This Comcast Propaganda Has Got To Stop

by JordanLeDoux on Dec 22, 2008 7:32 PM PST

They have been showing that "we hate DirectTV/Dish and you should too" commercials, and they're just ridiculous. The bigger guys clearly aren't trying to avoid carrying Blazer games... it's definitely worth money to them. The only possible scenario where they wouldn't take it, is if Comcast was pricing it out of profitibility, and with all the other stuff that Comcast has been doing recently, it doesn't seem far fetched at all.

What in the world is Comcast trying to accomplish with their brainwashing campaign? Do they really think the big guys are going to suddenly make a bad business decision just because Comcast has been lying to their customers?

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It’s been old for quite some time now…….I’m just starting to get angry about it all.

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by iDea on Dec 22, 2008 9:51 PM PST reply actions

I hate this

I hope they have an opt out in this deal

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by blazeraddict on Dec 22, 2008 10:01 PM PST reply actions

Stop whining

You picked the wrong horse with this and now you lost. Deal with it.

by robrun2 on Dec 22, 2008 10:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Or

You know, just switch to Comcast or the thousand other cable providers that have it.

by robrun2 on Dec 22, 2008 10:23 PM PST up reply actions

Uh.

Don’t you realize there are people who have NO way to access comcast sportsnet? In many places in Oregon, there are fans who have no choice to add comcast sportsnet.

People want to watch the Blazers and have no way to watch them.

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by Cablinasian on Dec 22, 2008 10:37 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe you were being sarcastic.

But I don’t think you were.

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by Cablinasian on Dec 22, 2008 10:38 PM PST up reply actions

I don't get your post.

Stop whining

Deal with it.

Not really what someone who is very very frustrated with Comcast wants to hear. There are a lot of your Blazersedge peers here who fall into the category Cablinasian describes below and I’m one of them. My first draft of this comment wasn’t very nice, but you are a longtime contributor here so I deleted them.

by tweener on Dec 23, 2008 12:22 AM PST up reply actions

I have Comcast...

I wasn’t complaining about not having comcast, I was complaining about Comcast being a giant [beep] about everything, lying, playing dirty, and not caring about the customer at all.

And you’ll never make me feel sorry about looking out for the customer… (myself…) companies are supposed to look out for themselves, but I’m supposed to look out for me… customers are SUPPOSED to get pissed when companies screw them.

by JordanLeDoux on Dec 23, 2008 4:37 AM PST up reply actions

Welcome to the world

Semi-monopolistic capitalists are always giant [beeps]. I don’t know if you were old enough to remember Ma Bell, but they were to phone what Comcast is to cable (at least where Comcast has a presence).

by DonkeyShins on Dec 23, 2008 8:37 AM PST up reply actions

I refuse to pay for worse service

Comcast HD Quality Comparison

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by damir on Dec 23, 2008 6:50 AM PST up reply actions

Wow, Damir, you have FIOS?

I’m jealous, we can’t get FIOS where we live.

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by sergioFTW on Dec 23, 2008 7:35 AM PST up reply actions

Wow, that _is_ bad.

It looks like they’re trying to save money on their recompression codec by using the cheapest one they could find. Their “HD” doesn’t look any better than SD to me.

by royroty on Dec 23, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions

Good call there

That’s one bit of whining I love to join in on. Sometimes Blazer broadcasts look like they’re coming from the moon. It’s disgustingly bad.

And by the stop whining comment, I mean that towards the people who are too stubborn to drop their dish service for a service that has CSN if its available.

by robrun2 on Dec 23, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions

No FiOS for us yet

They’re installing it down the road a bit, but it’ll be 2010 before we have it in our neighborhood. At which point, goodbye, Comcast!

by DonkeyShins on Dec 23, 2008 8:38 AM PST up reply actions

I've broken down and have Comcast

I’m on one of the rebuilt systems. The HDTV is still mediocre. apparently we need room for Fox News HD and Fox Business HD, and of course E! HD. What would we do without those.

Bad news is that I’ve been hearing rumors that Dish/Direct are compressing their signals more too now. And DirecTV is raising their prices in the new year.

by Timmay! on Dec 23, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions

Now one will ever accuse you of being emphatetic.

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by TwoDeep on Dec 23, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions

I have comcast at home

but bars are hit and miss, and it sucks to go someplace, get settled, then find out the game isn’t able to be shown there. Also really lame that, in a one-team town, you can’t see the game everywhere you go. That’s my beef with comcast (and their Drexler-era reception on HD screens).

by sfiles on Dec 23, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions

I still can't believe there is no deal

I’m shocked both Dish Network and DirectTV don’t have deals to carry this yet. If one of them had broke down I’d be more likely to pin the blame elsewhere but that neither can come to terms with Comcast makes me wonder how outrageous comcast is being.

by Replacement Level Poster on Dec 22, 2008 11:38 PM PST reply actions

the smaller cable companies had no problem

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by Philthyanimal on Dec 23, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions

Nauseating to the 10th degree

I signed up years ago before the Comcast/PTB issue. I was happy I did last year when PTB games came thru Comcast only.

Then this year they started showing these commercials where Roy does that all-star drive switching to the left and the screen goes all snowy so you can’t see the finish, and they say "what, you don’t have SuckCast". It was sickening, totally discusting. I feel for you guys.

