Rent to own?

i've been paying monthly for over a year for access to the "cloud" so that i could use illustrator. i figure this has cost me at least $300 at this point, and i can't afford to go on paying for "the cloud" indefinitely. i don't need or know how to use any of the other programs in the adobe suite, but i would like to OWN illustrator and not have to keep paying. is there a way i can put all this money i've already spent on this product toward owning it?
thanks,
-noah

It is doubtful that you can have what you seek, but the only place to find out for certain is thru discussion with Adobe directly. When you subscribe you are getting the latest versions automatically as they update, so you are effectively purchasing newer versions constantly over time... you just never get to own them.
If you wanted to own the software you could have invested in the CS6 version, and still can, but it is doubtful that you can apply what you have already spent on the subscription.

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I work at a rent to own place. i repoed an ipad 2 and its linked to the customer and i have no contact with them. anyway to reset and bypass this?

i work at a rent to own place. i repoed an ipad 2 and its linked to the customer and i have no contact with them. anyway to reset and bypass this?

Nope.
The Apple ID and Password that was Originally used to Activate the iDevice is required
Activation Lock in iOS 7 > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818

Photoshop CC - Rent to Own?

I have been following and commenting on the firestorm of protest about Adobe's switch to a Cloud only subscription. Many angry users and they all want Adobe to reinstate the status quo. In my opinion this is just not going to happen. But like Obama says "never let a good crisis go to waste". So let the users get behind a compromise that neither side will be happy with, but will work for both.
Besides price, the next biggest complaint is that if you stop your subscription you have nothing. So my proposal of Rent to Own. Here is one way to do it.
After 3 years of renting you are entitled to a download of the version of your products that was active 2 years prior. This download would be a perpetual licence.
Arguments for the above.
1. Adobe is not going to give you the current version as is deceases incentive to continue subscription once you have a current version. So don't beat a dead horse with this argument. Two years back seems like a good compromise.
2. CS6 is also a perpetual licence, but will it work with the then current computers and OS in the future? Evidence says not likely. So a 2 year old product should still be OK.
3. I chose 3 years of rental as that would be more than one would pay in rental to buy the product, if it was offered. This may be a negotiable point with Adobe. But if you rent for 10 years, and then retire as a professional photographer, or your interests shift, you need the programs so you can continue working with the images.
4. The argument that there is no disk for versions, as it is all subscription, is hollow. They have a product that you download to your computer. All Adobe needs is a deactivation code so it does not ask for the monthly payment. All Adobe would have to do is keep the version that was active on January 1 two years ago.
Let the users come up with a compromise, rather than digging in and saying no way, and getting nothing.

I do not like Adobe's announcement like most here however we need accept what has happened.
Adobe market software for Amateurs Photographers the Elements Family "Adobe Photoshop Elements" and "Adobe Premiere Elements". Though Photoshop Elements lacks many desirable features in Photoshop. It is all Adobe is going to be market for the Photographers. It competes well with other products design for the Amateur digital Photographer and is affordable
The rest of Adobe Software products are designed for Commercial Publication for the Professionals. Layout, Graphic design and Web even flash web Gaming.
In the past Advanced Amateurs and Commercial Photographers found Photoshop useful and affordable within their budget.
However Photoshop keeps growing in complexity, features and size. Development cost grew as well. Adobe needed more revenue to cover the development cost so Adobe marketed two versions of Photoshop Standard for the Photographer and Photoshop Extended for Publishers. With Adobe CC announcement it is clear Adobe has chosen to drop out commercial Photography market for two versions of Photoshop no longer exist just the extended 3d publication version now exists no special priced version for the Photographer.
Its clear from Adobe CC hype they had nothing new for that market so they drop out of it. However they intend to continue to milk CS6 for as long as they can. State they will make fixes for CS6 more likely that's BS to help keep the milk flowing. Its that simple Take a look
Photoshop CC / Features
A more connected Photoshop: I need my computer connected to the Internet, don't need my image editor connected but if it were I wouldn't consider that to be a problem. I also don't get the more connected part CS6 updates itself when Adobe makes updates for it. Adobe just stopped fixing its bugs.
NEW All-new Smart Sharpen: sharpening is not new the name smart sharpen is not new did smart sharpen need to be better old smart sharpen does a good job when used well.
NEW Intelligent upsampling: Upsamplimg is not new. Never read anything about dumb upsampling. I will never print a billboard size image and image that large don't require terrific upsampling.
NEW Extended features included: Extended feature are not required for the Photographer
NEW Camera Raw 8 and layer support: I only shoot RAW so clearly I want ACR. ACR work best with RAW Camera Data. Jpeg and Tiff like Layer don't contain Camera RAW data. ACR supports JPEG and TIFF, now any Layer or group of layers can be saved as a jpeg file. Then placed back into the current document and worked on with ACR. There a script on Russell Browns web site that even automates this process. Sounds like Adobe just made this a little easier ACR 8 can work on layers like it works on Jped and Tiff. Most likely CC first make it a smart object layer. Then uses the normal copy object to users temp folder and pass the temp file to ACR.
NEW Editable rounded rectangles: Don't know what Adobe even means here. I can edit rounded rectangle paths today perhaps some new interface has been added. I just don't know.
NEW Multi-shape and path selection: I can do this today in the Paths palette. In Photoshop CC there will additional ways you can do this.
NEW Camera Shake Reduction: It best to avoid shake. Today there are third party plug-ins that address camera shake. So if you have Parkinson's and shake a lot you will not need to buy a plug-in for Photoshop CC.
NEW Expanded Smart Object support: I do use smart object at time however I do not to tunny tucks with liquify and if I wanted to I could do it in a non destructive way just using a layer.
NEW Improved 3D painting: Not required for the photographer
NEW Improved type styles: For the publisher
NEW Copying of CSS attributes: For the publisher
NEW Conditional Actions: Now that is something I would like. However for that to be of value Adobe needs to first fix all the bugs they have introduced into Photoshop Automation since CS3
NEW Improved 3D Scene panel: For the publisher
NEW Workflow time-savers: looks like a mixed bag here
NEW Improved 3D effects: For the publisher
NEW Color import from web files: For the publisher
NEW System anti-aliasing for type: For the publisher
Content-Aware technologies: not listed as new
Mercury Graphics Engine: not listed as new
Intuitive video creation: not listed as new
Blur Gallery :not listed as new
Intuitive 3D tools and DICOM support:not listed as new
Background save and auto-recovery: If CC Photoshop is stable you could turn the auto part off.
NEW Improved Min and Max filters: I been using Photoshop for some time and have not use these much.

