Shaw High Def TV

woodcarver · #1 03-19-2007, 08:35 PM

Hey Dirty ,Maybe we just had a bad experience but we found ,after being told that similar programming to our existing package would be less expensive ,it was actaully going to cost more.
The guy who came to install left a birds nest of cables ,almost impossible to hide.
The picture sucked compared to cable.( I realise this can be subject to a number of variables but this is just our experience.
We have three T.V's and were told we would need a box for each one or only be able to watch the same Channel on each T.V. With cable we can at least get the basic channels without an extra box.
Finally we had a huge hassle getting our money refunded ( it was an offer we took up from the company we purchased our new T.V. from for a free trial with approx.$ 200 deposit on the equipment )
Despite having all the information regarding invoice numbers etc.They refused to make a simple phone call to confirm the details and we had to arrange for copies to be faxed before they agreed to cancel the amount outstanding.
All in all we just heaved a sigh of relief that we had not discontinued cable !!
As I said earlier ,this was just our story and I know there are plenty of people out there whom are perfectly happy with satellite dishes.
....................Dave

woodcarver · #2 03-19-2007, 08:43 PM

Hey Scott, just read your post . We were thinking of going the Shaw PVR route but guess we will hold fire for the moment.
As you say who the hell needs all those repeats and recycled movies and Shaw on demand is just a bad joke !!
................Dave.
P.S. I suppose it stops us watching too much T.V.

Pescador · #3 03-19-2007, 09:45 PM

We have 2 Shaw HD PVR's and 2 other regular terminals we're pretty well stuck with it now. Gave Shaw a lot of money upgrading boxes from the one tuner PVR (which was useless) to the two tuner to the bigger two tuner. And the HDMI won't play with my amp cause it needs a firmware upgrade. Now I find out Bell rents their boxes.
But the PVR's are great it's hard to watch commercials anymore.

EmilyB · #4 03-19-2007, 10:20 PM

Bell is awesome, I have never had a single complaint.

StirCrazy · #5 03-20-2007, 12:50 AM

see and I see the opposite out here. every I know that had satellite is going to shaw. I did check out satellite and for what I have now it would be about 30.00 more a month because of the deal you get with the bundled tv/internet/phone.

Also they all stated what was already mentioned above.. even though you have more HD channels they are only HD shows about 3 or 4 hours a day not 24/7 like shaw.

Steve

MikeP · #6 03-21-2007, 02:59 PM

The one thing that has always been great about Shaw is the tech service. I'm on to my 4th PVR high def box and I have never had a problem getting a new one. Although it has been a bit of a PITA. I'm just so ****ed that Shaw is going back on what they told me when I was looking into buying a box from them. When I bought my home theater the retailer had a package that included a bell set up that was a bit cheaper but I decided to stick with Shaw because I felt comfortable with their service and their pricing. I don't understand why they can't stick to their word for those of us that were told there would be no charge for HD services and let any new customers know what the pricing is. Shaw makes milloins of dollars a year, to bad they don't have more respect for the people that make them successful.