Telus TV

globaldesigns · #1 02-25-2010, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

ya thats your tear 1, 2 and 3. all the rest are digital or HD it would be stupid to go 100% digital as if some one only wants tear 1,2 and 3 they don't need a special box so all they need is there tv and they are good to go. so only 1 remote, and 1 piece of equipment to run. I know from the elderly inlaws this was a saviour as I had to explain about 3 times a week how to use the VCR/DVD but never had to explain how to watch tv.

Steve

True enough, makes sense. What I hate is that they market all digital in true fact it isn't. I have Shaw, but I do love my FTA (Free to Air), all the Dish Network Digital channels I want.

StirCrazy · #2 02-25-2010, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by globaldesigns

but I do love my FTA (Free to Air), all the Dish Network Digital channels I want.

except when they go down....

I was going to get one but then they were down for almost a year, then equipment changed and there up, then there down again and so on..

Steve

globaldesigns · #3 02-25-2010, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

except when they go down....

I was going to get one but then they were down for almost a year, then equipment changed and there up, then there down again and so on..

Steve

Actually my box was up for over a year straight, it went down just before xmas for about 3 weeks. Dish Network created a good ECM to take down FTA, but after 3 weeks it has been up flawlessly.

All I can say is that it works well for me, much more stable than the days of DTV and cards. I am a programmer so use to program those cards and systems.

There is always a chance it will go down, but I can tell you I have had my moneys worth and it is far superior to any Canadian TV Provider.

bignose · #4 02-25-2010, 11:23 PM

Don't go with telus tv. I had it for a while and had nothing but trouble.

We just moved and canceled everything to do with telus. Were going to go with shaw this time around.

#5 02-25-2010, 11:37 PM

FTA is not Dish Network it is different and you can pickup any and all satilites that transmite in the C band or K band. In Winnipeg a friend of mine uses a older Bell dish as they were in the C band. If you change satalites you do hae to download the decoding program for that satilite off the new. FTA is the way to go if you have extra money the better decoder boxes cost a couple hundred theb theres the different LNB's you can buy they cost about 50 each With FTA buy the best you can get.

Telus is alright I have not had any troubles they just charge to much as far as I am concerned. Shaws little Pasive repeater out side your house is just that they use 2 different filter on it a band pass and a digital filter. They use to use a third filter which was also a band pass but was only for the basic chanels.Only shaws basic chanels or analog everything else is digital to the box they are working on changing it so all chanels are digital. The company that I was layed off rom was doing testing for this up grade.

In the end it is all up to the individual customers prefference and how they precive the service they get. In Winnipeg MTS also sack Tel is kicking Shaws but when it come to TV and Telephone but they are different companies one is still goverment owned the other just got into TV faster than Shaw got into Telephone and MTS TV is supierior.

Bill