Aaron's Rent-to-own Settlement for California residents

Hey Admins sorry if this is in the wrong forum but please move it as needed. This is about 8 months old but just a reminder for anyone who lives in California and who rented/bought something from Aarons Rent-to-own furniture store http://www.aarons.com/ between April 1st, 2010 and March 31st 2014 you may be entitled to a settlement. For more information about this settlement you may visit the California Attorney Generals website at:https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-reaches-284-million-settlement-rental-business or visit http://www.rent-to-own-settlement.com/ THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT OR A JOKE. ALSO NOTE THIS IS ONLY FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. ALSO NOTE YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM BEFORE SEPTEMBER 21, 2015. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A CLAIM NUMBER TO FILE JUST THE STORE ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU LEASED THE ITEMS AND THE ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU LIVED AT THE TIME. I just submitted my claim and found I am entitled to a $327 settlement check not nearly as much as I paid these crooks but it is something.

I would also like to add this for anyone who currently has collections with Aarons showing up on their credit: 7. Will my credit report be impacted?In connection with this restitution program, Aaron's Inc. will instruct each consumer reporting agency to whom it sent a negative report concerning any person eligible to receive restitution under paragraph 12 of the Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction to delete its tradeline. Aaron's Inc will also send a letter to each person about whom it made a negative report to a consumer reporting agency stating that is has removed that report. SRC: https://eclaim.kccllc.net/caclaimforms/aaf/faqs.aspx

Why has the new to rent or own section disappeared from the movies section on Apple TV uk ?

Is there anyway of escalating this to the powers that be to get them to include the new to rent or own section on Apple TV uk ? This section is still available on I tunes on my I phone 5 and MacBook. It's really annoying.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

When you buy a season pass for a TV show, do you rent or own the videos?

I want to get get a TV show, but I was curious if I got a season pass, do I own the videos, or are they just being rented to me?

Hi!
If you buy a season pass of a show, you own it. You can download each episode from within the season as it becomes available by clicking on "downloads" in iTunes. Hope this helps!
Sandygirl

HT1390 Rent to Own movies on iTunes?

I've just rented a movie and downloaded it although I haven't watched it. If i liked it and decied to buys it, does it take into account the cost of the rental or do I have to pay full price for it still?
Also, if I haven't watched it, can I still reverse the rental purchase and instead just buy the movie? (just realised it's only a difference of $4)

Hi ...
You must pay full price to purchase a movie.
if I haven't watched it, can I still reverse the rental purchase and instead just buy the movie? (just realised it's only a difference of $4)
No.
iTunes Store: Movie rental frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Is it true Creative Cloud is only needed if renting Adobe software?

I do not rent any Adobe programs. I own a copy of Adobe Acrobat Pro IX, and Elements.
Since these programs are not rented; then is it correct Creative Cloud is useless here?
The Apple computer I use has Creative Cloud always coming up at start up. Is Creative Cloud needed for updates to programs that are not rented but owned?
If unnecessary, what's the best way to delete it from an Apple computer? OS X Yosemite 10.10.3

Thanks.
What I have learned is:
Cannot sign into Creative Cloud. Did not accept my sign in. Ask to reset password. Did not receive any email to reset password for Creative Cloud sign in. So I cannot sign in to Creative Cloud. That means I cannot set it to not come up at computer start.
Using OS X Yosemite 10.10.3
Went to System Preferences --> Users & Groups --> Login Items.
Creative Cloud is not listed there. That means it cannot be unselected as an item that comes up with computer start up.
None of my Adobe software is rented. So I don't need Adobe's Creative Cloud except for automatic updates. And automatic updates causing unexpected slow down of computer is annoying.
So I will uninstall Creative Cloud here:
Macintosh HD --> Applications --> Adobe Creative Cloud --> Uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud
Will let you know if anything bad happens.

