DirecTV adds NFL in HD

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 [HD Beat] DirecTV is adding an option to the very popular NFL Sunday Ticket package. For an additional $99, DirecTV provides their "Super Fan"

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[Satellite TV Bargains] Satellite TV Comparison Shopping Made Easy!: Dish Network does provide most of the satellite TV resources other providers do, including a satellite TV guide, free satelite TV dishes, free dish network deals and more. Dish Network also offers customers the option of purchasing HDTV equipment and service packages, giving viewers access to 8 high definition channels, a bonus for consumers with high definition TV sets.

[~Tech Angel~] DirecTV Customers protesting HD Pricing: Some DirecTV customers are protesting the pricing of the NFL Sunday Ticket that DirecTV offers. About 500 customers have signed a petition notifying the company that they will cancel their NFL Sunday Ticket if the company continues to charge them an additional $99 to watch football telecasts in high-definition, a format that the country has to migrate to anyway. 

[Hometheaterblog.com] Home Theater Blog | Home Theater news & reviews: DirecTV News Archives: In the early hours of April 26th DirecTV launched the first in a series of new satellites that may redefine how direct broadcast satellite systems compete with cable television providers. The new Spaceway satellites, there are 4 total, are capable of delivering up to 1,500 local HD channels and more than 150 national HD channels, as well as Video On Demand and other special event programming.

[Haslup.com] jason's weblog: which means that the DirecTV highdefinition package is officially turned on for all of us bleeding-edgefolks out there. For some reason I have to go through a ruralprovider of DirecTV (don't get me started on that), but I just calledthem this morning (bright and early at 8am, probably their first callof the day), and was informed that ESPN HD is now live and on at myhouse.

 [Kaptainsatellite.com] » HDTV VOOM Alternative Kaptains Satellite TV Blog: They both offer the same channels in HD with the exception of DIRECT TV offers The NFL Sunday Ticket in HD and DISH does not offer that Channel. The only one that offers a local Channel with HD is DISH and That channel is CBS.

[Buyinghdtv.com] Chicago HDTV Cable vs. Satellite Service: The satellite companies (DIRECTV, DISH and VOOM), on the other hand, provide HD tuners that are integrated with the HDTV receivers you buy or lease from them. To actually receive the local networks in HD, however, you need to purchase an over-the-air HD antenna that has a relatively unobstructed path from the transmitting tower to your home (VOOM provides this antenna at no additional charge). 

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Posted at August 02, 2005 03:05 PM