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One more little annoyance with the new remote:  I can pause, but cannot move forward frame-by-frame on pause as I used to  This used to be very handy when looking at a replay during a sporting event (for example, counting how many steps Lebron James takes in between dribbles: usually 3-5 lol). Oh, that's right , it's his 'crab dribble'. ... View more

Am now 2 days into having the X1. I posted a couple of days back about some of the smaller bugs (ie, not being able to add more than 5 mins to non-live DVR recordings).   I have been (and will continue) to leave the box on 24/7.   I have had none of the problems I see here (knock on wood) re: loss of picture, screwed up guide, etc.   I am very pleased overall with the excellent (even improved) picture quality on our 1080p Sony Bravia, I like the new guide, menus, apps, etc .. big improvement over our old box. I like the fast forward, rewind, pause, etc .. much more responsive & cleaner. Love the new RF remote that does not have to be pointed at the box; also like the screen-saver stuff that comes up when pausing a program for more than a couple of minutes.   I know 2 days is a small sample size, but I am very pleased with the product. Our Comcast tech did arrive within the 2 hour window (they offer a $20 credit if they don't, correct?), and the install was less than 30 minutes. My only complaint is that he was unprepared to wire a satellite box to a 2nd tv and I will have to reschedule that. My experience on the phone scheduling the X1 install was very satisfactory as well, though I have had some rough experiences in years past... ... View more

Live in town just south of Boston, am brand new to X1 (installed yesterday). Virtually everything I've needed to know I had to find online, scouring forums. To wit:   * Box stays on all the time:  Tech told me to just always leave it on. Ok, frankly I don't care. I see all over the place different reasons; such as - there are updates in the wee hours that won't happen is box is off. Also found a guide for my remote (x2 u2) that said Comcast changed the remotes so they won't turn off the box because of occasional glitches involved with the 'all power' button (this is apparently a temporary solution).   *Red light stays on when a recording is over:   Annoying, but not a big deal. Already discovered that simply programming a new recording & immediately canceling it will make red light go out.   *My x2 u2 remote will turn on/off both box & tv,   however, it will not control power for my Yamaha receiver (I've seen countless posts about this also). It will turn the Yamaha volume up & down & mute .. so that's something.    *Pretty annoying that in settings for DVR recordings, you can only extend a program (not talking about live programs) by 1,3 or 5 minutes which is just silly. My wife loves the Mentalist and she tells me that show is always pushed way back by Sunday sports events. I saw someone else post that she could extend recordings much longer by doing so online.  I will tell my wife about this  ....   *Yes, my settings also show my remote battery level as 5% and almost empty (new batteries) .. yet I found in the online remote guide (NOT the one given to me by tech) that you can check your battery level by pressing & holding the 'Setup' button followed by '999' and the number of blinks tells you how charged your batteries are (I got 4 blinks = excellent).  Also, the guide I got from tech was wrong for my remote .. had to find guide online to even discover that my remote could control my audio device at all .. and to find codes for Yamaha.   * Was supposed to get satellite box in our bedroom at same time, but tech appeared shocked that we were not already wired to that room .. said he could not "drill" that he was not authorized .. so now I will need to reschedule to get someone out to do that job. I see that pausing / rewinding in sat. rooms is not possible? I also see people posting that one way around that is to just record program being watched in sat. room. I specifically asked tech about that while he was at my house, he assured me sat. boxes will do ALL the same things as hub box but record .. ... View more