National HD Channel Roll-Out Plans
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As long as you E* guys can handle similar posts in return next quarter things are kewl IMO.
This is Charlies last chance for headlines for a while - so have at it.
Blackouts are obvious.
You're not getting a simple fact:
Right now you can order up the Sports Pack which offers all the RSNs. Once the HD versions are up on the national beam that mean they will be included. Of course blackouts apply, just as they do now.
What it will expand is it will allow people that have said RSN as their regional one the ability to get it in HD.
Example, and I'll make it simple for you: Fox Sports Detroit is my RSN. It is available in HD but only in the Detroit market on the Detroit spotbeam. I cannot get it. Once it goes CONUS now people all across Michigan will get Fox Sports Detroit in HD *just like they do the SD version*. For those without Fox Sports Detroit as their regional (say someone in San Diego) will get the HD version *just as they do the SD version today* which would include blackouts. HOWEVER, if they subscribe to say Center Ice or NBA Pass the games for the Red Wings and Pistons that are opened up in SD will now be opened up in HD for them.
Make sense for you or do you need a cliff notes version?
"They will be added to the lineup for launch by year-end and will be announced at a later date."
Right, and we still have no specific confirmation as to which channels and when, at least as specifically as some of the channels supposed to launch next month. Everyone knows directv plans to launch rsn in hd nationwide at some point. I am still also not convinced this is going to immediately address issues of viewers with sd versions but not hd channels for their local teams. Though obviously the increased capacity gives directv no excuse not to address it.
TVBob - DirecTV actually specifically named NESN as one of the channels:
DirecTV - Investor Relations - News Release
Why do you care so much about what D* does nationally - when you rave in your signature about a niche provider that has very little coverage ANYWHERE? I mean, isn't FiOS behind their announced roll-out plans in something like 40 areas right now?
DirecTV - Investor Relations - News Release
Why do you care so much about what D* does nationally - when you rave in your signature about a niche provider that has very little coverage ANYWHERE? I mean, isn't FiOS behind their announced roll-out plans in something like 40 areas right now?
Why do you feel the need to keep bringing up other providers in your posts? It reeks of insecurity.
As far as why I "rave", it's because fios is available to me, and to many other people around me, it's the best hd provider we can get, and I am proud of it. You can't compare coverage areas of a satellite provider to a wired broadband service. Many other broadband companies like verizon are following fios' mold around the country, but I can not comment on how their services are from my own user experience.
The question is why do you do it HERE. Most of us don't have FIOS as an option, therefore most of us don't care. Don't they have a FIOS forum on the board. If they don't, why don't you suggest that they start one so you can have a place to "rave".
How exactly do I "rave"? I don't remember the last time I brought up fios in a directv forum. You can only have one signature for all the forums.
So why exactly do you come into the Directv area for? Just curious.
Are you thinking of switching?
This is the hd lineup that you think is so great? There are a few more than D* has right now, but not for long!
http://www22.verizon.com/NROneRetai...2-0282-4995-A4D0-31D54AF9C5AF/0/MA_MAArea.pdf
How do you deal with recording only 20 hours of HD on that Fios box? IF they start adding as many HD channels as D* does and makes that box expandable Im there. But right now that thing is even worse than D*'s HR20 due to its limitations and thats hard to do.
You ought to press that one to Charlie. Those in NY still can't get YES (never mind YES-HD) via E*. Charlie's latest act of self-preservation was rationalizing that the upcoming D* slate isn't "compelling programming". I guess that means VOom is "compelling", and SciFi-HD, Chiller-HD, NFL-HD, all the RSN's in HD, and Sunday Ticket games in HD are not.
There's something about "investing in infrastructure" that Charlie doesn't understand (or chooses to ignore); and infrastructure is instrumental to the HD bandwagon.
This is the hd lineup that you think is so great? There are a few more than D* has right now, but not for long!
A few more? Not quite. Directv does not offer pbs in hd. Or CW. Fios offers 5 premium hd movie channels, directv only 2. I won't bother mentioning the other hd channels directv does not offer that verizon does.
Also fios has had a quality vod offering for quite some time, who knows when directv will ever launch this service and if it will work.
However, fios is the best choice not just because of the lineup, but because of the unbeatable picture quality they provide.
Well, I use an hd tivo for most of my recordings, it's hard for any provider to beat it. Too bad you can't use it with directv. I do have a fios receiver as well hooked up though.
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