FiOS Deals Saved Me a Few Bucks a Month
At last, my location got access to the latest in broadcast alternatives, and we recently connected to Verizon’s latest Fiber-optic FIOS TV. Where I live, a lot of people are on the waiting list, but I joined this month and installation took place only this past week. At the present time, we were hooked up with FIOS internet, which provided 15MB downstream as well as upstream (a premium service for an additional monthly fee of $10) and I’ve been really satisfied.
Installation to connect my TV was a breeze because I currently had internet with Verizon FIOS. Using my current Coax wire splitter, he divided the wire before it reached the router. Once inside, the coax splits and goes into all the rooms and then one of the downstream cables connects with the Verizon Internet Router’s Coax. Although the router speaks TCP/IP over RJ-45 to the DVR, it can also hand out IP addresses over Coax to supply the house. (DVRs) that comes included along with your FIOS TV bundle.
The interface is very easy to use and very intuitive. There are also plenty of advanced features and shortcuts you’ll find as you become more familiar with the software. When you’re watching TV, selecting the buttons marked up, down, left or right will take you those directions. For use as a shortcut It is very easy to navigate to different modes. To view a split-screen that has the TV guide on the left-hand side, push the up button, and in order to see a half-screen floating guide, push the down button. If you press “Guide” a single time, it delivers the full-screen menu, while hitting it two times takes you to a split-screen. Hit info once for a popup, hit it again for a full-screen page.
This DVR holds approximately 17 hours of High Definition content or 60 hours of SD TV. (Similar Defintion) or whichever combination of options you choose. It functions like any other DVR where you can mark every recording to be saved. (not deleted in an automatic manner) or have to line up endlessly waiting with the final x recordings. You can choose all shows to include repeats, or only new shows.
The price for core package is 43$ a month. For this you get several DVR options ranging from standard HD, standard DVR and HD DVR. Cable was costing us close to $60 and we don’t watch enough TV to justify spending that much. Premium channels cost the same as with cable, most likely since HBO and Showtime set their own costs, rather than the provider.
We have been very pleased with the results. I am satisfied with Verizon’s picture quality and its set-top box; wish they come out with more choice of on-Demand movies and of course update the set-top boxes Verizon FIOS TV has been available in my area for only a month, but I feel they are providing a great service. I feel that local cable does not compete with this service.
