Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[shemptiness]

The difference with Quantum, as I understand it, is rather than have satellite boxes work off the main DVR, each box serves as its own independent DVR.  I could be wrong however.  But now at least we can watch/record up to 6 channels at once rather than the 2 we are limited to now.  Plus much more storage capacity to record shows we'll never actually get around to watching. 

[vansmack]

The difference with Quantum, as I understand it, is rather than have satellite boxes work off the main DVR, each box serves as its own independent DVR.  I could be wrong however.  But now at least we can watch/record up to 6 channels at once rather than the 2 we are limited to now.  Plus much more storage capacity to record shows we'll never actually get around to watching. 

Quantum "Enhanced" is one DVR, with 6 tuners, capable of recording/watching up to six things at once through the available set top boxes.  The set top boxes now have DVR controls built into them, but they control the one Quantum DVR with 100 hours of HD storage. 

Quantum "Premium" is two DVRs, 12 tuners, capable of capable of recording/watching up to 12 things at once through the available set top boxes.  The two Quantum DVRs each have 100 hours of HD storage so 200 hours total.

It is based on the same platform as existing FiOS tech, but enhanced as you noted, with 4 more tuners.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

I upgraded to Fios Quantum.  Not sure what the new setup will be.  I currently have a multi-room DVR.  They claim you can have DVR-like control of up to 10 TVs.

You have one DVR shared to all other STB's.  AT&T, FIOS, DirecTV and Dish all utilize this setup.  TiVo is only necessary for those that use cable and wish to have the same share feature.

a TiVo Roamio/Bolt + 2 TiVo minis, I hope you die bankrupt).

TiVo people talking about others being bankrupt still cracks me up.

I use TiVo. I didn't buy stock in them. I pay 11.99/month for DVR capabilities in 4 rooms and get a $5 monthly credit on my cable bill for user owned equipment. What option could possibly be cheaper (even factoring in initial hardware cost)?

[vansmack]

You have to have cable or live in one of the 12 cities that support FiOS.  End of discussion.

[vansmack]

so if they are buying them back...what are they going to do with all that inventory?

Not looking good for you sir.

Perhaps I was a little quick here.

Apparently, the Government has agreed to allow VW to exceed the limits in exchange for payments to an air quality mitigation fund.  Thus, the first generation EA189 engines will only be fit with a larger soot trap with software adjustments and they will be allowed to stay on the roads despite despite spewing out twice the legal limit of NOx.

If approved, you may be able to acquire one of those on the cheap, if you have no conscience.

[vansmack]

Smackie is backstage at a Keith Urban show.  If I see one more pair of short shorts and boots I'm gonna....

Who'm I kidding? This is well worth listening to Mr. Kidman.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Smackie is backstage at a Keith Urban show.  If I see one more pair of short shorts and boots I'm gonna....

Who'm I kidding? This is well worth listening to Mr. Kidman.

I cleared $140 for my four free K.U. tickets through the ticketmaster settlement. Admittedly, you're making me regret going liquid on this. . .

[vansmack]

The show itself was awful.  Gawd awful actually.

But the crowd was among the best looking I've seen and will continue to escort the missus to country shows for that alone.

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this seems appropriate for this tread

[vansmack]

At its peak in 2000, Yahoo had a market value of $128 billion.

Bought Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion, bought Geocities for $3.6 billion

Yahoo agreed to buy Facebook for $1 billion, but the deal fell through when Yahoo tried to negotiate down the price.   It passed on an offer to buy YouTube, and its purchase of eBay fell through because of clashing egos.

Microsoft's offer was actually $45 billion.

Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in 2013.  It paid for it by selling 20% stake of it's 30% stake in Alibaba, the only thing it had that was making any money.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Lauren Conrad, Our Third-Most Important Reality Star

Number one in our hearts, rankings be damned.

[vansmack]

#3 my ass, especially not behind a Kardashian or a Trump.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

#3 my ass, especially not behind a Kardashian or a Trump.

Well, Smacks, I'm not really sure how official these rankings are. . .

[vansmack]

I can usually measure the success of the Angels by my progress in the Economist.

At 6:52AM PT on Aug 3, I caught up on the Economist, approximately 6 hours ahead of the release of this week's Audio Edition.

This is one gawd awful Angels team.

[godsshoeshine]

Number one in our hearts, rankings be damned.

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