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I have been a Direct customer for quite a few years and primarily dropped them to consolidate my phones, internet, and tv services into one package. Saves me a a few bucks and gives me more options with HD and movie channels.

Haven't had it all that long but I can say the package I got is comparable to Direct's total choice plus.

Verizon does have more HD and I feel the quality is a notch above Direct's HD package.

I like the VOD that they have at no charge. Gives a person the ability to look at a lot of movies and subscription programs whenever you want to watch them and many of them are free.

I got a movie channel package that consists of Showtime, (HD) Starz (HD) TMC (HD) and Encore . A total of 45 movie channels. When you combine that with 15 extra sport channels that you can purchase. Both packages for $14.95 it turns into quite a good deal. The offer HBO and Showtime (HD) as well.

All in all it is saving me around twenty dollars a month by switching to Verizon. I will miss my Tivo and the dual tuners that Direct offers. The install including the high definition DVR and SD DVR was free.

I would like to see a Verizon TV Board here. Maybe one day...
 
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Bye Bye :wave:
 
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Yea FiOS is nice. No other tv provider, that I have sceen, has a compareable movie package that includes sho starz encore and tmc for $11.99 a month.

You might enjoy widgets too. It weather and traffic on the botton of the screen, (press the A button on the fios remote and follow the directions) its nice I can't wait to see it, we should get it @ my work(A VERIZON HOME ENTERAINMENT MALL KIOSK IN VA BEACH) @ the end of december,

What fios market are you in? I know the tv just launched in righmond, va

All in all D* vs FiOS is hard to compare cause it depends on what fits u best. If u love sports like (nfl, nascar, ncaa) than D* wins hands down. If u have more than one dvr than D* is cheaper. But next year it will be instering to see how many hd channels D* and fios add. They (d* and fios) should be the undisputed hd leaders in tv in 2007.


HOPE U ENJOY UR FIOS TV
 
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One leaves, another one come in. Buh-bye.
 
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I'm thinking about going with FIOS as well but I still have slightly less than a year to go on my current DTV commitment. I definitely plan on switching to their internet service but nothing is available yet, although they have installed the fiber backbone all around my area. I've been told it will be up and running very soon so Im in a wait and see mode right now. I will definitely sign up for the TV service as well so I can do a direct comparison with DirecTV.

Since Verizon doesn't tie you up with any commitment I can drop it at any time if I decide to stay with DTV. That bad news is that I won't be able to review any of the new DTV mpeg4 channels when they're available without getting locked into another 2-year commitment. I'd rather stay with DirecTV since I'm already set up for it and I can also keep my HDTivos. FIOS is reported to have better PQ than the current HD offerings from DTV. Perhaps I can make an arrangement with customer retention for an mpeg4 trial period with no commitment, but I'm not holding my breath.
 
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What's will all the negative smartass comments? Bowtieman, congratulations on making the switch, you are a lucky guy to have Fios TV in your area. It will be a long time, if ever Fios (TV or broadband) comes to my area, but TW just upgraded us to Fios-like speeds for broadband, and I can't wait to see what they do in a few years when analog cable almost completely goes away. With FTTP being deployed and cable improving, it's DBS that needs to watch out, they are becoming the cable TV of the mid 2000s. Many of us long time DBS veterans have ditched the dish in favor of better options, and if you do have better options, no reason to not take advantage of them.

Bowtieman, please come back here and update us on your experience.
 
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Steve Mehs said:
...it's DBS that needs to watch out, they are becoming the cable TV of the mid 2000s.
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For all of the bandwidth that cable has (and no, they aren't running a huge deficit as compared with FIOS), they don't offer nearly the breadth of content that is available via DBS. Most cable systems have yet to delve into the international channel market beyond a few popular Spanish language channels. My local Comcast offers 17 Spanish language channels, one Russian channel and one Filipino channel.

Cable (in which I include fiber) is making headway, but they have a very long way to go before they offer everyone everything.
 
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Steve Mehs said:
What's will all the negative smartass comments? Bowtieman, congratulations on making the switch, you are a lucky guy to have Fios TV in your area. It will be a long time, if ever Fios (TV or broadband) comes to my area, but TW just upgraded us to Fios-like speeds for broadband, and I can't wait to see what they do in a few years when analog cable almost completely goes away. With FTTP being deployed and cable improving, it's DBS that needs to watch out, they are becoming the cable TV of the mid 2000s. Many of us long time DBS veterans have ditched the dish in favor of better options, and if you do have better options, no reason to not take advantage of them.

Bowtieman, please come back here and update us on your experience.
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I didn't write that post trying to start a **** slinging contest. It's all about what packages Direct or Dish or Verizon Fios has to offer us. I have never wanted to win a Direct, Dish or Fios loyalty button. I wanted the programming, quality picture and best bang for the buck. I would imagine that Fios gets their feed from a satellite before transmitting it to their customer base.

I actually wanted to let people who might have Fios in their area to look it over as it might be the package they have been wanting. That's it. I have no bridge to burn with Direct as I was a customer for a long time.

I'm in the Southern California area.
 
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FiOS TV just became available in this area - I've had their internet service for close to a year now, and it is really nice. With TV service, it's like others have said - it all depends on what you're looking for. I considered making the switch to FiOS TV, but after doing the best apples-to-apples comparison I was able to, I'm staying with DTV. I currently don't have an HDTV, so that's not even an issue for me. From a pure SD perspective, for what I want, DTV wins. When we make the upgrade to HD then I'll reexamine my options.

According to a co-worker, who is switching from Dish to FiOS, FiOS IS carrying the Philly Comcast Sports Network - according to this guy, they struck a deal with Comcast, and if I cared about the 76ers or Flyers I would strongly consider it.

One thing is clear, though, all TV providers are going through growing pains. Lots of changes are happening very quickly. We'll see how things look when the dust settles. DTV will need to work on providing better HD if they hope to compete in the future.
 
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I have Verizon phone service and use their DSL(not Fios) which has been very reliable since I upgraded to their 3meg service. I have never had much luck with their technical service group though. When I wanted to upgrade DSL they had to cancel my old service first and set up the new service. It took 3 weeks. I had anticipated a short outage so I took that opportunity to try out Charter's cable pipeline internet, so I wasnt without high-speed internet, but I did have to pay for the Charter service to cover.

Anyway recently I sent an e-mail to find out when FIOS internet and TV would be available in my town, and they had no projection at all when it might happen. Could be 4-5 years for all I know. So they definitely have a roll out problem in that they can only lay so much optical cable in specific periods of time. If it is a good service I would consider it if it's ever available here.
 
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