My Flow AVS was installed this morning,... I was expecting the guys to come and just swap out my 4 cable boxes for the new HD Boxes, but it was not as simple...
Turns out my whole house had to be rewired to facilitate the AVS system With the avs system each TV has to have a direct feed from the Flow Box, Splitters cannot be used.. The internet modem also has to have a direct line from the Flow box, so by the time the guys ripped out old wiring and ran new wiring about 2 hours had passed.
They explained that the AVS HD boxes piggy back off the modem, which is why the boxes are so small..
New Flow HD Box....
I'm not sure of the name of the box, it's branded Flow HD Moca Hybrid IP... It has Cable in, HDMI out, 2 USB Ports, Ethernet port and AV out.. it has no cable out, so if you have a TV without HDMI or AV input this box aint gonna work... It also has a SIM card slot that has a SIM card installed in it.. if the SIM card is removed the box won't work..
The Channel guide is totally new and now fully interactive, it features DVR recording and play from beginning feature. Whatever is recorded can be watched from any box in the house.
The new modem now has wifi built in.. and it's much bigger than most Arris modems I've seen. They also upgraded me from 12MB to 20MB.. it's free until August.. doubt I'm gonna keep the 20MB thou...
Now onto the part that matters most... Picture quality, I'm pleased to say that I definitely see a difference in the HD quality, I'm now getting a much cleaner and clearer picture, text are also much much sharper, not that the old HD wasn't satisfactory, but now it pops a tad bit more and looks good on all my four HDTVS (46"-48"-55"-65") I don't see a favorite feature on the remote, but the Box does have the Option to see only HD Channels, Regular Channels or Radio Stations, so I guess that will have to substitute. I'm hoping I can program one of the custom buttons on the remote to favorite.. In any-case gonna program my Harmony remote to do all that..
I must say I never knew the day would come so soon when we could affordably get HD cable in our homes, I only bought one HD box and the rest of TV's got left in the dark.. I have Rokus on two, but I watch allot of cable as well so this addition is very welcomed.
That's about it... good job Flow...