HT1657 Are there options to purchase, with a discount, a rented movie?

I have yet to rent a movie however I have purchased them from iTunes. My question is if I rent a movie and decide I wish to own it, is there any type of credit applied or discount on the price being I just spend money to rent it or if its a $20 flick and a $5 rental I am going to pay $25 to rent and own it? Thanks for your time.

I have put in tickets for this, but the decision really isn't from Apple, but the media industry.

Why does COMCAST work so hard to prevent me from taking advantage of MOCA/XB3?

I apologize in advance for the length of this post and its frustrated tone but I've spent so much time and effort trying to accomplish something that should have been quite straightforward with COMCAST but which has left me with a very biter taste in my mouth. I hope to get the attention of other concerned COMCAST customers in similar situations and the ears of people at COMCAST who can make a difference and change their current misguided policies and business models around MOCA. I also vent because of the long standing vexing problem of not being able to get the full use of the XFinity Internet I've been paying for every month for the last thirten years despite the recent availability of standardized network distribution technology in the form of MOCA 2.0 which is advertised by COMCAST as a feature of multiple versions of their latest Wireless Internet Gateways which customers are paying for but yet unable to utilize. See: http://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2013/04/comcast-bows-faster-gateway-doubles-speeds-on-2-data-tiers In a blog post on Comcast’s site, Rob Slinkard, senior vice president, product management, communications and data services, wrote that while data tiers have increased their speeds over the years, thanks in part to DOCSIS 3.0 deployments, in-home wireless gateways aren’t always capable of passing those faster speeds around a home. Coupled with the plethora of devices in subscribers homes, an inefficient wireless gateway can be a chokepoint in subscribers’ home networks.
“Today we are launching a new device that solves this problem and creates the fastest in-home wireless network available anywhere in the U.S.,” Slinkard wrote. “The new Xfinity Wireless Gateway includes the 5.0 GHz radio frequency. This new frequency is being used by many of the latest consumer electronic products (like the iPhone 5, iPad 4 and Kindle Fire HD) and results in better speed and performance from connected devices.
“It also has been built to a new standard (MoCA 2.0), which allows the device to leverage a home’s existing coaxial cable network to create a faster and more efficient network of connected devices within the home.” It has been several years since I started this troublesome journey to extend WiFi/Internet access to my living room. My Comcast cable modem/eMTA and wireless gateway is installed upstairs on one side of my home and no matter what Wireless AP device or technology I use I cannot get a strong WiFi signal downstairs especially in my living room, kitchen and dining room where a majority of my Internet access takes place. In particular, my phones and tablets sometimes drop off the WiFi network due to dead-zones and I'm unable to successfully stream any movies at even a low 2-3Mbits on my media center or streaming devices, sometimes even for home movies stored on my personal server upstairs which is connected directly to the COMCAST Wireless gateway at Gigabit speeds. Over the years, I've spent hundreds of dollars on various WiFi access points, extenders, multiple powerline adapters etc.. all to no benefit. Unfortunately my decade-old home was not built with structured wiring and the AC power lines must be too noisy for powerline AV to work any better than WiFi and so I'm stuck with at most 1-3 Mbps of sustained bandwidth from my living room to both my personal media server upstairs and the Internet. This low speed, unreliable Internet access in the center of my home entertainment area is completely unacceptable to me. Then I learnt this year from Comcast's own press releases like the one quoted above in cedmagazine that their newest Wireless gateways (Cisco DPC3939 or Technicolor TC8706C) are equipped with MOCA 2.0. MOCA is designed exactly for the kind of network distribution problem that I have. MOCA takes the Internet/Ethernet and sends it over the already laid down cable/coaxial lines in your home at high speed using the unused bandwidth available on the coax wires. It is standardized and is pretty much plug and play if you have the devices. In theory with MOCA anyone can have a fully networked high speed broadband home relying on just the coaxial wiring that most homes already have. After years of changing my WiFi access points multiple times looking for better coverage, I finally decided to try the COMCAST all-in-one Wireless Internet Gateway and eMTA (Technicolor wireless Gateway 1) but after lots of troubles with poor signal reception, frequent disconnection/drops and faulty DNS configuration that cannot be changed by the end-user, I decided to request a change to the more capable XB3 Wireless Gateway 2 with MOCA 2.0 whole-house networking features. I started a web chat with the Comcast technical representative that worked in the department for gateway replacement. I told her about my WiFi distribution problem and that I already had the Technicolor Gateway and that I needed to get Gateway 2 -- the so-called XB3. She was very quick to tell me that she knew *exactly* what I wanted and had dealt with this before. I went into detail about MOCA, about the lack of MOCA 2.0 adapters available to purchase by consumers and that she should make sure that my replacement XB3 kit came with the necessary MOCA -> Ethernet adapter or MOCA WiFi AP that I would need to extend the Comcast Internet service to my living room. She acknowledged everything, said she was creating notes about MOCA adapter for the dept that would