Dish Gets Busted Lying About Reaching 200 HD Channels > All providers should back their numbers up

reply to Paul928

Re: All providers should back their numbers up

"Even then, I'm not sure if it IS a ploy.. in the sense to deceive anyone. If anyone is deceived by this, again, I find that to be the fault of the person receiving this."

OF COURSE it's done to deceive people, are you that naive? I do agree with you that maybe you and others who are a little more informed on the subject would know what they were trying to say, but the "average Joe," would be taken in by all of this! Hell, just look at all the confusion that people had when we went to the digital conversion of TV?

The confusion of many on DTV transition is not the fault of the conversion, rather, than the people itself. I'm sorry, but if the general public couldn't figure this out, then it really doesn't say alot about our general public.

The message about the DTV conversion was simple.. "Brodcast TV as you know it is changing. On such and such day, you will need to have acted. If you have an older set, you may need to install a digital receiver on your set. If you have cable TV or satellite, you're already covered".. what's so hard about that? WHY anyone, who subscribes to cable or satellite even asked if they needed to do anything, to begin with, was a sure sign of this.

Further, sorry, you saying "OF COURSE it's done to deceive people"... that's your opinion. Have you ever heard of ONE vs MANY? In this case, ONE person has a message, the MANY will take it MANY ways as THEY see fit. Did you NOT see or read a single word about applying the definition to something? I'm sorry, but you really have to stretch the meaning of the term "HD CHOICES" in order to feel deceived. FURTHER, Satellite coming in and making a huge deal out of it make it a big deal. EVEN FURTHER, once someone understands the meaning of HD CHOICES, why is there a need to further worry about it? .. you get it already.. so move on. To continue to make something out of this, you give it a life of it's own, which you're doing. You're smart enough, you obviously know better, MOVE ON to the next battle.

To this day, the MEANING of the words used together of "HD" & "CHOICES" mean exactly what they are along with the fact the put OnDemand along with it.. To read further into something, especially when you obviously already understand it, is in itself, being Naive.

We don't necessarily have to speak to "the average Joe".. there is ALWAYS going to be an average Joe. So what? The "average Joe" needs to not simply allow themselves to be taken by ANYTHING.. look, you can spell it all out 100%, and often it is.. and people will STILL not get it. I'm sorry, but the DTA conversaion couldn't have been any more simple and millions STILL didn't get it. Guess what? "Darwin!!! Come here buddy!!"

In some issues, when people spend too much time over-talking something, they make something more out of nothing. Further, DirecTV and Dish Network didn't help. Just as with the DT Conversion... Cable tried to tell people, in the discussion, that "If you already have cable TV, you don't need to do anything else - we've got you covered".. um.. how many people got confused by THAT? How many people, on top of all that cable advertising, also threw into the mix that "Cable must be out there to prey on people and profit from this"... again, more nonsense that just added to un-necessary confusion that, to be honest, wasn't there.

The messages are clear.. listen to them, read them, and if you have questions, ask them. Otherwise, if you're that stupid to form your own conclusion with out doing research off of a couple words, then really, what does that say about the individule? I don't know about you, but *I* don't need to read at a fourth grade level, NOR do I want to be talked to like one. I also don't want my internet cesored, I don't want to have to have a V-Chip in my TV and pay for it when I don't need it.. etc. Where am I going with this? ..simple.. we've lost our way when we have to cater to the lowest common demoninator. People need to be responsible for themselves.

In the issue of cable, there was nothing factually wrong with the phrase "More HD Choices".. someone's desire to ASSume doesn't change the English language.