FWIW, and I am probably in the minority here amongst people who will speak up, I have had Comcast for 8 years through 4 moves, and have NEVER had a problem with any of their services, a few games were poorly transmitted (HCP told us it wasn't their fault, I am inclined to believe him more than a conspiracy theorist). I have every option and channel they offer, and I feel I get my money's worth on a monthly basis. I get 28Mb/s on my cable model down and 5Mb/s up, have a VoIP phone that always rings and is crystal clear, and have access to more TV than I know what to do with. I use tivo for dvr, as I have a lifetime membership, so I can't attest to their dvr functionality... I possess one, but have never used it. Use your own common sense instead of trying to join a bandwagon of a dozen people and make the decision for yourself. If you can get them to waive the install fee, you can cancel after the first week if it isn't working out for you (you may want to overlap that and dish for a week to see if you are happy). If it is something you want to try, you don't need to ask a bunch of strangers their permission. While I feel sorry for the people who can't see Blazer games, I can, and I am not interested in joining some crusade just to make a point on something that doesn't effect me... this is entertainment here, not human rights or civil liberties for Pete's sake.
^^ I'm with LOTBfan. I've also had Comcast for many years and havent ever had a problem. Sure the DVR could be better, but it works. Barfo is on the money with his comparison!
Speaking of crappy CSN signals, I was talking to the guy who runs all the Duck broadcasts and said they have been getting complaints on there baseball, track and football coverage! That the signal looks like shit. He did some digging and he found the problem to be in Troutdale where they shoot the signal out. That is what we have found out about our Blazer games also. Wish I could tell you that the prob has been fixed, but I can't.
You don't get anything in 1080P from Comcast, not even their OnDemand. Dish and Direct provide 1080P content OnDemand however nobody receives any channel from any provider in 1080P, not unless your Dad hooked up some of his magic on your TV, but I don't think that even he can do that!
Led Zeppelin sold their souls to the devil and it worked out pretty good for them... Chris, I know you hate me for being a Lakers fan(in a loving way of course) and part of me respects you for that. It borders on insanity to hate one INDIVIDUAL Lakers fan that much rather than the stereotypical whole but i digress... Chris, I will think less of you as a fan if you dont sell out on your values and refuse to go with Comcast. You are a Blazers fan before a fan of a certain television provider arent you? Arent you?!? Be a real man and sell out on your ethics to watch your one true love. Portland Trailblazer Basketball....in HD I have faith you will do the right(wrong) thing.
I have experience with Comcast similar to this... I'll keep the details short, but through numerous errors on their side they were billing me for a modem that I didn't return when I moved. The problem was that I'd owned the modem for 6 years... It took about 9 months and a complaint to the Oregon Department of Justice to get it resolved. They were demanding a copy of my original purchase receipt (it cost ~$75 6 years prior and I had moved from 2 other Comcast households with my modem previously and they had never claimed it was theirs). The OR Dept. of Justice website has a place where you can file consumer complaints. The Dept of Justice then contacts Comcast directly. When Comcast got our letter it went to their legal department which was able to get it corrected in about 3 weeks...the legal folks are MUCH more receptive to being rational and fixing problems, or at least that was my experience.
If comcast had not made the deal with the Blazers . . . I wonder how many Blazer games would be televised this year? I sort of get all the hate towards comcast, but at the same time Comcast are the ones who ponied up money to supply us Blazer addicts all the Blazer smack we could want. From playing old classic games, to courtside, to reality shows about the Blazer cheerleaders, to late night reruns of the game that day or day before. Comcast has committed itself to giving us tons of Blazer coverage all year round.
Stick to your guns man, just keep calling them and get the best deal out of them you can for the cheapest amount and just add it to one TV, if you do have the extra $40 or so per month it would cost. I never bitched about comcast until about 4 years ago when I switched from TiVo, to their DVR. It is terrible, flat out. If you have never used another DVR then you wouldn't know any better. It's kind of like HCP before he hit it big time. He lived on top ramen and cardboard pizzas, then he trapped his gorgeous wife by knocking her up and she changed his ways and introduced him to many finer things in life. I was "raised" on cable TV, AT&T, comcast, etc. Then DVR's came and I was all over TiVo, they slipped and Comcast offered an HD DVR so I jumped ship from TiVo and I realized going from HCP's gorgeous wife and fine foods to expired cardboard pizzas and over cooked top ramen, that it sucks. I later had issues with my home phone as well and then they "added more HD channels than ever before" meaning they recompressed all of their content so they could reduce the quality to give consumers more channels, I bounced to Dish who has the best DVR available today. Then Dish lost ABC so I bounced to Direct, their DVR is alright but they also have the most HD channels so I was willing to deal with it and they are always rolling out new features, something I don't believe Comcast has touched with their DVR. Yes they do have a deal with TiVo to someday release TiVo software on their DVR but that was announced 2 years ago and still isn't here, at least in our area. MAybe that would make it usable for me again. So in short, if you've never experienced the gorgeous girl, or then name brand food, you don't fully understand what a crappy product really is.
It's probably a lil closer to four years with thee whole tivo, comcast thing. I really doubt comcast will add it to their software.
Wow that was a fast 4 years, you are right though! http://news.cnet.com/TiVo,-Comcast-reach-DVR-deal/2100-1041_3-5616961.html At least they have a webpage set up for it, but it appears it is only available in the New England area, it launched there in early 2008 so 18 months later and it still isn't here???? http://www.comcast.com/Tivo/ At least I can sign up to find out when Comcast TiVo will be in my area
Only 42 more days until you make your wife lonely on all those big road trips again, I'll make sure she is looked after again, free of charge!!
Where are the mods when you need them!?!? Who does this rookie think he is? You guys better let him know!
