Tech_Guy88

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Garden Grove, CA 3 recommendations Tech_Guy88 Member Here are the New Spectrum TV Information

Spectrum TV Options

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Spectrum Gold Here are the new TV options for the Spectrum brand



Smith6612

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North Tonawanda, NY 1 recommendation Smith6612 MVM Is this the standalone retail pricing, or the result of a bundle?

Tech_Guy88

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TV APP

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this is standalone pricing



OpTiC

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West Covina, CA 1 recommendation OpTiC Premium Member So basically if I want tv and WH DVR again I need to quickly sign up with TWC for tv and WH DVR to be grandfathered.



motorola870

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Arlington, TX 1 edit motorola870 Member said by OpTiC : So basically if I want tv and WH DVR again I need to quickly sign up with TWC for tv and WH DVR to be grandfathered.



Now it is clear what charter wants is their way they have been fucking their customers and anything that TWC improved upon they say it was wrong very wrong and then force the shitty service on us how nice instead innovating seems the whole Charter board needs to go.



this is how they are going to save by not buying new boxing instead they will buy 2 tuner DVRs for cheap and then sell the 6 tuner boxes to other providers watch the churn quickly as customers leave for providers with a multiroom DVR Charter is dumb if not geriatric in the CEO office and governing board considering they still don't have a 6 tuner DVR in 2016! time for this company to have a board shake up instead of staying in 2010 with the offerings ugh. hmm this is not in the public's interest seems the FCC needs to sued as well as the FTC how in the hell did they allow Charter to say fuck u to DTA's and 6 tuner and whole house DVR! also there will be lawsuits soon enough don't worry especially with the 60/4 and 100/5 rollout charter won't win this battle they will have their hand forced.Now it is clear what charter wants is their way they have been fucking their customers and anything that TWC improved upon they say it was wrong very wrong and then force the shitty service on us how nice instead innovating seems the whole Charter board needs to go.this is how they are going to save by not buying new boxing instead they will buy 2 tuner DVRs for cheap and then sell the 6 tuner boxes to other providers watch the churn quickly as customers leave for providers with a multiroom DVR Charter is dumb if not geriatric in the CEO office and governing board considering they still don't have a 6 tuner DVR in 2016! time for this company to have a board shake up instead of staying in 2010 with the offerings ugh.



OpTiC

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West Covina, CA OpTiC Premium Member said by motorola870: said by OpTiC : So basically if I want tv and WH DVR again I need to quickly sign up with TWC for tv and WH DVR to be grandfathered.



Now it is clear what charter wants is their way they have been fucking their customers and anything that TWC improved upon they say it was wrong very wrong and then force the shitty service on us how nice instead innovating seems the whole Charter board needs to go.



this is how they are going to save by not buying new boxing instead they will buy 2 tuner DVRs for cheap and then sell the 6 tuner boxes to other providers watch the churn quickly as customers leave for providers with a multiroom DVR Charter is dumb if not geriatric in the CEO office and governing board considering they still don't have a 6 tuner DVR in 2016! time for this company to have a board shake up instead of staying in 2010 with the offerings ugh. hmm this is not in the public's interest seems the FCC needs to sued as well as the FTC how in the hell did they allow Charter to say fuck u to DTA's and 6 tuner and whole house DVR! also there will be lawsuits soon enough don't worry especially with the 60/4 and 100/5 rollout charter won't win this battle they will have their hand forced.Now it is clear what charter wants is their way they have been fucking their customers and anything that TWC improved upon they say it was wrong very wrong and then force the shitty service on us how nice instead innovating seems the whole Charter board needs to go.this is how they are going to save by not buying new boxing instead they will buy 2 tuner DVRs for cheap and then sell the 6 tuner boxes to other providers watch the churn quickly as customers leave for providers with a multiroom DVR Charter is dumb if not geriatric in the CEO office and governing board considering they still don't have a 6 tuner DVR in 2016! time for this company to have a board shake up instead of staying in 2010 with the offerings ugh. So all 6 tuner dvr will be gone ?



