I am big fan on Smallville. One thing sad news for me that I won't be in home at 8pm. Most time, I got home at near 9pm. So, we have DVR.
Any have bad experience with Cable or FIOS TV (HDTV box) and CC?
We tried few different TV boxes.
Fios HDTV Box vs Fios Standard TV box vs TIVO HD vs Antenna (Over The Air)
Antenna - at regular (non-HD) look great CC but grain (snow) image
Antenna - at HD - look great CC but weak signal (lost CC & many blocks as digitals)
Fios Standard Box - look great CC - still no HD
Fios HDTV Box - Smallville HD - poor CC - fad texts or sloppy CC
Fios HDTV Box - use standard TV (Non-HD) too fast CC - hard time to read CC in 1 seconds.
TIVO HD - Smallville HD - poor CC - We notice something missing. (ask my son to hear sound and read). He said lot missing 50 percent CC.
TIVO HD - Smallville (standard) - not try yet. Returned TIVO for refund $300 plus tax.
TIVO HD box - still great CC for all other TV Programs except Smallville, Lost, few other programs.
TIVO HD vs FIOS HDTV box
My personal, I choice TIVO HD over Fios HD because CC is great quality and clear to read. I can choice any color texts and size. Fios HDTV is lock that I can't change color or font style or size.
FIOS TV box and HDTV box came from Motorola. Same as Comcast has Motorola HDTV box or standard TV box.
I plan to buy TIVO HD for under $175 or wait for upgrade Fios HDTV box by this end of year or earlier 2009.