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dsrtaoSo, 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.
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.
