How long will we have to wait for Verizon FIOS to upgrade their existing clunky oversize "set top" boxes to allow Picture in PIcture (PIP)?  Since we are told the existing set top boxes cannot provide PIP, why not just offer us PIP hungry customers a different box, like the Scientific American's. 

Its high time for Verizon to not drop the ball on this one. If the existing boxes cannot handle such a simple function that Comcast customers in my area have had for years, I will be forced to switch to Comcast to resolve this. I bought a TV with PIP functionality deliberately, like so many others have. If the digital age involves rolling back technologies, why did we switch again?

I am forced  to presume Verizon FIOS wants me to rent yet another box and split the signal before it enters my set top box,, and live with SD and a limited channel lineup and no guide. Nope. Its like we are still in the stone age. Why is there a PIP button on my remote, anyways? 

Its also high time to abandon the name set top box.  If a single customer can get the set top box on top of the existing flat panel high definition TV, please post a picture so we can all get a good laugh. 

How about the NASA channel(s). That one is free and you do not have to fight over rights to air it. It has only been asked for like the past three years.

I'm disappointed that Verizon only allows you to only scan 2x the rate when you are watching Video on Demand content.

From: http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/210264-tcm-hd-looks-fuzzier-than-its-8.html#post21806...

"Here is the final word from the TCM Programming Department in response to my question about their HD Content posted during a "People Behind the Network Forum" held at 15.30 hours, PDT, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Friday afternoon, 23 April, 2010:

TCM currently up-converts all content on the HD feed at this time and will begin to feed actual HD content to the HD feed within the year. Their initial objective was to get the HD feed in place and then, as they can acquire HD prints from the studios; HD prints for the licensed content which they own outright, and HD prints for future programming; begin to feed HD and down-convert for the SD feed.

The reason for the long lead time is that some of the rights to the films are negotiated as far as three years out. While normal programming is done between 5 and 7 months out - they are currently programming general content for September / October 2010 - special circumstances, such as significant dates in history, director or actor's birthdays, or other events can require planning as much as five years in advance."

When will TCM have their HD feed "in place" at FIOS? Hopefully before they start their Halloween programming.

It would be great if I could see what is scheduled to record on the Multi-Room DVR in my den on the STB in my bedroom. Typically I watch TV in the bedroom at night, and never see that my shows are scheduled to record (even though they are on the Multi-Room DVR) - it would be terrific if I could see what is going to record on the STB guide (for instance, by showing the record icon on the scheduled recordings on my regular STBs).

Grayson Moore

The Cablevision and Tie Warner apps that let you stream live tv must be used within the home network.  There is no point in using that app unless you are in the bathroom or outside.  Please develop an app that lets us use the app away from our home network. 

Reading the comments of 1.9 over the forums and Twitter, I see a lot of people complaining about the guides font size.  Some are saying the font is too small, and some are saying the full screen guide can fit even more if the font was smaller.  Personally, I find the font size in 1.9 to be fine where it is.

So what I propose is the ultimate solution, which WILL SATISFY EVERYONE! Why not code in and offer font size options? Other providers are currently testing font size customizations in their next-gen guide, leaving it in the hands of the customer to find their ideal font size.

And while were at it, there really should be options for almost every conceivable setting, because everyone is different and how else could you please everyone?  I know that might be a pipe dream, but it's something to strive for! 

The changes to Fios which happened last night (9/13/11) are great.  When you have a recorded program on the DVR and select "Program Information", the name of the channel appears on the "Program Information" screen, but the name of the "episode", which appeared on the previous screen, does not appear.  I would like for it to be repeated.

Thanks.

In summary, I would like there to be a box next to my ONT that has eight tuners, a Hard Drive, a Connector for esata, and MOCA and Ethernet ports. At each TV, there would be a small box that connects to MOCA or Ethernet and the TV. All recordings and tuning would be done by the box next to the ONT. The small box next to each TV would just receive the signals and send commands to the central box.

Advantages of this:

All TVS could see all recordings

It could support an external esata box with multiple drives

The small box next to each TV could be built into future TVs --> no more STB!!!!

The central box would have access to 8 tuners rather than the two in each current STB.

It would simplify MRDVR use since you would not need to know which box a recording was made on

It would provide a transition to IPTV - just move the central box from near the STB to Verizon

The central box would be something like a Silicon Dust HD Home Run Prime combined with a PC.

A Pandora internet radio Widget would be nice. With the 1.8 and 1.9 updates and Pandora your DVR would be better then Tivo.

I have a Verizon HD DVR that I got in February 2010 when I subscribed to FIOS TV.

The HDD runs ALL the time which wastes power and creates heat.

Save power by powering down the Hard Drive when the box is turned off and no programmed recording is running.

This CAN be done.

Philips did it with their DVDR (HDD & DVD burner) in 2007. It was their model DVDR3575H.

The unit would power up the HDD 2 minutes before a timer recording and powers down in less than 10 seconds after the power is turned off.

We are presented with the ability on the web to add/remove channels on your STB 'favorites'. I like that I can do it from the web rather than the STB chnnel changerr. However, It is interactive - i.e. just one channel at a time can be accomodated. It takes a few seconds each time for it communicate with the STB when one is added or deleted. The user should be presented a way to 'batch' enter a selected list of channles so that he/she doesn't have to wait a number of seconds for the STB to respond for each channle change.

Just give us a way to select a whole set of channels and perform the action to the STB just once so we don't have to wait for the STB (sometimes up to 20 seconds per each add/delete action). This operation via the web page has not been thought out and the users have to suffer this time consuming operation of adding or deleting a bunch of channels to their favorites.

Verizon clearly has the capability and network to stream more data/video to smartphones.  Since I can already log in to my DVR box to control recordings, why not push video that is already recorded back to my phone.  It would be one more way Verizon could stay ahead of the competition.

Use the left arrow button to return to the last viewed menu.  This would include the DVR list, Scheduled programs, Settings menu, and the Guide.  This would save extra keypresses.