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    Should I Switch From Cable?

    That is not true at all. A CableCARD setup offers even more whole home DVR functionality than a cable company provided DVR. The Ceton InfiniTV 6 or HDHomeRun Prime can be controlled from any unit connected to the network in the home. A central PC running one of these cards can play back TV to...
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    Should I Switch From Cable?

    I don't even know what you are trying to say here. What's with all the "oks" ? H.264 is only about twice as efficient as MPEG-2 under optimal conditions. Real-time re-encoding are not optimal conditions. A 4-6 Mbps bitrate using H.264 is still inferior to a 12-14 Mbps bitrate using MPEG-2...
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    Should I Switch From Cable?

    A CableCARD tuner is a whole-home DVR.
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    Should I Switch From Cable?

    Your experience is incorrect and/or biased because the technical specs just don't back that up. Most cable providers are using MPEG-2 and packing 3 HDs to a QAM resulting in an effective bitrate of 12-14 Mbps on most of their channel lineup; in addition, they typically pass through the local...
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    Should I Switch From Cable?

    I'd say it's probably because DirecTV's HD channel lineup is still so lacking that people have to watch SD on DirecTV. Just look at this sea of red: http://www.avsforum.com/t/1462894/official-avs-national-hd-channel-lineups-cable-dbs-fiber-iptv-updated-4-24-14 DirecTV carries 141 HD channels...
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    Should I Switch From Cable?

    So... let me get this straight. You're drawn to DirecTV because you want inferior HD picture quality? Am I reading this correctly? You realize that DirecTV is near the bottom of the heap when it comes to HD picture quality, right? Generally speaking it goes from worst quality to best quality...
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    DirecTV New HD channel additions and rumors

    Just because you don't like one of the personalities on a network doesn't mean the entire network is bad. I'm not going to condemn the History Channel because I don't like Larry the Cable Guy. OWN has a higher quality-to-s*** ratio than some of the other networks DirecTV carries in HD. BET...
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    DirecTV New HD channel additions and rumors

    What's wrong with OWN HD?
  9. Xizer

    DirecTV New HD channel additions and rumors

    No, not really. I was referring to the Internet. Every network should allow you to subscribe to them directly via the Internet like Netflix. Our current system is broken beyond all repair.
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    DirecTV New HD channel additions and rumors

    Which is why the solution is for every provider to carry every channel.
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    DirecTV New HD channel additions and rumors

    GSN has a lot of HD content. I get the channel on Time Warner Cable. All their original shows produced after 2009 are HD. Everything under the "Original Programming" section on the left is HD. Native HD shows include 1 vs. 100, Baggage, Catch 21, Lingo, American Bible Challenge, Newlywed Game...
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    Why pick satellite over cable?

    ...And AT&T U-verse. And Bright House. And Cablevision. And Charter. And Comcast. And Cox. And Google Fiber. And Time Warner Cable. And WOW. I don't know what year you're living in, but as of 2012, DirecTV's channel lineup is officially atrocious. In terms of the number of HD channels...
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