He is either counting the true count (NO game only RSNs, broadcast networks, PPVs) or he isn't subscribing to the Premiere pack or any premiums. We certainly don't get 95 HD channels (even with the Premiere pack), but I am not complaining about what I get. I am very happy with DirecTV. I just wish they would take the initiative and stop lying about the number of HD channels. Then others would follow suit.
Instead of worrying about windfall profits with the oil companies, who are straight up about their profits and doing legitimate business in the US, congress should be holding hearings about all satellite and cable providers and come up with a standard for counting HD channels. The lies need to stop. The average Joe thinks he is getting 95 HD nationals. Nevermind that a bunch of them in the count are PPV movies he'll never order. We all know that PPV is not the same thing as real HD channels like HDNET, HGTV HD, CNN HD, HBO HD, etc... anybody that counts HD PPV in a national channel HD count is not being truthful. Like I said twice before, if Verizon FIOS, who has the bandwidth, added 400 HD PPV channels with movies starting at five minute intervals, would you count them as having an addional 400 HD nationals? No you wouldn't. I love DirecTV and am not picking on them. Just about all providers are lying nowadays, pretending they really have 95 or 32 or 17 HD nationals. This sh*t is very misleading and proably falls under FALSE ADVERTISING laws.
: Besides, the D* DVR is so much more feature packed than the seriously crippled TWC one where no ports are supported ... no USB, no SATA, no Firewire, no Ethernet ... and you can only have one output at a time ... so cannot get anything off of the hard drive, nor increase the hard drive size. Bye bye TWC ... it was a pleasure to say so.
