[NefCanuck]

paolo,Feb 8 2010, 09:24 AM Wrote:some of the suggestions that people really want were:
a 16x9 widescreen IPG,  ability to filter out unsubscribed channels in the ipg, a search feature that works, hook up a SATA hard drive to convert your stb into a PVR.

The current equiptment has a limitation on a 4:3 IPG, its got Multi-Room DVR which does not support HD boxes, etc.  What they need to do is build a NEW Set Top Box from the Ground up with the features the consumers realy need, Wake Up CISCO/Scientific Atlantic and Smell the Coffee!
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Thing is paolo, if they allowed you to hook up a SATA drive to a "regular" HD box they couldn't upsell you to the HD box with the PVR function built in (which does have the option to attach a HD through an eSATA connection but it's not "supported" just like the HDMI connection on the 8300HD is not "supported" :rolleyes: )

As to a new box. Rogers could actually get a newer software or even a better box throu Scientific Atlanta (The people that make their boxes) but why would they? They have a captive audience and upgrading to new boxes or firmware would cost them money (and if they went to all new boxes they would risk pissing off the people who bought their boxes :ph34r: )

NefCanuck