Cox backs down from DirecTV lawsuit

Make no mistake, the battle for HD bragging rights among service providers is fierce. Witness the legal battles that DirecTV has taken on with numerous cable companies over advertisement claims. Strike the lawsuit between Cox Communications and DirecTV from the list, however -- it's been settled. At the heart of the matter is Cox's attempt to "recast" the findings of a Comcast-commissioned survey showing Comcast picture quality was preferred over both DirecTV and DISH. Since the lawsuit was initiated, Cox has removed all references to the survey from its website, which now the only cites "no ugly dish or extra equipment to buy" as an advantage of Cox cable over satellite HDTV. Other terms of the settlement are, ahem, confidential.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2007 12:55PM]

Pwnd. n00b cabletards, directv is the future!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2007 1:14PM]

I don't think my dish is ugly :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2007 3:01PM]

Its big, and certainly not ugly, oh, we're talking about the dish. Yeah that too......

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2007 5:23PM]

I have both Cox and DirecTV installed at home, I did this to test out the quality and I have to say Cox is aweful. It's HD services is a bare minimal step above their SD channels and just looks plain aweful on my 1080P Philips. DirecTV on the other hand looks stunning. Cox has no legs to stand on.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2008 8:42PM]

dear sir when are you going to add cw hd like wmaz is and did you add channel 601 sport .thank you [e-mail]