ship out the XB3. I couldn't believe how easy it was to order the XB3 and required MOCA adapter/WiFi AP. I was so pleasantly suprised and impressed by the customer service I thought I had received from Comcast. I made sure to give her the best review scores when the chat was complete and a Comcast survey was presented to me. Later I received a FedEx shipment notice and a few days later I was shocked when I opened the package to see that I had been shipped the exact same Technicolor (non-MOCA) single band WiFi gateway (Gateway 1) which I already had and which I had specifically told the customer support agent that I did not want again. I was shocked at the deception and false promises that I had received from this Comcast customer support specialist. Even though the entire chat conversation was recorded, she had no problem lying to me directly that she was sending me an XB3 when she clearly had no intention of doing so. I later took this unwanted Technicolor Wireless Gateway 1 back to the Comcast store in Auburn WA and there the customer service representative argued with me over and over about MOCA and it was clear that he had no idea what MOCA was or why it is such a boon to anyone who has problems getting WiFi coverage in a home. He also stated that he knew nothing about XB3 boxes and that the Comcast store did not have any and that he couldn't find any information about XB3 in his computer. He also gave me a Motorola HD PVR which he said was newer than the really ancient one I had but which still had component outputs for my older TV unlike the X1 (to my knowledge). A few weeks later, I went back again to the same store and requested an XB3 Wireless gateway 2. This time the customer service agent I spoke to seemed to have some idea that MOCA existed (she said she had it installed in her home) but then insisted that I could not get an XB3 with MOCA *unless* I also ordered an X1 Comcast HD PVR. Also she said that it required professional installation and I would be charged for that even though all I wanted in the first place was just the XB3 MOCA Gateway. I asked her if the XB3 kit came with a MOCA -> Ethernet adapter or MOCA WiFi AP for the living room and then it became clear that she really either did not understand the use of MOCA for network distribution or she was playing dumb. She kept on insisting that Comcast does *NOT* provide any MOCA adapters or WiFi access points to use with the XB3 to extend the home network. Frustrated, I kept on asking her why there was a required bundling of MOCA Wireless gateway with a specific model of COMCAST DVR that I didn't want and she just insisted that was the way things had to be done. I also explained to her that I had an older Plasma TV without HDMI inputs. She finally went to talk to her supervisor and came out with a XB3 and an X1 HD DVR. I didn't want the X1 but I was very eager to get a chance to use MOCA to allow me to use my Comcast Xfinity Internet reliably downstairs. I figured that perhaps the the new X1 PVR had a built-in MOCA client and an Ethernet port with which I could use to plug in my own WiFi access point and thus have both 100% signal strength downstairs as well as high bandwidth hardwired network link backhaul upstairs back to the XB3. Last night, I finally installed the XBR3 after multiple false starts with the device sometimes refusing to complete activation or losing complete connectivity to my hardwired PC, turned on MOCA (which was disabled by default) and then tried to install the X1 DVR but suddenly discovered at 1AM in the morning that the X1 really didn't have any component outputs. There was no way to hook it up to my TV. Anyway, I wanted so badly to get MOCA as a network extender working that didn't care at that point about the TV and just wanted to make sure that the MOCA worked. The XB3 upstairs said that it detected 2 MOCA devices in my home, everything looks good although it would have been nicer if the XB3 detailed what devices were connected via MOCA and perhaps what version of MOCA they were using. Anyway, since I could not see the X1 screen on my TV or perform any setup I may have needed to do to setup MOCA on the X1, I gave up with that and tried the older non-X1 Motorola DVR (DCX3501M/MOR200BN) which some googling showed that it too actually supported MOCA (see http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/motorola-rolls-out-the-latest-hd-dvr-the-dcx3501-m/) as well though it was not an X1 model. I setup the Motorola DVR and after it was activated, I plugged the media center into the the back of the Motorola DVR's ethernet port. The media center showed that it was trying to acquire an IP address but no matter what it could not succeed. I called up COMCAST technical support again. It was 1:30AM. As usual the technical customer service representative had no idea what MOCA was and couldn't even clarify if it was possible to connect my streaming media device into the back of the Motorola DVR using an Ethernet cable and get Internet access that way via MOCA. In all my encounters with COMCAST support personel so far I've noticed that they all claim to know what MOCA is but yet keep on saying things that demonstrate clearly that they have no idea what it it is, how it works, why a consumer would want to use it for network distribution and most shockingly have no idea whether or how MOCA home networking is supported by Comcast products. This representative insisted over and over that I needed to setup a truck roll appointment for a technician to help me troubleshoot my MOCA/DVR issue but yet she would not clarify the simple question about whether COMCAST supported the use of the Ethernet port on the Motorola DVR to provide Internet access to begin with and she was not willing to pass me on to a support person who knew what MOCA was and how it was supported by COMCAST. What was the point of staying at home to wait for a technician to troubleshoot a device scenario that may not even be supported by COMCAST to begin with? Are all these