Directv has to be generous, because their using the same generosity in their own numbers. If you count RSN's for yourself, you have to for the others.
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I noticed that also.
I hope that these new adds will motivate Dish to put up more national HD, I hate to say it, SOON. The lack of HD has to be hurting them.
Since when is 73 twice as many as 95?
All the pay providers are equally quilty of this practice as I see it.
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All the pay providers are equally quilty of this practice as I see it.
DISH Network -- Dish HD
(just click on the center tab) too view the page on the DISH website.
Because those that have the sports pack or the premium package get the out of market RSN's, so they do count towards the total. If every Direct sub has the option to receive every single RSN, why should they not count it?
Wow. That is either some great spin or an outright lie. "Twice as many national HD channels as any other provider"?
I'll leave that for others to answer. I just wanted to point out that this goes in all directions. It is not reserved for any 1 company.
I agree, but there is also levels of spin or lie. Counting PPV or RSN's is one thing; but claiming to have twice as many channels when in fact they don't, is simply wrong.
I think he is talking about the box that the directv number is in is so much bigger than the others.
That's the point, D* would not have taken the bold step of putting this ad if they felt that Dish will be offering USA and SCIFI in the near future.
Does Direct know something we don't (or don't want to admit)? Why would they invest money in it if they expected it to be obsolete very soon. Meaning, they must suspect that DISH will not be adding USAHD or SCIFIHD anytime soon. Otherwise it's wasted money and the whole ad has to be redone.
How so? If they're buying ads on the Internet or TV, these can be changed as necessary. The details of the graphics can be updated rapidly and cheaply. They could just update totals, or replace the entire thing with another ad if another ad will work better. For print media ads, the cycle time is much longer and these ads could pop out 3 months from now. If that happens, Direct can claim the ad was true at the time they made it. In the meantime, obsolete or not, the ad might still work further to increase Direct subs among those that don't double-check with the competition.
Now if Dish were to state later today that they're going to put up SciFiHD on May 1, then you might expect Direct to avoid making marketing claims they know will not be true when the ad comes out. But since Dish is silent on national HD channels and exact, near-term dates, they're inviting this kind of drubbing.
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Thats pretty funny. Hopefully DISH is just getting creamed in the sub battle for the 1st and 2nd quarter. It really is the only way we will ever get any action out of them.
Yeah well if Dish get those 25 National HD Channels added by end of the summer that will all change..
Well, if my aunt would grow balls she would be my uncle.
That's exactly how I see it. The only way they're gonna start adding HD channels is if people are actually switching to another provider.
Absolutely. Voom is the only thing keeping me with Dish. Anybody else who behaved as ignorantly and insanely as they've been doing lately would've been history long ago.
I'd be happy with 73 HD channels like D* advertises for E*! Last I checked I can get 40 national (well, 41 now with CNN) including Voom and 2 RSN's. Use an OTA antenna for my locals since they aren't available. I refuse to count the Big 10 alternates as channels, but even if you do, that adds 5. If I want the sport package so I can not get blackout games, that number would go up as well, but if I can't watch what they are broadcasting in HD, what's the point?
