Dish Networks Comercial a Little Misleading - Blu-ray Forum

dpomp · 08-16-2008, 02:03 AM

i was watching the olympics and saw a comercial for dish networks new Turbo HD. during the comercial it said "VOD showing at 1080p the same video quality as bluray disc" ok sure it's showing at 1080p RESOLUTION but same quality?? i'm gonna have to see it before i agree. has anybody else see this comercial??

DetroitSportsFan · 08-16-2008, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dpompeo

i was watching the olympics and saw a comercial for dish networks new Turbo HD. during the comercial it said "VOD showing at 1080p the same video quality as bluray disc" ok sure it's showing at 1080p RESOLUTION but same quality?? i'm gonna have to see it before i agree. has anybody else see this comercial??

Oh yeah, I saw it. Stretching the truth a bit, I'm sure.

xtop · 08-16-2008, 03:10 PM

this has already been discussed, and you figured it out in your own post. they said 1080p, same quality as blu-ray. never said anything about the quality of the picture

arush5268d · 08-16-2008, 03:57 PM

xtop makes a valid point. But yes, for the common ignorant consumer it is very misleading.

The whole "TurboHD" is very misleading

GeneD5 · 08-16-2008, 04:00 PM

I've got dish network HD...nowhere near blu ray...super crappy advertising

arush5268d · 08-16-2008, 04:02 PM

I've always felt that Dish was pretty misleading / shadey with their marketing.

cajmoyper · 08-16-2008, 04:08 PM

I didn't think there was anything, coax or whatever, that a sat or cable company could give you that could handle 1080p anyways. Nothing but HD sounds pretty cool.

GeneD5 · 08-16-2008, 04:13 PM

side question for your hd cable subscribers (especially onkyo owners). What do you do for your receiver settings when watching hd cable? I've found that all-channel stereo works best because the "theater" setting or multichannel give me no surround or action out the back

maxmcleod · 08-16-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GeneD5

I've got dish network HD...nowhere near blu ray...super crappy advertising

their hd and their vod downloads are different
but i have yet to see the vod download, im sure its better than hd broadcast, which leaves a lot of be desired anyway

johnnyd1 · 08-16-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by arush5268d

I've always felt that Dish was pretty misleading / shadey with their marketing.

I for one will never go back to DISH NOTWORK !

Teabaggins · 10-13-2008, 03:40 PM

so does Dish TV service suck or what? turboHD is very eniticing

mikejet · 10-13-2008, 04:02 PM

There should be an * that states "Some pixelation may occur."

plowmanjoe · 10-13-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GeneD5

side question for your hd cable subscribers (especially onkyo owners). What do you do for your receiver settings when watching hd cable? I've found that all-channel stereo works best because the "theater" setting or multichannel give me no surround or action out the back

all channel stereo isn't surround sound at all. you get front sounds coming from the back as well and that doesn't really give you a good effect. just press the surround button on the remote and use one of those listening modes.

Teabaggins · 10-13-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejet

There should be an * that states "Some pixelation may occur."

how bad is it? I have Charter and they are very limited with their HD channels but the picture is clear and I rarely get any pixelation, even with sports.

the pixelation would annoy me if it occurred consistently

cajmoyper · 10-13-2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejet

There should be an * that states "Some pixelation may occur."

Does that happen with Dish too? I have Grande down here and one of their techs come out to 'fix' it, digital breakup, they call it. Paid $50 dollars and it still does it. It pisses me off so much

because it doesn't happen every once in a while, it happens all the time.

Chevypower · 10-13-2008, 07:22 PM

They should just say "same picture resolution" as Blu-ray. People wouldn't know the difference anyway. I would still get Dish (when my cable contract is up), because it's probably the best quality broadcasting you can get at the moment.

chnandler_bong · 10-13-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Chevypower

They should just say "same picture resolution" as Blu-ray. People wouldn't know the difference anyway. I would still get Dish (when my cable contract is up), because it's probably the best quality broadcasting you can get at the moment.

