Dish Vs Comcast

rapayne · 11-30-2006, 02:37 AM

As an original Pioneer Plasma TV owner, I had been pleased with Comcast but thought the switch to more HD channels with the Dish made sense. Mistake! The quality does NOT compare! Forgive my southern homilie, but I'd rather have seven pairs of shoes that fit than twenty eight that hurt my feet. I'm switching bact to Comcast HD superior quality; it's not even close.

BigDog/Mobile · 11-30-2006, 03:45 AM

comcast is crap dish is great have vip622 hd dvr spend the money great picture

Outofmymind67 · 11-30-2006, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by rapayne

As an original Pioneer Plasma TV owner, I had been pleased with Comcast but thought the switch to more HD channels with the Dish made sense. Mistake! The quality does NOT compare! Forgive my southern homilie, but I'd rather have seven pairs of shoes that fit than twenty eight that hurt my feet. I'm switching bact to Comcast HD superior quality; it's not even close.

I've had them all. Dish HD has a beautiful HD picture! No Cable can come close! You obviously have a connection problem or Settings are incorrect. Or you need a better TV. Everyone I've heard of that had Comcast or any other cable subscriber has never had anything good to say, with this one exception.

treker · 11-30-2006, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by branchbouncer
I was having serious doubts about continueing my service with D*,even though I didn't have them side by side(the services) memory was telling me that Adelphia was the clear winner.

Yes, Adelphia HD PQ beats D* by a mile and even the SD PQ is better. I would drop D* immediately and expand my Adelphia Internet to include TV, except for the NFL, Not having ST but with a big help from D* DNS, I can see a total of 8 games today with 6 in HD.

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Have you watched channel 9 (WUSA)news,my Adelphia feed seems much better than D*

Yes, I have and agree Adelphia Cable WUSA HD is equal to OTA. 9.1 local news is my favorite because of HD. Those newscasts have unbelievable HD PQ! Can't imagine how good it would be if they didn't multicast!

The Ravens look awesome or perhaps the Steelers are just plain sub-par!

Depending on the amount of people on a feed(node) directly affects your overall results,where we are D* and E* can not compare,While I am sure that cable may lack in some areas,in the Shenandoah Valley Adelphia(soon to be Comcast)is fantastic. If I was still in Northern VA(DC area) and had to compare the Cox service against E* or D*- satellite would win,but I think that is because thier service is spread to thin,too many people per node

Nightowl · 11-30-2006, 06:18 PM

My brother has the same model LCD that I have and Comcast. He has no end of problems with his HD channels, and it looks overly compressed to me when he shows me some of his channels.

In fact, every time he comes over and sees what I have on HD, he talks about switching over to Dish. The only thing that had been stopping him was the cablemodem, but he just dropped that to cut his bill down. Makes switching just easier at this point.

treker · 12-01-2006, 04:36 AM

As I said-- live in an area that has too many people and cable isn't all that great quality.Thats why you sometimes see a drastic slow down of cable HSI in the evening.I have no idea why Adelphia(soon to be Concast) rolled out such services in my area,we only have 70k people in this county,it may have something to do with living in a 4 season resort or the fact that a lot of the people that have retired here are VERY well off.My brother still lives in Alexandria and has Cox,his PQ is okay but no where as good as mine,when I lived in Alexandria I had D* for that reason.But when we moved here and D* and E* started this pay lease-never own crap 2 year contracts etc,I decided to try Adelphia-Glad I did,not as many HD channels as E*,more than twice as many as D*--no contract,thats what I like.

crazyal · 12-03-2006, 12:19 PM

I had Adelphia (Comcast) and would never go back. All I ever watched was the HD stuff because the analong wasn't watchable and the digital stuff was OK but not great. I'm sure it's just like what treker said "depends on the market". Up in burlington VT they must have too many channels, in demand, internet users or something. Until I got Dish I never once thought about zooming in on a SD program to fill my Sony 55". I miss the high speed internet though.

Roth · 12-03-2006, 02:40 PM

I just barely got my Dish(network) hooked up saturday. I had comcast HD-DVR, And i must say Dish looks a bit better 622 or 211 look good.

11-30-2006, 02:37 AM	#1
rapayne What is HD? Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1	Dish Vs Comcast As an original Pioneer Plasma TV owner, I had been pleased with Comcast but thought the switch to more HD channels with the Dish made sense. Mistake! The quality does NOT compare! Forgive my southern homilie, but I'd rather have seven pairs of shoes that fit than twenty eight that hurt my feet. I'm switching bact to Comcast HD superior quality; it's not even close.

11-30-2006, 03:45 AM	#2
BigDog/Mobile HDTV WOW!!! BOW WOW Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mobile,AL Posts: 7	check your cables your connection and most important your mind comcast is crap dish is great have vip622 hd dvr spend the money great picture

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treker And I use to watch SD Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Massanutten,Va Age: 57 Posts: 538	Quote: Originally Posted by branchbouncer I was having serious doubts about continueing my service with D,even though I didn't have them side by side(the services) memory was telling me that Adelphia was the clear winner. Yes, Adelphia HD PQ beats D by a mile and even the SD PQ is better. I would drop D* immediately and expand my Adelphia Internet to include TV, except for the NFL, Not having ST but with a big help from D* DNS, I can see a total of 8 games today with 6 in HD. Quote: Have you watched channel 9 (WUSA)news,my Adelphia feed seems much better than D* Yes, I have and agree Adelphia Cable WUSA HD is equal to OTA. 9.1 local news is my favorite because of HD. Those newscasts have unbelievable HD PQ! Can't imagine how good it would be if they didn't multicast! The Ravens look awesome or perhaps the Steelers are just plain sub-par! Depending on the amount of people on a feed(node) directly affects your overall results,where we are D* and E* can not compare,While I am sure that cable may lack in some areas,in the Shenandoah Valley Adelphia(soon to be Comcast)is fantastic. If I was still in Northern VA(DC area) and had to compare the Cox service against E* or D*- satellite would win,but I think that is because thier service is spread to thin,too many people per node

11-30-2006, 06:18 PM	#5
Nightowl Phillips 30" LCD Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 186	My brother has the same model LCD that I have and Comcast. He has no end of problems with his HD channels, and it looks overly compressed to me when he shows me some of his channels. In fact, every time he comes over and sees what I have on HD, he talks about switching over to Dish. The only thing that had been stopping him was the cablemodem, but he just dropped that to cut his bill down. Makes switching just easier at this point.

12-01-2006, 04:36 AM	#6
treker And I use to watch SD Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Massanutten,Va Age: 57 Posts: 538	As I said-- live in an area that has too many people and cable isn't all that great quality.Thats why you sometimes see a drastic slow down of cable HSI in the evening.I have no idea why Adelphia(soon to be Concast) rolled out such services in my area,we only have 70k people in this county,it may have something to do with living in a 4 season resort or the fact that a lot of the people that have retired here are VERY well off.My brother still lives in Alexandria and has Cox,his PQ is okay but no where as good as mine,when I lived in Alexandria I had D* for that reason.But when we moved here and D* and E* started this pay lease-never own crap 2 year contracts etc,I decided to try Adelphia-Glad I did,not as many HD channels as E,more than twice as many as D--no contract,thats what I like.

12-03-2006, 12:19 PM	#7
crazyal Smarter than the ave bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,312	I had Adelphia (Comcast) and would never go back. All I ever watched was the HD stuff because the analong wasn't watchable and the digital stuff was OK but not great. I'm sure it's just like what treker said "depends on the market". Up in burlington VT they must have too many channels, in demand, internet users or something. Until I got Dish I never once thought about zooming in on a SD program to fill my Sony 55". I miss the high speed internet though.

12-03-2006, 02:40 PM	#8
Roth High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Salt City Posts: 131	I just barely got my Dish(network) hooked up saturday. I had comcast HD-DVR, And i must say Dish looks a bit better 622 or 211 look good.