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Does DirecTV have more infomercial channels than any other TV source ???
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Steve Stone
Dec 13, 2013, 7:23:16 PM12/13/13
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I'm thinking of switching to cable just to get away from the
overpowering amount of infomercial and religious programming. Is cable
just as bad ?
overpowering amount of infomercial and religious programming. Is cable
just as bad ?
Charlie Hoffpauir
Dec 13, 2013, 8:56:15 PM12/13/13
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:23:16 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net>
wrote:
>I'm thinking of switching to cable just to get away from the
>overpowering amount of infomercial and religious programming. Is cable
>just as bad ?
Why do you care how many infomercial or religious channels they have?
Just set your "favorites" and don't include them and you'll never know
they are there.
wrote:
>I'm thinking of switching to cable just to get away from the
>overpowering amount of infomercial and religious programming. Is cable
>just as bad ?
Just set your "favorites" and don't include them and you'll never know
they are there.
Steve Stone
Dec 14, 2013, 7:53:15 PM12/14/13
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On 12/13/2013 8:56 PM, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
> Why do you care how many infomercial or religious channels they have?
> Just set your "favorites" and don't include them and you'll never know
> they are there.
>
I've tried that but every few weeks they move them around to different
> Why do you care how many infomercial or religious channels they have?
> Just set your "favorites" and don't include them and you'll never know
> they are there.
>
channels and then I have to reprogram my favorites. There seems to be
more junk channels like this then ever before..
Charlie Hoffpauir
Dec 14, 2013, 10:29:05 PM12/14/13
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:53:15 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net>
wrote:
I guess you get a different DirecTV than I do. I've had their service
for over 10 years now, and I've never even accidentally tuned to
either an infomercial or a religious program.... except on my "local"
channels here in Houston.
wrote:
for over 10 years now, and I've never even accidentally tuned to
either an infomercial or a religious program.... except on my "local"
channels here in Houston.
Jeffrey Kaplan
Dec 15, 2013, 2:18:31 PM12/15/13
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I've had DirecTV for a few months now, and I've not had any problems
with channels jumping around on me.
My only issue with the Favorites lists is I cannot add/remove channels
from it by browsing the channel listings, I have to wade through the
menus to get at the device settings.
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Percival P. Cassidy
Dec 15, 2013, 3:14:01 PM12/15/13
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On 12/15/13 02:18 pm, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>> I'm thinking of switching to cable just to get away from the
>> overpowering amount of infomercial and religious programming. Is cable
>> just as bad ?
>
> As Charlie said, just set them to not be in your list of Favorites.
>
> I've had DirecTV for a few months now, and I've not had any problems
> with channels jumping around on me.
>
> My only issue with the Favorites lists is I cannot add/remove channels
> from it by browsing the channel listings, I have to wade through the
> menus to get at the device settings.
Set your favorites list temporarily to All Channels or to Channels I
>> I'm thinking of switching to cable just to get away from the
>> overpowering amount of infomercial and religious programming. Is cable
>> just as bad ?
>
> As Charlie said, just set them to not be in your list of Favorites.
>
> I've had DirecTV for a few months now, and I've not had any problems
> with channels jumping around on me.
>
> My only issue with the Favorites lists is I cannot add/remove channels
> from it by browsing the channel listings, I have to wade through the
> menus to get at the device settings.
Get, then add channels as desired to your own custom list -- yellow
button on the remote.
Perce
Dr. Personality
Dec 15, 2013, 5:54:31 PM12/15/13
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In article <l8l2i8$hcv$1...@dont-email.me>, Percival P. Cassidy
And you can always add a channel to (or delete it from) your Favorites
even as you're watching it. Info -> Favorites and select the option
you want.
even as you're watching it. Info -> Favorites and select the option
you want.
Jeffrey Kaplan
Dec 15, 2013, 10:44:30 PM12/15/13
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Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Percival P. Cassidy said:
> > My only issue with the Favorites lists is I cannot add/remove channels
> > from it by browsing the channel listings, I have to wade through the
> > menus to get at the device settings.
>
> Set your favorites list temporarily to All Channels or to Channels I
> Get, then add channels as desired to your own custom list -- yellow
> button on the remote.
Thank you, you just proved my point.
> > My only issue with the Favorites lists is I cannot add/remove channels
> > from it by browsing the channel listings, I have to wade through the
> > menus to get at the device settings.
>
> Set your favorites list temporarily to All Channels or to Channels I
> Get, then add channels as desired to your own custom list -- yellow
> button on the remote.
