[Cable_X]

Did anyone catch it during the Colts/Bears game last night? This was the first time that I saw that Comcrap says they have 300 HD channels versus Directv's 95.

 

[rey_1178]

IT'S been out awhile

 

[Nick]

...This was the first time that I saw that Comcrap says they have 300 HD channels versus Directv's 95.

Not 300 HD channels, 300 HD programming choices. Going forward, kindly pay closer attention when viewing Comcast commercials. :lol:

As a subscriber, my local Comcast franchise offers me more than 300 HD viewing choices any time I sit down to watch tv, so I ask you this question:

Which is more important -- the number of HD channels or the number of HD programming choices?

To look at it differently, when you sit down to watch tv, which is better to have -- 95 HD channels with only one program choice each at any given time, or a lesser number of dedicated HD channels, plus one 'super' channel with a menu of 300 HD program choices?

Happily, I'm moving into my brand new home in two weeks and I have chosen Comcast, with its over 500 HD choices, to be my primary MCVP. I will also keep the Dish HD-only package for the present, primarily for the HDNets, and the Weather channel in HD.

 

[timf]

Not to mention Comcast counts their own VOD programming choices but completely ignores DIRECTV On Demand. I counted available HD On Demand programs a couple weeks ago (it was during the Olympics so all the highlights on demand were available) and there were over 200 HD choices on DIRECTV On Demand. Add to that the full-time channels DIRECTV has and Comcast's advantage in HD programming choices is virtually gone.

 

[Doug Brott]

Not to mention Comcast counts their own VOD programming choices but completely ignores DIRECTV On Demand. I counted available HD On Demand programs a couple weeks ago (it was during the Olympics so all the highlights on demand were available) and there were over 200 HD choices on DIRECTV On Demand. Add to that the full-time channels DIRECTV has and Comcast's advantage in HD programming choices is virtually gone.

yup .. and Nick .. wait an hour .. your choices won't change

Comcast wants you to think time stands still, but last I checked, it's an ever changing world

 

[tonyd79]

Right now there are (according to the DirecTV webpage), 154 HD on demand "choices". Plus the 95 channels. That puts the DirecTV number at 249 (and more on Sunday afternoon when baseball and football are in HD).

I don't mind a company pushing its superiority in whatever way as long as they are honest and fair. Count them both in the same way.

Which is more important -- the number of HD channels or the number of HD programming choices?

To look at it differently, when you sit down to watch tv, which is better to have -- 95 HD channels with only one program choice each at any given time, or a lesser number of dedicated HD channels, plus one 'super' channel with a menu of 300 HD program choices?

Welcome to the world of DVRs. When you have 95 channels with 24 hours a day of programming 7 days a week, you have lots more than 300 choices.

Shame you live in the 20th Century where your only choices are live TV.

 

[justlgi]

cnet took this on.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10034604-23.html

As for the comparison in programming, well, all those extra HD channels on DirecTV carry many programs per day and hundreds per month--each. Even if we throw in the on-demand programming from Comcast, it would lose by a landslide.

The cheap trick of making a comparison at exactly 7:12 p.m. doesn't mean anything to me because you can't watch 500 channels at one time. I think the bottom line is simple: over the course of a day, week, or month, DirecTV delivers well more than twice as much HD programming as Comcast.

 

[Nick]

...Welcome to the world of DVRs. When you have 95 channels with 24 hours a day of programming 7 days a week, you have lots more than 300 choices.

Shame you live in the 20th Century where your only choices are live TV.

Don't feel too sorry for me, Tony -- I'll have two providers, three
HD DVRs, four HD displays and tv in six rooms of my new home.

How about you?

 

[Redlinetire]

I will also keep the Dish HD-only package for the present, primarily for the HDNets, and the Weather channel in HD.

FYI, Comcast has just announced a pact to distribute the HDNets as well:

http://www.hd.net/pressrelease.html?2008-09-04-01.html

 

[tonyd79]

Don't feel too sorry for me, Tony -- I'll have two providers, three
HD DVRs, four HD displays and tv in six rooms of my new home.

How about you?

Two providers (DirecTV and Comcast). Four HD DVRs (3 HR2x, HD Tivo), 2 HD displays (Sony and Vizio). Netflix Roku box and Sling for travel.

I am fine.

And I know that 100 channels plus times 24 hours a day times 30 days a month is a lot more than 300 choices. Cause I also can do math!

 

[kw2957]

Did anyone catch it during the Colts/Bears game last night? This was the first time that I saw that Comcrap says they have 300 HD channels versus Directv's 95.

Wow, here in Philly they're airing commercials that say they have 500 HD "choices"! :hurah: :hurah: :hurah:

 

[Jon D]

Don't feel too sorry for me, Tony -- I'll have two providers, three
HD DVRs, four HD displays and tv in six rooms of my new home.

How about you?

In other words, Tony. Don't feel sorry for him, because he is way richer than you and has a new huge house with lots of TVs in it. And you are just some common peasant. :nono:

 

[Ric]

Man are you guys behind the times. Comcast blows out DTV - they now claim to have over 500choices !rolling !rolling !rolling

http://www.comcast.com/hd/?CMP=ILC-HPFLASHMOREHD060508

 

[KAL]

Wow, here in Philly they're airing commercials that say they have 500 HD "choices"! :hurah: :hurah: :hurah:

I too am from Philly. I dropped Comcast for Direct last week because I finally got sick and tired of being patient and waiting for Comcast to add more HD channels to its lineup. Philadelphia is the corporate home of Comcast, yet Philly has an almost embarrassing amount of HD compared to other Comcast markets throughout the country.

 

[Piratefan98]

Comcast has always been the leader in sleazy HD claims. Nobody does it better.

Sadly, DirecTV has started working in that realm as well. I used to think DirecTV was sort of above all that .... letting Comcast be the proverbial used car salesman ..... but I guess they feel the need to lower themselves to the competition.

Jeff

 

[tcusta00]

yup .. and Nick .. wait an hour .. your choices won't change

Comcast wants you to think time stands still, but last I checked, it's an ever changing world

Took the words right outta my mouth. :lol: If we're counting HD "Programming Choices" can we throw in DirecTV's on demand choices? Cause by my count there's 192 of those static HD choices in there right now, plus the 95 or so we have in regular programming. Shady advertising techniques at best.

Since when do people count "programming choices" when they're shopping for TV service?

 

[curt8403]

I misread the title of this thread, and was thinking, ya, I would like to see a comcast commercial where everyone wore Latex, as in Latex Comcast commercial/

I was thinking Wellington Boots and Gas masks.

 

[UTVLamented]

Let's do some math. About 100 HD channels, over a 24 hour period let's say an average of 35 programs (choices) per channel to DVR plus HD on demand, plus more MLB and NFL in HD than anyone, that's over 3500 HD "choices" per day. Yep, DirecTv wins and it's not even close.

 

[Doug Brott]

I misread the title of this thread, and was thinking, ya, I would like to see a comcast commercial where everyone wore Latex, as in Latex Comcast commercial/

:nono:

 

[Doug Brott]

Comcast has always been the leader in sleazy HD claims. Nobody does it better.

Sadly, DirecTV has started working in that realm as well. I used to think DirecTV was sort of above all that .... letting Comcast be the proverbial used car salesman ..... but I guess they feel the need to lower themselves to the competition.

Jeff

It's all Marketing .. really, what should we expect when there isn't enough channels. It was actually a stroke of genius to use "choices" because you get a higher number but at the end of the day it's all fluff.