inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | funny, I get HD free all the time from Cox
interesting how ATT charges for the same content twice. |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
1 edit | You can also get it free OTA. But not everyone wants a mini oil rig outside their homes, holmes. |
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JamesPC
join:2005-10-12
Orange, CA
| Curious...
I wonder how good the service will actual be. Will it be as reliable as cable TV? As long as its not satellite, I have never seen a show on satellite that does not pixel ate at least once during the program or just cut all together. I am curious to the level of quality compared to the proven cable system. |
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dcs2281
join:2004-09-14
Santa Clarita, CA | reply to ninjatutle
Re: funny, I get HD free all the time from Cox
Here the Cable Co charges extra for it, and they only have a few channels. OTA for me, no go, I am shadowed and need a tower of at least 250' to even think of getting it OTA. |
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jtudor
Xm 60's On 6 Freak
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-07
Morganton, NC
| New customers only
At least on Direct TV:
Valid for New Triple Choice customers subscribing to a qualifying DIRECTV programming package
Nothing for existing faithful customers. That sucks!
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Best of luck
"Do, or Do not, there is no try!" Yoda
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Lee GWB
Yaco
Premium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
1 edit | Hummm
Thats one reason I left Directv, to charge for a service that will be free currently or within the next 18 months or so.
Fios,Cable vision, No Extra charge (Not counting the Set or the STB)
Lee |
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gigahurtz
Premium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
clubs:
 ·Earthlink Cable Mo..
 ·VoicePulse
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Re: New customers only
said by jtudor  :At least on Direct TV: Valid for New Triple Choice customers subscribing to a qualifying DIRECTV programming package
Nothing for existing faithful customers. That sucks! This is exactly why I left DirecTV (and Dish Network). They offer great deals for new customers but screw the current (faithful) faithful customers. You're stuck in contracts that they know will be a hassle to get out of. This is the main reason why I switched to Brighthouse and I don't look back. |
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DialupFool
join:2005-01-05
North Jackson, OH
| Not to mention the $150 upgrade fee, if you want a dvr and the $6 a month fee for the lease of the receiver.
Granted they do offer a rebate that essentialy makes the receiver free after a 10 month credit.
$20 for the crappy hd that they offer is a joke.
OTA is great, for me at least, I get it from a cheap RS indoor antenna, I'm about 15-20 miles from the towers.
Later
JimC |
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dv
What was that?
Premium
join:2005-04-19
Goleta, CA | reply to inteller
Re: funny, I get HD free all the time from Cox
how are they charging twice for the service? once for the full price and then again for hd?
Cox internet may not be the best, but their tv is a great deal. |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| reply to ninjatutle
said by ninjatutle :You can also get it free OTA. But not everyone wants a mini oil rig outside their homes, holmes. Mini oil rig? You must be really out in the boonies. My neighbor uses a normal TV antenna for his HDTV. That is the only reason he keeps it in shape, or so he said when I asked why he had that and the dish.
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thender2
Glamour Profession
Premium
join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY | I get free HD too!
It's called an antenna, and you don't get the ass-backwards HD lite they're probably sending out. |
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xerxes3642
join:2006-02-24
Saint Charles, MO
·Charter Pipeline
| yikes!!
I sure hope that their new franchise non-agreements for internet and cable content, combined with their satellite and telephone will result in "more competition" and lower prices for everyone forever...or perhapse, they will just drive everyone else out of business and sit in AT&T's most comfortable position, as a monopoly. |
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ric b
join:2006-03-23
Saint Louis, MO | BAH
Isn't this the same company that "proposed" (read claimed they'd have) the idea of having DSL only lines available in their service areas without requiring actual phone service, as part of the whole Bell South "buyout"? |
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odinb
join:2001-11-26
Frisco, TX
1 edit | reply to JamesPC
Re: Curious...
My DVB-T local channel HD has been rock solid since I put my antenna up over a year ago, with 2 exceptions. Since I live approximately 50 miles from the broadcasting antennas, and I have a fairly small antenna (»tinyurl.com/2pftdx), reception on Channel 8 ABC hardly ever works, and KDFI 27 works when they are not broadcasting on half signal strength. The rest of the "big" local channels has no pixelisations, and are crystal clear on my 37" LCD-HDTV. Are planning to try with a better amplifier to get ABC.