COMCAST technical support representatives not even trained on the products that COMCAST is selling/installing in our homes? Why are they all clueless about MOCA technology even though COMCAST itself touts this feature in every press release about their new Wireless Gateways? The very unhelpful customer service agent rudely transfered me to another number without any warning, the number had a recorded message saying nobody was available and then hung up on me. Now, that is the kind of customer service I'm used to from COMCAST. I spent the next 30 minutes googling Comcast X1 DVR to figure out if any of the new ones supported component outputs and ended up learning more than I wanted to about Comcast RNG reference designs, X1/X2 software and finally the important fact that the Comcast X1 HD DVR has two variants manufactured by two seperate companies PACE and ARRIS and that one of the variants by PACE has on-board component outputs. That is the X1 DVR that the local Auburn store support person should have given me after I had told her that I did not have HDMI inputs on my TV. It was 2:30am. This morning I called up COMCAST technical support again and the representative I spoke to was quite helpful at first with helping to determine that my Auburn COMCAST store had a dozen+ units of the X1 DVR with component outputs. He also gave me a free 90days HBO due to all the time I've wasted driving back and forths to the Comcast store and getting/returning products, which was nice although I usually don't watch premium cable channels or much TV anyway; but still an appreciated gesture. Now that I was going to get an X1 DVR that would work with my TV and which I had reason to believe had on-board MOCA for Internet access, I asked the tech support representative if COMCAST did not sell or rent a MOCA 2.0 -> Ethernet adapter or WiFi AP, how was I going to use this X1 to extend the Internet downstairs for my mobile devices and to my TV for streaming movies? That simple question seemed to unnerve him for some reason. Once I got into this questioning about MOCA it was deja-vu all over again. He claimed to fully understand MOCA, claimed that the X1 used it to access applications and the Internet but insisted that I need to have a truck-roll again to my home from the Wifi experts to "troubleshoot" my WiFi distribution problem. Geez. I'd already been through these unreasonable conversations before multiple times! I tried to explain that I did not want or need any truck roll (more importantly, I'm not taking a day off work to wait for a house visit). I didn't need someone to troubleshoot something if the support personal himself doesn't even know if it is supported to begin with. While trying to explain that all I was asking for was an answer if the X1 exposed the Internet via it's rear Ethernet port or how otherwise I was supposed to access the Internet via the MOCA coax outlet, the line was dropped. Again, the typical COMCAST customer support. I've done a lot more research on MOCA and COMCAST and my thinking now is that the possible reason why COMCAST goes out of its way to make it very difficult for consumers to deploy MOCA whole house networking using its gear and why every single one of their representatives I've spoken to about MOCA home networking have acted very antagonistic towards that topic is because COMCAST does *NOT* want customers to learn about or utilize MOCA for whole house networking unless they are using a locked-in MOCA that works only with COMCAST proprietary video on demand, DVR/Cloud-DVR and other closed ecosystem multimedia entertainment products. Basically, a COMCAST customer who can have easy high speed broadband wired and wireless access in every room of their house via MOCA 2.0 is also a customer that may be tempted to start using over-the-top Internet television, streaming and entertainment services such as Amazon Instant Video, Dramatize, DramaFever, Crackle, HBO, Hulu, myTV, NetD, Netflix, NowTV, Qello, RPI TV, WhereverTV and Chromecast that are not controlled by COMCAST and which COMCAST makes no extra money off of you when you do it in every room of your home due to the power of MOCA and the accessibility of COAX conenctors in most rooms of most homes. Basically COMCAST touts MOCA 2.0 and puts it into their latest Wireless gateways, DVRs and set top boxes not to help their customers easily have high speed whole house inter-networking but ONLY for the purpose of exploiting your in-home COAX wiring for their closed multimedia services like AnyRoom DVR etc.. That is why they allow their X1 and other DVRs and set top boxes to access the Internet via MOCA but then disable the rear ethernet ports so that your own entertainment streaming devices cannot also make use of the fast broadband connection. That is also why some of the COMCAST employees I've tried to get help from have stated in no uncertain terms that COMCAST will not sell or rent to me any device that allows my own devices to access the high speed MOCA 2.0 broadband connection that I pay for every month with my Xfinity Triple Play and Wireless Gateway rental fees. Look right here where COMCAST explains the benefits of the two main Wireless Gateways it rents to customers: http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/wireless-gateway-compare/For the Wireless Gateway 2 which I'm currently renting from them, COMCAST clearly marks out that this Gateway offers "MOCA". COMCAST then explains what MOCA is:
