I’ll admit it, I’m a gadget and technology freak. Anything new that makes noise and lights, I got to have me one! 
I’m not a Time Warner Cable subscriber (at least for televison anyway – I use DirecTV), but I do subscribe to their Roadrunner Internet. Still, I was excited to get a notice in the mail regarding their new “Signature Series” package!
The notice I received regarding this new package outlined some key “upgrades”, features that I think many subscribers will like! First (and probably the most exciting), is the new “whole home DVR” solution – The ability to record a show on a DVR box in one room and watch that show on a TV in another room! I’ve had this feature ever since I subscribed to DirecTV, and it works great! With DirecTV, the DVR boxes use the coax cable to build a network between boxes so they can “stream” shows from one box to another. I don’t know how Time Warner achieves the “DVR networking”, but I assume it’s the same sort of principle.
Other features of the new Signature Series from Time Warner Cable:
1) Faster internet!!! The new “Wide Band” internet. 50 megs down and 5 megs up! Woo Hoo!! With dawn of services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video on Demand, etc…. faster is DEFINATELY better!
2) Ability to manage telephone service via your computer. I don’t know exactly what they mean by “manage”. The notice I received in the mail didn’t go into specifics, but It would be great if you could block certain phone numbers from even ringing your home phone!
3) Dedicated support team!! Time Warner Cable was promising quicker repsonse times, dedicated help with anything you needed from setting up wireless network, phone care, access to a personal solutions provider, etc…
I don’t know how much the Signature Series will cost, but a quick search on the internet revealed that pricing would be around $200 a month (at least for other cities). This includes a couple of networkable DVR boxes, cable TV service, phone, and internet too.
I just hope that Time Warner Cable has changed the software used on their cable boxes. One reason I switched from cable to DirecTV was the ability to customize my channel guide. I hated that (when cruising the guide) I couldn’t prevent certain channels from displaying! The DirecTV guide provides that option (and more).
It looks like Time Warner is finally catching up with the technological demands of a new generation.