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whocares
Premium
join:2003-07-26
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Re: BAH
and i get all the HD i like from directv,but IF ATT is still with former DISH network, no way friend HAD dish/SBC,,I don't want anything to do with THAT company,DISH has or had to many "INTERNAL" problems...
what company is ATT in contact with now,? |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
| reply to dv
Re: funny, I get HD free all the time from Cox
said by dv :how are they charging twice for the service? once for the full price and then again for hd? right, they charge you a premium to watch the same shows in higher res. ripoff.
Cox Inet isnt bad, when I am able to download at 1.5 mbps thats not a bad thing. |
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ric b
join:2006-03-23
Saint Louis, MO
| reply to whocares
Re: BAH
The problem is you'll always have people that LOVE DirecTv, me included, and you'll always have someone (who is obviosuly right) that's against DTV. You can't please everyone all of the time.
I don't have the money right now to upgrade everything I own to HDTV. So that doesn't really mean much to me yet. Eventually when I need to upgrade to be able to watch TV, then I will.
I don't know about Dish's problems, because I never had any thougths of using them, not do I personally know anyone that has one. I know DTV and SBC used to be combined as a package. What ever happened there? money? |
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whocares
Premium
join:2003-07-26
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2 edits | but REALISTICALLY lets look at time warner CABLE tv over DirecTv & WHY i choose DirecTv
side by side,also FOR ME,I have all the
TOTAL CHOICE PLUS Monthly
HBO and STARZ Monthly
HD Access Monthly
DIRECTV Protection Plan Advanced Product
AFTER you get both set up & running,with all your programs,
notice
1st DIRECTV programing guide
you can EDIT the guide,so that you ONLY see the programs, that you are paying for or have.
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time warner, YOU vannot edit their program guide,
oh yes TW has a "favorite list" on a 2ndary channel, but not on the main guide,YOU MUST look through every channel offered by TW to find the channels your interested in.
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DIRECTV,YOU OWN the equipment
TW you never own the equipment
so if you move to another city or state, you can still get DIRECTV.
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most apt complex's,(where the majority of TW customers are from) try to tell their renters, YOU CANNOT have nor will we allow you to attach the dish to our propertyfine,
Congress DID pass a law that specificially says,that if cable tv is allowed on a rental property, that a satallite dish be allowed on the property also, and it dosen't have to be attached to any part of the property, my big HD oval dish isn't attached anywhere on the property.
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TW raise's prices & you har it in the news all the time CABLETV THEFT,
[b]when the last time you heard of someone STEALING tv signals from a anyone?
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in closing yes i really enjoy DIRECTV, in fact when the tech installed my Directv system,
he used a 10 foot steel pole,he used a MANUAL pole digger,poured in 20 lbs of cement,(came back next day) covered the hole back up with grass & dirt,(nice & neat) then attached my system,then when I upgraded & attached the HD dish to that same pole,so it is secure, |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
1 edit | reply to RayW
Re: funny, I get HD free all the time from Cox
I'm in a canyon, sort of. I tried with regular antennas but they don't pick up jack.
I would need something like whats shown in the photos to get the OTA HD's.
Plus, I don't think the cable co's are giving away A&E HD, ESPN HD, TNT HD, HBO HD, etc for free in their regular programing unless you subscribe to the HD packages. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to whocares
Re: BAH
Direct and Dish both lease the equipment to you now. So you don't own anything and if you do from before they started this scam then they will still ask for the equipment YOU purchased when you try to upgrade something.
My buddy just dealt with this when he wanted to upgrade to a new HD DVR with Direct. They insisted he give them the Toshiba HD receiver he purchased 3 years ago for $500 or they would make him pay the full price for the HD DVR instead of the "discounted" lease fee.
Also the law has nothing to do with whether or not cable is somewhere. No place (association, apartment owner, etc) can restrict your ability to get dish provided you can safely get reception by staying with 20' of the roofline and do not need to make permanent changes to the structure (drill holes, etc). Historical sites can file for an exemption, but they have to show why they should be exempt and get the FCC's approval. |
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