NFL and COMCAST Agree on Deal

[Wood]

this is a big loss for NFL and football fans. The only winner here is comcast. I would rather go back to just paying 5 dollars for NFL network channel. Lets just hope not too many cowboy games are on NFL network this year.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Cable is better for our household.

Get the phone, cable and internet through the cable instead of paying three separate bills and anyway the internet service through the dish sucked at a few friends houses I went to.

Plus the people that had the dish, at least a year ago, did not have on demand channels which I have grown to really like.

So...no dish for me.

 

[Seven]

Now if they could just take the Sunday Ticket monopoly away from DirecTV...maybe the competition would bring down the outrageous price.

It's a rip-off. You purchase the package and then find out they charge you extra for HD. However..............the HD channels are present with the same number, not visible mind you, and now you have 2 of each channel you've got to trudge thru. Changing HD channels is waaaaayyy to slow. PITA!!!!!!

I've decided to let the sports places handle the hefty fee. I'll watch it for free while having lunch or dinner with my family.

 

[EPL0c0]

Yeap, when I had a dish it was terrible. I'd lose reception for no reason.

We've had cable for 25+years. My neighbor ditched cable for satellite 2years ago, but switched back after 7 months for that same reason. I've noticed a couple of others neighbors that have taken down their dishes in the last few years as well. It's probably just the area we live in though.

The only problem with Time Warner here is its lack of NFLNetwork. Sucks but frankly, it's one game a year that I might not get to watch at home; I'll go watch w/ friends somewhere that weekend.

 

[Vtwin]

Cable reached our hill last summer. Four of the five houses immediately switched from Sat to cable and the only reason I didn't was because I wanted to keep NFLN.

Now I can also get rid of the dish.

 

[LeonDixson]

heard a rumor that Superfan is going away this year. regular sunday ticket will have HD and redzone channel.

it's unofficial at the moment but should be announced soon.

Good God I hope you are right. I was going to drop Sunday Ticket this year if they didn't throw in Superfan for free because it was downright criminal that you could only get the games in HD if you had Superfan.

I love the redzone channel when I'm not watching a Cowboys game. Most of the action across the league and hardly any commercial time outs.

 

[jobberone]

There are still people out there on cable?

I can't get Directv where I live.

 

[thewireman]

Were about to move to an apt so I will be going back to cable. I love DirectTV because the HD channels are true HD unlike cable HD. The only thing I miss about cable is the on demand feature. Since we don't have a home phone we cant utilize the PPV movies on DirectTV, so thats one area I look forward to having again.

 

[Seven]

I can't get Directv where I live.

The one downfall of the cave.............ah well.

 

[DallasEast]

Trees that are not ours to remove prevent us form having DirecTV.

That sucks. Here. You can borrow my axe. :chop:
Wait. That'll take too long. Try my chainsaw instead. :chainsaw:

When the trees are finally out of the way, let me know. I'll give you my Directv account number. You can then contact Directv with my account number to become a subscriber! They will pay you $100 under their newly revised customer referral program and they'll pay me $100! Now, I ask you. What's not to love!!!

 

[TX_Yid]

Good God I hope you are right. I was going to drop Sunday Ticket this year if they didn't throw in Superfan for free because it was downright criminal that you could only get the games in HD if you had Superfan.

I love the redzone channel when I'm not watching a Cowboys game. Most of the action across the league and hardly any commercial time outs.

My apologies, just found out it's only on MLB Extra Innings that the Superfan is being removed.

Apparently superfan on Sunday Ticket earns them too much money to remove it. I'll be paying for it again then!

 

[jobberone]

The one downfall of the cave.............ah well.

Well, I am a guy. Guys live in caves.

Actually I don't live anywhere. Well, not quite true but I CAN see nowhere from the front yard.

 

[zeroburrito]

There are still people out there on cable?

people use dish?

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

There are still people out there on cable?

Dumped DTV last year and havent looked back. I refused to pay a premium for HD content. Plus, I went with a Internet/Cable/Phone package and knocked $100 bucks off my total cost per month for those 3.

I'm sure the dishes have similar deals, but they only offer it to new customers. A year from now, I have control over what I want to pay, because I'll be considered a new customer again.

 

[Section446]

Dumped DTV last year and havent looked back. I refused to pay a premium for HD content. Plus, I went with a Internet/Cable/Phone package and knocked $100 bucks off my total cost per month for those 3.

I'm sure the dishes have similar deals, but they only offer it to new customers. A year from now, I have control over what I want to pay, because I'll be considered a new customer again.

Money isn't really much of an issue and I refuse to live without Sunday Ticket.

 

[BrassCowboy]

There are still people out there on cable?

the question should be: there still people with the dish?

people in that question should be reeally Cowboy fans because Cowboys are on regular tv so much in a year, why would anyone pay so much for just the few extra games....


Personally, I think Cable is better because Directv's hardware worked like an antique, so slow and features were very spotty. I get everything on cable in any weather. To me, the only reason for Directv is for NFL games.... without that, they would fold under leaving Dish Network to serve all the country folk.

But hey, to each his own, right?

 

[Section446]

the question should be: there still people with the dish?

people in that question should be reeally Cowboy fans because Cowboys are on regular tv so much in a year, why would anyone pay so much for just the few extra games....


Personally, I think Cable is better because Directv's hardware worked like an antique, so slow and features were very spotty. I get everything on cable in any weather. To me, the only reason for Directv is for NFL games.... without that, they would fold under leaving Dish Network to serve all the country folk.

But hey, to each his own, right?

I have season tickets and get the Cowboys on the local television every week, but I want to watch every team, every week, so DirecTV is great for me. I also get countless channels in HD that I wasn't getting with cable in the past so it's perfect for me.

 

[kmp77]

Time Warner?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!!?!? :bang2: :bang2:

 

[DallasEast]

the question should be: there still people with the dish?

people in that question should be reeally Cowboy fans because Cowboys are on regular tv so much in a year, why would anyone pay so much for just the few extra games....


Personally, I think Cable is better because Directv's hardware worked like an antique, so slow and features were very spotty. I get everything on cable in any weather. To me, the only reason for Directv is for NFL games.... without that, they would fold under leaving Dish Network to serve all the country folk.

But hey, to each his own, right?

When I was a cable only subscriber, I couldn't get anything after a cable line or a pole snapped, but I had the satisfaction of paying the full bill afterwards. Bad weather gets on my nerves because it messes with my signal for a few minutes, but my dish has weathered (pun intended) every storm including thunderstorm, sleet and tropical storm (knock on wood).

 

[PullMyFinger]

There are still people out there on cable?

Pfft satellite