Read the TV guide, you don't need a TV
Posted on 12/31/2009 10:37:53 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
RE: “But if you go to keepfoxon.com it says that Dish network/Directv are not involved in this..I was watching our local news today and the anchor said just switch to directv or dish”
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Yes, BUT, all providers have contracts with networks; this will hit satellite as well; just a matter of time. This is not the first such dispute and won’t be the last.
Put up a decent antenna. You’d be surprised how much better the HD channels look over the air vs. the highly compressed and pixelated cable feed.
Directv has successfully launched Directv 12 and should have 200 HD channels in the first half of 2010.
Charter cable in L.A. area has had the same problems — stations disappearing from plans constantly. A friend just this year lost Oxygen and several other stations she liked. None of this is what you’d call ‘good.’
This is the first I’m hearing about this..still, I am sick of Time Warner Cable..they are way too expensive..at least with Dish they offer more channels
Read the TV guide, you don't need a TV
You even like the Globull Warming Propaganda Channel? I haven't watched them for years, since they went ultra Liberal and started brainwashing their viewers. Not only that, they programming reeeeaalllyy SUCKS. They stopped giving the weather for the most part. Instead, they tell us what kinds of dish soap to use and the cars we need to be driving.
Abrams & Bettis? Wake up with AL? You mean you actually watch that crap?
FOX is running A LOT of ads blaming TWC in the DFW area. I’m sure it’s going on nationwide. TWC is not. FOX is going to win the PR war by doing this.
If you had snow, chances are your dish was moved a bit off signal or the installer did a crappy job. You can quickly fix that yourself with the built in signal aimer that Dish provides.
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“WHAT?
You even like the Globull Warming Propaganda Channel? I haven’t watched them for years, since they went ultra Liberal and started brainwashing their viewers. Not only that, they programming reeeeaalllyy SUCKS. They stopped giving the weather for the most part. Instead, they tell us what kinds of dish soap to use and the cars we need to be driving.
Abrams & Bettis? Wake up with AL? You mean you actually watch that crap?”
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I have no idea what you are blathering about and have never heard of ‘Abranms & Bettis.’
I’m in L.A. and know people at Fox Sports, etc. They, too, are on TWC’s side in this, claiming Fox is being totally unreasonable in its demands. Of course they don’t dare express this view to management....
I had Comcast (still do for broadband Internet) I had Dish for years, they jerked me around and they also transferred their tech support to the Philippines.
I switched to DirecTV, it is much better, it has more HD channels and much better customer support and you can under stand them! ;)
Blathering?
If you watch the Weather channel, how can you miss it? They are on with adds, commercials, etc, all day long.
Or do you leave your brain in a bag the moment you turn on the channel?
I had Dish, now I had DirecTV.
I’ll admit that they probably did cost less and I liked the ability to set up up to four custom guides. I especially liked their split receiver where two rooms could use one receiver. Now that was cool.
Unfortunately, we had trouble with their signal going out more than I’d like. When the dish installer for DirecTV came out, he asked me if we had problems with the signal going out a lot and he said it was because those who installed the dish for Dish didn’t secure the dang thing. I mean, isn’t that Satellite Dish Installation 101? Now, with DirecTV, we rarely have signal outages, even in overcast skies and bad weather.
You get what you pay for, I say. DirecTV may cost more but I like the service, the signal quality is unbeatable and I hear their customer service is far more superior than Dish. I haven’t had to deal with customer service yet so I don’t know.
What I need to know is, as far as Time Warner goes, if we have a digital cable box, do we lose Fox too or is it only for standard cable and TWC
RE: “Blathering?
If you watch the Weather channel, how can you miss it? They are on with adds, commercials, etc, all day long.
Or do you leave your brain in a bag the moment you turn on the channel?”
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Yes, blathering~! I don’t watch the Weather Channel, nor much else. Don’t even really CARE about TV as I only watch Fox News and HGTV and the occasional old movie that might be of interest. I have better things to do than stare at a TV screen.
That is what I thought. Thanks much.
I don’t know who is right or wrong here, but I was commenting on their PR efforts, which usually trump right and wrong.
Love my Dish. Had Directv and hated it. Terrible customer service. With Dish my prices don’t jump every six months or so like with Time Warner. I do miss the internet service from Time Warner. They have great customer service and you are going to love the dual dvr. Have had them for 5 years and have not one bad thing to say about them.
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