Is the X1 hardware really this bad?

I have been a very long standing Comcast triple bundle customer, one who really doesn't have major issues with the company..until now. I recently signed up for the x1 service as it would save me money and I'd pick up a few channels as well...but so far it has been an unmitigated disaster. I am wondering if all their equipment and service is this bad, or am I the exception... First, I had a lot of trouble installing the cable modem/gateway. It should be plug and play, but it took an hour on the phone with tech support. Next came the x1 dvr install...which didn't happen. The supplied box would not accept input from the remotes I was sent (we tried both the 'master' remote as well as the 'slave' remote. So, back on the phone with support. They decided to overnight me another x1 dvr. Much to my surprise, instead of another x1 dvr, I received an old remote that doesn't even work with x1 box. So now I have to wait another week to get another shipment, hopefully this time the right equipment. So I have invested hours of time, and I still have no x1 tv set up..But at least I have a huge pile of junk comcast xfinity hardware sitting around!

All flat screen TV's emit IR interference of some sort. Some are much worse than others. While admittedly I am a huge plasma TV fan, they are known to be more notorious culprits of this issue, especially older plasma TVs. It can be bad enough to interfere with IR remote control performance. I have seen it many times.
HOWEVER some set top boxes are MUCH more susceptible to this kind of interference. I clearly remember a day not that long ago when you could not have a Pace legacy HD box in the same room with a Panasonic plasma TV. I am sure many Comcast techs would remember this.
Having to set X1 remotes to RF mode is a well known solution and is discussed in this forum almost daily. Sorry your tech or anybody else didn't make the connection. I guess we were not on site and we simply did not have enough information to help you more. That being said, many of us do not use the Comcast remotes and we need IR to work.
cohenfive, I am glad you solved your issues. However please know it is not new. Switching X1 remotes to RF is well known. Comcast boxes having issues with IR signals is also well known. I have written about it before. Some of the X1 boxes appear to have overly sensitive IR receiver windows and they are easily "flooded" which makes the box seem to be locked up. Here is just one thread I wrote: http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/X1/A-Fix-for-the-Search-Box-Popping-Up-By-Mistake/m-p/2355227#M36634

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6280: > k510: >
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My k510 with 1.3mp take better photos then the 6280 with 2mp.
And swithcing from low quality to high quality in the options does absolutely nothing.
So should i replace this phone, or all the 6280 have this poor camera quality?
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i understand, it's just something about nokia's camera phones, the pictures are always not sharp or clear, but sony ericsson i think have the best quality, take the phone back if you don't like the quality of the images, though i don't really need crisp quality
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Is the Mac OS really this easy to crack?

My wife, a therapist, has been required to use computer equipment and file encription that is HIPAA compliant for medical privacy issues. She was told by her trainers that the mac had little to no security and was easily cracked. I was surprised and I told her the mac was pretty secure. I googled teh issue.
It would seem, from the following link, that I may have been very wrong. Is it really this easy to get into a stolen mac? Can the system password be so easily circumvented? If this is true, even I, who know next to nothing about computer programming, could hack a mac and get to all the data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOq3aiRb57Y

This is not specific to the Mac. Any time a hacker has physical access to any computer - Mac, Windows, Linux, whatever - data can be accessed almost trivially.
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Sorry to learn about your experience, awarner. Given your current situation, we recommend contacting your local support team and inquire about the repair history of your phone: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/mobile/contact/.
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Is Adobe Reader really this bad?

Hi,
I've been working on a PDF for a while now, but I have found Adobe Reader to be completely useless. In fact it has hindered my progress greatly. I have to ask if anyone else has found this or if for whatever reason I have just been cursed with these issues. I find many Adobe products useful, but this is too much.
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Well if that is the case then it certainly answers my question. Although it raises another, I'm using Adobe Reader XI and I can most definitely open, view, and edit a PDF... well that may be saying a bit much since it does allow for entering text, exporting, and things such as that, but it doesn't do it real well..
If the answer really is I'm trying to use it for something it's not meant for I can accept that.
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(Nokia N9) Is the video recording really that bad?

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The N9 does have an issue on video recording.
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Aresha wrote:
Thanks Kappy, could you please how to contact Apple , through email , I will appreciate if you could kindly guide me where to submit my question as I could not find the email contact. will appreciate your reply. Thank you once again.
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