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In fact, I mostly ignored my HD programming until Discovery (simulcast, not theater) and History were available. They were the first HD channels that actually had worthwhile content.]]>Jun 27th 2008 7:58AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 7:53AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 8:22AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/
Maybe I'm over analyzing the statement, but it seems a bit pretentious.]]>Jun 27th 2008 8:16AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Take a series like Planet Earth. I tried watching that in SD, and was not remotely interested in it, however watching it in HD, I loved it. Some shows are greatly enhanced by HD. Some you just don't give a crap about. A lot of the stuff on History HD, even when it's supposed to be HD, not stretch-o-vision, just doesn't wow the eye.]]>Jun 27th 2008 2:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/
Thanks,]]>Jun 27th 2008 8:55AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 9:01AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/
After moving to our current house (2 years ago), DTV wasn't as good here. It got knocked out by most thunderstorms, even after a visit from the DTV repair squad (who really just checked connections and re-aimed the dish (it seems it was off by about a degree or 2, it still went out a lot.

A week ago, we kicked DTV to the curb, in favor of FiOS TV. So far, it rocks. It's also our first time having an HDTV (we had the TV for like 2 weeks with SD DTV), and it's just stunning.

Why didn't we keep DTV and go HD with them? A couple of reasons... 1. The frequent outages and 2. Their HD DVR is no longer a TiVo. I could get the older DirecTiVo HD, but wouldn't get any of the MPEG-4 channels on it -- not going to happen. All of the accounts I've read online, as well as personal accounts from a couple of friends with the DTV HD DVR proclaim it as pretty much "wishes it was a TiVo".

We opted for a TiVo HD on the new HD set, and took a SD STB for the kids old tube tv in the playroom. I upgraded the internal HDD on the TiVo HD to a 1TB drive, and it's working very well, though Amazon Unbox seems to have gone MIA, at least on our unit. The Apple TV works better anyhow, and lets us rent in HD.]]>Jun 27th 2008 9:36AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 2:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/
Comcast, the most compressed HD channels, ever. ]]>Jun 27th 2008 11:00AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 11:26AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 12:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 1:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/
DirecTV's DVR may not be Tivo, but it's a valiant effort. My Tivo's had lots of bugs when I first got them, too. People seem to forget that nowadays. I'd urge people to give their HD DVR a try. It took me a long time to convert (hasn't even been a year), but I did and I'm quite satisfied. I even decided to upgrade to their Premier package, I was so satisfied. One gripe on their DVR, though: no "suggestions" like Tivo. Sadly, this is part of several patents which Tivo holds and DirecTV's hands are tied there without licensing it.

I considered switching to cable (Cablevision) recently, but got ticked off at their website which would NOT tell you the prices for their packages... ONLY their "current deals". After the "deal" was over, you had no idea what the price would go up to. I say BS to that.. and emailed them about it, too!]]>Jun 27th 2008 1:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 2:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 27th 2008 9:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 28th 2008 5:02AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jul 2nd 2008 11:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/27/satellite-customers-more-satisfied-than-cable-customers/Jun 28th 2008 8:21AM