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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Aug 4, 2007 1:43:54 GMT -5
Anyone here have experience with both? Looking at possibly switching over to a dish to get the NFL Sunday ticket. As well as other (European) sports channels that cable doesn't seem to offer.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Post by B-Hawks on Aug 4, 2007 9:49:17 GMT -5
Well some cable does offer NFL Sunday Ticket.. (Shaw does but no center ice ). Satellite has a big advantage of not having to run cables everywhere. Thats a big limitor for cable TV services as the cable can only carry so much.. mind you that improves as you go and with all-digital around the corner that will help as well as digital channels take up much less bandwidth than analog channels. Overall satellite has its challenges too with reception and what not. I find some satellite companies around here.. ahem Bell ahem.. like to advertise some stupid amount of HD channels.. their rule is oh.. they show 1 hour of HD programming a week.. LOOK ITS AND HD CHANNEL OMFG. ahh.. can ya tell I work for a cable company?
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Aug 4, 2007 10:46:33 GMT -5
One thing I've noticed is that Satellite doesn't offer On Demand. Instead they seem to be packaging Tivo's for new subscribers. I've heard that Satellite is close to developing a form of On Demand, but for all I know that could be bollocks.
Most of what I'm seeing is if your a new customer to either, then you're getting a good deal, for at least 3 months. Problem is that whether or not it ends up adding up 4+ months down the road.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Aug 4, 2007 11:21:45 GMT -5
i dont know how much it storms where you live, but if it does lots go with Cable. We have digital and my mom has a Sattelite. When I am at her house the receptions sucks eac time it is storming or really windy, which are the times when you would rather be inside just watching TV.
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Aug 4, 2007 13:11:39 GMT -5
Here's one thing I'm wondering, which Jesse or Garrett might know the answer to.
I noticed on Direct TV, they offered Fox Sports Pittsburgh, the TV Station that covers the Penguins (the main reason I'd get NHL Center Ice). What I'm wondering is if I'm out of the area, is it possible to only order that channel and not be affected by blackouts, and be able to watch games on that channel?
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Post by B-Hawks on Aug 4, 2007 13:26:53 GMT -5
Here's one thing I'm wondering, which Jesse or Garrett might know the answer to. I noticed on Direct TV, they offered Fox Sports Pittsburgh, the TV Station that covers the Penguins (the main reason I'd get NHL Center Ice). What I'm wondering is if I'm out of the area, is it possible to only order that channel and not be affected by blackouts, and be able to watch games on that channel? I don't know for sure what the rules are in the states but assuming the same NHL broadcast rights are in place, unless you are in the penguins viewing area.. whatever that is deemed to be, the game would likely be blacked out. I have all of the Sportsnet channels but, for example, when the Oilers play on Sportsnet West, the game is blacked out as I'm in the Sportsnet Pacific viewing region.. its their way of forcing center ice on you
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