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[Scott Greczkowski]

Don't know if they are going to broadcast the Q&A as it says the Live Stream is over.

 

[jcrandall]

They just ended the stream with no real sign off.

No mention of sports programming beyond ESPN, I have a feeling this may not include RSNs, things like NFL Network, etc - perhaps they're afraid it would go after the base too much.

 

[jcrandall]

A little underwhelming of a presentation to say the least.

 

[keenan]

When they mentioned retail locations for signing up do they mean AT&T stores?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have asked AT&T for a channel matrix. I will post it as soon as I have it.

Looks like we are not going to see the Q&A so I am going to head for home... In case they do show it hopefully someone can report it.

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[tigerfan33]

They lost me on the Fullscreen.
Me thinks Apple and Tim Cook have nothing to worry about as far as presentations go!


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[jcrandall]

When they mentioned retail locations for signing up do they mean AT&T stores?

Yes they specifically mentioned AT&T and Cricket stores.

 

[dfergie]

Maybe it's generational, but they lost me at the full screen stuff...

 

[jcrandall]

I have a feeling I won't be taking down my satellite dish anytime soon.

Another thing that stuck out to me is they are planning to subsidize the pricing plan with advertising revenue from inserting ads.
This is already a big deal in pay TV today, but they way DirecTV spoke about it today makes it sound like it is a larger part of their plan for this model.

 

[tigerfan33]

No guide grid on the ui as far as I could tell.
Looked similar to Sling.
Tiles while live video playing in the background.


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[Ronnie-]

No guide grid on the ui as far as I could tell.
Looked similar to Sling.
Tiles while live video playing in the background.


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Wasnt there a guide tab at the top during the demo? I just never saw them click it.

 

[jcrandall]

There was a guide button, and they did not click it.

 

[tigerfan33]

Wasnt there a guide tab at the top during the demo? I just never saw them click it.

Yes there was.
I couldn't tell if he clicked on it or not.


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[dfergie]

Plus I switched to Verizon in June so data wouldn't be free...

 

[Link]

They lost me on the Fullscreen.
Me thinks Apple and Tim Cook have nothing to worry about as far as presentations go!


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I agree. I didn't care about Taylor Swift or Fullscreen. I wanted to see the channels in each package and what all is available. Poor Presentation!

 

[mikew]

I felt the audio was quite poor for a company that does communication and video for a living. Couldn't the guy have had a mic that didn't rub against his clothing and be located a little closer to his mouth. Poor quality.

 

[jamieh1]

The guy doing the demo was not very good with the product.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Looks like I may stick with Sling since the 100 hour cloud dvr is coming, unless someone else goes bigger.

 

[tigerfan33]

Cloud dvr expected sometime next year.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/9to5ma...irectv-now-channels-price-launch-details/amp/


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[gadgtfreek]

"Soon"