Best thing I am one of those former "Satellite Knuckleheads" he is talking about. The key being FORMER. Yes I left Dish two years ago for TWC because they lacked the sport channels I wanted (MSG in HD at that time and YES). Having both services for years (TWC or the former Adelphia has always been my internet provider) so Steve I very capable of giving an objective opinion of TWC and Dish.
I’ve got you beat. You’re forgetting one thing, I put up with satellite TV for over seven years. Had Time Warner from 1988-1998. Switched to Dish Network in 1998 and then 2004, after being fed up their pure POS DVRs and having Charlie take channels away every month switched to DirecTV and just days after my two year jail sentence with them was up I bolted and went right back for Time Warner. After getting Road Runner and having it for a few months, I was so impressed with the reliability and so disgusted with DirecTV I drove downtown and talked with a sales guy at TW. He offered to buy out the remainder of my DirecTV contract if I were to switch that day, I wanted to so bad, but the contract is my word, and I don’t break my word (except for with AT&T), so I stuck it out for another six months or so with DirecTV.
so Steve I very capable of giving an objective opinion of TWC and Dish.
Seven and a half years of satellite experience says so am I.
TWC now has a generous offering of HD channels . They didn't 4 years ago and Dish was the leader
Four years ago there was very little content around. In 2007 Time Warner started turning up the heat with HD.
Their VOD offering is excellent
Yes it is.
However TWC's scienctific (now cisco) receivers and dvr are light years behind Dish in performance, features, and internal and external storage options
Not sure what features you’re looking for. All I want the thing to do is to be able to allow me to watch live TV and record programming. When I had Dish, their DVRs sucked so bad it was a craps shoot whether or not something would actually record or whether or not your recording would be interrupted with a random reboot. With DirecTV and the well documented DirecTiVo loss of color bug (that DirecTV denied) watching TV, let me rephrase that, watch TV in color as opposed to black and white was easier said than done. I have no issues with my Cisco DVRs, they just work, and that’s all I ask and I think 500GB of storage is plenty.
They are slow and at times their remotes are generally unresponsive unless you change the batteries on a weekly
I’ve upgraded my remotes numerous times over the years when slightly better ones came out. Can’t say I’ve had any problems.
If their receivers and dvrs were first class you wouldn't need the huge library of VOD, because you could just record what you want and watch at your leisure.
That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. You know not all VOD content is available on the linear channel equivalent and not everyone has a DVR.
The way you are constantly bragging about them, makes you sound like you work in their PR Department or Customer Service, and get your service for free like the actual employees do.
Honestly, I wish I worked for them. I mean who wouldn’t want to work for one of the biggest entertainment companies around? And I’ll brag about them as much as I want. If I were to brag about Dish and DirecTV that would be fine because that is the norm. But because I think both suck royal donkey balls and TW beats them that’s not cool. And hell yeah, all brag about my service. When was the last time Dish or DirecTV went on a wild goose chase for their subscribers looking for specific hardware to drive it out to the customer some 60 miles away? I have had nothing but awesome service from TW the few times I’ve needed them.
If the NFL gets their act together and we have a football season, I will have a big decision to make. I want the NFL Network and either NFL Redzone or NFLST in some form to get me to stay solo with TWC. Its time the 2nd. Largest Cable Company in the Country makes the these services available to their subs. If they don't come to their senses and offer it in some form; then I will sub to Directv for video and keep TWC for roadrunner and basic qam service.
Hopefully Time Warner NEVER adds the NFL Network. It’s a huge waste and is not worth a dime for the 8 live games they show a year. I watched Red Zone on my phone this past season. It’s a pretty cool channel, but tell me, instead of making Red Zone its own dedicated part time channel, why not just make it a programming block on NFL Network? I mean Sundays from 1-7PM NFL Network is just about useless. Well, I think we know the answer to that question..
