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AT&T is set to enter the Chicago TV market, filing notice last week that "it may begin offering Internet-based high-definition television service in portions of Chicago in as soon as 10 days." All together now: Anything but Comcast.
The Trib gave AT&T's service a six-week testdrive, and found "Comcast edges out AT&T in breadth of TV programming, but AT&T is much easier to use and has cleaner, modern on-screen graphics."
Comcast has an ace up its sleeve: If you have two or more HDTVs, you can set up each with a high-definition DVR. With AT&T, you can record up to four programs simultaneously on four separate boxes, but you're limited to one HD DVR.
Also, if you have two or more HDTVs, you should probably donate one of them to the Chicagoist main offices. [Trib, Crain's]
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To clarify, AT&T's U-Verse (or whatever they're calling it now) doesn't have the bandwidth to feed you two HD streams at once. This means there's no such thing as a dual-tuner HD DVR. So if you're expecting to watch one HD channel while recording another, forget it.
Before you accuse me of being a Comcast shill, I'd like to go on record as stating that I hate hate hate Comcast. I think putting banner ads in the DVR menus was the measure that finally had me looking for an exit. I'm currently trying to build a MythTV DVR so i can get over-the-air HD and then I'll just download the few cable shows I don't want to lose.
did Chicagoist get satellite offices now? :)
AT and T? You've got to be freaking kidding me. My entire block was out of service for at least a week last month, plus we've had so many problems with our internet service we've actually looking into other things that will bypass them entirely.
My situation might be out of the ordinary, but they seem to have enough trouble with providing the services they already handle to take on a venture like this.
AT&T is way worse than Comcast. Burecracy runs sooo deep in that company.
I sometimes wish I lived on the east coast, since Verizon is the LEC.
FIOS FTW
I thought I hated Comcast before, but MANNNNN does RCN blow. I want Comcast back, sigh.
Second the Verizon vote. When will fios come and save us all from this comcast nightmare?
I don't know much about AT&T or RCN, but as a customer of COmcast I have to say it's frightening to think there's worse service out there than Comcast. I guess I'm not as stupid as I originally thought I was for sticking with Comcast. I loves me some dual-tuner HD action!
RCN is still missing some of the HD channels I had on Comcast almost a year ago. And I'm talking major channels like History HD, Vs. HD (big deal if you watch hockey), and some others.
Plus, their equipment is garbage.
And I've had nothing but issues with their billing system, but that's another story.
It's too bad my HOA has a deal with them, or I'd have dropped them long ago.
Dish Network. Even though they took away my Rave, Kung Fu and Monsters channels, I still like 'em better than Comcast. And the DVR's pretty nice too!
I'm still mad about the International Music Feed channel being brought by assholes on Dish, but I'm still loving it because the alternative is....Comcast. Horrible company.