Directv Archive

  • Good news: Comcast will have ESPN 3D in time for the World Cup

    Good news: Comcast will have ESPN 3D in time for the World Cup

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Comcast, America's worst company, just announced that it will have indeed have ESPN 3D in time for this year's World Cup. Comcast is the first cable provider to commit to carrying the network (while DirecTV announced the same thing several weeks ago).

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  • First 3D baseball game ever will air on DirecTV in July

    First 3D baseball game ever will air on DirecTV in July

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Listen, it's all well and good that DirecTV gets to make these grandiloquent announcements that it's going to offer this or that sport in 3D—today's news is that DirecTV will be the first TV provider to show a Major League Baseball game in 3D with this July 10 and July 11's Yankees-Mariners clash on the YES Network—but I have one question: why in God's name is Fox Soccer Channel still shown in standard definition? That's right, four years after I purchased my first HDTV specifically so I could watch ESPN-HD and ESPN2-HD coverage of the World Cup, I'm still staring at SD coverage on FSC with DirecTV. It's all a little bit stupid.

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  • DirecTV would like to remind you that they will have Avatar on time, unlike Netflix

    DirecTV would like to remind you that they will have Avatar on time, unlike Netflix

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    We're starting to see the results of Netflix's deal with the devil. DirecTV really wants to make sure you know that while Netflix won't have Fox and Time Warner's movies at release day, they will be on PPV. Is that the sound of someone rubbing their hands together in a greedy way?

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  • DirecTV will launch 3D capability in June, including ESPN 3D

    DirecTV will launch 3D capability in June, including ESPN 3D

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    DirecTV will be among the first television providers to offer ESPN 3D. The channel launches this June, and DirecTV will place it alongside two other 3D channels, a 24/7 pay-per-view channel and a movies on-demand channel.

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  • Verizon to buy DirecTV? Analysts like the idea.

    Verizon to buy DirecTV? Analysts like the idea.

    Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Ever since the DirecTV's CEO stepped down back in July, there has been talk about someone buying up the satellite TV provider. The latest analysis chatter states Verizon might pick up DirecTV to dramatically increase its marketshare overnight. The purchase would make Verizon second only to Comcast in subs when the DirecTV customer base is added to Verizon's current FiOS subscribers and supercharge Verizon's influence on the market.

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  • Video: DirecTV’s App Store leaves a lot to be desired

    Video: DirecTV’s App Store leaves a lot to be desired

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    I know the DirectTV app store has been out for a bit, but I watched this video and was shocked. It seems that DirecTV added these apps or widgets just to be cool and hip like everyone else. They seem like an afterthought and not a well-developed platform. Now, like Dave Zatz points out, it could be that the system has so much lag because of the crappy DirecTV house brand DVR, but don't you think the developers would code for their hardware? Any DirecTV users care to chime in about the TV Apps? Are they really this bad?

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