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[Hollywood]

No because contracts have hidden fees and you are obligated to have that type of service for X amount of years or pay a heavy fee for breaking the contract.

[West Coast]

That's just crazy man. I can't imagine watching sports or anything in non HD. Pure madness.

I hate when I have my parents or girlfriend record something for me and its not in HD. Ugh, makes me wanna punch a baby

^ I feel you man. I'm really uptight about that stuff. Some say once you've gone HD, you'll never go back. Definitely holds true for me. I can't stand SD.

[Projekt]

maybe you have bad luck because i've had several different TV providers and not one has had better picture than directtv

and everyone i know that has had TW got rid of it in favor of directtv and hasn't switched back. Cable sucks, the HD quality sucks, i have cable right now in my dorm room, it sucks, cable has like 1/10th of the HD channels.

nothing compares with directtv. the only argument anyone can win against directtv is if you live in a harsh weather climate. everything else directtv is better. channels, picture quality, hd channels, sports packages, movie channel packages everything is just better. if harsh weather is the argument then get at&t uverse or verizon fios over cable.

Cable is the worst and i don't know why anyone stoops to that level.

I'm another one of those people who had TW and switched to DirecTV. DirecTV may piss me off at times, but they're the best television provider I've ever had.

Unfortunately Verizon FIOS isn't installed near my place so I'm forced to use their internet.

[Windu]

ya contract is necessary. if you don't have HDTV its probably not worth it anyways unless you want NFL sunday ticket which is the best feature because you get every NFL game. also the amount of movie channels is ridiculous

but the contract thing turns people off

Yep. The contract is a huge turn-off for me.

However, I do like movies and the NFL Sunday Ticket is intriguing to me.

too many cons to switch to satellite though

[Windu]

That's just crazy man. I can't imagine watching sports or anything in non HD. Pure madness.

Not that big of a deal for me. When I visit my parents I always watch their HDTVs and I'm not exactly blown away.

[Hollywood]

I watch the games in HD but play my ps3 on a regualr box tv. The picture is better but not exactly something i can't live without.

[Windu]

yeh I play my ps3 on a regular tv. no lag

[Hollywood]

I just do it becuase its more comforable for me. Since i play online feels weird to play in a widescreen.

[lakerRealist]

Debating a switch to u verse from direct tv, cost significantly less than my tw internet + direct tv bill and with a 60 MHz HD vizio lcd not sure I'd notice a lesser picture. Updating my WiFi strength and speed would just be the cherry on top... Maybe they get the Lakers channel and Pac 12 network before direct tv too. Anyone out there with u verse experience that can offer up thoughts would be appreciated. Mainly concerned with sports viewing.

i had TW awhile back, but decided to switch over to U-verse since its a lil cheaper and TWC customer service is really horrible from my experience


i have had u-verse for about 4-5 years and its only average.....the TV has great pic quality and the internet isn't as fast as TW's roadrunner, but good enought to play games/download/stream etc.....

the gripe i have with u-verse is that both the internet and tv is connected to a main router and if that router goes out then both goes out...compared to other providers where there's a dedicated line for each....

their set-top boxes are pretty crappy (although i've heard that TW isn't great either) and they never want to give you a newer one even though the current one is broken...always an excuse that the boxes just needs to be reset...once they reset it, it's only good for about 1 week and then it gets messed up again

that's pretty much my experience with u-verse......different people may have different experiences......sorry abou the long reply, but i wanted to share it with the folks on here that are thinkin about getting u-verse

btw, i called u-verse today and they have no idea if/when they're getting the lakers channel.......so it sounds like they're not going to have it until later which i can't have because I want my Lakers!!

[Michaelyumm]

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^ Yes Dish!!!

[Game]

holy...didn't even realize 10/1 = monday

[Busty Bluth]

Directv needs to pay up.

Directv to me is overpriced. then paying for HD boxes( when you upgrade). Nickel and dime [expletive].

[last stand 2.0]

Directv needs to pay up.

Directv to me is overpriced. then paying for HD boxes( when you upgrade). Nickel and dime [expletive].

That is the only part about directv that bothers me. The HD boxes. 100 dollars, 150 for DVR

Ridiculous

50 at most should be the price.

[Busty Bluth]

That is the only part about directv that bothers me. The HD boxes. 100 dollars, 150 for DVR

Ridiculous

50 at most should be the price.

It's pretty dumb to tell you the truth.

I remember them coming out and doing my HDTV setup feeling a few of my boxes were used and dated units. Not more than a month later the old looking box ( it was silver) died. Call them asking for a replacement they want to charge me another 100$ plus money to have a tech come out. Got out of it by signing up for the equipment replacement service. I canceled it after I got the new box.

[last stand 2.0]

My horror story comes that I paid 100 for a HD box and they sent me an old model, after sending my brother a new model a month earlier

I couldn't help but laugh.

[erfolk]

Just noticed the TWC will be on channel 59

[LALakersFan4Life]

Arash MarkaziVerified ‏@ArashMarkazi

DirecTV rep told me, "We plan to carry TWC SportsNet in a way that is affordable for everyone." Not sure when, but they'll have a deal.

https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/252078911679250433

[Hollywood]

they will charge extra for the channels on Direct TV?