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Originally Posted by tw
No cable TV on the FIOS installation?
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Originally Posted by glatt
Nope. Not for us. We have a rooftop antenna.
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We are seriously contemplating getting the FIOS TV now. We've had just internet and phone for a few years, and the low price has crept up over time, and they are now charging as much for that bundle of two as they would for the bundle of three, including the TV. They have an offer now where if we sign up for TV too, they will send us a $300 gift card. Just have to sign a 2 year contract. I assume this is to keep us from looking at Xfinity/Comcast's low prices.
Anyway, we're inclined to go for it, except I don't know exactly what it will mean. Do they just run a coaxial cable from the router (which has a coaxial tv output) and flip a switch at their home base to send us the TV, or is there already a scrambled signal coming from that coaxial output, and they will just give us a set top box to descramble it?
I'm not too keen on a set top box and yet another remote. We've also got a subscription-free DVR that records content from our rooftop antenna while also passing a signal through to the TV. I wonder if that will work with the FIOS TV. If there is a set top box, I imagine the DVR won't work any more to record one show while we watch another. Actually, I imagine the DVR won't work at all for programming shows. We would have to be there to tune the set top box to the show and then start the DVR. And that misses the point of a DVR entirely.
We don't really want the FIOS TV so much, although it will be nice to have for the winter Olympics. It's just hard to turn down $300. I also don't want to get tricked into paying extra for a Verizon DVR or set top box. I'd only do this if we can switch over for free and also get the $300 gift card.
What's the FIOS TV setup like at the TV end?