RCN comes through.

This morning, my friendly other RCN installer shows up, with two STBs with FireWire ports on them. They are DVRs, rather than plain STBs, but I say I will take them if they don't charge me extra for them.

Installation is pretty quick.

FireWire works. Tuning is kind of slow.

Can everybody say "I believe in the power of regulating markets?" I certainly do.

RCN comes through.

This morning, my friendly other RCN installer shows up, with two STBs with FireWire ports on them. They are DVRs, rather than plain STBs, but I say I will take them if they don't charge me extra for them.

Installation is pretty quick.

FireWire works. Tuning is kind of slow.

Can everybody say "I believe in the power of regulating markets?" I certainly do.

The Power of Open Source Software Compells Thee

So, I've had two RCN installers in my house recently. Both of them were all-around installers, with lots of experience with pulling cables, hanging boxes on the side of the house, installing VOIP boxes, cable modems, TV set-top boxes including HD and DVR systems.

They were both seriously impressed by my MythTV system. What made them happy?

- High quality picture display. "We never get a picture that crisp on an SD channel" said one guy. (Has anyone ever seen a female cable installer? The gender ratio looks pretty skewed to me.)

- High quality fast-forward. "That's much sharper than on our DVRs, and faster, too."

- Expandability. "You can just add another hard disk when you're running out of space? Great!"

- User interface speed. "Everything's so quick".

- Commercial skip. "That's automatic? And it figures out where the commercials are by itself? No cable company would ever sell something like that! It's great!".

- Video cut-editing and the ability to burn to DVD.

The Power of Open Source Software Compells Thee

So, I've had two RCN installers in my house recently. Both of them were all-around installers, with lots of experience with pulling cables, hanging boxes on the side of the house, installing VOIP boxes, cable modems, TV set-top boxes including HD and DVR systems.

They were both seriously impressed by my MythTV system. What made them happy?

- High quality picture display. "We never get a picture that crisp on an SD channel" said one guy. (Has anyone ever seen a female cable installer? The gender ratio looks pretty skewed to me.)

- High quality fast-forward. "That's much sharper than on our DVRs, and faster, too."

- Expandability. "You can just add another hard disk when you're running out of space? Great!"

- User interface speed. "Everything's so quick".

- Commercial skip. "That's automatic? And it figures out where the commercials are by itself? No cable company would ever sell something like that! It's great!".

- Video cut-editing and the ability to burn to DVD.