Lawrence "The Dreamer" Chen's Blog

I had been thinking of getting one of these units for a while, though wondering if I could use just as an AP.Meanwhile, Cox has been improving its speed...but I wasn't seeing the improvement. Could see the upstream improvement, but not so much with… more »

Today, I finally pulled the trigger again....and canceled my home phone service. But, I'm keeping DSL.Originally, when I first moved to Manhattan, KS there were issues on whether or not I could get a local number from a VoIP provider. And, I was in… more »

I rated this 4 stars.:rs::rs::rs::rs::ys:I wonder if there'll be more....Watching this stream was hard for some reason....I first started watching it on my Cox HSI connected TiVo HD, I saw that it was an HD stream...so I thought I made th… more »

Yeah, NetFlix asked me about this. :cool:I was looking around on NetFlix website trying to figure out how to report video problems of instant viewed material. But, couldn't find anything.At one point during the play back the video broke up and w… more »

I rated this 3 stars.:rs::rs::rs::ys::ys:At first I was gonna watching it on my DSL connected TiVo HD, but saw that it was trying to stream in HD quality....but dropped down to not. So, I switched to my Cox HSI connected TiVo HD where I could ge… more »

I rated this 4 stars.:rs::rs::rs::rs::ys:Used the Netflix Instant on my TiVo HD (connected to Cox HSI Preferred). Initially the quality was 9 bars, but it degraded quickly to only 6 bars.Maybe I should've used the TiVo HD on my DSL connectio… more »

I rated this 3 stars. :rs::rs::rs::ys::ys: This is the first show I've watched using NetFlix Instant, it was okay. The lack of subtitles was kind of annoying, and it was difficult to reverse. There was only one spot where the picture broke up.… more »

It is day two of the latest DSL upgrade. No change in sync rate, since its already reached the upgraded rate. But, DSLreports spectrum analysis gives somewhat more room on the downstream. Guess that'll ensure a stable connection. Downstream Maxra… more »

Woke up this morning, and checked my DSL modem. At around 5:20am, my DSL upgraded. The Sync Rate is now 6016/768 (Line Attn jumped from 48.5 to 49.5 and S/N went from ~12 to ~7.5). Looks like I get it all, and they upgraded the line to such that… more »

Last time I pulled the trigger on upgrading my DSL, I was just hoping to get them to bring me up to the speed I had been paying for (originally they said I could only get 1.5m/384k, and they did deliver that for the first month....when after a storm they… more »

....but I've already assigned/reserved an IP (in DNS & DHCP) for my NetFlix player and updated the QoS rules on my router to give this IP a boost in priority. I will very likely place the order later this month...but I probably won't pull the trig… more »

Roku has a set top box for Netflix instant watching. I've been neglecting my Netflix subscription, because the selections I have out right now don't match my current mood....but I don't want to send them back unwatched. Though a couple of the selecti… more »