Is AT&T gutting DIRECTV?

[ncted]

A majority of the people don’t care about the aps.

All they care is if their channel comes in and of the guide is fast

Well, they should really try to fix the speed of their receivers then. Soooo sloooow.

 

[EarDemon]

Broadcast TV service charge-$11.99/mo.
TV receiver with built-in DVR and remote-$6.50/mo.
DVR service fee (1 DVR)-$12.99/mo.
DVR service package (up to 4 DVRs)-$19.99/mo.
DVR Equipment Rental-$11.99 per month


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I thought you were talking about internet only subscriptions, of which there are no fees. Same goes for their phone service.

That list is a little misleading and out of date. 'TV receiver with built-in DVR and remote' and 'DVR Equipment Rental' sound like the same thing

Broadcast Fee - $13.50
Set Top Rental - $7.99 per digital terminal, doesn't matter if it's a DVR or not
DVR Fee - $12.99 for one or $19.99 for up to four

Really no different then AT&T's DirecTV. There's no Broadcast Fee, but I have the $8.49 RSN fee and there's Set Top and DVR Fees as well. The main difference is DirecTV includes the cost of the first IRD into the package cost and Charter does not.

 

[Bruce]

I was saying, streaming is killing traditional Tv, and my business.

I would love to have sold satellite forever, unfortunately 80% of my business is customers looking for internet only.

Instead of being peeved at customers you should point that anger at Traditional Broadcasters and Providers for not changing with the times.

For how many years have executives for Cable/Sat. companies said they have no worries about Netflix and how it is not competition to them, well look at what is biting them in the a$$ now.

The under 30 crowd care nothing about Cable/Sat. provided TV service and the roughly 30-50’s crowd are now figuring it out they do not need it either, I am a tad over 50 and get everything I watch with Netflix, Hulu, OTA (Tablo) and soon Disney+, every Cable show we watched is on Netflix or Hulu on a delay( usually a month to 6 months after it is done for the season) and all I pay is roughly $30 a month and yes I could easily afford a $100 a month TV package, I just do not like wasting my money.




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[CSM]

Charter charges $75 for internet only, if you have TV and Internet from Charter it is $44 for Internet, and $44 for TV.

John

The $44 for Charter TV and $44 for Charter Internet is just for two years right?

 

[ReggieA]

Not in the old days

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Read the article: In the old days, they had a dozen equalization schemes.
All at the same time.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

They're gutting ATT TV DIRECT, that's for sure. It is so expensive now that it isn't competitive. The price has doubled from $35 to $70 in less than two years and they have removed many channels from the package as well.

The CEO of ATT is clueless, lost the shareholders billions in bad acquisitions and strategy. No one would buy DirecTV except Dish and the government would never allow it to happen.

 

[raoul5788]

I thought you were talking about internet only subscriptions, of which there are no fees. Same goes for their phone service.

That list is a little misleading and out of date. 'TV receiver with built-in DVR and remote' and 'DVR Equipment Rental' sound like the same thing

Broadcast Fee - $13.50
Set Top Rental - $7.99 per digital terminal, doesn't matter if it's a DVR or not
DVR Fee - $12.99 for one or $19.99 for up to four

Really no different then AT&T's DirecTV. There's no Broadcast Fee, but I have the $8.49 RSN fee and there's Set Top and DVR Fees as well. The main difference is DirecTV includes the cost of the first IRD into the package cost and Charter does not.

And Directv has one dvr fee per account. Most cable companies charge for each one.

 

[comp9]

Most people use a streaming box or smart TV for apps, not their cable/satellite box. Anyway, that's a software issue - they don't need new hardware to change the software. The "Genie UI looks tired" is the stupidest criticism ever. Some people think you need to keep changing a UI to make it "fresh" I guess. Everyone whined about how Directv's HD GUI was outdated, so they introduced a new UI on the HR44/HR54/HS17 and everyone had to suffer through a year or two of them screwing around trying to make it work while features were changed/removed, and now that it has finally stabilized it is "tired" again so you want to change it and go through all that another time? Do you watch TV for the programming or the UI?

