| oh noes Firstly, this is 100% about AT&T getting their hands on DirectTV's NFL ticket for Uverse.
Secondly, I've had DirectTV for 7 years now and this news gave me a stomach ache. I don't need AT&T screwing up my TV.
Uverse has much worse compression and only supports 1 HD stream. They're also doing ad injection and their PPV movies suck. In so many ways, DirectTV is superior. I'm nervous about how this is going to work out. DirectTV makes Uverse look bad. Has to be about the NFL ticket. |
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| i don't understand i have been a longtime dish network user,and 2 years ago i switched to DirecTV with at&t bundle with 10.00 dollars off a month
that was 2 years ago at&t offered DirecTV instead of dish.i didn't like DirecTV at all the programming was fine i didn't like the channel guide at all doesn't let you know what channels you actually have without setting up a user guide,and even then you had to click on that channel to see if you actually had that channel was a big hassle to set up.
i don't know it may be better now,but i have been a dish user for 8 years except for the year i used DirecTV so what am i missing i did this 2 years ago did they switch back to dish now back to DirecTV IM confused,also i had the standard with DirecTV the may be better,but i have heard DirecTV dvr is not near as good as dish dvr.i love my dish dvr i will stay with dish |
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 NowVOIPIn the beginning there was POTS
join:2006-03-05
Round Lake, IL | reply to Boz
Get your facts right. In most areas Uverse now offers 2 HDs streams, and the are slowly rolling out phase I of their THDVR system.
And I seriously doubt this has anything to do with AT&T getting its hands on NFL Sunday Ticket for Uverse service. The NFL & Direct TV have an exculsive contract for the Sunday Ticket Package. Under the terms of this contract Direct TV cannot resell the service to anyone else, with out the NFL's prior approval, and I'm sure the NFL would then want more money. The result this has nothing to do with NFL Sunday Ticket, it has to do with money. Direct TV simply offered AT&T a larger share of the pot for every subscriber they bring in, verus what DISH was willing to give. "It's all about the money!" |
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said by Boz :
Firstly, this is 100% about AT&T getting their hands on DirectTV's NFL ticket for Uverse.
Secondly, I've had DirectTV for 7 years now and this news gave me a stomach ache. I don't need AT&T screwing up my TV.
Uverse has much worse compression and only supports 1 HD stream. They're also doing ad injection and their PPV movies suck. In so many ways, DirectTV is superior. I'm nervous about how this is going to work out. DirectTV makes Uverse look bad. Has to be about the NFL ticket.
Relax.
You're confusing a merger with a co-branded marketing arrangement (which is what this is). AT&T is simply using DirecTV to supplement its current offerings, but that doesn't affect existing DirecTV subscribers at all. IF you have DirecTV now, you'll continue to have the same flavor.
I have DirecTV and quite frankly, my only complaints: CW HD is literally unwatchable for some reason, and MyNetworkTV is not provided in HD yet. |
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said by Boz :
Firstly, this is 100% about AT&T getting their hands on DirectTV's NFL ticket for Uverse.
You're pulling this straight out of your butt.
DirecTV is DirecTV, whether AT&T markets and resells it or not. It'll have an NFL Ticket option. AT&T does not "get their hands" on it. AT&T won't be able, for example, to get NFL Ticket for U-verse TV, just because they are co-marketing with DirecTV.
Also, if AT&T wants to cut a deal with the NFL, they go to the freakin NFL! They don't do a back door with some other provider.
Secondly, I've had DirectTV for 7 years now and this news gave me a stomach ache. I don't need AT&T screwing up my TV.
It won't affect you. Your DirecTV sub will continue as is.
Uverse has much worse compression and only supports 1 HD stream. They're also doing ad injection and their PPV movies suck. In so many ways, DirectTV is superior. I'm nervous about how this is going to work out. DirectTV makes Uverse look bad. Has to be about the NFL ticket.
Your logic is completely wrong. AT&T does a satellite deal because U-verse isn't very widespread yet, so they have to have something to offer their customers who want to deal with a single vendor. It has nothing to do with competing with U-verse, or not. AT&T will only offer the satellite packages in areas where U-verse isn't available. Likewise, AT&T will NOT offer the satellite package if you have access to U-verse.
Also, your facts are wrong. U-verse supports 2 HD streams, not one. And they are not "doing ad injection". I will agree that their HD PQ is not as good as DirecTV but it is not a giant gap. I can't comment on PPV because I have no experience there. |
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 JaM4150Premium
join:2005-10-27
Matamoras, PA | reply to splat1622
It's changed. Now the channels that your don't subscribe to as are kinda faded in the guide. |
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said by Boz :
Firstly, this is 100% about AT&T getting their hands on DirectTV's NFL ticket for Uverse.
Secondly, I've had DirectTV for 7 years now and this news gave me a stomach ache. I don't need AT&T screwing up my TV.
Uverse has much worse compression and only supports 1 HD stream. They're also doing ad injection and their PPV movies suck. In so many ways, DirectTV is superior. I'm nervous about how this is going to work out. DirectTV makes Uverse look bad. Has to be about the NFL ticket.
This has one purpose and one purpose only. To offer the triple play where they can't offer it with U-Verse. Where they never plan to offer U-Verse. With this option they can expand the DSL footprint to the less desirable areas and still have a worthwhile triple play bundle available.
DirecTV will never give up Sunday ticket. Dish network is just going down the tubes, and DirecTV is on the up slant right now. If they're gong to do a partnership why wouldn't they select the best option from a programming standpoint. DirecTV is the best there is for programming. They've been for quite sometime. They have more HD and they have the Sunday ticket. Dish can;t compete with that, and neither can any of the other cable providers. The only downfall is having a dish on your home, and I don't mind that. |
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 DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:70 | reply to ReVeLaTeD
Agreed, this is just a marketing arrangement not a merger! |
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