We are finally out from under Comcast Cable and have just hooked up Verizon's new Fiber-Optic based FIOS TV. There's a long waiting list in my state, so I signed up in October and had it installed just this last week. We already had FIOS internet, with 15 megabits downstream and upstream (a premium service that costs an extra $10 a month) and have been very happy with it.
我们终于脱离了Comcast Cable的束缚，并且刚刚接触了Verizon的新型基于FIOS的光纤电视。 我的州等候名单很长，所以我在10月签约并在上周安装了它。 我们已经有了FIOS互联网，其上游和下游具有15兆位(高级服务每月收费10美元)，对此我们感到非常满意。
There is an ONT (Optical Network Terminal) (here's a network diagram) that is a installed on the outside of your house. This device is the bridge between the fiber optic cable that comes right up to your house but not inside and whatever wiring you have in your house.
有一个ONT(光网络终端)(这是网络图)，它安装在房屋的外面。 该设备是连接到您家而不是内部的光缆与您房子中任何布线之间的桥梁。
If you have basic needs, often Verizon will just put a wireless router in your garage and call it done, giving you wireless Internet access as far as that router reaches. In the last six months, however, Verizon has started using routers that include a Coax connector such that the FIOS signal(s) can run over 75OHM Coax cable, switching from Fiber to Coax at the ONT - using the cable you likely already have running through your house into each room. The installer should do a signal test to check for loss over long runs and through splitters. My installer was very happy with the professional splitter I'd preinstalled in my wiring closet, saying that he wasn't able to measure that any signal was lost at all. He said that this speaks to good wiring and a good splitter. He had a certain level that we couldn't certify below, so make sure you ask your installer if the signal is sufficient for a glitch-free installation.
如果您有基本需求，通常Verizon会在您的车库中放置一个无线路由器并称其完成，从而使您可以在路由器到达的范围内进行无线Internet访问。 但是，在过去的六个月中，Verizon已开始使用包含Coax连接器的路由器，以便FIOS信号可以通过75OHM Coax电缆传输，在ONT上从光纤切换到Coax-使用您可能已经在运行的电缆通过你的房子进入每个房间。 安装人员应进行信号测试，以检查长期运行和通过分路器的损耗。 我的安装人员对我预先安装在配线室中的专业分配器感到非常满意，他说他根本无法测量任何信号丢失。 他说，这表示良好的接线和良好的分离器。 他具有我们无法在下面进行认证的特定水平，因此请确保您询问安装程序信号是否足以进行无故障安装。
Since I had Verizon FIOS Internet already, hooking up the TV was easy for the installer. He used my existing Coax spliter and split the wire before the router. So, the coax comes in from the outside then splits and heads into all the rooms in the house, with one of the downstream cables going into the Verizon Internet Router's Coax connector. From there the router speaks TCP/IP over RJ-45 and supplies the house, but it also can hand out IP addresses over Coax to the DVR (Digital Video Recorders) that you'll receive with the FIOS TV Package.
由于我已经拥有Verizon FIOS Internet，因此安装者可以很容易地连接电视。 他使用了我现有的同轴电缆分离器，并在路由器之前分离了电线。 因此，同轴电缆从外部进入，然后分裂并进入房屋中的所有房间，其中一根下游电缆进入Verizon Internet Router的Coax连接器。 路由器从那里通过RJ-45讲TCP / IP并提供房屋，但是它也可以通过同轴电缆将IP地址分发给FIOS电视软件包将收到的DVR(数字视频录像机)。
There is an optional Media DVR option that will let you watch pictures and share video between the DVRs using the router and TCP/IP for transport, but I decided against that option since my XBoxen already do that fine.
有一个可选的Media DVR选项，该选项使您可以使用路由器和TCP / IP进行传输，从而在DVR之间观看图片和共享视频，但是我决定不使用该选项，因为XBoxen已经做到了。
机顶盒(DVR) (Set Top Box (DVR))
Verizon uses the Motorola QIP6416 set-top box, that looks exactly like the craptastic Comcast DCT6412, but runs a TOTALLY different UI.
