[ale] AT&T U-verse TV

[Jim Kinney]

Hmm. So a house already hardwired with Cat5 could potentially move
UVerse translators around at will.

Hmm.

Hmmmmm.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Jeff Hubbs<jeffrey.hubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> They connect to the AT&T router's back end via Ethernet as though they
> were desktops.
>
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>> how are master and slave TV's connected?
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Jeff Hubbs<jeffrey.hubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> U-verse has been working well here for a few months.  Comcast was dumped
>>> today.
>>>
>>> One "master" box w/ internal disk drive is DVR; second box is diskless
>>> "slave."  Both can play back recorded programs; only the master can
>>> manage recordings.  Process is also Web-accessible.
>>>
>>> User interface better than MythTV's IMHO; picture quality plenty good.
>>> Far less pixeling and freezing than Comcast *analog* service.
>>>
>>> Internet fine; my house LAN is behind my own Linksys WAP/router while
>>> the TV boxes are between it and the AT&T router. Feel
>>> baited-and-switched w.r.t. static IP.
>>>
>>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>
>>>> is less $$ than Comcast for comparable tv channel count (actually AT&T
>>>> offers more channels than comcast per tier).
>>>>
>>>> What do the technology guinea pigs of ALE think of the quality of
>>>> their picture? How big is (another friggin') converter box?
>>>>
>>>> I have no plans to use their Internet or phone products (I _LIKE_ my
>>>> Speakeasy and Vonage combination!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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