When I originally switched to DirecTV from Dish Network about four years ago it was for one reason. HD. DTV was the undisputed champion of HDTV. They had the most channels at the time and had the best technology. SInce then the only thing that has got my interest is the HD Tivo (which I have). The problem I have is that many local sporting events are shown in HD but Comcast is the only carrier that provides them. (FSN and Comcast sports net HD). As much as I have always said that I would never go back to cable, especially Comcast, its beginning to look a whole lot more appealing if DirecTV continues to raise rates and doesn't give me any programming to show for it. I mean they can't even carry TNT or Starz in HD. As for the compression, I haven't noticed a terrible loss in quality, but then again most of my HD watching is OTA signals.
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When I originally switched to DirecTV from Dish Network about four years ago it was for one reason. HD. DTV was the undisputed champion of HDTV. They had the most channels at the time and had the best technology. SInce then the only thing that has got my interest is the HD Tivo (which I have). The problem I have is that many local sporting events are shown in HD but Comcast is the only carrier that provides them. (FSN and Comcast sports net HD). As much as I have always said that I would never go back to cable, especially Comcast, its beginning to look a whole lot more appealing if DirecTV continues to raise rates and doesn't give me any programming to show for it. I mean they can't even carry TNT or Starz in HD.
As for the compression, I haven't noticed a terrible loss in quality, but then again most of my HD watching is OTA signals.