Thanks for the feedback everyone.
So far, everything mentioned is easily solvable with HW and SW.......and should have already been done to keep up with the competition. I'm really surprised.......especially since the vendors of STBs and DVRs are common across ATT and Verizon. I realize the technology approach is different, but come on.....you have to stay competitive.
I forgot about the 2 tuner DVR problem also......ugh, that's going to cause problems. With Uverse I'd have multiple recordings ongoing and multiple live STBs in play.
I wanted FIOS primarily for the internet speed......and I guess that's all I got, but lost most of my old functionality. Should have done my homework.