[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by fxeditor

I had Uverse's TV/internet package for 2 years and recently dumped the TV service. I wasn't happy with the image quality on Uverse. Unlike Fios, Uverse is NOT fiber to your door. It is only fiber up to the hub, where it is then distributed to the house via standard copper. The result of this is Uverse doesn't have nearly the bandwidth of Fios. To compensate for this they apply a ton of compression on their channels. It wasn't so bad at first (I was a very early adopter), but as the channel lineups grew, the compression artifacts on stations, even premium ones like HBO became unbearable. That, coupled with the fact that I hated paying for a bunch of channels I had absolutely no interest in, spurred my decision to " pull the plug" on the TV service. I instead got the 6 meg internet service, and am now getting my TV via over the air or legal internet sources. As an added benefit I am saving over $70 per month and will recoup the cost of the home theater PC equipment in under 6 months.

I kind of agree with you on signal quality. My parents have Time Warner and I could swear their HD is just a tiny bit crisper than mine.