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My husband is interested in trying U-verse. It seems like it would be cheaper with some extra benefits, like the Tivo type function on every TV.
We aren't sure about U-verse because they don't have a cable connection right up to the house like the cable companies, so it seems like that might be a choke point.
Has anyone here tried U-verse? Any thoughts?
The TV recording functionality (DVR) is great to have. You can pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV. And if you start watching a show, and later decide you want to save it, as long as you haven't changed the channel you can hit record and it'll save the whole thing. Also, changing channels is very fast, unlike our digital cable.
The DVR is Windows machine, so you'll probably want to put a small UPS on it to avoid corruption in a power outage. Also, the router takes a good 5 minutes to boot, so you might want a UPS on it as well.
The fiber connection goes to our neighborhood, and from that point, it uses a high-speed DSL line to our house. So if your neighborhood has Uverse you shouldn't have any trouble. The main thing is that you'll need an Ethernet connection from the Uverse router to your TV, which AT&T will run for you.
We only have one TV, but if you have more than one, you can get a box for each TV, which will supposedly let you watch the same recordings on any TV.
Bunltd, if the TV is reliable, but the Internet is slow, there's either some kind of problem inside the house, or a correctable problem with AT&T's equipment, because the TV definitely relies on fast and reliable Internet.
We only have one TV, but if you have more than one, you can get a box for each TV, which will supposedly let you watch the same recordings on any TV.
My husband was interested in the lower cost and the recording / ability to playback on each TV. We have two HD TVs, though, so from what I've read you can only have one HD hook up and I've read some complaints about the HD picture quality.
We also download movies to a PC in the family room and watch them via WiFi to the Roku device hooked up to the TV in the living room. The picture quality is surprisingly good right now despite all of the gyrations, but I wasn't sure how well that would work with the U-verse setup.
You can pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV. And if you start watching a show, and later decide you want to save it, as long as you haven't changed the channel you can hit record and it'll save the whole thing.
Yep, I would put this right up there with the greatest inventions ever!
1 - fire
2 - the wheel
3 - DVR!
4 - canned beer
5 - sliced bread
6 - baconnaise
Can't believe I suffered through 42 years of life without being able to pause a television show.
Can't believe I suffered through 42 years of life without being able to pause a television show.
device hooked up to the TV in the living room
6 - baconnaise
munchies food ..that's yummy chow ..
back to subject ..
our ADSL deal in France includes all of the TV in HD and unlimited international and national phone calls ..now even to cellphones ....$45.00 per month or €29.00 ..we live in a country/fishing village on the Breton coast ..so our service doesnt go above 20 megs/ps ( non degroupé )..but it flies all the same ..
In the french towns and cities it's really amazing ..
France took a while to catch up with the DSL boom ..but now :))
The phone staff gave me a really hard time when I called to cancel the appointment. After going through all of the phone menu options and giving all of my personal info, they disconnected my first call. On the second call I had to talk to three different people, each one asking a list of questions and then transferring me on to someone else who would ask all of the same questions all over again. I finally had to just tell them I wasn't going to hold to talk to yet a fifth person or repeat my phone number for the eighth time, so if someone still showed up to do the installation that was their problem at this point. So then the fourth support person I talked to said she could actually cancel the appointment for me, but then she still tried to talk me out of canceling by offering lower and lower monthly U-verse rates.
I don't know if their phone support procedures are simply really disorganized or they think if they make it hard enough people will give up canceling, but either way it sure was a hassle. We have never had issues like that getting through to the right support person with our current cable company.
