Are there any good Comcast HD deals in the Bay Area? I'm looking to switch from Dish Network... thanks much![]()
I'm confused! If you are interested in HD programming why would you be looking at leaving Dish for Comcast? I know the "Triple play" is very attractive to alot of people, but when it comes to HD, Dish is head and shoulders above comcast.
I got to backup the Comcast people in the Bay Area too. You take away the Voom channels and the HD line up is pretty much the same as Dish Network. The quality of SD is also very good and of course the HD channels quality is better than E*.
I actually have both were I live. I would give Comcast a small edge in SD picture quality, but the HD picture quality is subjective in my opinion. I've heard that Comcast passes its HD channels at full resolution, but when I compare the two I see almost no difference.
I have a brother in the Bay area who has Comcast.....pretty much the same HD channels I get in Missouri......less then half what Dish offers.
I've had both in my area too. I've felt that the SD picture was a bit better with Dish, but the HD was a little soft on Dish compared to Comcast. Now, one thing I rarely see on Comcast is pixilation with the HD picture. I saw it a lot on Dish. It just looks sharper on Comcast.
Gary, is South San Jose in a low or high bandwidth area?
btw, I talked to 2 different Comcast CSRs & both confirmed the new requirement to signup with PreferredPlus ($49.99 for 3months, $98.45 regular) programming to get HDDVR, which makes it more expensive than Dish.
Did anybody manage to get HDDVR recently (past 2 weeks or so) w/ lower package signup?
Most area's are low stock on equipment. They have propbably changed the level of service required to get one temporarily until they get more in.
Based on your post, I find it hard to believe you. Consider this scenario using your sales logic:
I go down to my local Comcast store and ask for a HDDVR and I am told that I must subscribe to the highest level of digital service to get one. I say OK and off I happily go with my new HDDVR.
Two weeks from now my neighbor, who saw what I had, goes down to the same store and picks one up and is given one for just the medium level of digital service.
We talk about this and I figure out I've been screwed into getting a higher level of service just because Comcast had a supply problem.
What you are suggesting amounts to bait and switch and that is illegal....
Now, when I go into the Comcast website, it says that I must subscribe to Digital Preferred or above to get a DVR. I pop in addresses all over California and get the same answer.
I think you would do better to understand your product more clearly.