Hi,
I am new here... But i wanted to thank you all for being so cool when i posted the first time.
Anyhow, i am a new customer.
When i called into Directv on 9/18, I wanted info on pricing. I figured that the standard HD Channels that my cable company offers (discovery HD theatre, espn1/2, Mojo, MHD, Stars/HBO, TNT, Locals) would be all that directv would offer... And i was OK with this when i went into the call.
The rep found out that i wanted more HD when i asked if they would have more channels than Dish eventually, and when i said that, he said that Directv would offer 30 more channels the next day... He listed some of the best HD line up i had ever heard of, with channels like FoodNetwork, CNN, Animal planet, VS, and even History network and Nat. Geographic.
I told the rep that my cable co was adding A&E, Nat. Geo. and Animal planet for sure this month, and he bragged about "over 100 channels by jan 1, 2008"
He was a good sales person, and i was excited and confident enough to order my system and book the installation.
Went onto directv.com and did not see anything about the channels. Google news pointed me to tvpredictions and then tvpredictions referenced this page, where i learned the truth about directv and their not so great track record for real rollouts on dates promised.
Well my point is that they sold me on something that doesnt exist. A fake product in my opinion. When most people representing a billion dollar operation make a promise, they are told so by higher up people who actually have a clue about what is going on...
But from a new customer point of view, i have considered just keeping my cable a few times now.
I will give dtv a shot, but if they do not roll out some product soon, can i cancel without consequence? I mean, not delivering is a real reason to say breach of contract, isnt it?
what do you think? I am not familiar with satellite, so i dont know what certain signal strengths etc mean, you guys talk about it, and so it must be a launch soon, right?
shed some light please.
I am new here... But i wanted to thank you all for being so cool when i posted the first time.
Anyhow, i am a new customer.
When i called into Directv on 9/18, I wanted info on pricing. I figured that the standard HD Channels that my cable company offers (discovery HD theatre, espn1/2, Mojo, MHD, Stars/HBO, TNT, Locals) would be all that directv would offer... And i was OK with this when i went into the call.
The rep found out that i wanted more HD when i asked if they would have more channels than Dish eventually, and when i said that, he said that Directv would offer 30 more channels the next day... He listed some of the best HD line up i had ever heard of, with channels like FoodNetwork, CNN, Animal planet, VS, and even History network and Nat. Geographic.
I told the rep that my cable co was adding A&E, Nat. Geo. and Animal planet for sure this month, and he bragged about "over 100 channels by jan 1, 2008"
He was a good sales person, and i was excited and confident enough to order my system and book the installation.
Went onto directv.com and did not see anything about the channels. Google news pointed me to tvpredictions and then tvpredictions referenced this page, where i learned the truth about directv and their not so great track record for real rollouts on dates promised.
Well my point is that they sold me on something that doesnt exist. A fake product in my opinion. When most people representing a billion dollar operation make a promise, they are told so by higher up people who actually have a clue about what is going on...
But from a new customer point of view, i have considered just keeping my cable a few times now.
I will give dtv a shot, but if they do not roll out some product soon, can i cancel without consequence? I mean, not delivering is a real reason to say breach of contract, isnt it?
what do you think? I am not familiar with satellite, so i dont know what certain signal strengths etc mean, you guys talk about it, and so it must be a launch soon, right?
shed some light please.