AT&T Mailer - Bundles Promote DirecTV But Photo Shows DISH Network Customer!

[eacalhoun]

I found this rather funny. Got an AT&T brochure in the mail advertising/promoting their bundles of Internet, Home Phone, Mobile Phone, and Digital TV. As most everyone here knows, DirecTV is the AT&T partner. Browsing through the nice 12-page color catalog I stop at pages 6-7 (facing pages) where the DirecTV package is described. Page 6 shows a couple sitting in the floor against their sofa with their remote aimed at the camera or their imaginary TV. The remote is tilted enough that I can tell it's a silver DISH Network remote, with blue menu/browsing buttons and black buttons below that. It's the remote that I used with my old 625 DVR and it can be used with many other receivers except maybe the 722 and 722k. Marketing folks need to be careful about grabbing generic pictures to be used in advertising.

Eric

 

[infanati]

I'm sorry, but that is simply hilarious. Bravo AT&T & DirecTV.

 

[JosephB]

AT&T's partner was formerly Dish network. It's probably AT&T's own photo, just never updated. No one outside of you guys would ever notice the difference.

 

[digidss]

Yea, but ts funny they did!

 

[TheKrell]

The remote is tilted enough that I can tell it's a silver DISH Network remote, with blue menu/browsing buttons and black buttons below that. It's the remote that I used with my old 625 DVR...

Well... It is called a "universal" remote.

 

[sluggo]

Dudes this is awesome. any chance of getting you to upload a scan?

 

[Ghpr13]

Wow! Dish's remote is so good it's used by DirecTV subs!
Ghpr13

 

[Bobby]

Yeah, it's changing channels over at the neighbor's house...

 

[okiekevn]

I remember an update training we had at dish when i worked there had a picture of a person using a directv remote in the powerpoint presentation.

 

[3HaloODST]

I saw a commercial once where someone was reviewing a plumber or something but she said he was sitting around ordering shows on "cable" instead of working. They showed the guy and he had a DISH Network remote .

 

[eurosport]

I saw a commercial once where someone was reviewing a plumber or something but she said he was sitting around ordering shows on "cable" instead of working. They showed the guy and he had a DISH Network remote .

I saw that too!

 

[RandallA]

Wow! Dish's remote is so good it's used by DirecTV subs!
Ghpr13

It will be nice if we could use it for Directv.

 

[tedb3rd]

This reminds me of a time when we were at Wendy's and the teenager behind the counter was recalling what we had ordered by looking at the receipt.. She was trying to decipher the abbreviations, got this really confused look, pauses, and asks, "What did you order? A Big Mac?" ....Uh, wrong restaurant.

 

[Bobby]

Sounds like an enterprising teenager that has two jobs. Good for that teen!

 

[csmith5111]

Ha, that's funny

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