Sadlly, there are a few things that I wish U-verse would add to their feature list that currently doesn’t exist. A couple of them are being done by other TV services, yet some are suited perfectly to AT&T U-verse’s IPTV delivery system.

Feature Request 1

This one exists already, but U-verse doesn’t have it working on their system. I have a number of series recordings that we like to keep up with. The challenge is that in the event of a conflict, I’d like to rank the series in order of importance. So, if one of our shows that we like but we don’t have to watch would conflict with a higher priority program, the higher priority program would win. If it can’t work like that, an email notification letting me know when a conflict exists would be very helpful.

Feature Request 2

I’m not a baseball fan, at least not on TV unless it’s the last couple of games of the World Series. The other night the baseball game ended up going into extra-innings, and that caused my recording of House, MD to only record the last 15 minutes before it shut-off. We were watching TV, but just not that channel. You’d think it would be possible for the U-verse system to be aware of this overrun on time for live events and display an alert message on screen that says the scheduled recording may be impacted.

Continue reading for my last upgrade request

Feature Request 3

I’m a big fan of fantasy football. When I’m watching the Sunday games, it would be nice to have a little fantasy football ticker that would highlight what’s happening with my players. Since U-verse already integrates with a few other Yahoo! properties, I’d think this would be another easy integration.

Television entertainment delivered via the Internet provides so many options for integrating information with entertainment, or perhaps we could now call Inter-tainment.

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More Interactive TV from AT&T U-verse

The challenge recently is that through my migration from Comcast and now to AT&T U-verse, I already have a DVR that’s included with my cable TV package. I think the TiVo functionality still trounces the other DVR functionality, but TiVo has become increasingly more difficult to integrate with these other services.

I just can’t bring myself to discontinue my TiVo membership. I’ve been a member for so long I’ve got an amazing monthly rate. Compared to what I would pay if I had to start over, I’ve made the decision that it’s cheaper to keep it each month than to discontinue it and miss it if I ever changed my mind.

I recently decided to setup my TiVo at my parent’s house since they got a new 42" plasma, HD TV. The user-friendly interface would be perfect for my parents. In the process I determined that my existing TiVo Series 2 unit has died.

Here’s my task, do I take advantage of some of the deals on a refurbished unit and setup the device for my parents? Is there an easy way to integrate the TiVo functionality in with my existing AT&T U-verse setup? I’d love to hear some feedback from anyone that’s using TiVo with U-verse. What new features and functionality do you incorporate with your TiVo to extend the usefulness of the device onto your home network or computing tasks?

Image: Product image from TiVo website

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To TiVo or Not To TiVo…That Is the Question

As of today, we are partnering with VIP Fan Clubs to produce co-branded blogs for Fox Media’s TV shows. The initial test run is just 4 shows, but we are confident that the initial 4 will let us figure out the best way to cross-promote the blogs from both sides of this deal.

Through the partnership, b5media will be developing 4 new blogs (already launched) that focus on some great Fox shows. Each blog will pretty much become the one-stop shop for all things related to the show from a viewer’s perspective. If you have any interest in the shows, check them out!

• 24 Headquarters
• Prison Break Buff
• Stewie’s Playground
• Searching Bones

I know with it being repeat season, I’m looking to grab Season 1 of 24 and try and start catching up on the action that’s been taking place there.

Read the full details

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