hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
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1 edit | typical Typical marketing schemes 
Very misleading and on the verge on lying.
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Mactron
el camino Real
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| Re: typical said by hopeflicker  :Typical marketing schemes Very misleading and on the verge on lying. It's numbers hype. They all play the game thinking we the consumer are clueless. Out of the ~150 channels I have, I watch 6-8 at the most. The rest are trash.  Will trash in HD be better?.. 
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
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| Re: typical said by dadkins :said by Mactron :Will trash in HD be better?.. Hell Yeah! Crystal Clear, Widescren, HD - trash! LOL! You mean we'll finally get J. Springer in HD??? fuck ya! 
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join:2005-09-01 | Re: typical Most amusing thing was when the girl had come up there for the third time, bringing 6 guys at once each time, and after the third time STILL didn't know who the daddy was. | |
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Jamaica, NY
| Re: typical said by Necronomikro :Most amusing thing was when the girl had come up there for the third time, bringing 6 guys at once each time, and after the third time STILL didn't know who the daddy was. Maybe it was her daddy  | |
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FicmanS
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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join:2005-01-03 | Re: typical Satellite doesn't need to do that; they aren't running internet and phone down the same RG-6. | |
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Heterman
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Fayetteville, AR | The DBS satellite system works very similar to what you point out in SDV. You only get the channels you request, which send voltage to the lnbf to switch transponders. | |
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PolarBear
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| said by Mactron :said by hopeflicker :Typical marketing schemes Very misleading and on the verge on lying. It's numbers hype. They all play the game thinking we the consumer are clueless. Out of the ~150 channels I have, I watch 6-8 at the most. The rest are trash. Will trash in HD be better?.. No kidding. 400-800 HD channels? I only get about 200 SD channels. You're telling me there will be MORE HD channels than than SD ones? Hundreds of never-before-seen channels are just going to materialize and start broadcasting in HD?
Marketing Bullshit. They should be required to explicitly define the word "channel" in any advertisement that tells how many "channels" a provider offers. PPV, on-demand, and Sunday Ticket/MLB Extra Innings/NHL Center Ice are NOT channels.
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join:2005-11-21
Bryans Road, MD
| agreed........Note they don't say 400 National HD channels. In other words we are adding 10 new national HD channels, 30 new VOD, and 460 local/regional channels spread all over the place.
Meaning you may see very little by the end of the year. Yes on the verge of lying. Pitiful. | |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
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join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA
| Re: typical said by TKJunkMail :They have made presentations on Wall St that say they will have 150 NATIONAL HD channels by the end of 2008. Why dont they just say that in the first place? I mean, they are boasting 800 channels by year end and that is a bit of a stretch.
Hell, i can look at my monthly tv guide for all of my HD channels and probably come up with 800 HD programs.
It's no wonder why there are so many anti-big business people out there.
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join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA | The thing is there even isnt 50 networks that provide HD if even that. | |
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