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Originally Posted by ken0042
Well, a few points from me.
- I have Bell; primarily for NHL-CI. But I have considered switching to Star Choice partly for the simsub issues that Oilkiller pointed out. To me Star Choice is the Mac to the PC, or the Beta to the VHS. In so many ways the one is better than the other, but the other one remains more popular than the other.
- I have to wonder if Canada will really go for OTA HD like in the States. With how spread out we are, and for the percentage of us that already have cable or satellite, I wonder if the costs from the broadcasters is something they'd want to cover; given the choice.
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NHL-CI is the only reason I would consider changing, but as it is a huge percentage of Flames games are available, so the benefit of CI is fairly negligible to me.
I watch most of my prime time shows from the Eastern feeds, so I tend to avoid most sim-subbing. (StarChoice uses your billing postal code to determine what simsubs are required, and the "subbing" is done at your box level. If you unplug then plug back in, the simsub is gone for a short bit until the box re-syncs, usually only a few minutes)
I've known people who have switched to get more HD content from BEV. That has been a valid reason. But with the new offerings now available I think that isn't anywhere near as big an issue as it has been up to this point. Both offerings are fairly similar. I think Bell's hardware is probably still better than StarChoice's hardware, especially PVR (unless that issue has been fixed). StarChoice's simsubbing is much better than EVU. Both now have similar programming. Each person needs to look at what they watch on TV, then decide which service suits them best.