Jeffrey Kaplan
Dec 15, 2013, 10:47:00 PM12/15/13
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Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Dr. Personality said:
> And you can always add a channel to (or delete it from) your Favorites
> even as you're watching it. Info -> Favorites and select the option
> you want.
I have never seen that option. I'll check again. The main issue, is,
> And you can always add a channel to (or delete it from) your Favorites
> even as you're watching it. Info -> Favorites and select the option
> you want.
"Channels I get" pulled in channels I do NOT get and I'm only finding
them as I occasionally try to watch something on them, and I get the
"You don't get this channel" screen.
Steve Stone
Dec 15, 2013, 10:55:38 PM12/15/13
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> Thank you, you just proved my point.
>
of channels trying to sell cr*p to you on cable TV when compared to DTV?
As a DTV subscriber since 1994, over the decades I have seen a
significant increase in the amount of channels on DTV selling junk or
preaching their flavor of religion and asking for money to get you to
their heaven.
Reverend Ike is rolling over in his grave.
Steve
73 de N2UBP
Dr. Personality
Dec 15, 2013, 11:44:05 PM12/15/13
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In article <uptsa9dq0c0pcmq37...@gordol.org>, Jeffrey
misleading. "Channels I Get" is a list of the channels you are able to
receive; it's not a list of the channels you *do* receive. My own
"Channels I Get" includes stuff I don't actually get because I won't
pay for it -- the porn channels, for example.
If you come across one of those blank channels, just delete it from
your Favorites by going to the Info bar and doing as I suggested above.
BTW, every so often a channel will go HD but your Favorites list won't
know about it. You have to do a little work on the list every so
often.
Kaplan <nom...@gordol.org> wrote:
> Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Dr. Personality said:
>
> > And you can always add a channel to (or delete it from) your Favorites
> > even as you're watching it. Info -> Favorites and select the option
> > you want.
>
> I have never seen that option. I'll check again. The main issue, is,
> "Channels I get" pulled in channels I do NOT get and I'm only finding
> them as I occasionally try to watch something on them, and I get the
> "You don't get this channel" screen.
I've seen this complaint before. Calling it "Channels I Get" is
> Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Dr. Personality said:
>
> > And you can always add a channel to (or delete it from) your Favorites
> > even as you're watching it. Info -> Favorites and select the option
> > you want.
>
> I have never seen that option. I'll check again. The main issue, is,
> "Channels I get" pulled in channels I do NOT get and I'm only finding
> them as I occasionally try to watch something on them, and I get the
> "You don't get this channel" screen.
misleading. "Channels I Get" is a list of the channels you are able to
receive; it's not a list of the channels you *do* receive. My own
"Channels I Get" includes stuff I don't actually get because I won't
pay for it -- the porn channels, for example.
If you come across one of those blank channels, just delete it from
your Favorites by going to the Info bar and doing as I suggested above.
BTW, every so often a channel will go HD but your Favorites list won't
know about it. You have to do a little work on the list every so
often.
nob...@nada.com
Dec 16, 2013, 5:50:38 PM12/16/13
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:53:15 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net>
wrote:
Then DirecTV is out to get you. No one I know has this issue.
wrote:
nob...@nada.com
Dec 16, 2013, 5:51:46 PM12/16/13
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:55:38 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net>
wrote:
>
Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
wrote:
>
Jeffrey Kaplan
Dec 16, 2013, 6:09:53 PM12/16/13
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Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
> > Thank you, you just proved my point.
>
> The question still stands.. are there more, or less, or the same amount
> of channels trying to sell cr*p to you on cable TV when compared to DTV?
I don't know, I never bothered to count either one. I just add the
>
> The question still stands.. are there more, or less, or the same amount
> of channels trying to sell cr*p to you on cable TV when compared to DTV?
channels I want to watch to my list of Favorites and ignore the rest.
"Maybourne, you are an idiot every day of the week. Why couldn't you
have just taken one day off?" - Samantha Carter, SG1
Dr. Personality
Dec 16, 2013, 11:36:26 PM12/16/13
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In article <nu1va9t9vlq7lpakn...@gordol.org>, Jeffrey
operator's channel lineup and compare it with what he's getting from
DTV.
Kaplan <nom...@gordol.org> wrote:
> Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
>
> > > Thank you, you just proved my point.
> >
> > The question still stands.. are there more, or less, or the same amount
> > of channels trying to sell cr*p to you on cable TV when compared to DTV?