Verizon使用Motorola QIP6416机顶盒，该机顶盒看上去完全像疯狂的Comcast DCT6412，但运行完全不同的UI。
Just to make myself totally understood here, there is no way I could assemble a sentence, much less a paragraph, using the English Language to express the utter magical poopiness of the Comcast DVR Software. I hate it with the heat of a thousand suns. Rest assured it's garbage. it is slow, buggy, and has a dozen subtle and horrible bugs that are well documented around the net.
只是为了使自己在这里完全理解，我无法用英语来表达一个句子，更不用说一个段落，而是用英语来表达Comcast DVR软件的完全魔幻般的便便。 我讨厌一千个太阳。 请放心，这是垃圾。 它运行缓慢，有故障，并且有十多个细微而可怕的错误，这些错误在网络上有据可查。
Fortunately the software included with the Verizon box is completly different, written from scratch and it's a joy. It's really beautiful. It's got high-color (24bit?) graphics, very polished and curvy, a distinct contrast to the low-color blocky Comcast software.
幸运的是， Verizon包装盒中随附的软件完全不同，从头开始编写，真是一件乐事。 真的很漂亮。 它具有高彩色(24bit？)图形，非常优美且弯曲，与低色块状Comcast软件形成鲜明对比。
The interface is very intuitive, but also includes a number of advanced shortcuts that you'll stumble on in the using. For example, when watching TV, selecting up, down, left, or right on the direction button will take you (as a shortcut) to different modes instantly. For example, up takes you to a TV Guide split-screen with TV on the left, down takes you to a half-screen floating guide. Hitting Guide once takes you to a full-screen guide, pressing twice goes to split-screen. Hitting info once gives you a small popup, hitting it again takes you to a full-screen info page.
该界面非常直观，但是还包含许多您在使用中会偶然发现的高级快捷方式。 例如，在看电视时，在方向按钮上选择向上，向下，向左或向右将立即使您(作为快捷方式)进入不同的模式。 例如，向上将您带到左侧带有电视的TV Guide分屏，向下将您带到一个半屏浮动指南。 击中指南一次可带您进入全屏指南，按两次可进入分屏显示。 一次点击信息会给您一个小的弹出窗口，再次点击它会带您到全屏信息页面。
The DVR will hold about 17 hours of HD or 60 hours of SD TV (Standard Defintion) or whatever mix of both you can manage. As with most DVRs you can set each recording to be "protected" (not automatically deleted) or to stick around in a queue with the last x recordings. You can select new shows only, or all shows including repeats.
DVR可以容纳约17个小时的HD或60个小时的SD TV(标准清晰度)，或者您可以同时管理的两者。 与大多数DVR一样，您可以将每个录像设置为“受保护”(不会自动删除)，也可以将最近的x录像设置在队列中。 您只能选择新节目，也可以选择所有节目，包括重复节目。
软件 (Software)
There's also a few "in progress" features like Widgets, that run on the DVR. Currently the software includes Traffic and Weather, and Notes is coming soon so you'll be able to leave notes for family members. It'd be nice if they did a calendar as well. I suppose it comes down to how far Verizon wants to push the envelope. I hope they are more progressive than Comcast has been. I'll be watching the version numbers closely to see when upgrades happen.
DVR上还运行着一些诸如Widget之类的“进行中”功能。 当前，该软件包括“交通和天气”，并且Notes即将推出，因此您可以为家人留下注释。 如果他们也做一个日历会很好。 我想这取决于Verizon希望推多远。 我希望他们比康卡斯特更加进步。 我将密切关注版本号，以查看何时进行升级。
As of this writing my Comcast 6416-P2 is on Verizon's Release 1.0.4 Build 05.68. If yours is different, post it in the comments! The set-top DVR software has been very stable so far, easy to use and my Harmony 880 remote required no reprogramming as the IR codes are the same for all Motorola DVRs.
在撰写本文时，我的Comcast 6416-P2在Verizon的1.0.4版内部版本05.68上。 如果您的与众不同，请将其张贴在评论中！ 到目前为止，机顶盒DVR软件非常稳定，易于使用，并且Harmony 880遥控器不需要重新编程，因为所有摩托罗拉DVR的IR代码都相同。
记录 (Recording)
When watching Recorded programs they are sorted by Date Descending. This is the one place the aesthetic of the fancy interface kind of gets in the way. You can only see about 12 shows at a time because of the generous whitespace of the interface design. Additionally (this is my #1 and really only major gripe) the interface doesn't automatically take up the complete width of a 16:9 widescreen television. I wonder (and wondered before with Comcast) if this is a limitation of the hardware that overlays the graphics. It'd be nice if these interfaces scaled wider, particularly the TV Guide.