DocDrew

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They just pushed a lot of business into Tivo's lap. That's about the only turnkey Whole Home DVR solution left for Charter customers.



motorola870

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Arlington, TX motorola870 Member said by DocDrew: They just pushed a lot of business into Tivo's lap. That's about the only turnkey Whole Home DVR solution left for Charter customers. hmm unless they wake up when they realize that they see a decline in DVR service and reinstate it or get a lawsuit brought by customers misled by Charter CSRs lying to them lol it is only a matter of time before Charter gets a blowback for doing this. Rutledge needs to go he doesn't understand how to run a cable company as he is nothing but a posh living it up CEO that is a whiney brat that got his way to move the company headquarter to his home state which is BS.

ke4pym

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said by DocDrew: They just pushed a lot of business into Tivo's lap. I won't complain. I *LOVE* my Tivo!



juilinsandar

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I'd be disappointed dropping down to a 4 tuner DVR.



DocDrew

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Very good chance the Spectrum guide doesn't support Whole Home DVR service.



motorola870

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Arlington, TX 1 edit motorola870 Member said by DocDrew: Very good chance the Spectrum guide doesn't support Whole Home DVR service.



the picture with DTAs is shameful they are powerful things that are better than some of these DVRs they are trying to force on customers really they have been giving out DCH3200 boxes to all digital conversions this year in Charter footprints what do those have 860MHz MPEG2 tuners while the DTAs are 1GHz with MPEG4 capability seems Charter is thinking that two-way is best well the best would be to offer DTAs for limited basic customers that are income strapped or businesses. very good chance they should upgrade it to support it. They are morons if they think that there will be few customer defections this not like St Louis where one market was testing MOCA based DVR this is millions of customers wide footprint. Spectrum guide is a failure time to throw it in the dumpster and go with navigator anyways. They can't even get a DVR version of deployed yet.the picture with DTAs is shameful they are powerful things that are better than some of these DVRs they are trying to force on customers really they have been giving out DCH3200 boxes to all digital conversions this year in Charter footprints what do those have 860MHz MPEG2 tuners while the DTAs are 1GHz with MPEG4 capability seems Charter is thinking that two-way is best well the best would be to offer DTAs for limited basic customers that are income strapped or businesses.

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said by DocDrew: They just pushed a lot of business into Tivo's lap. That's about the only turnkey Whole Home DVR solution left for Charter customers. I believe Spectrum presumes that the future is streaming (from their on-demand cloud offerings) and not DVRs. They are not alone with that vision. Obviously not everyone is going to agree. But if Charter can negotiate the licenses appropriately from the content owners to move the DVR functions to the Charter cloud they might be able to satisfy a large percentage of their users (and then no one needs a DVR, but one has to have a two-way device that can do on-demand (which is why no DTAs)).



rv65

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Tivo might have an updated Bolt with extra tuners!



juilinsandar

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said by gtb: said by DocDrew: They just pushed a lot of business into Tivo's lap. That's about the only turnkey Whole Home DVR solution left for Charter customers. I believe Spectrum presumes that the future is streaming (from their on-demand cloud offerings) and not DVRs. They are not alone with that vision. Obviously not everyone is going to agree. But if Charter can negotiate the licenses appropriately from the content owners to move the DVR functions to the Charter cloud they might be able to satisfy a large percentage of their users (and then no one needs a DVR, but one has to have a two-way device that can do on-demand (which is why no DTAs)).



I do like streaming, but mostly for shows that are exclusives for Netflix and each major streaming provider. The future probably is streaming, but the present for me, and many other users, is the DVR.I do like streaming, but mostly for shows that are exclusives for Netflix and each major streaming provider.

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said by rv65: Tivo might have an updated Bolt with extra tuners! It would depend on the guide data and interface they plan to use for it.



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I doubt Charter will take away 6 tuner DVRs from existing customers. I've told everyone I know to upgrade their equipment ASAP just in case. It would cost more to make everyone swap existing boxes though they could change up the boxes they give out going forward. DTAs might be another story though. I also wonder what happens to those of us getting $0.99 SD cable boxes. If they take away the cablecard option, it may be time to find a new TV provider.



