Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
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DirecTV. I get far more HD and VOD content and better hardware for a lower price. I priced FiOS TV and while programming was fairly reasonable their HD offerings sucked ass and they were a rip-off for the HD hardware I needed. |
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ITALIAN926
join:2003-08-16
Stratford, CT
1 edit | Ah, I guess your area hasnt been upgraded yet. NY has like 100 HD channels now, they were added like a month ago. The up front equipment charges for direcTV is crazy when you have a few HD TV's. Verizon charges $5 more a month for each STB. I guess its a wash as far as equipment.... pay now, or pay over time.
More VOD with DirecTV? How is that even possible? Connecting with your internet connection to the STB? If so, you may be the future poster child for Verizon caps . LOL. Verizon has thousands of things on-demand, Verizon by you must be run entirely different. |
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Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
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4 edits | While cable and Verizon are getting to 100 including PPV content, D* is already at 130.
In my market Verizon wanted $16 for each HD DVR (I use 2) plus $10 for a regular HD box and $6 for a standard STB totaling $50/mo in just hardware fees. My DirecTV install included a free HD box, free standard box and hefty rebates on my HD DVRs so I will be ahead in just over a year. I do have to pay access fees though ($15). And I liked D*'s DVR hardware better, it offers 2.5X the storage capacity, big 90-min cache, internet based VOD, connections to my Vista media center, remote scheduling (including scheduling from my phone) and other features Verizon's moto boxes didn't have. At $35/mo it doesn't take long to come out ahead in terms of hardware.
The only drawback is some of the D* content is still MPEG2. |
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