>
> I don't know, I never bothered to count either one. I just add the
> channels I want to watch to my list of Favorites and ignore the rest.
If he's really that interested, he can Google his local cable
> Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
>
> > > Thank you, you just proved my point.
> >
> > The question still stands.. are there more, or less, or the same amount
> > of channels trying to sell cr*p to you on cable TV when compared to DTV?
>
> I don't know, I never bothered to count either one. I just add the
> channels I want to watch to my list of Favorites and ignore the rest.
operator's channel lineup and compare it with what he's getting from
DTV.
Steve Stone
Dec 22, 2013, 11:25:41 AM12/22/13
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>
> Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>
Steve
73 de N2UBP
Steve Stone
Dec 22, 2013, 11:28:41 AM12/22/13
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> If he's really that interested, he can Google his local cable
> operator's channel lineup and compare it with what he's getting from
> DTV.
>
to local subs. Constantly creeping upward fees and wars with content
providers as displayed on a regular basis in the local newspaper's legal
section (you remember newspapers, right ?)
Stubby Perkins
Dec 22, 2013, 12:36:41 PM12/22/13
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:25:41 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>>
>
>Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
You can never have too much Jesus in your home. Can I get an AMEN, brother?
>
>>
>> Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>>
>
>Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
Mike Hunt
Dec 22, 2013, 1:26:28 PM12/22/13
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On 2013-12-22, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>>
>
> Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
We pay DirecTV for the good programming and good channels. We get these
>
>>
>> Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>>
>
> Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
less desirable channels as a free bonus!
nob...@nada.com
Dec 22, 2013, 2:35:16 PM12/22/13
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:25:41 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net>
wrote:
>
>>
If it bothers you that much, don't buy DirecTV.
Some people want these channels, else they wouldn't be there.
Feel free to put up an antenna.
wrote:
>
>>
Some people want these channels, else they wouldn't be there.
Feel free to put up an antenna.
Mike Vincent
Dec 22, 2013, 3:30:04 PM12/22/13
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:28:41 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...@citlink.net> wrote:
>
>> If he's really that interested, he can Google his local cable
>> operator's channel lineup and compare it with what he's getting from
>> DTV.
>>
>
>Time Warner is the local catv outlet. They have two problems according
>to local subs. Constantly creeping upward fees
Is there a mainstream programming provider that doesn't have that problem?
>
>> If he's really that interested, he can Google his local cable
>> operator's channel lineup and compare it with what he's getting from
>> DTV.
>>
>
>Time Warner is the local catv outlet. They have two problems according
>to local subs. Constantly creeping upward fees
Direct, Dish, all of the cable providers...which one doesn't have constantly
creeping upward fees?
>and wars with content providers as displayed on a regular basis in the
>local newspaper's legal section (you remember newspapers, right ?)
price increases demanded by the content owners (and pass the increases on to
their subscribers, thus giving us the constantly creeping upward fees), or
they refuse to pay the higher prices for content and let the content owner
threaten to withhold the content until one side gives in or both sides reach
a compromise.
The current business model is far from perfect, but it's apparently all
we've got.
Jeffrey Kaplan
Dec 22, 2013, 6:54:22 PM12/22/13
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Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
> > Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
> Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
I'm paying them to bring the channels I want into my home. And I'm
> Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
paying them less for it than I paid Comcast for the same channels.
Peter's Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, #178.
If I have the hero cornered and am about to finish him off and he says
"Look out behind you!!" I will not laugh and say "You don't expect me
to fall for that old trick, do you?" Instead I will take a step to the
side and half turn. That way I can still keep my weapon trained on the
hero, I can scan the area behind me, and if anything was heading for
me it will now be heading for him.
nob...@nada.com
Dec 23, 2013, 1:34:51 AM12/23/13
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 23:54:22 +0000, Jeffrey Kaplan <nom...@gordol.org>
wrote:
>Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
>
>> > Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>> Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
>
>I'm paying them to bring the channels I want into my home. And I'm
>paying them less for it than I paid Comcast for the same channels.
The infomercial and shopping channels in many cases pay to have the
provider carry the channel, rather than the opposite, defraying costs
to the provider and the subscriber.
wrote:
>Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
>
>> > Why is this an issue? You don't have to watch those channels.
>> Perhaps because we are paying DirecTV to bring this crap into our homes?
>
>I'm paying them to bring the channels I want into my home. And I'm
>paying them less for it than I paid Comcast for the same channels.
provider carry the channel, rather than the opposite, defraying costs
to the provider and the subscriber.
