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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #240 on: May 19, 2010, 12:50:38 AM »
When I had US Cable back in Colorado (Woodland Park, near Colorado Springs), they gave us 2 ancient Pioneer set top boxes. they were the oddest things, but hey, they had a digital clock :rofl:


This kind?

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #241 on: May 19, 2010, 06:41:10 AM »
Oh wow, I remember those. My grandparents had those at the shore until 2004.

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #242 on: May 19, 2010, 08:50:30 PM »
When I had US Cable back in Colorado (Woodland Park, near Colorado Springs), they gave us 2 ancient Pioneer set top boxes. they were the oddest things, but hey, they had a digital clock :rofl:


This kind?


No, they were white :)

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #243 on: May 19, 2010, 09:46:43 PM »
Please accept my apologies for such a grossly inaccurate and misguided guess!  :P

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #244 on: May 19, 2010, 11:21:52 PM »
Please accept my apologies for such a grossly inaccurate and misguided guess!  :P
lol  :rofl: Well, does anybody utilize the Moto DTA 100? Comcast sent me a few for the digital transition. Nice little things to me... if only my DCT2000 had a nice finish like that thing  :biggrin:

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #245 on: May 20, 2010, 01:32:12 AM »
Well, does anybody utilize the Moto DTA 100? Comcast sent me a few for the digital transition. Nice little things to me... if only my DCT2000 had a nice finish like that thing  :biggrin:

Yes, my parents have a small box very similar to the DTA 100.  Without it, a TV plugged directly into the wall cable jack would get nothing but the broadcast and local access channels.  The living room and a couple of the bedrooms have the DCT2000, but all the other rooms have to "make do" with the DTA 100.  It actually saves a little money, since we're allowed to have up to 3 small boxes for free, whereas we have to pay a monthly rental fee for each DCT2000.

<sigh> I miss the days when you could record one show and watch another.  Unfortunately, with the teeny-tiny cable box-free channel lineup, the only way that's possible now is to actually have two cable boxes in the room - one for the TV and one for the VCR.  Not at all worth it, but, still, it's a feature I miss.  :cry:  Even worse, the DCT2000 doesn't have a program timer like the older cable boxes did.  With those, you could set the cable box to turn on to the proper channel at the necessary time to record something.  Now, you have to make sure you leave the cable box on the channel ahead of time, and you simply can't record a show on a different channel later unless you intervene yourself before the next show starts.  That's a big disappointment.

Then again, the only show I record when I'm at work, or otherwise away, is Judge Judy :hammer:, which is on the same channel that the morning news is on, and I keep the cable box set to that for the TV to wake me up, so... I'm all set.  :)

Did I use enough smileys in that message?  :biggrin: :P :wacko: :thinking: :thrilled:

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« Reply #246 on: May 20, 2010, 01:53:12 AM »
Did I use enough smileys in that message?  :biggrin: :P :wacko: :thinking: :thrilled:
That's a few too many to be honest, so please don't go too wild with them.  Only one or two is plenty as stated from Martin's post in the Site News.

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #247 on: May 20, 2010, 09:08:14 PM »
Did I use enough smileys in that message?  :biggrin: :P :wacko: :thinking: :thrilled:
That's a few too many to be honest, so please don't go too wild with them.  Only one or two is plenty as stated from Martin's post in the Site News.

How is it possible to teach an old dog new tricks? :)

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #248 on: May 27, 2010, 09:14:22 PM »
I am a bit off topic, but heres my new Crapcast logo. Opinions are appreciated :) (I know the kerning isn't proper yet ;) )

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #249 on: June 25, 2010, 09:15:11 AM »
I heard that Comcast slept on the job and screwing up :o
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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #250 on: June 25, 2010, 11:44:17 AM »
I heard that Comcast slept on the job and screwing up :o
Huh? :blink:

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #251 on: June 25, 2010, 01:16:04 PM »
I heard that Comcast slept on the job and screwing up :o
Huh? :blink:
They can't screw up if no one is at the headend :rolleyes: It's all automated basically... If you are regarding that super bowl accident from Arizona a few years ago, I believe it was intended.

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #252 on: June 27, 2010, 05:03:14 PM »
Well, the first few days of having Comcast have been pretty good for me.  I'm not sure what I'll think over the next months, but at least the installation process was pretty painless except for the long wait for the guy to come hook everything together.

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #253 on: June 27, 2010, 05:16:58 PM »
Well, the first few days of having Comcast have been pretty good for me.  I'm not sure what I'll think over the next months, but at least the installation process was pretty painless except for the long wait for the guy to come hook everything together.

That's one of the joy's of having comcast  :P

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Re: Comcast Sucks.
« Reply #254 on: June 27, 2010, 08:41:01 PM »
except for the long wait for the guy to come hook everything together.
That was the case here when they were hooking up our phone service back in 2005. It took like 3-4 hours. :wacko: