I’ve noticed a recent trend in my cable television: pixilation and tearing. I don’t have digital cable so the problem is not on my end. Then a few weeks ago I started noticing announcements about certain channels will be available via digital cable only. This combined with Comcast’s plans to cut the analog cable February 17th, 2009. On that day all analog broadcasts in United States will be shut off as per “Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005″. The failure in that logic is the act only applies to over-the-air broadcasts. Earlier this year FCC ordered all cable carriers to continue offering analog cable after the 2009 cutoff date. However it was never mandated they keep all the channels, so Comcast decided this is a very good opportunity to get some extra bandwidth for their HD offerings to compete with satellite TV. Basically, analog cable eats a large place of copper the Comcast would love to use for other things. In the latest attempt to get people to switch, they’ve raised the price of the analog cable above digital. So, I’m gonna be switching to DirectTV pretty soon. I can get full digital TV, DVR service, and about 150 more channels for about the same price I’m paying for sub-par analog service right now. Now that’s Comcastic!
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December 26, 2007 at 9:46 am |
I considered the switch a few years ago. I got the DirectTV guy to come out and to show us some of his “tricks”. My wife was also home and decided she hated the sight if a dish on the side of our house, and so no matter what the DirectTv guy said, we were never going to get a dish.
This being said, I would find it hard to give up the OnDemand stuff nowadays. We have the DVR service aswell. Couple that with the OnDemand selection being as huge as it is means we always have something we want to watch. We also use Comcast’s HSI for our internet connection, so we really are paying them all of our doe….
July 31, 2008 at 1:19 pm |
I have a friend who recently switched to DirectTV claiming it was 100 bucks less then comcast. I merely just laughed at her. She now pays for TV she hates cuase it never comes in when it rains, but she has to pay for slow DSL and phone from Verizon. And only gets Showtime for a movie channel. And I don’t know how much they pay for all 3 of those. But we pay $160 for phone, internet, and every movie channel from Comcast. And our TV come in fine when it rains. My friend is so unpleased with DirectTV when Fois comes to town in November they’re switching once again.