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stateofgrace -> RE: Verizon FiOS (4/25/2008 1:20:53 PM)
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Yes we have it.
I've been seeing articles on tech sites explaining that FIOS picture quality is sharper than cable because they don't have the same bandwidth limitations (even in HD, apparently companies like Comcast are compressing many cable networks). I saw the increased sharpness immediately in regular definition TV.
For us it was a little cheaper than getting the bundle from Comcast, plus FIOS extra set top boxes are only like $5/mo.
What do I like?
- Much sharper regular definition picture quality
- The Starz/Showtime/Encore/Sundance/Flix movie package is a good price
- The internet speed has been really good.
- There's been more freeviews and free previews of the premium channels than on Comcast
- Illusion TV OnDemand (scifi including old Japanese monster films and old Doctor Who)
Funimation Channel (anime 24/7, although only some of the shows are good).
- Even with the added set-top boxes and the movie package, we're still saving about $25 a month over our previous Comcast (digital cable on one set, regular cable on the rest) and Verizon (phone and DSL) setup.
- All of the channels we like were on it, and even in some cases east coast/west coast feeds
- Comcast does this annoying thing with running a local mini-interview at 25 and 55 after the hour on Headline News Network, prempting the end of whatever show was running. Verizon doesn't do this.
- Two full sets of digital music channels, Music Choice plus another one. Basically that means double the amount of choices for each genre of music.
What don't I like?
- The DVR setup is a little less intuitiave than Comcast.
- Yes, it is channel overload and it will likely take a long time to memorize the "place" where one's favorite channels are (in nour case, we had Comcast for like 20 years, so even with the move to digital, some channels were in the same place). This is compounded by the fact that they have some digital versions of channels in the 500 range (not high-def) that are duplicates of channels in the 100-300 range.
- Sometimes OnDemand takes a few minutes to connect, and infrequently goes out all together (I don't remember this happening with Comcast but others have told me they experienced it).
- Not as extensive of an OnDemand selection as Comcast, but this may be because Verizon is still new at it. No BBC-America, Adult Swim, or Anime Network OnDemand, for example. Very few free movies On Demand (another reason why one might want to factor in the cost of a premium package).
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