观看录制的节目时，它们按日期降序排序。 这是花哨的界面的一种美观方式。 由于界面设计的空白，您一次只能看到约12个节目。 另外(这是我的＃1，而且实际上只是主要问题)，该界面不会自动占用16：9宽屏电视的整个宽度。 我想知道(以前在Comcast上想知道)这是否是覆盖图形的硬件的限制。 如果这些界面的扩展范围更大，那就更好了，尤其是电视指南。
高清晰度，标准清晰度和图像质量 (High-Def, Standard Def and Picture Quality)
Each show that is High-Definition has a little "HD" icon by them, and if you press left while in the Full Screen Guide you can filter all channels to show just High-Def channels. On Verizon TV all the channels (currently) between 800 and 899 are Hi-Def.
每个高清节目都带有一个小“ HD”图标，如果在“全屏指南”中按向左，则可以过滤所有频道以仅显示高清晰度频道。 在Verizon TV上，所有介于800和899之间的频道(当前)都是Hi-Def。
In my neighborhood that makes for 26 high-def channels, including all the major US networks. I have no way to measure the sharpness or compression of the channels, but I've personally got an eye for these things (and I'm really irritated by motion artifacts) so you can take that for what it's worth.
在我附近，有26个高清频道，包括美国所有主要网络。 我无法测量通道的清晰度或压缩度，但是我个人对这些东西有所关注(并且我对运动伪影确实很恼火)，因此您可以以其价格来接受它。
I feel like the High-Def Channels on Verizon are re-compressed less than they are on Comcast. Most (every?) provider has to re-encode channels to get them to fit within their bandwidth. I don't know if Verizon has more bandwidth than Comcast, but I can say that I had Comcast Cable for 10 years, the last 4 with High-Def and that Verizon's FIOs High-Def streams seem to have fewer artifacts when viewed on the same TV. This might also be as a result of newer software or hardware in the Motorola Set-Top box.
我觉得Verizon的高清频道比Comcast的压缩程度要低。 大多数(每个？)提供商都必须重新编码频道，以使它们适应其带宽。 我不知道Verizon是否比Comcast拥有更多的带宽，但是我可以说我拥有Comcast Cable已有10年了，最后4年拥有High-Def，并且在Verizon的FIO High-Def流上观看时，伪像更少。同一台电视。 这也可能是由于Motorola机顶盒中更新了软件或硬件。
Certainly the software interface is much nicer to look at as I mentioned before, above. The fonts anti-alias nicer, and the whole interface seems to be designed for high-def more than the Comcast DVR.
当然，正如我之前在上面提到的那样，软件界面看起来要好得多。 字体的抗锯齿效果更好，并且整个接口似乎比Comcast DVR更适合高清。
The box will push out 480p, 720p or 1080i. There's no 1080p option, but there's also no 1080p source media, so that's fine. I'm running over HDMI and it works great, even through an HDMI switching receiver like my Onkyo.
盒子将推出480p，720p或1080i。 没有1080p选项，但是也没有1080p源媒体，所以很好。 我正在通过HDMI运行，即使通过像我的Onkyo之类的HDMI切换接收器，它也能正常工作。
One thing I noticed was that Standard Definition television, like Jon Stewart on Comedy Central looks MUCH clearer than Cable. Like, I literally said, "wow." There is NO ghosting. This is the first TV experience I've ever had in a my adult life without ghosting on some channel somewhere. That said, the feeds for Standard Definition channels seems slightly more "digital" or "blocky" than Cable. It's subtle, but it's there. You know you're at 640x480, especially on a larger TV. Phrased another way, if there was a "smoothing" setting, it's set to sharp on standard definition on Verizon FIOS, while it seemed "smooth" on Comcast Cable. Your mileage may vary.
