pradike said:
Everyone loves a fair weather fan, huh?
THis isn't the same thing as being a Dodgers fan one minute, and a Cardinals fan the next simply because the Cards are ahead in the playoffs race. Being a fan of HD you're going to choose the one providing the BEST HD.
Even with D* adding all the local providers on the dish twice (CBS HD E/W, NBC E/W, ABC HD E/W) is not very compelling, BravoHD is already on Voom it's been there, as have TNTHD, ESPNHD, and they have more premium HD channels. Now D* is
catching up that's good. They want to get competetive and catch up, that still doesn't make them the king of HD as Scott G. said IMO. However it may give the people who already have D* less incentive to go with V*. Voom is still offering my my FSN FL in HD, and a host of other channels not available on D*, their next move seems to be to upgrade to WM9/Mpeg4 which could potentially lead to having excellent PQ quality, and a 2nd satellite, which could lead to even more HD channels.
I speculate that whatever Voom does that makes it look more attractive to customers, D* will counter. However, D* with 12 million subs, had the resources to prevent a V* from even popping up on the market by leading the HD revolution, and chose not too. Now with more attention going to HD not just from videophiles, D*'s stance is changing to "oh sh** let's do something.. hey ! Look at us!! We are going to be HD big time supporters too!! Woohoo!!"
I like this fight, and I have a soft spot for the underdog, but if the punch-counterpunch scenario happens and keeps unfolding between the 3 DBS providers, only us, the HD enthusiasts are going to gain. What VOom needs is more subs to keep driving D* insane, heh. If VOom goes under, and D* is sitting with 22 HD channels (8 of them local OTA available channels in two time zones) and E* is sitting pretty with 15. Do you really think D* is going to keep pushing to add more HD?
