Time warner HD vs. Direct TV HD

[jimmy242]

which one is better i know direct tv is suppose to have alot of hd channels by the end of the year i really like theier sunday ticket and nfl network but wat about time warner's hd seletion is it good?

[supersix4]

I had time warner when I went to college in ohio, there selection wasnt as big as direct tv (which I just got rid of) but there local channels / digital ones looked better, but not the hd... I went with fios about 3 weeks ago, they have very good looking Regular channels and a much deeper HD selection

[jimmy242]

KCBS (CBS) HD 402
KNBC (NBC) HD 404
KABC (ABC) HD 407
KCAL (Ind) HD 409
KTTV (FOX) HD 411
KCET (PBS) HD 412
HD Special Events 413
MHD 414
TNT HD 415
Discovery HD Theater 416
Universal HD 419
HDNet 420
HDNet Movies 421
MOJO HD 422
ESPN HD 424
ESPN2 HD 425
HBO HDˆ 427
Showtime HDˆ 428
Starz HDˆ 429
Cinemax HDˆ 430
HD (Pay-per-view) 431

[jimmy242]

verizon fios is availible in my area too do they have alot of hd channels?

[supersix4]

Food Network HD
HGTV HD
Lifetime Movie Network HD
National Geographic Channel HD
Wealth TV HD
TMC HDTV
FiOS On Demand HD
NFL Network HD
PPV HD'(s)

+ all the ones everyone else gets locals ,espn, hd movie net exc.. I mostly bought it bc of that + the Digital channels look soo much better over comcast and dtv but thats just my opinion


Dish network is about to hit 40 probly more in sept when they add more... they just got 7 new ones

"The new channels are: MHD; Golf/Versus HD; Animal Planet HD; The Science Channel HD; TLC HD; Discovery HD; and The History Channel HD.

The first six channels will be added on August 15 with The History Channel HD debuting on September 1 which will give Dish 39 HD channels"

[jimmy242]

TNT HD 810 825
ESPN HD 811 826
ESPN 2 HD 812 827
NFL Network HD 814 828
HD Net 817 833
HD Net Movies 818 834
Universal HD 819 835
Discovery HD 820 836
Wealth TV HD 821 837
National Geographic Channel HD 822 838
MHD 823 839
Food Network HD 840 840
HGTV HD 841 841
Lifetime Movie Network HD
HBO HDTV 830 851
Cinemax HDTV 831 852
Showtime HDTV 832 853
TMC HDTV 833 854
Starz HDTV 834 855

i like the fact they have nfl hd

[supersix4]

my fav channel lol NFL HD

[jimmy242]

im leaning toward verizon fios

[supersix4]

+ there internet prices are amazing comcast here in maryland charged 50$ a mo for 6mbps(megabites per second) download speed and 1mbps upload speed ... but with fios you get 15mbps download and 2mbps upload for that price .... more than double the speed for the same price...

we went with the 30 Mbps/5 Mbps for 179 and it is INSANely fast!... we've just about switched everything over to fios ... soon to be the phones


im very happy with it never any outages or problems in storms like with DTV..

[jimmy242]

i know their internet is really fast i already have road runner cable internet i was wondering what i should chose between verizon fiOs, time warner digital cable or direct tv?

[supersix4]

hope your not paying what i did at my apt for road runner like 40 for 4mbps and 1mbps upload... Id say if you want good looking digital channels / no outages during storms , and a very nice line up of hd channels, Id do fios ( is a tad more expensive for movie channels tho) but when we switched our internet / tv over and had 1 bill for both what we saved went into buying all our movie channels again...

I enjoyed dtv but there installation people were a joke at least here we almost droped it the day after the install ... they tried to run wires out of the window instead of drilling co-ax thru the wall.. + our "brand new hd box" that was brought was broken so we had to wait 2 days to get our main room hooked up.. they were fine tho but when new channels come out they want you to upgrade your box and if your in a 2 year contract and your box breaks they try to resign people up which seems to me like a scam.. thats just my case tho

I dont know what you pay but for a dvr/a few hd channels (no movies) and the second package at time warner I was well over 100 for the mo.

[jimmy242]

verizon fios is 95 a month with hbo cinmas star showtime and the sports and movie packege and timewarner is 109.99 a month for the same channels

[supersix4]

yeah I always felt like they were over charging a bit even when I had two services coming from them

[jimmy242]

so which one should i get out of the 3 does fios have the best quality hd channels

[supersix4]

there hd channels are very nice Im not gonna say its like blu-ray ... but its as good or better than the other service providers ... now there digital channels look much clearer especially on a huge tv

[crackinhedz]

DISHNetwork has some great HD channels...if im not mistaken, it has the most.

[jimmy242]

i can get dish network for free and i dont want it

[thebluemax]

Originally Posted by jimmy242

i can get dish network for free and i dont want it

WHY? I have Dish and I receive 30 plus HD channels and the quality is excellent, can DVR almost all Universal titles if interested.

[jimmy242]

i think im just going to get verizon FioS if direct tv cant install at my apartment tomarrow

[JTK]

If you can get something like FIOS in your area, that's probably going to be the best thing by far. (or at least it's supposed to be. )