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 rec9140Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL | reply to djrobx
Re: Why Is Verizon Wasting Time With Unfriendly Governments? said by djrobx:
You're looking at it backwards. The only way they can "sell" FIOS to investors is to convince them that this new fiber pipe is actually needed for something. Problem is, old coax and twisted pair *works just fine* for high speed internet service for the vast majority of people. TV is about the only thing phone copper can't do well, although SBC/AT&T seems determined to fit a square peg in a round hole.
Thats the problem the investors are idiots as well as the analysts. There are only looking for QUICK $$$ not LONG TERM FUTURE VIABILITY of the NETWORK AND COMPANY. VZ will be WAY AHEAD of the "Death Star" company with its fiber network that it will take years for them to catch up. It may also end some of the merger mania. Cooper is only good for HSI, IF the ILEC decides to invest in the network to get DSL to 100% areas. My area, forget it, SLC's etc. all over the place, DSL is never coming to my area. VZ made a choice to dump copper and go fiber, good move. This is one time when shooting the messenger is needed.
said by djrobx:
I'm glad you like your Dish service, but it's really a dinosaur. You haven't seen how useful a "movie lineup" can be until you've seen what happens when you combine free VOD with your premium channel subscriptions. Now you can watch *any* movie that's being aired on premium channels *whenever you want* from a categorized list.
I have this thing called a DVD-R which quite nicely records what I want, and plays it back when I want. No need for VOD. This is another turkey as far as me, I don't see the need with PVR's, DVD-R's and even a VCR.
FIOS TV offerings do not match the present level of movie channels I get now, and thus its not useful for me. I am not downgrading channels I watch just because its there. Theres no savings if I can not watch what I want on a channel because I don't get it.
said by djrobx:
Way more useful! And who cares about HD? I do!
HD is a turkey, I am not impressed, and its a waste of bandwidth be DBS or fiber or coax. HD is for the uber niche videophile, and thats not me and its a very small group. If floats your boat,great, I am tired of hearing about it. I am not impressed with HD. A simple conversion to digital format for OTA, fine.
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| Fair enough, and I can understand your sentiments. But you have to admit that HD signal TV in some format (probably several) will continue to gain traction as the hardware prices come down and new products are launched. The way I see it the older 720p only stuff will become the baseline affordable screens, while the newer, fancier, 1080p screens will become the new top niche. There's just too much perceived profit potential driving the HD market right now for it to slow down at this point. Just look at all the hype concerning blu-ray and HD-DVD...Truthfully I could care less about those devices because they are going to hose the whole concept with draconian hardware/software protection schemes. But, just because I'm uninterested, doesn't mean there aren't thousands lined up to buy into the fiasco. | |
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join:2006-03-08
Naples, FL
kudos:2 | reply to rec9140
HD is a turkey, I am not impressed, and its a waste of bandwidth be DBS or fiber or coax. HD is for the uber niche videophile, and thats not me and its a very small group. If floats your boat,great, I am tired of hearing about it. I am not impressed with HD. A simple conversion to digital format for OTA, fine. You've hit that nail right on the head. Even the content providers know this and are far more interested in the "multicasting" (multi-channel) capability of ATV than the HD aspect, which is mostly a money-losing toy. | |
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