"better than tivo" dish network ad?

Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?

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Jack Snodgrass writes:
Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?

They've had many reviews that picked it over the latest TiVo boxes
(and the latest DirecTV boxes too, but that isn't shocking).

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:08:27 GMT, Jack Snodgrass
wrote:

Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?

Well to test it out, I recently hooked up a Tivo to their dish and
coudn't get anything at all, so I guess they are correct, it's "better
than Tivo".g


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* Jack Snodgrass wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?


It says it in the small print during the ad. Use Pause

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On 2008-03-19, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:08:27 GMT, Jack Snodgrass
wrote:

Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?

Well to test it out, I recently hooked up a Tivo to their dish and
coudn't get anything at all, so I guess they are correct, it's "better
than Tivo".g

TiVos work fine with dish, unless it's a DirecTiVo.

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On 19 Mar 2008 14:44:09 GMT, Doug McIntyre wrote:

Jack Snodgrass writes:
Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?

They've had many reviews that picked it over the latest TiVo boxes
(and the latest DirecTV boxes too, but that isn't shocking).


No !! Only one - from CNET.

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:33:56 -0700, "notme"
wrote:

Of course they would say "better than Tivo."

They have lost a multi-million $ lawsuit for pilfering Tivo technology. Like
50 mill or more.

Now they say they have their own technology.

A little late, guys.



Dish is hurting. I think $94 million IS more than $50 mill. The
satellite they were going to use for more HD isnt working good.......
And OTA digital is so good in most cities that folks will be dropping
cable or satellite, so they can pay for gasolene.


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* Jack Snodgrass wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Does anyone know what Dish Network bases their 'better than tivo' ad on?
Just curious to know how they back that up?


It says it in the small print during the ad. Use Pause

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And OTA digital is so good in most cities that folks will be dropping
cable or satellite, so they can pay for gasolene.

OTA still only gets you broadcast network programming. There's a lot more
to what people want to watch than just what's on OTA stations. I'm sure
there's a segment of subscribers that will have to make budget choices, but
variety of programming won't be their prime motivation.

In article , "Bill Kearney" wrote:
And OTA digital is so good in most cities that folks will be dropping
cable or satellite, so they can pay for gasolene.

OTA still only gets you broadcast network programming. There's a lot more
to what people want to watch than just what's on OTA stations. I'm sure
there's a segment of subscribers that will have to make budget choices, but
variety of programming won't be their prime motivation.

Being able to get to work to earn enough money to put food on the table sure
is one, IMHO.

Bill Kearney wrote:
And OTA digital is so good in most cities that folks will be dropping
cable or satellite, so they can pay for gasolene.

OTA still only gets you broadcast network programming. There's a lot
more to what people want to watch than just what's on OTA stations. I'm
sure there's a segment of subscribers that will have to make budget
choices, but variety of programming won't be their prime motivation.

Since I'm not a sports fan, I'd say 80% of what I watch is OTA. And
while SCI-FI, National Geographic and 1 or 2 others might be nice, I'm
not one of these nuts who absolutely die if they can't watch 50 year old
b/w films in HD on the History channel or the individual parsley flakes
on the Food Network. At least not for $30/mo more. And at that, if
SCI-FI shows something other than the grade Z direct to DVD stuff, I can
always d/l from Usenet and watch in HD.