To add on this.. I think Dish's GUI looks dated.. Reminds me of a old Nintendo game. I love Tivo(New Tivo Interface)... But PQ and Content win in this house over GUI.. I dont mind the Directv GUI.. I wish they would add the logos back in the guide but whatever

 

[mdram]

To add on this.. I think Dish's GUI looks dated.. Reminds me of a old Nintendo game. I love Tivo(New Tivo Interface)... But PQ and Content win in this house over GUI.. I dont mind the Directv GUI.. I wish they would add the logos back in the guide but whatever

logos should be optional, i dont need them or want them

 

[Mo Fly]

Can’t wait till it gets to the point where having multiple Bullsh!t streaming providers Costs more than having a basic cable package

isn't it already that way? especially if you add in the cost of internet. you don't need the internet with your cable/satellite package.

 

[Skytrooper]

Never was a fan of Dolby back in the cassette days. Seemed like it destroyed the highs. Always left it turned off.

 

[Juan]

When you play a record your body can feel the higher and lower frequencies... digital cuts them off

Read the article: In the old days, they had a dozen equalization schemes.
All at the same time.

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[Inclined Orbit]

Not true to the extent you can hear. Somewhere above 20KHz CD playback is rolled off but that's about it. Otherwise for most people CDs have much more consistent frequency response over most peoples vinyl playback due to massive differences in phone cartridges, phono preamps, etc. A high end phono playback system still sounds better than CDs but you don't have one of those.

When you play a record your body can feel the higher and lower frequencies... digital cuts them off

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[rad]

Never was a fan of Dolby back in the cassette days. Seemed like it destroyed the highs. Always left it turned off.

If using cassettes for the music source there wouldn't be too many highs to begin with. It's been decades since I used a cassette but I'd prefer Dolby noise reduction then the hiss that came with cassettes.

 

[Inclined Orbit]

Dolby works fairly well, problem is the Dolby circuits in most consumer decks are never aligned properly and they usually take out the highs. I've had a few commercial cassette decks where Dolby did a great job with no loss of highs and a usable reduction in noise. A good cassette deck that will do metal tape and is properly biased for it can also record and playback in amazing quality with no Dolby and so little hiss you don't notice it.

I've done live orchestra recordings with a Sony TC-D5M cassette with the same stereo bus going to a Sony TC-D10 DAT and the cassette was much better sounding than the DAT.

What does this have to do with ATT gutting DirecTV? I don't know.

If using cassettes for the music source there wouldn't be too many highs to begin with. It's been decades since I used a cassette but I'd prefer Dolby noise reduction then the hiss that came with cassettes.

 

[raoul5788]

When you play a record your body can feel the higher and lower frequencies... digital cuts them off

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Apparently you never used a test disc. Flat down to 20 Hz. You can definitely feel it.

 

[Juan]

Cds cut the frequencies off you cant hear...part of the analog to digital conversion process...cd's are much clearer with a lot less noise but a true audiofile who spent their life listening to reel to reel and old fashioned can sense it

Not true to the extent you can hear. Somewhere above 20KHz CD playback is rolled off but that's about it. Otherwise for most people CDs have much more consistent frequency response over most peoples vinyl playback due to massive differences in phone cartridges, phono preamps, etc. A high end phono playback system still sounds better than CDs but you don't have one of those.

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[Juan]

Thats good...lets talk about commercial cds not test ones

Apparently you never used a test disc. Flat down to 20 Hz. You can definitely feel it.

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[raoul5788]

Thats good...lets talk about commercial cds not test ones

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You said "digital cuts them off' referring to highs and lows. That simply isn't true, regardless of whether it's a commercial disc or a test disc. Both are capable of producing lows that will shake your guts. Just because you haven't heard them doesn't mean they don't exist.

 

[TheTechGuru]

I wish they would add the logos back in the guide but whatever

Logo's are a RAM hog it seems. My DVR's seem faster and more responsive since the logo's disappeared...