I had to laugh at this one

[Scott Greczkowski]

I just got an email from Dish Network letting me know my new bill was available online for viewing.

In the email it had the below which made me laugh...

As the leader in HDTV, DISH Network has the most HD entertainment around. You won't believe your eyes. Welcome to the future of television. View product demo

Leader? Hahaha not even close!

 

[ShadowEKU]

oh that is good for a chuckle.

 

[John Kotches]

Scott,

Would it be fair to describe them as "The leader in talking about being the leader in HD." ?

Cheers,

 

[ShadowEKU]

isnt that some form of false advertisment when they are behind everyone at the moment

 

[tdti1]

That picture sure looks like small dish on a big screen to me with the pixels nasty stuff hahaha.

 

[boba]

Dosen't the FTC require TRUTH IN ADVERTISING?

 

[Bill R]

Even the small cable company that serves my area provides more HD channels than DISH does.

I remember when I was working on my MBA and was taking a course in advertising and the professor that was teaching it remarked during the first class that a lot of advertising was "mainly white lies with some truth thrown in". It was true then (in the 70s) and seems that it is even truer now.

 

[ocaddict]

F'ng hilarious dude! I mean, downright comical!

 

[tdti1]

Well I think they have way more than what I get on 4d, My picture is mind blowing but not enough at all I only get HBO e+w, show e, discovery, wealth tv, pbs, starz e+w and encore e+w, thats it, but the picture quality is to die for, I think dtv and voom and cable have more than dish network.

 

[BFG]

Well DirecTV takes it even farther. Look at the title of all their HD pages:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/HDTV.dsp

 

[ajohnson]

Maybe they're all leading us astray

 

[Neutron]

It's just like car manufacturers saying their truck is the toughest on the market or their car is the most economical and reliable.

I do want to know how DISH thinks they're the leader in HD programming??

 

[MikeD-C05]

Maybe they are thinking of when they buy Voom . Then they would be the leader in hd tv for a while. Forward thinking.

 

[Pepper]

I know nothing of how many subs for each company have HD equipment so this is just a guess: Maybe "leader in HD programming" is based on number of customers not number of channels, if with their free 811 for new customers and dishin it up promos they ended up having more HD-capable subscribers than the other companies?

 

[Bulldog]

Maybe they are thinking of when they buy Voom . Then they would be the leader in hd tv for a while. Forward thinking.

I was just about to put that in Mike, Maybe on Monday at the Charlie Chat show, there might be a reference to merging with V*

 

[long_time_DNC]

I was just about to put that in Mike, Maybe on Monday at the Charlie Chat show, there might be a reference to merging with V*

We can but hope...

 

[BobMurdoch]

Ironically they ARE the leader in PVRs with a 36% market share according to Sound and Vision magazine. They even made a crack about the benefits of being the first to market with the ability to record HD programming being part of the reason (which is ironic since MAYBE 1000 921s were sold in the first 6 months when they were trickling out)