09-14-2009, 11:14 PM
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#41
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by HOOT
I don't know if there are that many reasons but putting customer service aside since I never have to phone (why are Shaw customers phoning so much?) them anyways since I do my programming, address, and equipment changes online.
But for me 1) Programing and 2) Equipment are way better on Bell. Even the PVR remote is easier to navigate around. If another company including Shaw could ever come close I would switch in a hurry!
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Yes i work for Telus but we are now doing Sat TV signal comes from Bell but it is all Telus for everything else and i have heard from Customers that it is going really well.
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09-14-2009, 11:29 PM
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#42
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
Reason #1003 why Bell is better than Shaw: Their equipment is vastly superior.
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Until the weather fata's with it. I'm no longer with Bell because every time I wanted to stay inside(because of inclement weather) and watch TV, the effin thing lost signal.
I find the guide better on Shaw too, a title search is painless, in comparison.
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09-15-2009, 03:46 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
Until the weather fata's with it. I'm no longer with Bell because every time I wanted to stay inside(because of inclement weather) and watch TV, the effin thing lost signal.
I find the guide better on Shaw too, a title search is painless, in comparison.
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Weather can be a problem but since I went with bigger dishes, I lose my Bell signal less often than I lose my Shaw internet.
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09-15-2009, 04:03 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Draug
Pretty much... My brother has Shaw and I have Bell. Better service vs. Better Programming.
What really bothers me now is the amount of compression. It seems about the same on both carriers, maybe a little worse on Shaw.
I thought Bell would get better by moving to 8PSK (which I thought was happening this summer). But, it seems the compression is even worse now than it was in the spring.
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Bell actually did switch to 8PSK a few months back, but I think they used the extra capacity to offer more channels rather than increase the bitrate on their streams. I suspect that they're waiting on an MPEG-4 transition before things really improve.
I've never been that enamored with the HD quality from Shaw or Bell, but Shaw's "Digital TV" was by far the worst I've ever seen. Analog TV actually looks better than that crap. What I wouldn't give for a decent IPTV setup where each stream was 18-25 Mb/s @ 1080p.
Hopefully we get more OTA HDTV around here. I here the quality is second to none right now.
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09-15-2009, 05:42 PM
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#45
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Powerplay Quarterback
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fu bell!
Well, was with bell for about 9 years, of suck, had such classic csr as, called to complain about hockey game black out on hd when available on sd, he never answered by question, just thought I needed to subscribe to some pron channels, they shut down all my receivers for half a day while they were doing a software upgrade, called three time and got hung up on three times once even heard the person breathing before the hang up, and then notice that came saying that because I had a old programing package, I would need to pay a extra monthly "fee" to maintain my old package, or I could switch to a new package that split the old packs into two, so I would have to pay twice for what I once had. But wait here is the kicker, I decided to switch over to Shaw starting this past June, called bell with eight days left of what I had paid for, and was told that I had to pay for another month because I wasn't 30 days notice, so I am supposed to pay them $109 for nothing, even though I have never had any kind of contract with them, as I heard this I got out a bill and checked it over and over, and there is no such thing stated anywhere on it. So now I am being extorted and threatned with being sent to a collection agency, I am going to contact local global and ctv, and maybe the sun.
As far as quality, I think the Shaw hd looks better than bell did, digital and analog cable not that great, bell had some non hd channels that looked crappy to.
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09-20-2009, 01:40 PM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by rubecube
LOL! I just talked to them and they said the reason was that they didn't get enough licenses to air the games in HD for week 1. How does a supposedly professional company drop the ball like that? Absolutely bush league.
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Good thing they worked hard to get those licenses. They had a whopping two games in HD this week. Garbage company with a garbage product.
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09-20-2009, 01:48 PM
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#47
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary Alberta
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SHAW HD is a joke. The only thing keeping me with them is the fact I split the cost with my parents, where as I would be paying the whole thing for TELUS satelite
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09-21-2009, 04:34 PM
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#48
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bitter, jaded, cursing the fates.
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Why is pedophilia one of the tags of this thread? 
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09-21-2009, 04:38 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire
Why is pedophilia one of the tags of this thread? |
disappointed with the content?
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09-29-2009, 12:15 PM
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#50
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Terrible week again. Two games on the Sunday Ticket games in HD in the morning, one in the afternoon, with two of those games being on the regular HD channels. This company is terrible.
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09-29-2009, 01:41 PM
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#51
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ALL ABOARD!
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Originally Posted by rubecube
Terrible week again. Two games on the Sunday Ticket games in HD in the morning, one in the afternoon, with two of those games being on the regular HD channels. This company is terrible.
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So you're saying that with Sunday Ticket, you're only getting 3 games in HD?
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09-29-2009, 02:46 PM
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#52
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by KTrain
So you're saying that with Sunday Ticket, you're only getting 3 games in HD?
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Yep.
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09-29-2009, 07:15 PM
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#53
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Right now, I can't access shaw's newsgroups at all.
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09-29-2009, 09:09 PM
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#54
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary Alberta
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TELUS and Bell have the best HD equipment in the business when you get their satellite. and the best quality.
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09-29-2009, 09:41 PM
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#55
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ALL ABOARD!
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Originally Posted by rubecube
Yep.
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That kinda blows. I was going to look into subscribing to it this year.
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09-30-2009, 08:27 AM
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#56
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheU
TELUS and Bell have the best HD equipment in the business when you get their satellite. and the best quality.
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As long as it isn't overcast
Or windy...
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09-30-2009, 09:13 AM
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#57
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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How many games on the centre ice package with shaw get shown in HD? I just switched over to Shaw just so I can get centre ice, I'd prefer to be able to watch most Flames games in HD.
Got the HD PVR with Shaw...its amazing. I'm in a condo and can't get satellite, but so far Shaw kills my Telus TV service that I had previously.
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09-30-2009, 02:43 PM
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#58
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boblobla
As long as it isn't overcast
Or windy...
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the weather that effects satellelite the most is chubby rain, wind wont do anything, and overcast shouldnt either unless you have a relaly spotty connection
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09-30-2009, 03:03 PM
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#59
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheU
the weather that effects satellelite the most is chubby rain, wind wont do anything, and overcast shouldnt either unless you have a relaly spotty connection
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Seconded. I've had satellite for 5 years and we've lost the signal maybe 5 times. Never for more than an hour, usually less than 20 minutes and only during a horrendous thunderstorm type thing. Also never during anything I cared about (ie not sports or porn).
Oh, and once when wet snow accumulated on our dish. We just had to clean the snow off.
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09-30-2009, 03:29 PM
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#60
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
Seconded. I've had satellite for 5 years and we've lost the signal maybe 5 times. Never for more than an hour, usually less than 20 minutes and only during a horrendous thunderstorm type thing. Also never during anything I cared about (ie not sports or porn).
Oh, and once when wet snow accumulated on our dish. We just had to clean the snow off.
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the best way to keep snow off your dish is by spraying pam on it
never put hot water on your dish as it will warp it
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