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join:2002-04-21
Seattle, WA | sux It really sux that everyone is using HD to charge more, just give us the damn channels in HD and move on.
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October 10th, @01:20PM
| Re: sux said by rastamonsta  :It really sux that everyone is using HD to charge more, just give us the damn channels in HD and move on. and WHO is going to GIVE directv the satellites that going into space to send the Hd to us?
and WHO is going to give Directv the rockets to send the sattellites into space
and WHO is going to give NASA or directv the fuel to power the rockets to send the satellites into space
want to go on,
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| | DJ_Kismuth
join:2001-11-25
Chicago, IL
| Re: sux It's too bad that DirectTV has to blast rockets into space and deploy expensive satellites to deliver channels to you.
That's why wires are always better and more reliable than wireless.
Maybe in 50 years, wireless tech will outperform wired tech. | |
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jackknife
join:2001-02-24
Phoenix, AZ
clubs: | Re: sux Cable companies get their channels from satellites and then distribute them over their cables. So, exactly how are wires better? | |
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| Re: sux said by jackknife :Cable companies get their channels from satellites and then distribute them over their cables. So, exactly how are wires better? jackknife,DJ_Kismuth must think that the cable go from his home out to a poll,then arcoss the nation or through the Forrest & under the sea to the station doing the actual broadcast station & the world is flat,
I hate to have to tell him the world is round
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SOME people are quick to point out others mistakes,
and have a closed mind and R TO BLIND,to SEE their OWN mistakes & only know how to critize.
Others know how to discuss an issue.WHICH R YOU?
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| Re: sux Easy. I can get all my HD channels through one wire, along with phone and high speed internet. On the other hand, it apparently takes about 12 satellites to get all the channels down to a single customer, WITH a 33% cut in HD resolution.
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and you forgot the most important thing,
you get to pay 2 to 3 x's the amount for cable that sattelite users have to pay
jazzy
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Others know how to discuss an issue.WHICH R YOU?
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@tds.net | We're already paying... This, to me, is not added service. It is REPLACEMENT service. That's called the cost of doing business. | |
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| hunt4
join:2002-06-10
Fulton, TX | $4.99 a month is not bad considering all there hd content. Compare them no the only other choice I have charter and there not bad. | |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA | Re: sux Thats going to $10 here in a couple months. Confirmed on other forums. | |
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join:2002-09-29
Tallmadge, OH | Re: sux I can handle $10 for HD if they'd [dish] stop nickle and diming us with bullshit charges like the "DVR" fee and the "keep it plugged in to the wall" fee and other such nonsense. | |
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join:2003-07-26
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sw,tx now,but still worth it | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | I said years ago that by the time the switchover to HD is complete, TV will cost us 3-4x what it used to cost.
For the same crap. Just prettier looking, better sounding crap. | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK | Re: sux Hey I like some of that Crap  that isn't on OTA networks | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | TelcoTV Not Keeping Up With HD?
DirecTV apparently setting the pace...
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Are we talking true HD or HD-LITE?
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join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
| What HD channel? Why do we keep hearing about HD channels and there are very few actual HD shows. Who cares about watching upconverted reruns of "Quantum Leap"? Is there a place to find out which channels have 100% HD content i.e. Discovery HD Theater. AT&T is smart by not following Comcast and DirectTV off a cliff. Let these two lemmings fight it out, then swoop in take them both down by offering "REAL HD" channels that people actually watch and want. | |
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| footballdude
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| Re: What HD channel? said by ossito16 :Why do we keep hearing about HD channels and there are very few actual HD shows. Gotta put the infrastructure in place before people start to use it. Now that the channels are HD capable to a growing audience, there will be more HD content. Kind of hard to do it the other way around.
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DaSneaky1D
Tell me, where is your father?
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
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| TNT
TBS
USA
All HD, and nice for watching reruns of recent favorites
HBO
Showtime
Cinemax
Starz
Encore
Awesome range of movies show on these stations
Those are just the stations I watch. Not to mention the scores of Discovery channels offered, MHD, and what's still to come.
Most of the shows on these stations are not upconverted. If anything, they're actually being shown as filmed (which is already a good quality). The additional shows that are filmed in HD look amazing.
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| | ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
| I don't know, I checked titantv.com tv listings for HD only content and I see only 16 channels. Even less depending on time of day and cable/sat operator. | |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
| The problem with the "100 HD channels" claim... DirecTV gets their 100 channels claim by including all their "spot beam" *local* HDTV channels.
Basically ABC HD in Boston counts as one, and ABC HD in San Deigo counts too. No one user will actually *get* 100 channels. Plus they include their HDTV PPV.
So you can cut that number about in half. But still 50 is pretty good, considering before this launch they had I think around 13 (including the 4 major broadcast networks). Now they've added another 32 channels.
If only DTV didn't have such a big head...
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join:2006-05-12
Springfield, IL
| Re: The problem with the "100 HD channels" claim... said by Jerm :DirecTV gets their 100 channels claim by including all their "spot beam" *local* HDTV channels. Actually that is NOT true at all - D* has ALWAYS claimed 100 NATIONAL HD channels, which those "spot beam locals" obviously do NOT count toward. If this WAS true as you claim, they could have ALREADY done this w/out even adding much national channels, as they already ARE probably over 100 HD feeds with all the local HD markets they are already carrying.
