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Arlington, TX | reply to wmcbrine
"Two-Thousand Three" (2003) (11111010011) (7D3) ... Good grief... You must have missed the part where I mentioned the year 2003. Would be best if you paid better attention to the threads where you respond. In 2003 their DVR only offered 480p. |
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Laurel, MD | said by GNH:Good grief... You must have missed the part where I mentioned the year 2003. Not at all.
Would be best if you paid better attention to the threads where you respond. In 2003 their DVR only offered 480p. No, it didn't. Look, either you had a standard-def Tivo -- which does only 480i, not 480p -- or you had the HD Tivo, which has never been limited to 480p. There has never been a 480p unit, ever.
But, now that I think of it, the HD Tivo wasn't really available until mid-2004. So it must've been a standard-def (480i) unit. |
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4 edits | said by wmcbrine:No, it didn't. Look, either you had a standard-def Tivo -- which does only 480i, not 480p -- or you had the HD Tivo, which has never been limited to 480p. There has never been a 480p unit, ever. Here are a couple of links (below) "showcasing" the 2003 product offerings, which they were promising, and they already had a unit deployed that could handle 480i/p.
»www.pbase.com/tigerdave/image/10792284
»www.pbase.com/image/10792288
Had they actually had the CES unit available at the time, I might still be with DirecTV, but they screwed the pooch; still do on most occasions... just like their lame promise to bring 100 HDTV channels to market in the near future.
Will believe it when I see it, and if they actually offer something better than Dish (no one hold their breath), I'll switch.
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This is getting old. I think we've crossed the line from talking technology to bickering over semantics. I see the point you're trying to make. It's time to let this one die.
Later. |
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Laurel, MD | said by GNH:Here are a couple of links (below) "showcasing" the 2003 product offerings, which they were promising, and they already had a unit deployed that could handle 480i/p. 480i, not "480i/p". No p. The difference between 480p and 480i is not semantics. When you first posted, I was assuming you were right about the 480p, and just didn't know how to operate the HD Tivo. But the truth was that you just didn't know what you were talking about at all.
You got the wrong impression somehow... and I see no reason to believe that it was DirecTV's fault. I blame them for lots of things, but this looks like it's your mistake. |
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| Nah, it's pure semantics, especially when dealing with someone like you. Much of my frustration with DirecTV dealt with several issues, including their misrepresentation of their DVR product (480p/i notwithstanding), when comparing it to the then current Dish Network DVR. You weren't a part of that conversation, so you're clueless.
Guys like you argue for argument's sake. I have better things to do. Too bad you don't. Try to have a good weekend, Brine. |
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| I switched to DirecTV from Comcast after Comcast raised my rates for the 4th time and hasn't offered anything but 10 Cooking channels, 18 bshopping channels a multitude of foreign language crap. I thought -It can't get any worse but Was I ever wrong-
Then they had the audacity to try an uplift my HD tuner to a HD-DVR for another 330 dollars (additional installation and setup of the DVR). Their totally mis-represent their offerings-Don't believe their Sales WEB sites. I'm counting the days till I can opt out with the huge early termination fee. 600 channels and less than 10% are worth watching! I'm still unsure of their "new" HD-DVR/dual tuner setup and whether it actually delivers 1080i resolution. Their HD lineup for my neck of the woods ias pitiful Heck, they don't even offer one of the most popular channels as a local channelin HD in my market. I guess it's going to be one of their 100 new HD channels for 2007.! |
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Arlington, TX Reviews:
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| Many cable/sat providers peddle lies. I like companies that tell it like it is... Dish is one of those companies. Dish isn't perfect, there's rain fade and on occasion you may have other reductions in performance, but they don't bloat their offerings. They're a known quantity. |
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