A mini review of FiOS TV and their new QIP-7232 DVR

FiOS TV picture quality is stunning. No compression artifacts at all from what I can tell.
The 7232 is pretty good but not excellent. I have the 7232 and a Tivo HD XL. IMHO the Tivo is considerably better but I see lots of room for improvement with the 7232.
Pros and Cons of the 7232.
Remote
Nice and responsive. Like that I can turn the TV on and off. Doesn't allow for channel changing just input changing. Not a massive issue but a shame as we need another remote.
It's probably difficult to update, but I find the remote a bit too complicated and the buttons poorly positioned. Shame more buttons don't light up to help find buttons when the room is dark.
Guide
I may have missed it but it would be great if it remembered your favorite settings. I see the favorite button but IMO the guide button should take you there directly.
Guide Titles
Almost excellent but unfortunately titles are cropped when they go beyond 30 or so characters. They should allow wrapping to a second line to allow 60 or so characters.
Extended Guide Titles
I'm noticing some weird information on some shows. English soccer is particularly bad. For example, today's showing of Arsenal versus Blackburn has a title of The Gunners (Arsenal) rallied for a 2-2 draw with West Ham on March 19. So the title describes Arsenal's previous result. Quite confusing.
Speed
Seems speedy enough. I was ready for some lagging but overall impressed.
Storage
Fine but IMHO not adequate for a whole house DVR recording in HD. Look forward to seeing the external hard drive capability.
Bugs
I'm seeing some issues viewing at the end of recordings. Seems that fast forward and next don't work at the end of the recording. A bit annoying. Hopefully a fix can be made.
No "wishlist". 
Not a deal breaker but would be nice to see in a software upgrade. Both the Tivo and DirecTV boxes have this feature and I find it very useful as I forget to check back in every few weeks for new shows.
No jump to mark/end.
I hear this is coming with 1.9.  That is great. Look forward to seeing it. I like the idea of pushing and holding the "next" button to skip to the end. 
Again the PQ is stunning. I'm blown away with it. I got used to DirecTV compressing some channels and it is great to see true uncompressed images. I love it. Very happy customer overall. If Verizon can continue to improve their DVR they are onto a major winner.
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I'd be happy to beta test anything.

Re: your comment about the Guide button. You can easily set the Guide button to display your choice of Favorites. Here is a link to a thread (from two years ago, but still accurate) that has a link to a document I wrote that will tell you how to set it up:
http://forums.verizon.com/t5/FiOS-TV-Technical-Ass​istance/Exploiting-FiOS-TV-Favorites/td-p/9935
Hope the above helps. And I think we will all be excited when we get the 1.9 level of the IMG, will have lots of new stuff.
Justin
Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone
QIP6416-P1, IMG 1.8, Build 02.54
Keller, TX 76248

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Stephan Singh
    Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 01:39 am PDT (GMT-07:00)
    Subject: Pre-Order Dockable iPhone case
    I have looked up many cases for my iPhone and I have found your Dockable one to be just the style and function I am looking for. Although recently there has been a buzz going around that the magnetic closing cases such as these have caused many iPhones to malfunction.
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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1036960&tstart=0
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    NOW HERE IS THEIR MESSAGE BACK.
    ----- Original Message ----
    From: Sena Cases <[email protected]>
    To: [email protected]
    Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:09:26 AM
    Subject: Case Update: 1086 - Pre-Order Dockable iPhone case
    Update for Case #1086 - "Pre-Order Dockable iPhone case"
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    Rhonda
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