After a weekend of U-verse here are some thoughts:
Positives- HD quality looks great, better than Comcast. Internet service is fast. It could just be the new wiring. We're also pretty close to the point where the fiber-optic line ends, so we don't run over that much copper. I mainly did this for the cost savings, so I would have been ok with losing a little performance, but I haven't run into that yet.
- We only have 1 dvr in the living room, but being able to watch recorded shows from the receiver in the kitchen is great. I'm surprised how important this turned out to be.
- Hiding Channels - We have none of the pay movie channels so it's a pain to have to scroll through all those in the guide. The feature to hide channels we don't even receive as well as the home shopping channels is great.
- The dvr and receiver are both small compared to the honking Comcast box. Even the remote is small, which at first bugged me and my sausage fingers, but I've started to appreciate it.
Negatives- The Blue LED on the front of the box is annoying. After the first 10 minutes of watching, I turned to my wife and we both remarked how bright and distracting that light is. I wasn't able to find any codes online to dim it, so it's now covered by some black electrical tape.
- View Listings by Genre - Some weekends I just want to sit with a beer and flip between sports until I fall asleep. I really miss being able to quickly see what sports are currently on like I could with Comcast. Same thing with movies, I liked being able to easily see what movies will be showing in the next 24 hours, so I could record one if it looked interesting.
- Disk Space Used/Remaining. I'm surprised they don't show this in the Recorded TV screens. you have to go under Options|System Info to see how much disk space you've used up.
- Show Priorities - I don't see a way to set a series priority, so it'll be interesting to see how conflicts between recording simultaneous shows are handled.
