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Re: yes, they use DirecTV math Doesnt Directv rebroadcast the channel list in HD? Its not really there fault that the stations themselves are slacking. |
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| said by DemonicLlama:Doesnt Directv rebroadcast the channel list in HD? Its not really there fault that the stations themselves are slacking. Nah, the issue there is that DirecTV is adding up all of the local stations they offer, across the country, and counting those towards the "150 HD channels". Any given person only has access to the locals for their area though.
They do still have more HD channels than cable, but its nowhere near 150.
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| DirecTV says they will offer 150 NATIONAL HD channels and 1500 LOCAL HD channles by the end of 08'.
They're not adding the locals into that count. They currently are offering 77 national channels, and are promising 100 by the end of 07'.
This total includes premium HD movie channels (13), HD pay per view channels (13), national HD channels (42), regional sports networks (9).
They've listed (8) more national HD channels that are set to roll out at any time. They also have announced that they will be doing (8) more HBO/Cinemax channels which are supposed to roll out by the end of this year which would bring the total to (100).
This doesn't include their HD channels that are used for their sports packages like NFL sunday ticket.
I don't have any problem with DTV's math skills. I think they've been pretty straight forward about what they're offering.
As a DTV customer whose having to use Comcast in the interim as my new house isn't ready to be moved in yet, and I'm stuck using Comcast in an apartment currently I can say that DirecTV is hands down better than Comcast. The only thing that was good about Comcast was the install process, but that's to be expected in a pre-wired building. They're DVR is garbage. They're GUI is way outdated. Their HD doesn't look as good as my DTV did, and their hearlded On Demand service isn't anything special. Anything worth watching cost $5.99 so what's the point. |
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| I am in an area where i have 3 choices. No cable/sat(which I lived without till a month before i headed off to college(thank god for videogames)), comcast, or satillite. We got DTV/directway and have had it for 6 years now and except for the sat delay We have been very happy with CS and picture quality(we do not have the HD service but have the full channel line up with all the extras). |
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