When I first heard about U-Verse I was excited. 18Mbps internet Total home DVR 4 Tuner DVR All movie channels Home phone service 2x as many HD channels as I have now 2 extra boxes all for about $20 less than I pay now for less stuff.
I was ready to sign up as soon as it was ready in my area.
BUT there is one thing they don't tell you. You can only have 1 HD feed coming to the house at a time. I watch 2 shows at the same time on Monday nights at 9(Heroes and 24) both in HD and the other HDTV in my house may be watching another HD channel. So as great as everything else sounds U-Verse would not be an option for me and i would guess a lot of other people.
Wow, thanks for the 411 on that one! That's a very, very large issue for me. I'm going to switch to either dish, or direct this week instead. Every time I see U-verse in action( and this may be not the case with all subscribers) it's incredibly pixel blocked looking, particularly with sports!
I've heard the TV service wasn't all it's cracked up to be. How the HD was overly compressed and how it wasn't until recently that they rolled out the ability to watch multiple HD channels simultaneously (within the premises).
Not really an issue to me since I only ordered the internet (which I've heard most people are satisfied with). It's the TV and Voice service that seems to get a lot of the complaints. That along with installation problems.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jim @ Apr 23rd 2009 4:15AM
When I first heard about U-Verse I was excited.
18Mbps internet
Total home DVR
4 Tuner DVR
All movie channels
Home phone service
2x as many HD channels as I have now
2 extra boxes
all for about $20 less than I pay now for less stuff.
I was ready to sign up as soon as it was ready in my area.
BUT there is one thing they don't tell you. You can only have 1 HD feed coming to the house at a time. I watch 2 shows at the same time on Monday nights at 9(Heroes and 24) both in HD and the other HDTV in my house may be watching another HD channel. So as great as everything else sounds U-Verse would not be an option for me and i would guess a lot of other people.
Doc @ Apr 23rd 2009 8:01AM
Wow, thanks for the 411 on that one! That's a very, very large issue for me. I'm going to switch to either dish, or direct this week instead. Every time I see U-verse in action( and this may be not the case with all subscribers) it's incredibly pixel blocked looking, particularly with sports!
PG @ Apr 23rd 2009 9:32AM
That's not entirely true. From their website
"*Four channels can be recorded to the DVR or viewed simultaneously, up to 2 can be HD based on geographic restrictions."
It mentions DVR specifically, but I'd imagine its the same.
mactx @ Apr 23rd 2009 7:18PM
I've heard the TV service wasn't all it's cracked up to be. How the HD was overly compressed and how it wasn't until recently that they rolled out the ability to watch multiple HD channels simultaneously (within the premises).
Not really an issue to me since I only ordered the internet (which I've heard most people are satisfied with). It's the TV and Voice service that seems to get a lot of the complaints. That along with installation problems.