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10-19-2007, 10:40 AM
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That's the beauty of having sat service, there is real competition between Directv and Dish. Cable companies get treated like a monopoly and have little competition and the customers are the ones that suffer.
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That's something we both agree upon. I'm just envious of all the DirecTV HD goodness for now. |
10-19-2007, 10:53 AM
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That's the beauty of having sat service, there is real competition between Directv and Dish. Cable companies get treated like a monopoly and have little competition and the customers are the ones that suffer.
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The two most important words for the satellite TV consumer:
"Customer Retention"
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10-25-2007, 12:46 PM
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Directv has stepped up again, the games on the overflow channels will be in HD this weekend. I don't know if that is the wave of the future, but at least it is for this weekend. Can't wait for all those OSU bb games, ex game(Ashland) is right around the corner on the BTN Big Ten Network |
10-25-2007, 12:50 PM
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Get Rolle on the field - I wanna see some damage!
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Directv has stepped up again, the games on the overflow channels will be in HD this weekend. I don't know if that is the wave of the future, but at least it is for this weekend. Can't wait for all those OSU bb games, ex game(Ashland) is right around the corner on the BTN Big Ten Network |
Awesome. HD is a thing of beauty although DTVs "HD" is rezzed too much.
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10-25-2007, 12:58 PM
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DTVs "HD" is rezzed too much.
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What do you mean, too clear? |
10-25-2007, 12:59 PM
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Hope that becomes a standard feature. With the capacity D* has there's no real reason why they cannot do this on a regular basis.
BTW, there was an interesting story about how NFL Network was moved to premium tier by Comcast - apparently a subject of some debate at NFL meeting recently as their previous multi-million subscriber reach has dwindled to an estimated 775K.
BTN needs those deals to maintain position in the basic tier - but Comcast and others are not budging (yet).
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10-25-2007, 01:03 PM
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What do you mean, too clear?
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No, DTVs HD has been consistently worse than competitors for a while. Having had both major sat services very recently along with cable, I am well aware of DTVs strengths and weaknesses. It's biggest weakness is their downrezzing of content. But let's take that convo elsewhere as I'm thrilled that they are carrying BTN overflow games in HD and this thread is obviously about BTN, not DTV.
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10-25-2007, 01:10 PM
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Hope that becomes a standard feature. With the capacity D* has there's no real reason why they cannot do this on a regular basis.
BTW, there was an interesting story about how NFL Network was moved to premium tier by Comcast - apparently a subject of some debate at NFL meeting recently as their previous multi-million subscriber reach has dwindled to an estimated 775K.
BTN needs those deals to maintain position in the basic tier - but Comcast and others are not budging (yet). |
Man that WAS an interesting blog/article there. It leaves you with the same "meh" feeling you get over all these squables in the first place. Thanks for the link...
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