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Old 04-08-2015, 11:44 AM  
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DirecTV getting bitch slapped by Comcast for "deceptive advertising."

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Hi, I'm Rob Lowe, and I have cable."

"And I'm deceptive advertising Rob Lowe, and I have DirecTV."

Following a Comcast complaint, the Better Business Bureau this week recommended that DirecTV discontinue its hilarious ad campaign featuring actor Rob Lowe, because the satellite TV company couldn't substantiate many of the claims made in the commercials.

DirecTV clams in the spots that its service gets 99% signal reliability, up to 1080p HD programming, better picture and sound quality than cable, more sports programming than its rivals and shorter customer service wait times than its cable competitors. It also said it was rated No. 1 in customer satisfaction.

The ads feature Lowe playing various awkward versions of himself, including a Rob Lowe with scrawny arms, "painfully awkward" Rob Lowe, "super creepy" Rob Lowe, "far less attractive" Rob Lowe and "meathead" Rob Lowe.

At the end of the commercials, the normal, DirecTV version of Lowe says, "Don't be like this me. Get rid of cable and upgrade to DirecTV."

In most cases, the Better Business Bureau National Advertising Division review board agreed with Comcast and urged DirecTV to pull or modify the ads.

For instance, the NAD found no supporting evidence to substantiate the "far less attractive" Rob Lowe commercial's claim that DirecTV has better picture and sound quality than cable. "Scrawny arms" Rob Lowe claimed DirecTV has more sports programming, but the NAD said that was also unsupported.

The review board also said DirecTV failed to explain how it arrived at its customer service claims. The NAD even took issue with the commercials' statement "don't be like this me," because it "conveyed a comparative and unsupported superiority message."

It did, however, find that DirecTV's message of 99% signal reliability and "up to 1080p" picture were solid.

DirecTV is appealing the claim that the ads are deceptive.

In a statement, the company said it "continues to believe that the various Rob Lowe advertisements are so outlandish and exaggerated that no reasonable consumer would believe that the statements being made by the alter-ego characters are comparative or need to be substantiated."

According to a report in Variety, DirecTV has stopped airing the Lowe ads because the company had moved on to another ad campaign.

This isn't the first time DirecTV has been charged with false or misleading advertising.

The Federal Trade Commission ruled in March that the satellite company failed to make it clear that its $19.95-a-month plan requires two-year contract is required, and that customers must proactively cancel the free premium channels like HBO and Showtime that they get during the first three months of the package.

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Old 04-08-2015, 12:18 PM   #16
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DirecTV should also own up to the fact that there's almost no 60 FPS content on their service.

I don't know why they switched but I haven't seen a 60 FPS broadcast in ages. Everything is 30 FPS.

The more you post, the more I realize just how much of a true geek you really are.
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Old 04-08-2015, 12:19 PM   #17
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The more you post, the more I realize just how much of a true geek you really are.
It has nothing to do with being a geek. This is 2015, I pay over a hundred bucks a month for satellite services, I should have some ****ing 60 FPS for my sports.
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Old 04-08-2015, 12:20 PM   #18
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I've been saying for years that they are lying, deceptive pieces of shit. Not exactly breaking news here.
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Old 04-08-2015, 12:20 PM   #19
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It has nothing to do with being a geek. This is 2015, I pay over a hundred bucks a month for satellite services, I should have some ****ing 60 FPS for my sports.
Who is actually filming in 60FPS?
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It has nothing to do with being a geek. This is 2015, I pay over a hundred bucks a month for satellite services, I should have some ****ing 60 FPS for my sports.

Well, I can't tell the damn difference. Of course I'm technology limited. On button, remote, off button. Play, stop.
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I've been saying for years that they are lying, deceptive pieces of shit. Not exactly breaking news here.

In fairness, you say that about everyone.
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Who is actually filming in 60FPS?
No one.

I don't know what he's talking about. You can't upsample frame rates. You can downsample (30 FPS to 23.89 or whatever).

The source is the source.
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I've had Direct TV for 12 years and I've had one loss of signal, which was back in 2004, with far less advanced equipment.

The picture quality and especially the audio quality, are far superior, IMO, to Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Comcast and Everest. Having everything On Demand (as opposed to limited programming) is another awesome feature.

Comcast, who's leading this charge against Direct TV, can suck it.
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You can downsample (30 FPS to 23.89 or whatever).
That's what I'm talking about.

DirecTV takes all these ****ing 60 FPS sports streams and turns them into 30 FPS for some reason.

They used to have 60 FPS but changed it. Bandwidth maybe? No idea.

I miss my 60 FPS.
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Who is actually filming in 60FPS?
Lots of sports channels have been shown in 60 FPS for a long time.
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Lots of sports channels have been shown in 60 FPS for a long time.
I can't find anything about the NFL being available at 60fps except through an exclusive agreement with Xbox One, but I certainly don't claim to be an expert.
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I can't find anything about the NFL being available at 60fps
It's been that way for years.

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That's what I'm talking about.

DirecTV takes all these ****ing 60 FPS sports streams and turns them into 30 FPS for some reason.

They used to have 60 FPS but changed it. Bandwidth maybe? No idea.

I miss my 60 FPS.
It's not "true" 59.98 FPS because the cameras aren't recording at 59.98 FPS. What they do is double the frames, so two 29.99 frames equal 59.98.

Personally, I haven't noticed that sporting events look any different now than they have in the past.
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Personally, I haven't noticed that sporting events look any different now than they have in the past.
There's a huge difference, IMO. The motion is not nearly as smooth.
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There's a huge difference, IMO. The motion is not nearly as smooth.
Hmm, I haven't noticed on any of my LED or LCD TV's.
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