Mark_Graham
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- Joined
- Jun 26, 2001
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Greetings,
I am a former DirecTV customer, and switched to the DishNetwork last year because in order to obtain the local channels through DirecTv, I would have had to purchase a new DirecTV Plus system (I'm in Pittsburgh, PA).
I've noticed that during Football game broadcasts on the local channels, that the signal is extremely pixilated and the players appear to have almost a "halo" like appearance around them. Watching the games actually becomes annoying.
I called Dish Network about the problem and the tech informed me that this is unfortunately normal for local signals and is noticed more during fast moving sporting events. Being a former NFL Ticket subscriber, I was extremely disappointed.
My 1 year contract with Dish network is up next month. I have been seriously considering switching back to DirecTV and buying the plus system just so that I can watch the football games clearly. Personally, I believe that Dish Networks customer service is much better than DirecTV. I also think that I am one of the exceptions to this forum as I believe the DirecTV picture was a little crisper than my current Dish Network Picture. However, I've been very satisfied with Dish as well.
I'm using the 4900 (I believe) receiver that supports Dolby and OpenTV connected via S-Video to a Toshiba 50" rear projection tv. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any local channels broadcast on DirecTV to compare.
I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same problems??
Thanks in advance!
Mark
I am a former DirecTV customer, and switched to the DishNetwork last year because in order to obtain the local channels through DirecTv, I would have had to purchase a new DirecTV Plus system (I'm in Pittsburgh, PA).
I've noticed that during Football game broadcasts on the local channels, that the signal is extremely pixilated and the players appear to have almost a "halo" like appearance around them. Watching the games actually becomes annoying.
I called Dish Network about the problem and the tech informed me that this is unfortunately normal for local signals and is noticed more during fast moving sporting events. Being a former NFL Ticket subscriber, I was extremely disappointed.
My 1 year contract with Dish network is up next month. I have been seriously considering switching back to DirecTV and buying the plus system just so that I can watch the football games clearly. Personally, I believe that Dish Networks customer service is much better than DirecTV. I also think that I am one of the exceptions to this forum as I believe the DirecTV picture was a little crisper than my current Dish Network Picture. However, I've been very satisfied with Dish as well.
I'm using the 4900 (I believe) receiver that supports Dolby and OpenTV connected via S-Video to a Toshiba 50" rear projection tv. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any local channels broadcast on DirecTV to compare.
I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same problems??
Thanks in advance!
Mark