In markets like Los Angeles/SoCal, the vast majority of the region is on Time Warner with Navigator. Charter covers only a handful of areas and is still using old Cisco 8640's with SARA, so it'd make more sense to convert the entire region to Navigator.

gtb

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NorCal 1 recommendation gtb Premium Member said by Anone64e3 : so it'd make more sense



Here is where Charter is heading: » (in the longer term) Charter has indicated that they plan to move to their new Spectrum Guide service. When Arris and Charter worked together to acquire ActiveVideo Networks one of the reasons was that Charter can use that technology to deploy the new Spectrum Guide across many of the existing (legacy) STBs. Now, it will almost certainly take some time to get there (and for those with DTAs, they will need to disappear at some point).Here is where Charter is heading: » www.charter.net/support/ ··· verview/

FoxMike

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Thank God I switched to Wide Open West for service and employment.



mikedz4

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bet you wish Comcast had bought time warner and bright house instead. You'd have the X1 Whole Home DVR service right now instead of spectrum!!!!



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Pricing doesnt look that bad. The spectrum guide looks kind of interesting. Is it showing a live video of each channel in the guide? Is it really that bad for someone with no DVR? One thing I will miss though is LookBack and more importantly, StartOver. I suppose that will be going away?

arvy

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USA arvy Member The pricing isn't too bad compared to what I have now with TWC but a few things stand out. DTAs are going away and replaced by a STB which will be ~$8/mo/box more for me and I want 2 beside the DVR. Boohoo so far. Internet comes in 2 flavors 60/10 or 100/10 I think. With 100/10 now, I expect to pay the same amount with Charter for 60/10. Boohoo X2. Here's a goodie... pricing is about the same for TV service now as it will be (and when is that?) but Charter is adding NFL, HBO, Showtime, etc. so Yippee. Now I quote above "Low, promotional pricing for the first 12 months then small increases in Year 2 and Year 3. No large, unexpected price increases." Operational word 'promotional'. Boohoo X3 for the marketing department because for example Year 1 is $40 for TV and in Years 2 & 3 the price/mo is $60. 60-40=20 which is 1/2 of 40 and also 50%. So 25% more/year for just TV and probably more than I am paying now. There's also a footnote about Standard pricing being subject to change. Oh well...



motorola870

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Arlington, TX motorola870 Member said by arvy: The pricing isn't too bad compared to what I have now with TWC but a few things stand out. DTAs are going away and replaced by a STB which will be ~$8/mo/box more for me and I want 2 beside the DVR. Boohoo so far. Internet comes in 2 flavors 60/10 or 100/10 I think. With 100/10 now, I expect to pay the same amount with Charter for 60/10. Boohoo X2. Here's a goodie... pricing is about the same for TV service now as it will be (and when is that?) but Charter is adding NFL, HBO, Showtime, etc. so Yippee. Now I quote above "Low, promotional pricing for the first 12 months then small increases in Year 2 and Year 3. No large, unexpected price increases." Operational word 'promotional'. Boohoo X3 for the marketing department because for example Year 1 is $40 for TV and in Years 2 & 3 the price/mo is $60. 60-40=20 which is 1/2 of 40 and also 50%. So 25% more/year for just TV and probably more than I am paying now. There's also a footnote about Standard pricing being subject to change. Oh well... No it is 60/5 or 100/5 non-MAXX and 100/10 or 300/20 MAXX markets.



oneoone

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North Hollywood, CA oneoone Member That "Spectrum guide" has been coming soon for like 3 years now. Don't hold your breath on that. They'd be better off using TWC's guide and just changing the branding.

arvy

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100/10 is what I have now and quite enough for my needs so that's some good news... if the price doesn't jump 25%/ea for years 2 & 3. I'm paying about $145 for a TWC triple play with a DVR and 2 DTAs now which isn't more than I can afford. If broken down (in my mind) it's really not too bad with 50/50/50 for each 'play'. Yeah, $35 each sounds about right, but that won't happen with Charter either.



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That's at least a minor correction over TWC. The TWCTV app only works if you have TV service and their network product on your bill. It will work on foreign networks except for premium channels. If you have some other ISP the TWCTV app won't even connect.