Ed Pawlowski
Dec 23, 2013, 5:53:33 AM12/23/13
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>Time Warner is the local catv outlet. They have two problems according
>to local subs. Constantly creeping upward fees and wars with content
>providers as displayed on a regular basis in the local newspaper's legal
>section (you remember newspapers, right ?)
So does every cable company and SAT provider.
>to local subs. Constantly creeping upward fees and wars with content
>providers as displayed on a regular basis in the local newspaper's legal
>section (you remember newspapers, right ?)
Steve Stone
Dec 23, 2013, 4:55:35 PM12/23/13
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> You can never have too much Jesus in your home. Can I get an AMEN, brother?
>
will scare the pants off of ya.
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Steve Stone
Dec 23, 2013, 4:57:26 PM12/23/13
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On 12/22/2013 2:35 PM, nob...@nada.com wrote:
>
> Some people want these channels, else they wouldn't be there.
You mean DTV wouldn't do it just for the money? Na.. can't be..
>
> Some people want these channels, else they wouldn't be there.
>
> Feel free to put up an antenna.
>
I have an antenna since 1988. Doesn't receive everything I'd like to see.
> Feel free to put up an antenna.
>
Jeffrey Kaplan
Dec 23, 2013, 10:59:40 PM12/23/13
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Previously on alt.dbs.directv, Steve Stone said:
> Nothing wrong with Jesus or whoever you follow.. its the preachers that
> will scare the pants off of ya.
Too bad "alt.humor.best-of-usenet" is defunct.
> will scare the pants off of ya.
"So we're no longer necessary." "That's right." "And now that we've
done everything that you've asked you'd like us to just disappear." "I
do believe you have got it surrounded, Mr. Morden." (Mr. Morden and
Amb. Mollari, B5 "Matters Of Honor")
shuds...@gmail.com
Mar 25, 2017, 10:50:09 AM3/25/17
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That is all my DirectTv has. Infomercials, home shopping and religious channels. Everything else is on demand. Not happy at all with it.
Ed Pawlowski
Mar 26, 2017, 9:27:47 AM3/26/17
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On 3/25/2017 10:50 AM, shuds...@gmail.com wrote:
> That is all my DirectTv has. Infomercials, home shopping and religious channels. Everything else is on demand. Not happy at all with it.
>
You don't get History, Discovery. USA, and dozens more?
> That is all my DirectTv has. Infomercials, home shopping and religious channels. Everything else is on demand. Not happy at all with it.
>
Make a custom channel list. Go to settings and you choose the channels
you want to show up on the guide and you won't see the shopping stuff
any more.
Scott Lurndal
Mar 27, 2017, 10:37:04 AM3/27/17
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Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> writes:
>On 3/25/2017 10:50 AM, shuds...@gmail.com wrote:
>> That is all my DirectTv has. Infomercials, home shopping and religious channels. Everything else is on demand. Not happy at all with it.
>>
>
>You don't get History,
Nothing but reality programming, and bad reality programming at that.
>On 3/25/2017 10:50 AM, shuds...@gmail.com wrote:
>> That is all my DirectTv has. Infomercials, home shopping and religious channels. Everything else is on demand. Not happy at all with it.
>>
>
>You don't get History,
> Discovery.
Even worse reality programming. Naked & Afraid? Gimme a break.
> USA,
Nonthing to watch.
Even the Science channel has devolved to showing you-tube clips.
Ed Pawlowski
Mar 28, 2017, 6:43:32 PM3/28/17
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providers have the same offerings. There is lot of crap, but there are
some gems if you look for them. Planet Earth Expedition Unknown . . .
Dr. Personality
Mar 28, 2017, 10:34:46 PM3/28/17
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In article <nGBCA.76965$aX.6...@fx05.iad>, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net>
wrote:
I don't waste a lot of time worrying about shopping and religion
channels. I just delete them from my channels list.
I do worry that the bandwidth could be used for other things, but I'm
not sure what those other things might be. One of them might be those
nostalgia channels that run on broadcast subchannels. I think I'd like
some of those.
I don't know why we still can't get NASA in HD.
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channels. I just delete them from my channels list.
I do worry that the bandwidth could be used for other things, but I'm
not sure what those other things might be. One of them might be those
nostalgia channels that run on broadcast subchannels. I think I'd like
some of those.
I don't know why we still can't get NASA in HD.
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