"MoCA: Multimedia over Coax Alliance. MoCA is a universal standard for home networking over the in-home coaxial cable. MoCA can be used to extend the Wi-Fi range of the Wireless Gateway 2, using a Wireless Ethernet Coax Bridge (WEC." Note though that COMCAST refuses to sell or rent you that Wireless Ethernet Coax Bridge to make use of your spanking new MOCA. At least that is what several COMCAST technical and support persons have told me. That document above though, is a COMCAST document aimed at current and future customers and it clearly explains the benefits of MOCA. But yet I'm supposed to believe that out of the six or so COMCAST technical and customer support personel I've spoken to about MOCA not a single one of them knows about this obvious purpose of MOCA and that they all refuse to rent or sell me equipment that allows my own devices to use the high speed MOCA broadband Internet that their own devices such as the X1 can access inside my home? I'm also supposed to believe that it is a coincidence that COMCAST spends the time, effort and cost to build in MOCA 2.0 into their DVRs and settop boxes but then blocks access to make use of it via the Ethernet ports on all their MOCA capable set top boxes and DVRs? These devices are all rented by COMCAST and they charge hefty monthly bills for it but then they disable my full use of the technology which I've already paid for? Finally, I wanted to find a store where I could buy my own MOCA 2.0 Wireless Ethernet Coax Bridge or MOCA compatible Wireless Access point in order to bypass COMCAST's blatent attempt to monopolize MOCA wholehouse broadband for just its own entertainment services. I couldn't find any ! It turns out that not a single manufacturer of MOCA 2.0 products (head-unit or adapters) will agree to sell any directly to a consumer - all of them will only sell to large ISPs and Cable companies like COMCAST. This makes absolutely no sense for such an important consumer technlogy. Imagine if all the Wifi AP and Cable Modem companies decided that you would not be able to buy their products and they would only sell to giant monopolistic companies like COMCAST that require that you indefinitely rent these devices and also insists on crippling them as well to remove basic functionality that the manufacturers had already built in for the benefit of the end-user? But then I thought back to the commotion a few months ago where people were buying the Cisco DPC3939 (ie, XB3) Wireless Gateway with MOCA 2.0 and having it activated without having to pay the ridiculous unending COMCAST rental fees and how quickly COMCAST acted to ban activation of Cisco DPC3939's that were purchased outright by customers by suggesting without any proof given whatsoever that the customers must have purchased "stolen" goods. How much does COMCAST make from overcharging so many customers for so long for "HD" DVRs (separate charge for DVR, separate charge for HD ability in 2014??), settop boxes, cable modems, eMTA etc..? I calculate that almost since the entire time I've been signed up to Comcast for Television in 2004, I've paid them at least $200/year for the right to use a slow, buggy and primitive 1080i 4:3 aspect ratio HD DVR with 250GB hard drive. Over ten years, I've paid COMCAST more than $2,000 for a device that I still don't own and has never offered anything to me but which I was forced to rent and use because COMCAST fought and lobbied during the late 90s and early 2000's to ensure that other companies could not make and sell consumer purchasable devices that were able to access the cable content I had already paid COMCAST for. Today, a 1 Terabyte hard drive along with a compact system able to both play & stream 4K UHD TV, install apps, play games and designed much better than anything that has ever come out of COMCAST costs about $200 to $300 in total at retail. COMCAST and other cable companies ensured that the burden of CableCard and restrictive licensing and usage rights and the complexity of the associated industry crypto regulations would kill off innovative products like Microsoft Windows Media Center which despite all its great features was unable to access Digital cable channel content especially as COMCAST started vigerously encrypting every single channel on their lineup -- even the usually free-to-air channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS etc.. Never mind the extra $5 to $10 they charged you a month to "rent" a single cable card that allowed you to only watch or record one Digital cable channel even though their own Cable company DVRs and set top boxes did not require the additional rental of cablecards to access digital cable via two or even five channels. This was all to cripple competing 3rd party devices while giving an unfair advantage to their own crippled products. I've come to believe that the situation with the inexplicable crippling of MOCA by COMCAST is no different. COMCAST is going out of its way to lock out 3rd party television-like services, devices and streaming applications from using the whole house MOCA 2.0 broadband Internet that is made possible by their XB3 Wireless Gateway and the coax cables that *I* paid to be put into my own home even if it means cruelly denying *all* their customers a very elegant and cost effective solution to the common problem of poor WiFi Internet coverage in homes. Finally, as the last persuasive piece of evidence supporting this belief that COMCAST is actively working to prevent its customers from using MOCA 2.0 because it does not want them to have the *choice* and *opportunity* to access reliable Internet TV-like multimedia not purchased from or controlled by COMCAST, I refer you to the absurd mandatory bundling of the COMCAST XB3 MOCA 2.0 Wireless Gateway with the COMCAST MOCA 2.0 X1 DVR and Cloud based Entertainment device. Clearly COMCAST wants you to pay for and rent their own substandard Television streaming/DVR device even if you don't want it and prefer to use something else with better design, reliability, quality and content. They want to tax you every month for using the Coaxial cables that you paid for in your own home. It seems to me now that COMCAST believes that the great advance of MOCA 2.0 is soley a benefit for their bottom line a sole benefit to themselves of extending their broadband high speed Internet access monopoly into the market for streaming/online video services even if it is at the expense of providing a quality whole-house Internet service and associated devices and accessories that meet the needs of their numerous customers.

