http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/ Engadget Comments for Cox 'Plus Package' brings advanced Trio UI, 500GB multiroom DVR and more HD channels http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/Well it looks like they have been paying attention to all the wish lists from all the DVR makers including the software/PC ones. The family support has been requested ad infinitum since the beginning of timed recordings. And this is the first time I've seen it implemented.

How are they doing multiroom? Via coax? ]]>May 10th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/I don't understand why any one would say anything bad about Cox after this post. THEY ARE TRYING TO GIVE CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WANT. I think that the should be given praise because they are actually doing things that we are asking for whole home DVR, full 16x9 menu that doesn't suck. It is doesn't work out to be everything we want it is still better then any one else out there.

So I say thank you very much Cox for trying and I will sign up for this the first day that I can.]]>May 10th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/I already pay $7.99 for HD and $9.99 for DVR service from Cox and it's very rudimentary.
I welcome the change, but only if it's at no cost. Tivo is looking better every time I look at my cable bill...]]>May 10th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
Comcast on the other hand...
]]>May 10th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
Wait wait wait!? BBC World News isn't available on most cable lineups? (I have Cox) I've watched that channel for the past few years and thought everyone had access to it, best news network available by far. ]]>May 10th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
Now if they would only get BBC America...]]>May 10th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
I know, right?!

No, it's very difficult to find in the US. Neither satellite provider carries it, and that's where you'd really expect to find it. No Comcast or TW systems carry it that I know of. I have heard the thing about Cablevision carrying it in NYC.

That channel is what kept me subscribed to a digital tier one step above where I would otherwise have been. Back around 2002, I had a hacked Canadian satellite system pretty much for the sake of BBC World and a couple music video channels that didn't suck.

I would have gladly paid up to $10 a month for it if there was someone willing to sell it to me. To my knowledge there is still no way to even get a streaming version in the US. It's sad because it really is the only good all-news channel left (and from what I've seen recently even they've deteriorated somewhat, from being beset on all sides by "news-tainment channels").
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The lack of sound on Jay Leno isn't the DVR, it's just that no one is laughing...

Jokes aside, I don't know many DVR's that actually do fast forward the sound when fast forwarding. Not even my TiVo does that. The newest firmware update that they released for those devices (8300HD) in my area this week (Santa Barbara) has definitely made the whole user experience smoother though, its much nicer. And it does the predictive skip back thing when you fast forward so it goes back a few seconds when you hit play to more accurately resume where you want it to. ]]>May 10th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/Right now with the crapcast guide I can see whats on 6 channels at once. How is this better?
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Yea, unfortunately.]]>May 10th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/]]>May 10th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
TiVo will never lose the set-top war as long as Time Warner Cable are still making their own software using people who think it's 2001.]]>May 10th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
This cant be any worse then the new Tivo Premier. What a joke that is right now.]]>May 10th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
I think I'm done with COX now. I'm going to cancel all everything I have with them except my high speed internet. Maybe I'll get DirecTV for broadcast television, but maybe I'll try just watching hulu.]]>May 10th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
1. Will it only require one box for the house.
2. Will it be faster UI wise?

To bad I can't even take this offer cause I can only get Time Warner or crappy AT&T Uverse or whatever.]]>May 10th 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
NDS the developer of this guide said that they would sell this to other operators if they had wanted an advanced tru2way guide. ]]>May 10th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
First off, I like to see the clean new UI utilizing the 16:9 aspect ratio of HDTV. Finally the graphics fill the screen with a much higher resolution then was previously available. I do wonder what it would look like on a 4:3 TV though. Perhaps letterboxed?

The set top boxes are real nice. The cisco 8642 series is their flagship box at this point. I'm really impressed with it, and I like to hear that they are using Simulcrypt so that it can be used on Motorola based headends. I'm pleased to hear that the guide was written in Tru2Way, so theoretically it can be easily ported to other Tru2Way certified devices (such as Motorola DCX series, Panasonic TV's, Set back boxes, etc...). Finally, it's nice to know that a full DOCSIS path is used for the set top to communicate to the headend. This is required for all of the graphics, poster art, data mining, and quick downloads of guide data. No longer after a power cycle, will you have to wait 5 hours to get a full days worth of guide data. The legacy OOB pipe is awfully overused with it's small 2 mbps downstream pipe.

I can really see NDS's influence in the guide, with the DirecTV look to the grid, text and other elements. It's ok though because this is much more improved. One thing that would take getting used to is the default guide view. I like seeing that big "grid" where you see channels by time. To me, I can see more information at once, rather than scrolling and only being able to see whats on one channel at a time.

In the video's, it looked like the screens simply 'popped' in and out of view. I hope that they add some transition effects to help guide the user as to what they selected or where they are going. If you push the right arrow and it changes the three panes, I'd rather see the pane scroll smoothly into view. When you see information just immediately change with no transition effect, it can lead to a very confusing operation. I guess you get used to it in time, but it's no iPhone.

This is great to see some advancement out of an actual MSO. I hope the other players out there soon follow with some sort of announcement. The UI is the face and branding of the MSO. They should want to put on their best game face so to speak. You don't want everyone associating "so and so" cable company with a really outdated late 80's early 90's UI. Were so used to our smooth user friendly interfaces on the computer, game systems and our mobile devices. It's time to seal the deal and bring that flexibility home to cable providers.]]>May 10th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
I understand that cox has a monopoly in the phoenix area, but the article states that all of the cox service areas will be covered by the end of the year. I just hope that we are not last on the list.]]>May 10th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 12th 2010 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 10th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
My HD-DVR from Cox has such a small HD it quickly filled up in a couple of days, this is great news and I'm glad Cox got the message and decided to make the proper upgrades.

The Passport layout just seemed so third-rate...]]>May 10th 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 11th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/May 11th 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/cox-plus-package-brings-advanced-trio-ui-500gb-multiroom-dvr/
BBC America is their entertainment channel for American audiences. BBC America and BBC World News are two different channels.

I have BBC World News on Cablevision. It is so much better than MSNBCNNFOX it's not even funny. But I don't have BBC America, and that vexes me greatly.]]>May 11th 2010 9:50AM