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Questions about switching to Fios Quantum TV

MetroBOS

I currently have 3 DVR boxes where each box has it's own separate list of recordings and scheduled recordings.

If I switch to Fios Quantum TV (either Premium or Enhanced), I am told that all boxes will have shared recordings. I'd like to continue to have separate recordings per box. Is that not an option? I really don't want to have to scroll through all of the recordings that my roommates have.

Also, do I need to get the new boxes by mail or can I simply go to my local Verizon center and exchange them right away?

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mfizzy

Quantum TV works a little different based on the recording level you choose.

Fios Quantum TV Enhanced Service is able to:

Support up to 5 TVs (1 VMS and up to 4 IPC's)
Record up to 6 shows at once
Store up to 100 hours of HD programming (or up to 500 hours of standard-definition programming)

Fios Quantum TV Premium Service is able to:

Support up to 10 TVs (2 VMS and up to 8 IPC'S)
Record up to 12 shows at once
Store up to 200 hours of HD programming (or up to 1,000 hours of standard-definition programming)

Enhanced has one vms box and Premium has 2. Each VMS is independent. The VMS does all of the recording and tuning of stations for all the other boxes. The other boxes are IPC's . They do not have tuners in them, the get all of its tv service thru the VMS it is paired to. You can pair up to 4 IPC's to a VMS. The recording feature you choose (Premium or Enhanced) determines how many vms boxes you have. Each VMS has it own recording list and schedules. These lists are separate and can be viewed from the other boxes. The boxes are named so you can tell them apart. The VMS boxes are the only ones that show in your recording list and schedule since they are the only ones with tuners (6 tuners per VMS). Quantum TV is limited to a max of 2 VMS boxes.

FYI you can also do a basic dvr service with Quantum TV with the VMS only have 2 of the 6 tuners available to be used for recording and storage limited to 500 gigs.

MetroBOS

So if I am understanding this correctly, the Premium version would have 2 VMS boxes and 3 DVR/Cable boxes?

Does this mean that I could use one VMS box for my DVR/Cable box and then the other VMS would be used for the other 2 DVR/Cable boxes? Which would mean that my recordings would be separate from the others?

mfizzy

I dont know how many tv you need service on, but yes Premium starts with 2 vms boxes. You can add on as many 8 IPC's. You should not thing of them as dvr/cable boxes because they really work totally different. They work as a server (VMS) client ( IPC) relationship. The vms are more like a dvr and IPC could be considered a cable box. The recording will he in 2 folders by the vms they were recorded on.

MetroBOS

I currently have 3 TVs. Each TV has it's own DVR box so all recordings are separate - meaning what's recorded on one box is not available to watch on either of the other boxes.

If I switched, could I have 2 TVs share 100 hours of recordings, and then have the 3rd TV have it's own separate 100 hours of recordings?

danivanov

@hlppls wrote:
Quantum TV works a little different based on the recording level you choose.
Fios Quantum TV Enhanced Service is able to:
Support up to 5 TVs (1 VMS and up to 4 IPC's)
Record up to 6 shows at once
Store up to 100 hours of HD programming (or up to 500 hours of standard-definition programming)
Fios Quantum TV Premium Service is able to:
Support up to 10 TVs (2 VMS and up to 8 IPC'S)
Record up to 12 shows at once
Store up to 200 hours of HD programming (or up to 1,000 hours of standard-definition programming)
Enhanced has one vms box and Premium has 2. Each VMS is independent. The VMS does all of the recording and tuning of stations for all the other boxes. The other boxes are IPC's . They do not have tuners in them, the get all of its tv service thru the VMS it is paired to. You can pair up to 4 IPC's to a VMS. The recording feature you choose (Premium or Enhanced) determines how many vms boxes you have. Each VMS has it own recording list and schedules. These lists are separate and can be viewed from the other boxes. The boxes are named so you can tell them apart. The VMS boxes are the only ones that show in your recording list and schedule since they are the only ones with tuners (6 tuners per VMS). Quantum TV is limited to a max of 2 VMS boxes.
FYI you can also do a basic dvr service with Quantum TV with the VMS only have 2 of the 6 tuners available to be used for recording and storage limited to 500 gigs.

Sorry for bringing up an old post. Have a quick question.

I just upgraded to the enhanced DVR service. Before that I had the regular multi-room DVR (with 1 DVR and 5 STB's and the DVR could stream to all the STB's).

So now after my upgrade I am going to have 1 VMS and 4 IPC's.

Since the IPC boxes are not tuners and have to listen to the VMS, does that mean it will consume bandwidth from my internet?

CRobGauth

No.
The VMS has 6 tuners.

Each active IPC uses one of those tuners.

So it "streams" from VMS.

Keep in mind that the number of active IPCs affects the number of simultaneous recordings you can have going.

danivanov

Gotcha, thank you Rob much appreciated.

How are the VMS tuners broadcasting the data to the IPCs? Is it wireless or through the coax cable? I mean I suppose it has to be through coax since the IPCs wouldn't be connected via coax if it was wireless, I guess I just didn't know that a cable box could receive and transmit signals via coax. That's pretty neat.

Also;

@CRobGauth wrote:
Keep in mind that the number of active IPCs affects the number of simultaneous recordings you can have going.

How many simultaneous recordings can I have with 3 IPCs?

@CRobGauth

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