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Carl Keehn
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:
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"Ellen Hall" <ellen_hall_@hotmailnospam.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | It's only been a few days, but I find I'm less apt to turn the music on at
all. This is a disappointment so far. And since I'm used to Music
Choice,
the voices that come on now sound like commercials to me, no matter what
they're talking about. I wish I had Comcast to go back to.
Ellen
"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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"slunky" <slunky@showingourscars.org> wrote in message
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_/At 2005-11-21, C <no> wrote\_
I personally would much rather have Music Choice back. The self
promos
and
talking DJs are very annoying to me.
I agree. It's not much of a switch. Music Choice was more of a music
channel service than a radio station. Luckily I've got Comcast as
well,
so I still have my Music Choice.
--
-slunky
I have to admit, as much as I hate Comcast, I hate the promos and DJs
even
more. I may go back to Comcast.
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Which proves, no matter what DirecTV does, someone won't be happy. I find
XM to be a superior choice as far as I'm concerned. Their programming does
a better job of targeting my interests and I am listening more now than I
did with Music Choice. |
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Kyler Laird
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject:
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"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> writes:
| Quote: | I personally would much rather have Music Choice back.
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Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the reasons
I got it is Music Choice. I haven't listened to it for awhile but when I did
try XM and found it full of blathering I was sure happy to still have MC.
--kyler |
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C what I mean
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject:
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"Kyler Laird" <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> writes:
I personally would much rather have Music Choice back.
Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the
reasons
I got it is Music Choice. I haven't listened to it for awhile but when I
did
try XM and found it full of blathering I was sure happy to still have MC.
--kyler
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I thought Dish went to Sirius. That is why I assumed Direct went to XM. |
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Bob M
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Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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C what I mean wrote:
| Quote: | "Kyler Laird" <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message
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"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> writes:
I personally would much rather have Music Choice back.
Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the
reasons
I got it is Music Choice. I haven't listened to it for awhile but when I
did
try XM and found it full of blathering I was sure happy to still have MC.
--kyler
I thought Dish went to Sirius. That is why I assumed Direct went to XM.
They did. |
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Patty Winter
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Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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In article <OeWdnT70jfoI8x7enZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@texas.net>,
Bob M <ram1220@vzavenue.net> wrote:
| Quote: | C what I mean wrote:
"Kyler Laird" <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message
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Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the
reasons I got it is Music Choice.
I thought Dish went to Sirius. That is why I assumed Direct went to XM.
They did.
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Even before they went to Sirius, they weren't using MC, were they?
I thought they were using a combination of Muzak and some other
service.
Patty
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Kyler Laird
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Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> writes:
| Quote: | I thought Dish went to Sirius.
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Oops! You're probably right. Whatever it was, it annoyed me.
--kyler |
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Gary Tait
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:39 am Post subject:
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patty1@wintertime.com (Patty Winter) wrote in
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| Quote: | Even before they went to Sirius, they weren't using MC, were they?
I thought they were using a combination of Muzak and some other
service.
Patty
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Nope, they had Muzak, and programmed their own CD-audio channels. |
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Patty Winter
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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In article <573f53-av1.ln1@snout.lairds.org>,
Kyler Laird <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote:
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Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice.
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Ah, okay, no problem!
| Quote: | Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.
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I'll have to listen to some of the XM channels that are meant
to emulate radio stations to hear what everyone's talking about.
The couple channels I've tried so far have been announcer-free.
Patty
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"Too expensive for the Army?" "I don't think they ever tried to
market it to the billionaire base-jumping, spelunking market."
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Patty Winter
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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In article <Xns97178AF75D6E3wonkynillmailnil@142.77.1.194>,
Gary Tait <classicsat@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | patty1@wintertime.com (Patty Winter) wrote in
news:dm091c$h9g$1@bolt.sonic.net:
Even before they went to Sirius, they weren't using MC, were they?
I thought they were using a combination of Muzak and some other
service.
Nope, they had Muzak, and programmed their own CD-audio channels.
