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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #580 on: September 13, 2011, 05:26:55 PM »
After a dozen years of DirecTV I switched to Comcast (well...xfinity) today.  I guess they have streaming.  Sounds like it's just enough to be a gateway drug to their pay-per-view streaming...anyone have any experience with it?  Recommendations?

Why the switch Jeff? I've had Comcast for years now and I desperately want to get away from them, I believe ses does as well.

I had AT&T U-Verse for a few years before I moved to the city this spring and was left with Comcast as my only choice. Comcast definitely beats U-Verse when it comes to free on demand programming (which I rarely watch) but they're so damn expensive. I personally haven't had any bad experiences with Comcast (fingers crossed), but I know plenty of people that have and I definitely wouldn't use them if I had a choice.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #581 on: September 13, 2011, 06:49:24 PM »
After a dozen years of DirecTV I switched to Comcast (well...xfinity) today.  I guess they have streaming.  Sounds like it's just enough to be a gateway drug to their pay-per-view streaming...anyone have any experience with it?  Recommendations?

Why the switch Jeff? I've had Comcast for years now and I desperately want to get away from them, I believe ses does as well.

I had AT&T U-Verse for a few years before I moved to the city this spring and was left with Comcast as my only choice. Comcast definitely beats U-Verse when it comes to free on demand programming (which I rarely watch) but they're so damn expensive. I personally haven't had any bad experiences with Comcast (fingers crossed), but I know plenty of people that have and I definitely wouldn't use them if I had a choice.

A bunch of reasons, mostly because going cable saves a ton of money because phone, internet and TV go through one company.  Before, I had Qwest for internet and DirecTV.  Each had it's pricing steadily increase over the past few years.  Together it is over $200 month right now.  Comcast offered $125 / month.    As I'm sure you well aware, the industry is completely geared toward stealing each other's customers through hot introductory offers.  I'm not the least bit surprised you're leaving.  In two years I will be too.  I'm sure of it.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #582 on: September 14, 2011, 06:15:50 PM »
After a dozen years of DirecTV I switched to Comcast (well...xfinity) today.  I guess they have streaming.  Sounds like it's just enough to be a gateway drug to their pay-per-view streaming...anyone have any experience with it?  Recommendations?

Why the switch Jeff? I've had Comcast for years now and I desperately want to get away from them, I believe ses does as well.

I had AT&T U-Verse for a few years before I moved to the city this spring and was left with Comcast as my only choice. Comcast definitely beats U-Verse when it comes to free on demand programming (which I rarely watch) but they're so damn expensive. I personally haven't had any bad experiences with Comcast (fingers crossed), but I know plenty of people that have and I definitely wouldn't use them if I had a choice.

A bunch of reasons, mostly because going cable saves a ton of money because phone, internet and TV go through one company.  Before, I had Qwest for internet and DirecTV.  Each had it's pricing steadily increase over the past few years.  Together it is over $200 month right now.  Comcast offered $125 / month.    As I'm sure you well aware, the industry is completely geared toward stealing each other's customers through hot introductory offers.  I'm not the least bit surprised you're leaving.  In two years I will be too.  I'm sure of it.


Wow it's starting to dawn on me why people hate Comcast.  First, their utter insistence that I have to see every channel ever known to man in my channel listing when in fact I care about maybe 35 channels tops.  They have no earthly clue how a Favorites list is supposed to work.  I don't know who was more embarressed, me or my 15 year old when he scrolled by the title "Anal Midget Fantasies" while looking for ESPN.  HELP ME TIVO!
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #583 on: September 14, 2011, 06:33:11 PM »
I believe "Anal Midget Fantasies" has moved to ESPN.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #584 on: September 14, 2011, 06:37:17 PM »
In all seriousness, anyone know of any hardware or hacks that are out there to block some of these superflous channels.  I have one of the newer Motorolla DVRs
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #585 on: September 14, 2011, 06:38:05 PM »
I believe "Anal Midget Fantasies" has moved to ESPN.

:D   There's a Doug Flutie joke here somewhere...
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #586 on: September 14, 2011, 10:56:56 PM »
Up All Night- Loved it.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #587 on: September 15, 2011, 07:44:29 AM »
Looking forward to Up All Night, and not just because it's my life right now.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #588 on: September 15, 2011, 08:13:12 AM »
Indeed!

We did watch the pilot of The New Girl, which looks to be potentially entertaining in a Cougartown kinda way.  The fact that it stars Damon Wayans Jr makes me feel old, though.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #589 on: September 15, 2011, 08:16:39 AM »
The fact that it stars Damon Wayans Jr makes me feel old, though.
He's only on the pilot, if that makes you feel better.
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