If I knew everyone else would follow suit I would seriously consider canceling my subscription to put pressure on them.

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by Blazer1342 on Dec 23, 2008 3:03 AM PST reply actions

They’ve also never offered anything

No freebies, no nothing, no free HBO during Christmas, nothing but higher rates. It also would have been nice if they put their sports channel (037) in the HD section – but noooo.

On another note: they offer every new movie in 4:3 format for a couple months before releasing it in HD, trying to get you to purchase it twice. Not that I want to digress…just sayin’ how they are.

by Blazer1342 on Dec 23, 2008 3:15 AM PST up reply actions

They're HD is also super-compressed, which by definition isn't HD...

by JordanLeDoux on Dec 23, 2008 4:35 AM PST up reply actions

Uh, what "definition"?

HD just means that you get higher resolution than SD. It doesn’t make any claim about bandwidth. Of course, super-compressed HD is turrible for sports.

by royroty on Dec 23, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions

Does anybody really know....

What the offers from Comcast to the Dish companies have been? Does this differ from other offers to other providers that have signed up? What kind of profit would be Dish be looking at if it accepted the latest offer? What is the true value of the Blazer deal?

These are just a few of the many, many questions I would be interested in knowing before I cried foul on Comcast. The fact that many other providers can afford to buy the service makes me wonder why they can afford it (Or afford the loss if it is a bad contract) and Dish can not.

There are so many possible reasons this deal is not going down.

by Risk on Dec 23, 2008 8:07 AM PST reply actions

Charter Cable hasn't even reached an agreement yet!

Paul Allen owns Charter. You think Comcast is offering a fair deal? Apparently one of the major sticking points is that Comcast is demanding that the channel be carried on a tier that makes them more money, but costs all customers, even if they are not interested. This would necessitate raising basic rates. Would you be raising rates in this financial market?

by crakarjack on Dec 23, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions

Dear Mr. Paul Allen . . .

why can’t your Cable company show cable
games for your basketball team ?
Oh, that’s right, you can’t get involved or it’s out
of your hands . . . typical excuses from management !

It's GO time !

by walkoff41 on Dec 23, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions

That is untrue

BendBroadBand recently added CSN to their preferred digital package only and said it would increase the price $2 per customer with that package (which is $48/month), but they haven’t raised the price yet. It had no effect on customers with the basic package.

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Dec 23, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions

Are you sure?

I thought PA sold Charter…..no

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by iDea on Dec 23, 2008 5:13 PM PST up reply actions

What gives you all the RIGHT to watch Blazer games?

That’s what I don’t get. Do you all get pissed when people don’t give you a Mercedes too?

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by leeroyjenkins on Dec 23, 2008 8:37 AM PST reply actions

Since nobody above said anything about rights your comment doesn't make any sense

You often leave a similar post when this topic comes up. What’s your deal? Why does it bother you so much that people are upset they can’t get the only channel that completely covers the Blazers?

by tweener on Dec 23, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions

In Southern Oregon . . .

     we have three TV options. Charter, DirecTV or
Dish Network. No options !
     I would be happy to pay to get the games, but
no Coincast for any amount of $ !
That’s called a BLACKOUT !
     Do you understand ?

It's GO time !

by walkoff41 on Dec 23, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions

I understand

so why aren’t you complaining about Charter, DirecTV or Dish? They are the ones that won’t provide you with what you want.

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Dec 23, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions

No, it's just as much comcast and their ridiculous demands.

They want all customers to pay more money for the companies to have comcast sportsnet, not just people who actually want the channel.

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by Cablinasian on Dec 23, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions

so...

why would all the other cable companies be willing to pay for it?

kinda reminds me of little credit unions vs large retail banks

the credit unions look after their customers….banks look after their bottom line.

the blazers, comcast, charter, and the satellites are just looking after their own pocketbook. they are all in the same boat if you ask me.

Honor Terry Porter

by Philthyanimal on Dec 23, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions

is 2 bucks a month really all that much tho?

i’m sure if the nba removed their blackout radius and EVERYONE was allowed to purchase league pass, people would still be complaining. 24 bucks a year is much cheaper than league pass either way.

just 1 less starbucks a month, a drink at a restaurant, or a run to taco bell. 24 bucks a year for 82 games at 3 hours a game is pretty cheap entertainment.

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by Philthyanimal on Dec 23, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions

If I could buy League Pass and watch the Blazers games

I would prefer to do that… It would give me an excuse to have the league pass.

The 2 bucks isn’t too much for me, but it’s probably less than 20% of the Dish/Direct/Charter customers who care about CSNNW.

by tweener on Dec 23, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions

All channels are carried in some specific tier

so some customers of any particular tier may pay for channels they may not want. CSN is no different than any other cable channel in the respect. In the case of BendBroadBand CSN was added to its preferred digital package only and they said it would increase the price $2 per customer with that package (which is $48/month), but they haven’t raised the price yet. It had no effect on customers with the basic package.

So what are the ridiculous demands that Comcast is making that all of the cable companies except Charter have agreed to for their customers? Even Verizon, Comcast’s direct competitor carries CSN. Exactly what has DirecTV, Dish, and Charter offered that you are so sure is a fair price to cover Comcast’s costs and make a fair profit?

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Dec 23, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions