Saints-Steelers Hall of Fame Game - August 5th (2 Viewers)

[cruize]

I've had DirecTV for 10 years and I absolutely love everything about it. Before when I had cable I could see the the Saints in my house 3 or 4 times a year. So, I had to drive 35 miles to a sports bar to catch the rest of the games. Now, I watch every game at home on the Sunday Ticket plus with the NFL Network I can also see all of the preseason games. To a 35 year Saints fan, that's as good as it gets.

 

[Wisdom Tooth]

You speak untruth inetnawlins. The majority of people in my area which is the northsore are switching to DirecTv period. The population is not happy at all with the cable carrier Charter. The people are sick of the price increases for nothing. The people are sick of channels they cannot get because cable decides in it's almighty wisdom that it is to pricy to carry that station, but we will give you 13 spanish soap opera channels. DirecTv has upgraded so much that during heavy thunderstorms there is no interruption of service at all in my house. Live in a fantasy land all you want but my first cousin works as a head end technician at one of the local companies and they have meetings on how to save thier customers from leaving. He states that every day people are comming in and turning in thier cable boxes. When asked why they are turnning in thier boxes, the response is that they are not moving but switching to satellite. He says one of the big things that hurt them locally was after the storm if you had electricity and satellite, you were watching tv, but if you had cable, it was months before you got to watch any tv. The cable companies are so desperate that they are offering money and free months of cable if you will bring them your satellite box and install cable instead. These are the facts from the inside of the cable company. One other fact that is pretty important in relation to the NFL. According to the NFL DirectTv will continue for some time to be the exclusive carrier of the Sunday Ticket. You can say what you want, you and wyrm, but those are the facts and not from the DirecTv side, from the cable side, from a person who does not want to lose thier job in cable.

I endorse this post 100%.

 

[BigSlick]

I'm not too thrilled. I hate that extra preseason game, 4 is already pushing it. Makes me nervous with injuries, etc. Last year, we really could have used it. They should put two teams with new head coaches in it each year, they need it the most. However, I know nobody wants to watch Oakland-Arizona compared to Saints-Steelers.

Isn't the HOF game played on a notoriously bad field? Like 'as bad as the Vet used to be' bad?

 

[springfan]

How does it work? Do they let a local network pick up the game? That's what ESPN and TNT did. Maybe someone from one of the cities that played in a NFL Network game can answer this question.

 

[NCSaint]

5 preseason games! A week more of training camp. + 16 + 3 (with a bye) = 24 games minimum. Wow.

 

[killah]

Nice, first game of the season!

 

[Aracos]

Isn't the HOF game played on a notoriously bad field? Like 'as bad as the Vet used to be' bad?

Not at all.

So, when are we putting the list together of who all is going? Where to meet...all that stuff?

 

[inetnawlins]

You speak untruth inetnawlins. The majority of people in my area which is the northsore are switching to DirecTv period. The population is not happy at all with the cable carrier Charter. The people are sick of the price increases for nothing. The people are sick of channels they cannot get because cable decides in it's almighty wisdom that it is to pricy to carry that station, but we will give you 13 spanish soap opera channels. DirecTv has upgraded so much that during heavy thunderstorms there is no interruption of service at all in my house. Live in a fantasy land all you want but my first cousin works as a head end technician at one of the local companies and they have meetings on how to save thier customers from leaving. He states that every day people are comming in and turning in thier cable boxes. When asked why they are turnning in thier boxes, the response is that they are not moving but switching to satellite. He says one of the big things that hurt them locally was after the storm if you had electricity and satellite, you were watching tv, but if you had cable, it was months before you got to watch any tv. The cable companies are so desperate that they are offering money and free months of cable if you will bring them your satellite box and install cable instead. These are the facts from the inside of the cable company. One other fact that is pretty important in relation to the NFL. According to the NFL DirectTv will continue for some time to be the exclusive carrier of the Sunday Ticket. You can say what you want, you and wyrm, but those are the facts and not from the DirecTv side, from the cable side, from a person who does not want to lose thier job in cable.

I speak untruth. What are you, an old-west Indian?

I can't speak for Charter cable. But, what I said regarding Cox and its offerings is true. Hornets, wall-to-wall Saints shows, and yes the NFL network, as well as ESPN HD, ESPN 2 HD, Sports Zone which simultanously shows six sports networks on the screen at the same time allowing you to switch audio from one to the next, Cox Sports TV (which runs additional Saints and college stuff), Speed channel if you like car racing, sportsman channel, NFL NET, ESPN News, ESPN Classic, Golf, Tennis, Fox Sports Channel, NBA TV, Versus (another outdoor hunting fishing channel), NBA, NHL, College Football in demand channels, a ton of indemand movie channels, the ability to access local shows as well as others free on demand, the ability to watch anything on HBO at any time or other paid premium channel, plus the several hundred other channels that DirecTV and Cox cable have in common.


And for those of you that have to get the NFL season pass because you live outside your home market. I don't. If you live in New Orleans, Hornets and Saints are on every game.

You also didn't address the fact you don't get HD with DirecTV, you get a bastageized version of it. I don't pay for premium channels, and buy a big screen HD TV to watch an inferior signal. Search under HD Lite and you'll see the truth. Satellite is selling you HD that isn't really HD. That's a fact. Look it up yourself. DirecTV is even being sued over it.

And this may come as a shock to you but the Northshore doesn't make up the entire country. Across the country, Cable has many, many times the subscriber as satellite and technology is moving faster for cable than for satellite. If you don't believe me or other posters on this board, then use your fingers and look it up. Eventually, satellite will be mostly for those in rural areas that can't get quality cable, while the metro areas will be mostly cable subscribers with more and more features arriving each year.

With all that said, if Charter cable is not offering the programming you want, then go with satellite, that is your choice. But, I'm tired of satellite subscribers coming on these boards and misrepresenting what they have vs. cable in terms of quality, content and price.

 

[inetnawlins]

Charter Communications by itself has larger annual revenue than DirecTV.

See attachment. DirecTV had annual revenue of $3.19 billion.

Now, HOF game should be great. I'll be dying to see Saints football by that point of the summer. Winning has its rewards.

 

[nolazach]

[ How are you paying $130 for Cable. Are you sure that isn't with internet added in, or with lots of in demand movies added in.

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Its the price plus HD DVR rental, a second HD box, two regular boxes, digital gateway, HBO, Showtime, Starz, Cinemax, Action Tier, Spors Tier. That all adds up to 128.75. When you add on Internet it adds $29.95 to that plus tax, so I pay like $165 a month to cox.

Like I said I have Direct TV too.
$99 pays for all I have above with no internet.

 

[keepoursaints]

It's on the NFL Network this year, BTW.

man that ****** me off....... I haven't read the rest of this thread to see if this has been confirmed or denied, but if that's true the NFL is heading down the wrong road.

 

[TriPolarTroy]

This is my last post about the DirecTv vs Cable issue because this is a thread about the preseason game. thewrym, where you live your numbers may be correct but down here your numbers mean nothing and are in no way close to what is real here. Since the storm more people are getting sattelite and it continues to rise. Don't come here spoutting off a bunch of numbers that do not correlate to our area. The numbers don't lie down here and most people are sick and tired of the cable companies. I am very happy that the Saints are getting the first preseason game of the year. This means we will start training camp before everyone else so we will start to get football news before everyone else. I cannot wait for the new season. The SuperBowl is almost over and new season begins.

Hey bro, in case you haven't noticed not every Saints fan in the world and every SR.com member lives in the New Orleans area......and since y'all get to see all of the away games and have the opportunity to go to the home games, then the DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket & the NFL Network is the only way folks not living in your area get to watch 95% of the games. So sorry about waisting everyone's time by spoutting off a bunch of numbers that do not correlate to your area.

 

[Sltaylor]

well, this means the Saints get to start training camp a week earlier. so, there will be one less week of a boring summer in Louisiana.

Actually, Mississippi, no? Training camp will be at Milsaps again, last I heard.

 

[Speck Killer]

I have the Sunday ticket and I can watch every Saints game without it but I like the Sunday Ticket. What is not to like about the Sunday Ticket? Satellite started as a rural thing but now it is more than ever a suburban thing and growing. You can show me all those Enron Charter accounting numbers all you want but that dog don't hunt. My choice is satellite others choose cable, to each his own, as long as you are happy who cares. I am happy with my set up and I am sure you are with yours. I just have a close relative who works for the local cable company and he is worried about losing his job and being bought by other companies. He says it comes from subscriptions being down. I guess I agree to disagree. It is all opinions but one thing we can agree on is the Saints will be playing the first preseason game in Canton and that is a good thing.

 

[TriPolarTroy]

I have the Sunday ticket and I can watch every Saints game without it but I like the Sunday Ticket. What is not to like about the Sunday Ticket? Satellite started as a rural thing but now it is more than ever a suburban thing and growing. You can show me all those Enron Charter accounting numbers all you want but that dog don't hunt. My choice is satellite others choose cable, to each his own, as long as you are happy who cares. I am happy with my set up and I am sure you are with yours. I just have a close relative who works for the local cable company and he is worried about losing his job and being bought by other companies. He says it comes from subscriptions being down. I guess I agree to disagree. It is all opinions but one thing we can agree on is the Saints will be playing the first preseason game in Canton and that is a good thing.

Sorry about my previous post dude, I'm an idiot I thought you were making an argument in favor of cable companies. Evidently we feel the same way about DTV.