http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522604 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:23 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22525853 said by CycloneGT:

hehe, that is pretty cheesey.

Of course Comcast has their fair share of "HD Choices" that they use in ads, pretending that they are equivalents to HD channels.

So while Dish, DirecTV, & FiOS each have pushed their number of HD channels over 100, Comcast just considers HD OnDemand selections (such 60 episodes of the Sopranos) to be the same as 60 HD channels.

Oh well, a educated consumer should see right through that.
But are any of those 60 episodes actaully showing in HD????
Lot of shows are on an HD chanel but are NOT HD quality. They even look bad on my Sony 27" SDTV. Yes I have an HD box and the diffencer is noticeble.
I know recently there was a "Battlestar Gallactica" marathon on UHD i belive it was. I was at a friends place watching his 52" big screen. So bad and pixelated. It was NOT in HD quality. That series was filmed in HD. One of Sci-Fi channels first HD programmings.

Paul]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22525853 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:17:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22524557 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22524557 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:35:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22524458
When we had Comcast, getting disaconnected from the VOD was a fairly common thing. And, since the weather around here can sometimes be stormy, the briefest power outage would leave the box blinking "12:00" and the guide content unavailable- for days.

After FIOS sells off it's TV subscribers in three states, including Indiana, I hope Frontier continues the great service as best it can, as I dread the thought of ever going back to Comcast.
Or, losing our beautiful trees to get satelite TV.
Mark F.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22524458 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:05:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523348
As for the DSL.. yes, they compare the 768 speed.. often the 1.5 speed as well. There are still a large number of people using 768, in verizon territory that still offers it, or the 1.5 depending on if they've killed the 768 tier in that area yet.

You can't compare their 3.0 service becuase not everyone can get that tier. However, in cable, everyone CAN get the top tier which is why they are required to claim against the tier available to all available subscribers.

If they, in the qwest areas, said "faster then 7.0 meg service".. that would piss people off too.. those that say "am still stuck at 256"...

Moral.. you will never please everyone.. as everyone will have a beef with something. But, the DLS/Cable comparison is actually correct on how to advertise it. Kinda the same as when Satellite started counting their audio channels as "channels" when saying "We have more channels than cable" years ago.. when you add in 75 music channels, sure! they add up quick..

They both do it.. the consumer needs to simply do their homework at all times.. I don't know about many here, but I do my homework NO MATTER WHAT as I never put my faith in an ad.. I know that ads are there, so long as they don't lie, simply to grab your attention and generate a phone call... ads generate leads period.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523348 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:11:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523300
True enough, everyone twists their words in marketing, but I don't see why you're jumping on someone for calling Comcast out on their dishonesty.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523300 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:02:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523225 said by CycloneGT:

So while Dish, DirecTV, & FiOS each have pushed their number of HD channels over 100, Comcast just considers HD OnDemand selections (such 60 episodes of the Sopranos) to be the same as 60 HD channels.

Oh well, a educated consumer should see right through that.
A "well educated consumer" knows what a channel and a choice is especially when you're talking about OnDemand. Only an uneducated person, or ignorant person, would push an argument TO DEATH that they're trying to somehow confuse channels with OnDemand selections.

I find it laughable that you'd sit here and talk about educated consumers when you're acting like you're not.

Never once does Comcast say "more hd channels".. it DOES say "there is more HD programs available at any given time" which is factually correct. You're sitting here twisting and putting words in the mouth of Comcast and working overtime to do so WHILE applauding "educated consumers" for knowing better... so what does that make you?

So really, since this argument is beaten to death, and well educated consumers know this, that really what you're saying is that the people on BBR are idiots? .. becuase everyone loves to bash a statement made in plain English. You clearly know the difference between choices and channels.. so stop acting like you've been harmed when you know you're not becuase you KNOW what the message says..

In the end, I could give a rats ass less who has more HD anything.. be it CHANNELS, or OnDemand, or OnOccasion, or HD pictures.. could care less.. my focus is no the idiotic fanboi bitching back and forth about a simple word that is clearly being pushed out of context in order to make something out of nothing.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523225 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:52:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523011
They both have their highs and lows. FiOS obviously has more linear channels, but significantly less VOD. Comcast does CLAIM a lot of HDVOD, but a lot of that is 2 minute interviews or peices of junk. BUT, a good chunk of FiOS's linear channels are PPV/West feeds of Movie Channels.

For the future though, it seems that CC is expanding their linear lineup (see my post in the Midwest Forum about ADDING 54 HD stations in Detroit, bringing the total to 102), faster than FiOS is expanding their VOD lineup.

It appears though, the good news is that both boeheimiths have enough bandwidth to eventually support all the HD feed we want.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22523011 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:18:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522974
Thank you for your cooperation citizen.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522974 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:13:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522727
Now as for Verizon, I have not once encountered a VOD show that I could not watch whenever I wanted. There shows are always available On-Demand and the quality is 1000% better then anything Concast ever gave me. While it may be true that Verizon does not have as much as Concast at least Verizon is able to keep there system available to anyone who wants to access it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522727 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:28:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522687 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522687 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:20:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522661
Of course Comcast has their fair share of "HD Choices" that they use in ads, pretending that they are equivalents to HD channels.

So while Dish, DirecTV, & FiOS each have pushed their number of HD channels over 100, Comcast just considers HD OnDemand selections (such 60 episodes of the Sopranos) to be the same as 60 HD channels.

Oh well, a educated consumer should see right through that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LOL-22522661 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:14:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/LOL-22522604
Comcast claim: FiOS fills up its HD on Demand library with recycled Internet content including hundreds of two minute videos like “How to Fold a Towel” and “How to Boil Water.”

Heh.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/LOL-22522604 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:03:57 EDT