Among the alternatives not mentioned... Using a TiVo DVR, rather than the X1; a Roamio Plus or Pro would solve both the concern over the quality of the DVR, as well as providing the MoCA bridge capability the poster so desperately wanted the X1 DVR to provide. (Although the TiVo's support only MoCA 1.1.) Just get a third-party MoCA adapter for the distant location. Why the hang-up on having a device provided by Comcast? This seems especially ironic given the opinions expressed regarding payments over time to Comcast. If a MoCA 2.0 bridge was the requirement, they don't exist outside providers. So couldn't the poster have simply requested a replacement XB3 from the local office and configured it down to only providing MoCA bridging -- and perhaps as a wireless access point? Comcast would bill him the monthly rate for the extra device, but such is the state of MoCA 2.0. Much of the OP sounds like frustration over devices providing capabilities the poster *thinks* they should have.

Suggestions for Creative Cloud 2.0 ?

Now that most of us have sifted through both the miss-information and cold reality of the Creative Cloud model, maybe it's time to tell Adobe what we would like to see offered in Creative Cloud or preferred alternatives. Due to the well-documented dissatisfaction still being expressed market-wide, your suggestions here are likely to be read by Adobe. It may help them, to help us.
Please try to refrain from venting your frustrations. If that's not possible, then I would suggest jumping into the anger management therapy going on over at the "Boycott Creative Cloud?" thread (thanks to Noel and others).
Here is a short summary of issues folks are talking about in the Photoshop Discussion that may be good to consider in suggestions to Adobe:
1. Equitable pricing for all market segments, from professionals to non-professionals.
2. The need for an exit-option from a subscription program that guarantees access to your files.
3. New product offerings that better address the needs of amateur and semi-pro photographers (vs. PS Extended).
4. Options to "rent," "own" or "rent-to-own" the software you want to use accompanied by better upgrade terms.
In short, suggestions are needed to address better payment options and product feature options for Photoshop than are currently being offered by CC.

Great idea - think positively.
I strongly agree, especially with item 2 - there needs to be an exit strategy provision!
Today we might think, "I could just drop back to using my current Photoshop CSx perpetual license if I bail out of the cloud subscription". Trouble is, as time marches on, that likely won't be as viable, and users are not stupid - at some point Adobe may get the message that people aren't willing to risk all without a parachute. Be it the availability of a slightly outdated version, or an extra payment to convert to a perpetual license, or even a converter of some sort that at least lets you read existing files and save them in another, standard format.
In my opinion, the right things are already being done to Photoshop CC 14.0 do address item 3. I can make a good bit better quality images with the improvements made to sharpening and upsampling tools.
I'd love to see them keep up the thrust to refine existing tools. It's my worry that people will quietly use the new features without singing many praises, vs. the bunch of rah rah that would erupt if there were some big new gee-whiz content-aware feature or new filter. The folks deciding what to work on next need to realize how much appreciated some of these kinds of improvements are. Life cannot always be all about gee-whiz to the exclusion of to-work. It seems to me the cloud model gives the Adobe engineers the opportunity to tidy up Photoshop; to finish some of the stuff that was started long ago.
Ideally, Photoshop should be a complete, self-sufficient package, and not have glitches or deficiencies that need to be explained by recounting history (thinking, for example, of how a lot of old filters to this day don't work on 16 bits/channel images, or that some operations are painfully slow, or that there are still open bugs reported against multiple major versions).
-Noel

Anyone know how to get out of the edge program?

I dropped my old phone in the toilet and it was not time for an upgrade. Therefore, I went to the get a phone under the Edge Program. I specifically asked the rep at the store if I could go back to two year contract after I paid off the 50% of the program and he said yes. I hate this program. I only did it because I needed a phone and was not due an upgrade. Now I understand that the only way I can get out of the Edge Program is to pay off the entire balance of the phone...which is outrageous. I no longer want to pay monthly installments. I want to pay a one time 2-year upgrade fee and start a new contract. It is my understanding my only choice is to pay off the entire edge or return the phone to Edge up. Problem is my phone has a small crack that I didn't realize was there until my son told me about it. If you look at the phone normal you don't see it but if you look at it from an angle you can see the crack.
I only want to get out of Edge. I will have paid off 50% by January and want to go back to a normal 2-year agreement...but I do not want to return the phone although I will if I have to, that is if they will take it back with a crack. Otherwise, I would need to pay the insurance to get a new phone and then turn it in. This still cost me money. I am contemplating just paying off the rest of the balance and then maybe it will say I can get a new two-year contract, like it does for the other phones on my account.
I have been a verizon customer way back when it was called Bell Atlantic Mobile and you would think they could do something for me since I have been a good customer all these years. I don't want to leave because I have four other phones and a tablet with Verizon but I will if I have too. I would obviously go to AT&T.
Does anyone, maybe a verizon rep, have any options for me?

