Re: Comcast Equipment Change - Anyone else get thi... - Page 2

Iambeezer · ‎01-10-2013

We just upgraded our whole setup. The DVRs we had from them were 13 years old. We went to the x1 platform, with the dvr and mini companion boxes that can be hidden anywhere. We also upgraded to their wireless gateway with dual band wifi 2.4 and 5ghz and wirelss n/ac and over 100mbps download. Bill went from 279 dollars all the way down to 159.

HonnyBrown · ‎11-23-2013

@Winkk wrote:
I did not get the notice but I can tell you I am very dissatisfied with Comcast. The problem is they are our only choice. I would love to change to Verizon Fios but they don't have fiber optics in our area.

My main complaint is pricing. I want basic cable because we don't need preimum channels but since we have two HD televisions I want HD cable. Well, you can't get HD cable unless you also get all the premium channels. And, the price keeps going up. It is such a rip off.

If you are going to get better service does that mean your price will go up?

We switched from FIOS to Comcast Xfinity when we moved. With Xfinity, we get more for less, but the HD quality is minimal compared to FIOS.

We have HBO and Showtime; DVR and internet. We pay about $40 less than we did with FIOS.

Get your flu shot...because I didn't.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I don't have Comcast, but it sounds like maybe they are just going all digital or something.

My cable co, Charter, did this a couple of years ago. They went to all digital so you needed to have a box on any tv with which you hope to have reception. I didn't have boxes on my little 19" TVs that I have in my kitchen and on my desk. So I had to get boxes for them.

The good part of this was that they went all HD so you no longer had to pay extra to have HD service. OF course, if you have older TVs that don't have HDMI ports, you can still use the cable boxes with the red/white/yellow a/c cables and not have HD. But if you have HDTVs, you can just snag a nice HDMI cable for $5 or less and use that. I already had HD on two of my TVs because I have Tivos and the cableCARDs that replace cable boxes with the newer Tivos automatically give you HD.

But they used to charge extra for HD, so this has been good. The other good thing is that cable boxes are a lot smaller now. I was rather resistant at first because I just had my little kitchen and desk TVs with basic cable, from the wall, and didn't want to have to store some big ol' cable box. These little cable boxes are a lot nicer than some big thing for which you used to have a whole shelf!

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@apple1964 wrote:
Never got any notification in the mail. i did get some updates with my wifi service and some new channel changes, never got charged extra so far......

I get the latest information about Comcast from DSL Reports. http://www.dslreports.com/

Montana · ‎03-09-2010

Poster dates on this thread are out of order. For example, nutmeg is the last poster but one of my posts is the last one on my iPad. How do I get the dates back in order from earliest to latest?

Himi lover · ‎03-10-2010

I just got a call from Comcast today. They are replacing my DVR, and Any Room Box to X1 Platform. This X1 is voice activated too. Anyone else have this? It's at no extra charge.

dooBdoo · ‎06-27-2010

Montana wrote:
Poster dates on this thread are out of order. For example, nutmeg is the last poster but one of my posts is the last one on my iPad. How do I get the dates back in order from earliest to latest?

@ Montana, There are 2 ways to change this.

1 -- In "My Settings," "Preferences," under "Preference Options" choose "Topic Layout." After you make the desired changes, be sure to click "SAVE."

2 -- When you open a thread, just above it at the top of the thread (to the right of "REPLY") there's a drop-down menu next to "Topic Options." It allows you to toggle between "Sort Oldest to Newest" or newest to oldest.

hth!

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Montana · ‎03-09-2010

@dooBdoo wrote:
@Montana wrote:
Poster dates on this thread are out of order. For example, nutmeg is the last poster but one of my posts is the last one on my iPad. How do I get the dates back in order from earliest to latest?

@ Montana, There are 2 ways to change this.

1 -- In "My Settings," "Preferences," under "Preference Options" choose "Topic Layout." After you make the desired changes, be sure to click "SAVE."

2 -- When you open a thread, just above it at the top of the thread (to the right of "REPLY") there's a drop-down menu next to "Topic Options." It allows you to toggle between "Sort Oldest to Newest" or newest to oldest.

hth!