我注意到的一件事是，像Comedy Central上的Jon Stewart这样的标清电视看上去比Cable更清晰。 就像我从字面上说的那样，“哇”。 没有重影。 这是第一个电视的经验，我曾经在我的成年生活无重影的一些通道的地方。 也就是说，标准清晰度频道的供稿似乎比有线电视更“数字化”或“块状”。 它很微妙，但是在那里。 您知道您的分辨率为640x480，尤其是在较大的电视上。 换句话说，如果有一个“平滑”设置，则在Verizon FIOS的标准清晰度上将锐化，而在Comcast Cable上则看起来“平滑”。 你的旅费可能会改变。
点播电影 (On-Demand Movies)
FIOS TV has only been available for a month or so in my state, and the On-Demand selection is meager at best, and doesn't yet include HD movies. I had HD movies on Comcast and was happy with both the quality and selection, so I imagine that FIOS will step up in the coming months.
在我的州，FIOS TV只能使用一个月左右，而按需选择充其量只是微不足道的，还不包括高清电影。 我在康卡斯特(Comcast)上观看了高清电影，并且对质量和选择都感到满意，因此我认为FIOS将在未来几个月内逐步普及。
I am heartened, however, by the "AppleTV-like" interface of Movie Posters. It's very friendly and easily navigated. The WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) will be high on this feature.
但是，我对电影海报的“类似于AppleTV”的界面感到鼓舞。 它非常友好并且易于导航。 此功能的WAF(妻子接受因子)很高。
选择和多样性 (Choice and Variety)
There are also a number of International Premium Channels available, including:
还有许多国际高级频道，包括：
- Vietnam's SBTN 越南的SBTN
- CCTV-4 and CTI in Chinese CCTV-4和CTI中文
- TV Japan日本电视台
- ART in Arabic阿拉伯文艺术
- MBC in KoreanMBC韩文
- TV 5 in French法语电视5
- Rang A Rang in Farsi 波斯语中的Rang A Rang
- RTN and Channel 1 in Russian RTN和俄语的频道1
- TV Asia 亚洲电视台
There's also almost 100 Spanish Language channels available if you like, and over 45 movie channels. Now, before you tease me about having too many channels, these are just available ones. You can set your favorites, and we've picked <10 and filter the list to show those.
如果您愿意，还有近100个西班牙语频道，以及超过45个电影频道。 现在，在您嘲笑我拥有太多渠道之前，这些只是可用的渠道。 您可以设置自己的收藏夹，我们选择了<10并过滤列表以显示这些收藏夹。
FIOS also includes almost 100 Music-only Channels from Urge and Music Choice. The wife likes this over the radio because it shows the name of the artist and album.
FIOS还包括来自Urge和Music Choice的近100个纯音乐频道。 妻子喜欢在收音机上播放，因为它显示了艺术家和专辑的名称。
成本 (Cost)
The Core Package is currently only $43 a month, and you can get a number of different DVR options, picking between standard, HD, standard DVR and HD DVR. We were paying upwards of $60 with Comcast and we just don't watch THAT much TV to feel good about that much money. The Premium Channels like HBO and Showtime cost the same as they do on Cable, likely because those channels set their cost, not a TV provider like Verizon.
目前，Core Package每月仅需$ 43，您可以获得多种DVR选项，包括标准，高清，标准DVR和HD DVR。 我们用康卡斯特(Comcast)支付了60美元以上的价格，只是我们没看那么多电视让这么多钱感觉很好。 像HBO和Showtime这样的高级频道的价格与在Cable上的价格相同，可能是因为这些频道决定了费用，而不是像Verizon这样的电视提供商。
结论 (Conclusion)
All in all, we've been VERY happy. The picture quality is great, the set-top box just works, and I have high hopes that Verizon will keep updating the boxes with new software and more On-Demand Movies. This is just the first month Verizon FIOS TV has been available in my state, and I feel they are off to a good start. Recommended over local cable if you can get it.
总而言之，我们非常高兴。 图像质量非常好，机顶盒也可以正常工作，我非常希望Verizon能够继续使用新软件和更多点播电影来更新机顶盒。 这只是Verizon FIOS TV在我的州面市以来的第一个月，我觉得他们的开端很好。 如果可以，建议通过本地电缆进行推荐。
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