DIRECTV&VOD: Who Are They Kidding? (DIRECTV's new Broadband-enabled service is a no-starter)

tvpredictions.com ^ | July 18, 2008 | Phillip Swann

[chasio649]

I have another site but i can’t freep mail at this time ;)

[chasio649]

That ultra viewsat looks nice....much more powerful than my old pansat....are people still using pansats?

[eastforker]

it came through, thanks

[chasio649]

oh ok...i can’t read freepmail then.

[eastforker]

The viewsat has an USB port for use with a flash drive for easier programing from the PC.

[chasio649]

I gotcha...yeah...the old rs22...think that was what it’s called...old stuff compared to now.

[eastforker]

Yeah, I got three dishes up on the back porch now, LOL. Fixin to buy the property just to the east and west of me, they are full of trees right now, but, once I get it cleared, who knows how many I might have, he he!

[chasio649]

I used to have 2 dishes...couldn’t ever get my diseq switch to work right...my fault i’m sure...i’d be a little lost with 3 dishes...i was all self taught...i needed a mentor! hehe

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Not sure how big a deal VOD is to other folks but VOD does not interest me at all.

To me, it's very convenient. I stopped going to the video store altogether. No crowds, no driving, no titles out of stock, no ate fees. I can watch most movies for $1.99, which I think is a good deal.

This is the future. Even Netflix is going to get rid of its DVD mail service and go with a box that has all the movie titles stored on a hard drive or through broadband internet.

[eastforker]

I found that the old legacy lnb’s with a sw 21 works best for two birds, but, if you are real innovative, you can switch between dishes for different receivers and different sats.

[eastforker]

Not sure about your question so I don’t know.

[Hurricane Andrew]

Comcast still sucks compared to Satellite. If only the almighty FCC, the Grand Arbiter of who can and cannot receive locals, would let me at least receive some sort of network feed for the big 4 over satellite, I’d no longer be a cable prisoner. Follow the money....

[ctdonath2]

Tell us more...

[eastforker]

just google FTA and Satellite, you will find all you need to know.

[Doohickey]

Does that sound easy to you? Convenient? Enticing?

Er...no. But then, it doesn't exactly sound like rocket surgery either.

[cspackler]

Hooked mine up months ago on Beta, just poppoed a wireless router on the back and it can right up. Cool thing is I also networked with a server to load up my music and videoes stored on the computer. I can now connect to my server from the receiver and play all of my music through my 3-2-1 system. Cool stuff.