Now, what they ARE probably counting toward the "100 NATIONAL HD channels" IS the RSN's that are moving to national beams. Of course, while everyone "nationally" CAN get all these if they so choose, (via the sports pak) they will NOT get any of the pro & college sports outside their designated markets. | |
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DvST8
join:2000-03-08
Staten Island, NY
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October 10th, @06:36PM
| The 100 channels only counts one of each local, so one ABC is counted once in that total.
I think the number of locals they said will be 250+ not counting the 100 national channels.
So if you want to count it that way they currenly have over 250 HD channels. which wouldnt be fair to do.
Not counting locals the current number of HD channels on DirecTv is 46. (Notice not counting PPV or NFL\NHL\MLB\Nascar like some people do)
74 Universal HD
76 HD Theater (Formally Discovery HD Theater)
78 HDNet Movies
79 HDNet
101 The 101 (DirecTv Exclusives)
202 CNN HD
206 ESPN HD
209 ESPN2 HD
212 NFL Network HD
220 Big Ten Network HD
231-1 Food Network HD
242 USA Network HD
244 SciFi Channel HD
245 TNT HD
247 TBS HD
255 MGM HD
265 A&E HD
267 The Smithsonian Channel HD
269 The History Channel HD
273 Bravo HD
276 National Geographic HD
278 The Discovery Channel HD
280 TLC HD
282 Animal Planet HD
284 The Science Channel HD
355 CNBC HD
332 MHD
362 The Weather Channel HD
501 HBO HD
504 HBO West HD
512 Cinemax East HD
514 Cinemax West HD
518 Starz Kids and Family HD
519 Starz Comedy HD
520 Starz Edge HD
521 Starz West HD
522 Starz East HD
537 Showtime HD
538 Showtime Too HD
540 Showtime West HD
544 The Movie Channel East HD
604 Versus HD / The Golf Channel HD
622 YES HD
623 New England Sports Network/NESN HD
625 SportsNet New York HD
629 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic HD
640 Comcast SportsNet Chicago HD | |
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Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Yup... while they are technically providing it, the '100 HD' channels aren't available to any one person at anytime.
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join:2004-04-05
Satellite Beach, FL
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October 10th, @04:24PM
| Re: The problem with the "100 HD channels" claim... ok one more time- not true.....There are national channels...There are 46 today and there Will be as many as 100 (if there are that many HD channels to broadcast) around the end of the year. Then there are local channels- at some point directv will provide 4 to 5 channels into each local market (all 210 of them)
The total of ALL channels is around 1500 channels of which each local sub can receive around 105 of. Next year they will have the ability to add another 50 national channels...taking each persons total to around 150. | |
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Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
·Verizon west (ex G..
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| Charter will follow, maybe I haven't heard a peep from Charter, and I expect I won't be seeing any new HD channels for probably another 2-3 years, at the speed they improve anything they do.
And I just left DTV in June...I'd consider going back if I wasn't now living in a heavily forested area with next to no DTV line-of-sight, and Charter wouldn't rape me for breaking their little bundle.
Sheesh. Article should be titled "Is anyone keeping up with DTV?"
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | Maybe They have to get them hd channels up if they going to eliminate the analog system. | |
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join:2002-02-08
New Milford, CT
| Re: Charter will follow, maybe At least Charter has added a few channels over the past couple of months to some regions. My area just gained MOJO, History-HD, and A&E-HD last week. I would never have asked for two mostly Stretch-O-Vision networks and one which airs even more fluff than it did under the InHD moniker, but Charter has at least done something. Will that pace and selection keep the bulk of their customers from defecting to DSS systems in two years? Nope, but their debt status and lack of imagination will not allow them to save the sinking ship.
I also wish that I had a line-of-site to DirecTV's birds, but that isn't the case. I just have to hold out for the eventual Charter system sale to another company or the availability of UVerse in my area (which is probably at least a year away, hopefully in sync with the line bonding implementation). | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Re: Charter will follow, maybe said by Qixotl :At least Charter has added a few channels over the past couple of months to some regions. Yes a FEW. Manwhile Direct TV has added 39 in the last 3 weks. | |
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bnceo
join:2007-10-11
West Orange, NJ
| Meh on DirecTV I just got Verizon Fios and I truly love it. Granted I wish we had TBS HD (so I could see the MLB games in HD) along with others. However, the service that is provides has been pretty good. Yes DirecTV has a junk load of channels (I think the guide says like 9000 or whatever), but there's a reason why they advertise the amount of channels. Wired is the way to go. What good is having 100 HD channels if the feed turns crappy from a little drizzle?
If you got Fios in the area, get it. The HD channels will come. Just be patient and enjoy all those features for a good price. Oh and Multi-Room DVR is so sweet! | |
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join:2007-10-10
Jersey City, NJ | Directv HD - Awesome PQ Since the new channels arrived, the picture quality has been awesome. Better then before. I think people now realize that what directv did, was a legit move in being the leader. | |
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