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One thing o forgot to mention about Compression. The Naked Eye will not be able to determin the difference if you sit 8-12FT on a 40” to 50” TV so for those who are thinking about FIOS need to decide wheather or not its woth it…you cant tell the difference…. I also have a built in hdtv tuner in my…

Hello All, People who are ditching the dish are going to make a big mistake. Where do you think the feeds come from in the first place. Well the answer is some type of satalite. I have owned comcast and now have direct tv. The direct tv HD line up is and i quote “is the best lineup to date”…

from what i’ve read, FiOS does offer the “least compressed” HD channels (not including over-the-air/antenna). also, while DirecTV touts a large array of HD offerings, many will be local channels only and so, not available to everyone… somewhat deceptive imho. lastly, another criteria, for me at least, is the UI and equipment each service provides/supports. if changing channels or recording…

HD quantity has been and always will be a comparison point, both by the service provider marketing departments and by consumers. But Trevor is right - subscribers thinking about switching should look at WHICH HD channels they watch, and find out if the competition offers it. (And for the record, it is mentioned that Verizon plans serious increase in HD…

This article makes 30 HD channels sound horribly low in number.  Not to toot anyone’s horn or discredit others, but it just seems misleading when they seem to make out that FiOS might be bad because of only 30.  I would beg anyone to name the last 30 HD channels they visited.  Probably can’t name more than 15, unless you…

Soundzilla makes a good point. “HD-lite,” rate-shaping and downscaling are legitimate concerns to television subscribers. It’s also something that service providers don’t like to talk about. Hard facts are hard to come by, BUT if you want unaltered HD content, go with FiOS. Fiber has more than enough bandwidth, and all the customer reviews I’ve read say only good things…

With all due respect to Mr. Hardy, how can an article designed to help users make the difficult decision on which provider to choose, completely omit the practice of HD-Lite? Unless I missed it, there is no mention of the practice of downscaling HD content, which I know DirecTV does. I’ve been with DirecTV for 14 years and I am…

One con for Satellite that isn’t mentioned, probably because it is so obvious, is the ability to mount a dish. For apartment dwellers this can eliminate Satellite as a choice. So how many HD channels does Comcast offer? DirecTV has 85 and FIOS has 30, but Comcast is just listed as “Large HD Selection.” I was actually contemplating a switch…

Welll George, I put a $99 500gb raw hard drive inside my HR10-250 DirecTV HD Tivo box and its on 24/7 for 1 year now with no problems. These guys are gouging IMO.

I bought a TenBox TB1500 (1.5 TB).  I had already tried several cheaper solutions that did not work well. This is real silent as advertised, and I keep recording and recording and it seems to be no end….  I would not leave any of the other cheap devices plugged all the time in my home. Pricey? Maybe, but it is…