rellis64 wrote:
... I only want to get out of Edge. I will have paid off 50% by January and want to go back to a normal 2-year agreement...but I do not want to return the phone although I will if I have to, that is if they will take it back with a crack.
Does anyone, maybe a verizon rep, have any options for me?
I'm not a Verizon rep, just another customer like you. EDGE is a payment plan, or Rent to Own, or a lease program if you intend to keep upgrading. If you want off the EDGE program, you can pay off the total balance due on the phone and keep it, and then you can start a new two year contract with a different phone.
In order to return the phone at the 50% point, and be done with EDGE, the phone has to be in good working condition. The crack means it's not in good condition, so you will be charged the full price, whether you plan to EDGE up or go contract. Either way, you'll end up paying for the EDGE phone, over time or in a lump sum. It was one way to get a new phone when you were not eligible for the discounted price on your previous phone, but you need to fulfill that obligation before you can get another discounted phone.
Do you want a new phone/different phone? Look at eBay or swappa, or check with your friends who may have something you can borrow. Or simply keep using the EDGE phone until it's paid for, then look at options at that time.

Randomly Apple TV can't play Movies/Tv shows and music.

I've seen other people having problems with this issue but with all my searching, have not found an answer and thought I'd share my experience in case someone has a solution or suggestion.
Our cable modem service comes into an access pannel in the bedroom closet. It goes to the Linksys WRT54G router, then to a hub which sends out to all the rooms in our house. Our house is new and pre-wired for ethernet in each room. It comes in the office, goes into another hub and then to the Mac Mini I have and to a NAS Lacie storage drive where all my movies, music and photos are at. We stream everything and only synk photos on the Apple TV.
Over the last couple of days, the Apple TV can't play movies or music for some reason. The errors I get with Movies/TV is "The selected video cannot be played." The format was not recognized. With music the message is "Apple TV cannot play the current song." I know all the movies and music work because a day before I just played I AM LEGEND and it worked perfectly.
I've got a couple of theories and wanted to float them by everyone. I use a Harmony 880 remote and when I select Apple TV, it turns on the ATV and then sets the inputs on the other items. When I'm done and select watch TV, it turns ATV off. Should the ATV stay on all the time? Could this be causing the problem?
I've restarted the ATV, the Mac Mini, the hubs, the cable modem, the router. Nothing brings it back. But if it sits for a while, a couple hours or so, then it's back. However, it just stops playing for no reason and the next day it might not work again.
I'm running iTunes 7.6.2 and I checked the ATV and iTunes and both say they are up to date on their software.
I could really use some help here. The frustrating part is the kids want to watch one of their movies for the 700th time and it won't play many time.
Thanks everyone.
John
I use a Harmony 880 (I believe) remote.

Oops----thinking of the light on the Airport!!! =-)
The status light is gray, so it is not setting off any "alarms", everything else is working, but when I go to watch a movie, rented or owned, it times out and resets itself. I ran a diagnostic and it said everything was working properly, I reset to factory settings and still had the same problem, and even reset the Airport to make sure it was not just the connection.
At a complete loss as to any other ideas to try to get her up and running again. No way am I going anywhere near an Apple Store with all the iPad hype that is out right now!!!!!!

HT4061 i just got this ipad and whoever had it before me never took their stuff off now i can't set it up under my apple id.

I just got this Ipad. It was previously used, and now i am trying to set it up through my apple id and it won't let me. Do i talk to u about it or take it in to Ez rent to own where i got it.?

cupcake4lyfe wrote:
take it in to Ez rent to own where i got it.?
yes

How do I reset an IPad 2 to factory settings without access to itunes account?

I bought a used IPad 2 from a rent to own store. When the Ipad was returned to store, the customer service rep did not check to see if Ipad was functioning properly and that customer info had been deleted off Ipad to protect that persons info that may be on it. We found out after I purchased, that it wasn't done. After checking their records, they had a hard time getting in contact with customer for either payment or returning item. After 6 months of no contact, he returned ipad. The customer left the passcode on it. From what I can tell, their info/apps/programs are still on it. The store has made numerous attempts to contact customer to get passcode so it can be reset to factory. But no luck. Part of the reason I haven't returned to store is I bought the Ipad while living in Canada. I am now in US. I would like to use it. Returning it is an option. and getting a full refund. Just a little more hassle to deal with.
Is there a way to reset Ipad to Factory settings without passcode on lock screen, or without itunes that it may or may not have been synced to? I do NOT want to have access to any information that the previous owner had on it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

If you are trying to activate an iPad or iPhone and it is asking for a previous owners Apple ID and password, you have encountered the Activation Lock. This is a security feature that prevents thieves from setting up and using a stolen or lost iPad or iPhone. You have no alternative. You must contact the previous owner to get permission to use the device. If you cannot contact the previous owner return the device to where you bought it and get a refund. You will never be able to activate the device and no one can help you do it. Your best bet is to return the iPad, get a refund and purchase a new iPad from a reputable source.

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