DirecTV the National Leader in Bullshit HD Hype
Posted by hankscorpio on September 7, 2008
Never has a company promised more and delivered less then DirecTV in 2008. With the launch of D11 we were promised 150 HD channels; well we’re at 134 right now; but they’ve gotten there with PPV. They announced in 2007 that PBS HD would be added in 2008, here we are only about 15 weeks left and absolutely no sign of PBS HD being added (none of the local PBS facilities have been contacted by DirecTV) and only promises of “soon” from DirecTV.
It’s a good product, I’m not complaining that DirecTV’s HD offering is light, but that the hype their PR department uses is absolute outright lies; nothing but pure bullshit. When you use filler channels like regional sports channels (most of which have no content) and PPVs (often duplicates showing the same movie) you’re gaming the system in claiming 134 HD channels. And if you have no plans on adding a channel in a given year don’t fucking make the announcement the year before; is it really that hard to not be full of shit?
