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Cable Vs. DirectTV

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  1. Ben27 Ben27 is offline

    Platte City, MO
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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 1:27pm)

    Thoughts.... Opinions....

    Which has the best HDTV
  2. pace13 pace13 is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 1:46pm) in reply to Ben27

    had direct tv since it 1st came out... I <3 it

    7 rooms in my house wired for tv, bought an 8 was splitter and viola' satellite in every room.

    their new HD reciever is crap tho :/

    I do have the cable internts now tho....it pwns
  3. R_U_Nuts R_U_Nuts is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 1:51pm) in reply to Ben27

    I have HD cable my dad has HD sat. He does not get the local stations in HD. I had to hook up a big giant roof antenna so he could get the local stations in HD. There is a sattelite company I think its called voom and all of the channels they have are HD. With comcast I have 15 HD channels and I watch all of them. It's gotten to the point for me that if its not on in HD I dont watch it!
  4. Causeus Causeus is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 2:02pm) in reply to Ben27

    Currently

    Dish Network (29)

    Comcast (Tied)(7-16)
    Direct TV (Tied)(12)

    As soon as DTV launches a few more birds this summer/fall they are promising 150 national HD channels. Dish(29 channels) currently has the advantage since they bought bankrupt Voom's HD bandwidth. I'm not sure that the Weather channel/Food channel should count in the HD channel tally but they do. If you like sports, purchase any MPEG-4 equipment from DTV & you will be happy.
  5. b_in_atl b_in_atl is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 2:20pm) in reply to Ben27

    I Bought a $25.00 HDTV Antenna at Circuit City and hooked it up to my tv. I now get 11 HD channels for free. Charter Cable wanted to charge me and extra $25 a month for their crappy HD package.
  6. gamma21 gamma21 is online now

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 2:29pm) in reply to b_in_atl

    I love DirecTv. I pay an extra $11/month and get quite a few HD channels, plus all the local channels in HD without an antenna. It's def. worth it. Plus, isn't NFL Sunday Ticket a DirectTv exclusive?
     
  7. Causeus Causeus is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 2:51pm) in reply to gamma21

    Yea, most of the HD packages contain terrible channels that are included in their lists but blow.
    Direct TV offers HBO, Showtime, ESPN (+2), UHD, TNT, DSHD, HDNM & HDN as the top channels in the package. A couple of PPV & PPV porn on weekends are also included. Local sports (RSN/ComcastSports/Fox) are also available in most major markets.

    DTV will be offering things like USA, TBS, CMAX, stars, Encore, TMC, MTV, DIS, etc.....this summer.

    The current $8 to $25 HD packages all blow & are only worth it if you have the spare money. If you are in range of broadcast reception in a major market that is still the best (& cheapest) way to go.
  8. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 2:53pm) in reply to Causeus

    Yeah, Causus is right, who needs Food Network in HD anyway? Gimme my PLayboy in HD plz!!
  9. Busted Nuts Busted Nuts is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 3:07pm) in reply to Ben27

    No On Demand with satellite.
  10. Causeus Causeus is offline

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    Apr 20th, 2007 (4/20/2007 3:21pm) in reply to Busted Nuts

    Dish has VOD, DTV is launching VOD at the azz end of its 150 national HD promotion, probably Christmas 2007 at the earliest.

    A very good forum for HDTV junkies.

    http://www.dbsforums.com/
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