In Reply to: AT&T U Verse does it compete with Directv for picture and sound quality? posted by PhilJ on November 29, 2011 at 18:32:56:
I've got some, uhhh, pretty strong opinions.
When my 1 year commitmment is up in Feb. 2012 I'll definitely do the switch back to DISH.
U-Verse problems:
Picture not as good. No doubt about that. Still a "nice" hd piccy but not up to satellite standard.
Service interruptions galore. I can't tell you how many times I've had to reboot the router, unplug the cable box and let it reboot, etc., to correct picture freezing problems, or temporary lost service problems. If I have zero problems between now and feb. I still will have had maybe 10 times as many problems as I had in a typical DISH year.
The only reason I dropped DISH was that bundled service thru U-Verse (phone, Internet, TV) was cheaper, by quite a bit, than using DISH for TV and U-Verse or someone else for internet and Phone.
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Follow Ups
- Having had DISH HD service for 4 years and switching to U-Verse in Feb of this year - Road Warrior 08:03:18 11/30/11 (11)
- Thanks Roadwarrior, I am finding most people have glitches with the U Verse service - PhilJ 08:15:20 11/30/11 (10)
- One plus for U-Verse I forgot to mention, a monstrous (capacity wise) DVR - Road Warrior 10:46:32 11/30/11 (9)
- fwiw: the cable HD set up I just got has about 90 hrs of HD capacity - PhilJ 17:59:26 12/03/11 (6)
- I guess that's getting to be about the standard now? - Road Warrior 19:43:09 12/03/11 (5)
- my old Directv (HR700 I think) had 30 HD hours storage, maybe the cable is lower res or compressed? - PhilJ 21:05:26 12/03/11 (4)
- HD is as good as the regular signal - Road Warrior 16:10:54 12/04/11 (3)
- you mean on Dish? I was speculating about the reason my cable DVR holds so much - PhilJ 18:20:33 12/04/11 (2)
- Nope, I was referring to the ridiculous amount of HD programming we record on our U-verse - Road Warrior 18:32:16 12/04/11 (1)
- I see, mine too! - PhilJ 19:24:12 12/04/11 (0)
- How monsterous ??? - EmailTim 15:01:43 12/03/11 (1)
- 2TB? Nope, not that big. My comparison was the 40 hrs of HDTV on the old DISH DVR - Road Warrior 19:41:33 12/03/11 (0)