AT&T U-verse is good stuff, we switched from Dishnet and the service has been better by far.

monkyman · 10-13-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Teabaggins

so does Dish TV service suck or what? turboHD is very eniticing

I'm very happy with the Dish. Much cheaper than the local cable company here and more channels.

As for the 1080p ad, it does bring awareness that blu-ray is the mark to beat. You wouldn't compare yourself to something that was inferior (VHS for example)

mikejet · 10-13-2008, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Teabaggins

how bad is it? I have Charter and they are very limited with their HD channels but the picture is clear and I rarely get any pixelation, even with sports.

the pixelation would annoy me if it occurred consistently

I have Charter too and it depends on the channel. On the premiums like HBO and Cinemax I don't get it much but through Starz it happens sometimes. On Demand in HD seems to take sometime to start up too sometimes.

BTW, with Charter, if your cable ever goes out, check with your neighbor and see if they still have cable. I was without cable for Monday to Thursday last week and everytime I called they said ti was a service outage. When a technician finally came, he told me that when they were disconnecting someone they cut my line as well. I was very displeased.

Teabaggins · 10-13-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejet

I have Charter too and it depends on the channel. On the premiums like HBO and Cinemax I don't get it much but through Starz it happens sometimes. On Demand in HD seems to take sometime to start up too sometimes.

BTW, with Charter, if your cable ever goes out, check with your neighbor and see if they still have cable. I was without cable for Monday to Thursday last week and everytime I called they said ti was a service outage. When a technician finally came, he told me that when they were disconnecting someone they cut my line as well. I was very displeased.

haha all my neighbors got sick of Charter and got Dish network before I moved into the neighborhood.

I haven't had too many problems with them but their limited HD channels are pretty annoying. they don't even have Spike in HD

08-16-2008, 02:03 AM	#1
dpomp ₯ Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Texas PSN: dpomp131 Blu-ray collection:231 Trading Score:19	Dish Networks Comercial a Little Misleading i was watching the olympics and saw a comercial for dish networks new Turbo HD. during the comercial it said "VOD showing at 1080p the same video quality as bluray disc" ok sure it's showing at 1080p RESOLUTION but same quality?? i'm gonna have to see it before i agree. has anybody else see this comercial??

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08-16-2008, 03:10 PM	#3
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	this has already been discussed, and you figured it out in your own post. they said 1080p, same quality as blu-ray. never said anything about the quality of the picture

08-16-2008, 03:57 PM	#4
arush5268d Banned Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Houston, TX Blu-ray collection:85	xtop makes a valid point. But yes, for the common ignorant consumer it is very misleading. The whole "TurboHD" is very misleading

08-16-2008, 04:00 PM	#5
GeneD5 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 4K collection:244 Blu-ray collection:246 Trading Score:168	I've got dish network HD...nowhere near blu ray...super crappy advertising

08-16-2008, 04:02 PM	#6
arush5268d Banned Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Houston, TX Blu-ray collection:85	I've always felt that Dish was pretty misleading / shadey with their marketing.

08-16-2008, 04:08 PM	#7
cajmoyper Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2007 Location:San Antonio, TX Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:182	I didn't think there was anything, coax or whatever, that a sat or cable company could give you that could handle 1080p anyways. Nothing but HD sounds pretty cool.

08-16-2008, 04:13 PM	#8
GeneD5 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 4K collection:244 Blu-ray collection:246 Trading Score:168	side question for your hd cable subscribers (especially onkyo owners). What do you do for your receiver settings when watching hd cable? I've found that all-channel stereo works best because the "theater" setting or multichannel give me no surround or action out the back

10-13-2008, 03:40 PM	#11
Teabaggins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2008	so does Dish TV service suck or what? turboHD is very eniticing

10-13-2008, 04:02 PM	#12
mikejet Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:29	There should be an * that states "Some pixelation may occur."

10-13-2008, 07:22 PM	#16
Chevypower Special Member Member since:Feb 2008	They should just say "same picture resolution" as Blu-ray. People wouldn't know the difference anyway. I would still get Dish (when my cable contract is up), because it's probably the best quality broadcasting you can get at the moment.

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