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"Jack Zwick" <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> In article <y5A8e.7993$An2.4705@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "Tony Clark" <curiousgeorge1964@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually my non-DVR Motorola HD box supplied by Comcast runs a Microsoft
>> product. I suspect that there are no Comcast "developers" writing any
>> code
>> for any settop box. More likely they are providing the specifications to
>> someone else (eg Microsoft).
>
> That could explain why their DVR's are so horrid and get such bad
> reviews.

I am not sure what part Microsoft plays in the actual DVR part of the box.
All I know is that the cable guide is powered by Microsoft software.

TC

 

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"Sean" <none> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:16:19 GMT, Jack Zwick <jzwick3@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
SNIP

>
> It may explain why I get HD, 2 tuners and Full Dolby out of my Comcast
> DVR tho.
>
> When is the first HD cable tivo product coming out again???
>
> Sean

I don't think the Microsoft software has anything to do with the underlying
hardware.

TC

 

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Jack Zwick <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote:


> In article <y5A8e.7993$An2.4705@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "Tony Clark" <curiousgeorge1964@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Actually my non-DVR Motorola HD box supplied by Comcast runs a Microsoft
> > product. I suspect that there are no Comcast "developers" writing any code

> That could explain why their DVR's are so horrid and get such bad
> reviews.

The Microsoft UTV box is actually one of the most stable and usable DVR
products I've seen. Shame Microsoft killed it :-(

(and that from a Microsoft disliker...)

--
Stephen Harris
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The truth is the truth, and opinion just opinion. But what is what?
My employer pays to ignore my opinions; you get to do it for free.

 

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> The Microsoft UTV box is actually one of the most stable and usable DVR
> products I've seen. Shame Microsoft killed it :-(
>
> (and that from a Microsoft disliker...)
>

As opposed to their media center software which is a UI mess, though
getting much better with every iteration. I think this stuff will shake
out in the next 4 or 5 years, with Tivo software becoming ubiquitous on
CE devices (assuming the Comcast deal serves as a catalyst to other
cable providers) and Microsoft's MCE popular on general purpose devices
(MythTV is a wildcard, it's pretty damn good considering, but it doesn't
really have anyone pushing it, like MS MCE and Tivo). Developers are
starting to realize that there's more to creating a good DVR than just
getting the hardware to work, and it's easier to contract out to someone
who's already expended the effort.

Randy S.

 

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In article <8mc34d.pu7.ln@spuddy.org>,
usenet@spuddy.org (Stephen Harris) wrote:

> The Microsoft UTV box is actually one of the most stable and usable DVR
> products I've seen. Shame Microsoft killed it :-(

It's also not a product Comcast ever handled.