels like patchwork, and not entirely cohesive.

Tivo offered you a bunch of options for sorting recorded content which was fantasic. X1 displays flashly graphics for recorded content, but sometimes finding something you recorded can be more tedious than need be.

X1 seems to go out if it's way to make you perform multiple button presses. If you want to launch content, you select it and enter, then choose watch and enter. Tivo was one button press to watch content. Same with deleting. One button press on Tivo. Two button presses on X1.

Even choosing a channel is two button presses on the X1, whereas on Tivo-- if you entered a channel, it would go there.

The X1 hardware is slow, and I only say that because Tivo was noticably faster on the same operations, such as rebooting the system to launching streaming content.

Even the X1 remote is slightly odd, with it's tiny power button that is not backlit.

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Show threadsgt1372Feb 21

@Starcade I only use #Comcast for regular TV access. I access other content via streaming directly online via one of my laptops & #AmazonPrime & other supported channels via #Firestick.

Used #Roku for awhile but stopped after they kept "upgrading" their hardware but did not make the change downwardly software compatible forcing you to buy a new device each time. I said "f*ck" that pretty quick.

If you figure out or already know how to download/burn content off of the Comcast DVR to a DVD, please let me know ASAP !!!

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@sgt1372

I've had Comcast forever and will probaby have it for the foreseeable future.

There were times when I had a competitor, but I found they started charging more while offering less.

While Comcast isn't always ideal, they do make improvements, such as offering more bandwidth at your current tier without increasing your cost.

I also have various streaming services, but I have been curbing some of that.

It's been ages since I've transfered anything off my DVR. It was possible with Tivo using utility software. There's probably a way with Comcast, but I haven't looked into it. I've basically started over when I got the X1, so all my recordings are only 3 weeks old.

I did encounter my outside purchased content via the X1 DVR, which I'm assuming is because of Movies Anywhere. I haven't had a Comcast cable box in years, so that feature is new to me. Comcast had a falling out with Tivo, so they stopped allowing on demand content if you had a cablecard-- which was how I was accessing cable.