MACS
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Monday, September 12, 2011 9:45:28 PM
Are they hurting for bidness, or what? They pay a buncha money to keep NFL Sunday Ticket and now they're giving it away for free?

If you hold their stock, I'd sell.

fbcoacho
Monday, September 12, 2011 10:29:28 PM
only if you sign up u get it free for the season. then next year it's $300..........
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Monday, September 12, 2011 10:48:52 PM

only if you sign up u get it free for the season. then next year it's $300..........

fbcoacho wrote:

True, but they're giving away a $300 value to get new customers.

fbcoacho
Monday, September 12, 2011 11:14:32 PM
working against AT&T and their "Verse" pkg and the other "Bundle PKG " carriers...oh but remember Dierect TV also "owns" Dish TV....so.........
dkeage
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:34:07 AM

working against AT&T and their "Verse" pkg and the other "Bundle PKG " carriers...oh but remember Dierect TV also "owns" Dish TV....so.........

fbcoacho wrote:

I bit on the deal.......my comcast bill was up to 200$ for tv and net, and I didn't even have any movie channels?!?!?!](*,)

BuckyB93
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:10:58 PM

True, but they're giving away a $300 value to get new customers.

MACS wrote:

You also have to commit for 2 yrs at a certian minimum package deal.

dkeage
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:12:54 PM

You also have to commit for 2 yrs at a certian minimum package deal.

BuckyB93 wrote:

Which at its highest rate (the last 6 months) is STILL 50$ less that what I was payin at Comcast....(with AT&T internet)

=d>

BuckyB93
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:48:06 PM
I’ve had DirecTV for probably 10 yrs or so and don’t have any complaints about their service.

The only gripe I have, and this applies to all TV services, is of the bazillion channels they offer I only watch a handful of them. I wish they offered a “channel ala cart” package. $1/channel and you pick the ones you want.

Does anybody even watch CSPAN? Is it really popular enough to have CSPAN2? I don’t speak Spanish so I have no need for 4, 6, or 8 Spanish channels. How many shopping channels do I need? I’ll tell you… zero. Oprah channel? Soap Opera channel? Since I’m not black or Jewish I really don’t have a need for any black or Jewish channels either.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:46:13 PM
Good points, Buckaroo.

I pretty much watch the ESPN channels, fox, cbs, nbc, abc, discovery, nat geo and science channels. Maybe some tbs and tnt thrown in.

My bill for phone/tv/internet is $186+ per month and I don't even have the "extreme" HD package, so there are some channels I don't get. I do, however, subscribe to TFC for the wife and that's $25 a month.

WadeBrisco
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:55:36 AM
The sunday ticket package is just to hook customers, your monthly payment doubles, the second year of the agreement so they make their money back and sunday ticket is only free for one year and for new customers, I lucked though I just recently moved and received sunday ticket for free just because I moved to a newer place, so my monthly payment doesn't go up. Pretty happy about that.
BuckyB93
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:17:26 AM

The sunday ticket package is just to hook customers, your monthly payment doubles, the second year of the agreement so they make their money back and sunday ticket is only free for one year and for new customers, I lucked though I just recently moved and received sunday ticket for free just because I moved to a newer place, so my monthly payment doesn't go up. Pretty happy about that.

WadeBrisco wrote:

Ditto here. I just recently moved too. If I were to just transfer my old account over to the new place I would have missed out on all the freebies and special deals. I canceled my old account and signed up as a “new” customer.

Your account number is tied to your phone number so in order to become a “new” customer, you have to give them a new phone number.

jguthner
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:38:27 AM
I was very excited to find that DirecTV had loosened their grip on the Sunday Ticket this year. For the first time, they released it as a stand-alone package through PS3 and the Playstation Network. For ~$350, I now have Sunday Ticket in streaming HD, but no contracts to worry about, and no DirecTV nonsense either. For someone like me who hasn't had cable in years and wasn't excited about adding it again, it worked out perfectly.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/08/playstation-3-scores-nfl-sunday-ticket/1 

WadeBrisco
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:52:04 AM
I didn't even have to start a new account, which surprised me alot but am happy about.

I heard there were alot of issues with PS3 and computer streaming in general. I tried watching some 1pm games on the computer and it constantly froze and i ended up having to go to a sports bar, heard the same thing from alot of people, I hope they work that out though being able to buy it separately is a good thing. But since Direct TV is installing at the new place today, I won't have to rely on their streaming anymore.

jguthner
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:07:07 PM
There were significant issues (freezing, skipping, lost audio) during the first 2 hours of the AM games. I called Sony and was treated quite nicely, even though they gave me a scripted line about how their engineers were working on the issue. Everything was fixed for the later games, and this morning all subscribers received a $25 credit directly to their PS3 account. All in all I was pleasantly surprised with how they dealt with the situation, and once the issue was fixed, the streaming was very high quality with almost no buffering time.
8trackdisco
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:54:35 PM

I’ve had DirecTV for probably 10 yrs or so and don’t have any complaints about their service.

The only gripe I have, and this applies to all TV services, is of the bazillion channels they offer I only watch a handful of them. I wish they offered a “channel ala cart” package. $1/channel and you pick the ones you want.

Does anybody even watch CSPAN? Is it really popular enough to have CSPAN2? I don’t speak Spanish so I have no need for 4, 6, or 8 Spanish channels. How many shopping channels do I need? I’ll tell you… zero. Oprah channel? Soap Opera channel? Since I’m not black or Jewish I really don’t have a need for any black or Jewish channels either.

BuckyB93 wrote:

By not watching those channels, it proves you are a sexist, racist, anti-semite. You are suppose to be celebrating Diversity! (where's the rainbow icon?)

8trackdisco
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:56:04 PM

Ditto here. I just recently moved too. If I were to just transfer my old account over to the new place I would have missed out on all the freebies and special deals. I canceled my old account and signed up as a “new” customer.

Your account number is tied to your phone number so in order to become a “new” customer, you have to give them a new phone number.

BuckyB93 wrote:

Bucky,

I need your new address. Send it to me via PM, please.

BuckyB93
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:16:31 PM

By not watching those channels, it proves you are a sexist, racist, anti-semite. You are suppose to be celebrating Diversity! (where's the rainbow icon?)

8trackdisco wrote:

WOW, it took 7 posts before that came out? C'mon folks... your slipping

(must be the new forum format)

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:17:23 PM
Just found out from a co-worker today, that the PS3 has Sunday Ticket. You can buy it online with the PS3 in the playstation store. He said it was $84.99, but I just looked and it said something about being charged $5 a month through December...
dkeage
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:12:43 PM

Just found out from a co-worker today, that the PS3 has Sunday Ticket. You can buy it online with the PS3 in the playstation store. He said it was $84.99, but I just looked and it said something about being charged $5 a month through December...

MACS wrote:

See post #12....................noob..........[frypan]

cacman
Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:48:00 AM
Got it free with my new subscription to DirecTV. When we asked about the fees next season, CSR told us they expect it to offered with entire package next year... so who knows. Still have to pay for the NHL network to watch the Pens.

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