Hello,
I have a quick question about DirecTV and blackouts for local channels.
Basically I'm fed up with my local cable company's pathetic HDTV options (CableOne)...The situation isn't helped by the fact that only my ABC and NBC local affiliates have HDTV channels. No Fox (which REALLY pisses me off because I'm a big baseball fan...no World Series) or CBS. What's worse is that the NBC affiliate seems to be run by a high school A/V club, so quality (especially normalization of sound) is awful.
I've looked into DirecTV, and unfortunately they don't offer local channels for me at all (I'm in a small market). I know they have East/West signals for different networks, so my question is this:
If I have these East/West signals of major networks (ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS), are they subject to blackout during certain programming - specifically primetime television and professional sports broadcasts? I really could not care less if I don't have my local channels as long as I get the network's content elsewhere.
I have a quick question about DirecTV and blackouts for local channels.
Basically I'm fed up with my local cable company's pathetic HDTV options (CableOne)...The situation isn't helped by the fact that only my ABC and NBC local affiliates have HDTV channels. No Fox (which REALLY pisses me off because I'm a big baseball fan...no World Series) or CBS. What's worse is that the NBC affiliate seems to be run by a high school A/V club, so quality (especially normalization of sound) is awful.
I've looked into DirecTV, and unfortunately they don't offer local channels for me at all (I'm in a small market). I know they have East/West signals for different networks, so my question is this:
If I have these East/West signals of major networks (ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS), are they subject to blackout during certain programming - specifically primetime television and professional sports broadcasts? I really could not care less if I don't have my local channels as long as I get the network's content elsewhere.