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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[As one who has lived with the Moxi onscreen program guide for over a year, I must disagree with your description of it as "easy-to-scan onscreen program guide."  Unlike the "tvguide" style grid, the Moxi grid does not allow the user to view the listings on multiple channels simultaneously, except for the current time slot.  Thus, if it is 7:57, you have to scroll to each channel individually to see what will be on that channel at 8:00.  Very inefficient and frustrating, especially if you have several hundred channels.  The Moxi usergroup rumor on this is that Moxi doesn't want to pay the fees necessary to use the grid style, which has to be licensed (allegedly from fox as the owner of TVguide).  Not sure if this is true, but when I purchased a flatscreen HDTV, I also picked up a DVD recorded with hard drive and built in TV guide.  Alas, the TV guide can't pick up listings through our cable.  My next step is going back to DirecTV, which we had at our old house, and which used the grid style program guide.  By the way, I am a VERY loyal Motorola consumer, with a strong family tie to that Company, but I have had it with the Moxi program guide.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[duckwan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2007 4:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[Additional note:  I saw that the screenshot you have includes a feature to change time slot - that will be an improvement, but will still not make the Moxi guide as efficient as the grid, in my opinion.  I hope the new version includes an option for recording a series with new episodes AND repeats, but only in the same time slot / same channel.  Our old DVR service from Comcast (in another state) had this option, but the current Moxi through Charter does not.  If you want to record missed episodes of the Simpsons in its regular time slot, you're also stuck recording EVERY Simpsons rerun on Fox...which fills up your DVR pretty quickly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[duckwan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2007 5:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[sprint sucks i hope they fire us we lose calls all the time and talk to air they suck azz]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shellie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2007 7:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[You made a good point by mentioning the fact that the entertainment rack would look better..I think it is worth the increase..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[switch 2 dish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 10th 2007 2:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[My city was recently forced us to switch from Time-Warner for all cable services to Comcast. Comcast hit us with an 18% across the board rate increase for everything above basic cable.  So I'm not happy about additional increases for the cable box.<br><br>Then Comcast promptly took away many favorite channels and replaced them with cheap interations of MTV and shopping channels.  They also took away our western feeds on all the premium channels in favor of their lame "on-demand service).  Many of the movies on that service are 15-20 years old. Then add incessant annoying local advertising, and as many as 8-10 ads per hour for Comcast services on top the other issues.<br><br>We need more competition in the cable industry, as we are being held hostage at present by a real group of pirates.  Those of us in appartments can't get satellite dishes, so come on with the Verizon system !]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 10th 2007 8:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[Another advantage of separating the set-top box from the security mechanisms to descramble the cable content (i.e. cablecard) is that now the set-top box is free to add new video streams, much like Apple TV includes YouTube. See an interesting article at <a href="http://TechUntangled.com/ushering-a-new-era-of-consumer-choice-in-set-top-boxes" rel="nofollow">http://TechUntangled.com/ushering-a-new-era-of-consumer-choice-in-set-top-boxes</a><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tech Untangled]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 10th 2007 6:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[I recently recently had Verizon FIOS installed for Internet, TV's, and telephone. Everything works as advertised, however, my DVD's and VCR's no longer record as they did in the past. Also the Verizon DVR, which the installer indicated will record on one TV for playback on any other on the home network, does not work unless you pay an additional fee for multi-room DVR.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Hatter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 10:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[Another comment regarding Verizon, their Customer Service is the worst I've had and after my 2 year contract is up, I'll likely return to Dishnet which provided excellent customer service.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Hatter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[I recently changed from Time Warner to Verizon FIOS and I am very unhappy. Although I was told I would save lots of money, the monthly price ended up the same.  Unless you rent a box for every television, your "boxless" televisions will get only 7 stations to view. Also, the built in TV gulde is confusing to use, as is the other controls on the remote. I was also told Fiber Optic would be far superior for viewing, but I am unable to tell the difference! Think twice before you change!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 11:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fios gives free 19" TV to new subscribers and couldnt care less that its 1st group of customers who signed on early get nothing. Nice attitude. At least offer it at a discount. Nope -we got you and dont value you. Bad choice. Consider switching back to satellite.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Angry at Fios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 12:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[After reading all the comments and what's right and what's wrong, I'm going back to radio.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 1:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sean Hannity never served in the armed forces. But he talks a good game.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HENRY KIMBLE]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 2:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have a Bright House box on one set and a cable card on a wall mounted LCD TV. The card goes out several times a month. I have had eight of them in 7 months. Sometimes I can reset it by unplugging the set and removing the card. Other times I have to get them to bring me a new card. Each person I talk to gives me a different story. They do not know what they are doing. I am now told that the Television industry is no longer making sets that accomodate the cards because they are so much trouble. What am I missing in your story? My experience is a nightmare. It takes an hour or more just to get someone to answer the phone at Bright House. I would dump the cable but it is forced on us through association dues!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jeff18250]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 7:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Say Good-Bye to the Ugly Cable Set-Top Box]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/07/05/say-good-bye-to-the-ugly-cable-set-top-box/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cable and satalite are rip offs.  The FCC could improve the customer's position if only they would demand that the cable/satalite companies offer a choice of the chanells the customer wants to pay for.  All of those channels that have low viewership such as cooking, religion, selling and spanish speaking channels would go bankrupt!  Our elected officials do not have the stones to force the cable companies to do what is right.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Groves]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2008 7:20PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>