@iambic - Nah, Comcast/Motorola didn't purposefully make their DVRs "suck". Believe it or not, they thought they were making something pretty cool. Their greatest incompetence is that they don't realize that they are incompetent.
I complained about my DVR, things that are fundamental design flaws in the software, (I know, 30 years of computing and 20 years in the Silicon Valley at major developers) and instead of passing it on to the development team, they wanted to send out a technician to verify that the box was okay. UUGHH!
I also had the great displeasure of working with these folks as a vendor at one part of my life. They were far more interested in swinging their ***** around to show how almighty powerful they were than they were interested in making a better product for their customers. Especially the TCI/AT&T folks. Hopefully Brian Roberts (Comcast CEO) weeded out most of those folks when he acquired AT&T Broadband (nee TCI).
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@iambic - Nah, Comcast/Motorola didn't purposefully make their DVRs "suck". Believe it or not, they thought they were making something pretty cool. Their greatest incompetence is that they don't realize that they are incompetent.
I complained about my DVR, things that are fundamental design flaws in the software, (I know, 30 years of computing and 20 years in the Silicon Valley at major developers) and instead of passing it on to the development team, they wanted to send out a technician to verify that the box was okay. UUGHH!
I also had the great displeasure of working with these folks as a vendor at one part of my life. They were far more interested in swinging their ***** around to show how almighty powerful they were than they were interested in making a better product for their customers. Especially the TCI/AT&T folks. Hopefully Brian Roberts (Comcast CEO) weeded out most of those folks when he acquired AT&T Broadband (nee TCI).