NFL Sunday Ticket Question

I sitting solidly on top of the fence trying to decide between going
with Direct or Dish. I've been leaning towards Dish because they have
more HD content available and their MPEG-4 DVR is also available.
Direct does not have any more HD content then my current Time-Warner
offerings and there is a waiting list for the -4 DVR. But then there
is their trump card--Sunday Ticket. I'm a die-hard fan living in a
market that has NO CBS or Fox HD available, and the prospects for
getting Fox here eventually looks dim (the local affiliate is a
low-powered, low-budget operation). I also read this morning that the
NFL has extended the exclusive Sunday Ticket deal for another 10 years
with DirecTV. So some questions: How much of the Sunday Ticket
package is done in HD? Is there any kind of restrictions on what
games you can watch, i.e., blacking out a game because it is being
broadcast OTA in my local market? And finally, any prognostication on
when Direct will catch up to Dish on HD content?

Thanks

Dave "having an SD football Thanksgiving" Clary
Corpus Christi, Tx

P.S. to Larry Bud -- I actually played golf yesterday! :-)

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:36:31 -0600, Dave Clary
wrote:

I sitting solidly on top of the fence trying to decide between going
with Direct or Dish. I've been leaning towards Dish because they have
more HD content available and their MPEG-4 DVR is also available.
Direct does not have any more HD content then my current Time-Warner
offerings and there is a waiting list for the -4 DVR. But then there
is their trump card--Sunday Ticket. I'm a die-hard fan living in a
market that has NO CBS or Fox HD available, and the prospects for
getting Fox here eventually looks dim (the local affiliate is a
low-powered, low-budget operation). I also read this morning that the
NFL has extended the exclusive Sunday Ticket deal for another 10 years
with DirecTV. So some questions: How much of the Sunday Ticket
package is done in HD? Is there any kind of restrictions on what
games you can watch, i.e., blacking out a game because it is being
broadcast OTA in my local market? And finally, any prognostication on
when Direct will catch up to Dish on HD content?

Thanks

Dave "having an SD football Thanksgiving" Clary
Corpus Christi, Tx

P.S. to Larry Bud -- I actually played golf yesterday! :-)

Here is a link to the DirecTV schedule that shows what games are in
HD:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global...ssetId=1100029

To answer your question, they show 8 in HD each week, 5 of which are
from Fox and 3 of which are from CBS. Unfortunately, CBS only
broadcasts 3 games each week, so if you are a fan of an AFC team that
is not the Colts, you'll be a bit disappointed some weeks.

As far as DirecTV catching up to Dish on HD offerings, I'll have to
defer that to someone else. It is my understanding that the necessary
satellites to carry more are up there already.

kjw wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:36:31 -0600, Dave Clary
wrote:

I sitting solidly on top of the fence trying to decide between going
with Direct or Dish. I've been leaning towards Dish because they have
more HD content available and their MPEG-4 DVR is also available.
Direct does not have any more HD content then my current Time-Warner
offerings and there is a waiting list for the -4 DVR. But then there
is their trump card--Sunday Ticket. I'm a die-hard fan living in a
market that has NO CBS or Fox HD available, and the prospects for
getting Fox here eventually looks dim (the local affiliate is a
low-powered, low-budget operation). I also read this morning that the
NFL has extended the exclusive Sunday Ticket deal for another 10 years
with DirecTV. So some questions: How much of the Sunday Ticket
package is done in HD? Is there any kind of restrictions on what
games you can watch, i.e., blacking out a game because it is being
broadcast OTA in my local market? And finally, any prognostication on
when Direct will catch up to Dish on HD content?

Thanks

Dave "having an SD football Thanksgiving" Clary
Corpus Christi, Tx

P.S. to Larry Bud -- I actually played golf yesterday! :-)

Here is a link to the DirecTV schedule that shows what games are in
HD:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global...ssetId=1100029

To answer your question, they show 8 in HD each week, 5 of which are
from Fox and 3 of which are from CBS. Unfortunately, CBS only
broadcasts 3 games each week, so if you are a fan of an AFC team that
is not the Colts, you'll be a bit disappointed some weeks.

As far as DirecTV catching up to Dish on HD offerings, I'll have to
defer that to someone else. It is my understanding that the necessary
satellites to carry more are up there already.
To get all the HD content for Sunday Ticket, you need the Sunday Ticket
package PLUS the superfan package. That gives you 110 games in HD during
the season. About 8 per week.

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:59:41 GMT, Marlin Singer
wrote:

kjw wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:36:31 -0600, Dave Clary
wrote:

I sitting solidly on top of the fence trying to decide between going
with Direct or Dish. I've been leaning towards Dish because they have
more HD content available and their MPEG-4 DVR is also available.
Direct does not have any more HD content then my current Time-Warner
offerings and there is a waiting list for the -4 DVR. But then there
is their trump card--Sunday Ticket. I'm a die-hard fan living in a
market that has NO CBS or Fox HD available, and the prospects for
getting Fox here eventually looks dim (the local affiliate is a
low-powered, low-budget operation). I also read this morning that the
NFL has extended the exclusive Sunday Ticket deal for another 10 years
with DirecTV. So some questions: How much of the Sunday Ticket
package is done in HD? Is there any kind of restrictions on what
games you can watch, i.e., blacking out a game because it is being
broadcast OTA in my local market? And finally, any prognostication on
when Direct will catch up to Dish on HD content?

Thanks

Dave "having an SD football Thanksgiving" Clary
Corpus Christi, Tx

P.S. to Larry Bud -- I actually played golf yesterday! :-)

Here is a link to the DirecTV schedule that shows what games are in
HD:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global...ssetId=1100029

To answer your question, they show 8 in HD each week, 5 of which are
from Fox and 3 of which are from CBS. Unfortunately, CBS only
broadcasts 3 games each week, so if you are a fan of an AFC team that
is not the Colts, you'll be a bit disappointed some weeks.

As far as DirecTV catching up to Dish on HD offerings, I'll have to
defer that to someone else. It is my understanding that the necessary
satellites to carry more are up there already.
To get all the HD content for Sunday Ticket, you need the Sunday Ticket
package PLUS the superfan package. That gives you 110 games in HD during
the season. About 8 per week.

Oops, forgot about that SuperFan part. Sorry about that.