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Er, hence, "a combination of Muzak and some other service." The
latter being their own.
Anyway, I was surprised to see someone say that he liked having
MC on Dish, since it was never there. :-)
I do suspect that we've lost the holiday music on DirecTV, except
for Christmas. :-(
Patty
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"Too expensive for the Army?" "I don't think they ever tried to
market it to the billionaire base-jumping, spelunking market."
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Jack Ak
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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"Patty Winter" <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote in message news:dm2rr3$a2f$1@bolt.sonic.net...
| Quote: | In article <573f53-av1.ln1@snout.lairds.org>,
Kyler Laird <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote:
Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice.
Ah, okay, no problem!
Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.
I'll have to listen to some of the XM channels that are meant
to emulate radio stations to hear what everyone's talking about.
The couple channels I've tried so far have been announcer-free.
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The Classical channels, 864, 865, 866 have announcers but not between
each selection. Channels 878 and 879 are talk only. |
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Kyler Laird
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
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patty1@wintertime.com (Patty Winter) writes:
| Quote: | Anyway, I was surprised to see someone say that he liked having
MC on Dish, since it was never there. :-)
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That's just my memory flaking out on me.
Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice. I looked into it
back when I was trying to get information about the music. (My
wife sometimes likes to know what that last song was.)
Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.
--kyler |
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C what I mean
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Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:08 am Post subject:
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I was just trying to listen to the 60s while working around the house.. they
had so much yackin in-between every song and even during the intros that I
just finally had to turn the damn channel. AM radio went out a long time
ago.... not so on XM.
"Jack Ak" <akjack@excite.com> wrote in message
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"Patty Winter" <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote in message
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In article <573f53-av1.ln1@snout.lairds.org>,
Kyler Laird <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote:
Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice.
Ah, okay, no problem!
Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.
I'll have to listen to some of the XM channels that are meant
to emulate radio stations to hear what everyone's talking about.
The couple channels I've tried so far have been announcer-free.
The Classical channels, 864, 865, 866 have announcers but not between
each selection. Channels 878 and 879 are talk only.
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slunky
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject:
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_/At 2005-11-28, B <bmoody@shentel.net> wrote\_
| Quote: | I AM AS IRRITATED AS MANY OF YOU ABOUT THE SWITCH TO YAK-YAK PLUS OCCASIONAL
MUSIC!! IT IS FINE TO COMPLAIN HERE BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO TELL DTV
WHAT A P8LE OF DOG DROPPINGS THEY HAVE "GIVEN" US. I INTEND TO SEND THEM A
LONG AND NASTY E-MAIL AS SOON AS I GET THE WORST OF THE PROFANITY OUT OF MY
SYSTEM !!!
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Don't waste your time. They'll just reply with a cut and paste from
their "answers" script. I wouldn't bother calling CS either, as they're
as upset about it as you are. If you want someone of any authority to
hear you out write to the Office of the President:
Office of the President
DIRECTV
P.O. Box 92600
Los Angeles, CA 90009
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject:
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Frederick Pileggi <fredp.vt@verizon.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Ellen_ What you describe is another peeve of mine. I do see music info
being updated for some of the channels but slower then MusicChoice did. At
times the info is wrong for the song playing... the next song etc.. Even
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That's bizarre, since XM radio receivers all display the info. It's not
like DTV has to get the information from some new, untested source.
Maybe they are trying to use the now-abandoned Wink Interactive TV data
channels to propagate the music channel data, and don't have it synced up
right. I know Wink was pretty out-of-sync when they first tried it.
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Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:02 am Post subject:
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Carl Keehn <carlkeehn@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Which proves, no matter what DirecTV does, someone won't be happy. I find
XM to be a superior choice as far as I'm concerned. Their programming does
a better job of targeting my interests and I am listening more now than I
did with Music Choice.
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I never found a Music Choice channel that I could listen to for very long.
The XM selection seems much broader and each channel is more defined.
What I notice now is that the sound quality of the bedroom TV stinks ;-)
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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5 |
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