Starchoice Satellite
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Starchoice Satellite
Anyone got Starchoice satellite TV in western Canada - are they any good?
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
I've got in in Eastern Canada and it aok...although I must say in summer it is abit of a waste of time due to all the repeats! But it is good for long winters. Another thing is alot of shows are repeated due to getting every station from across Canada so if you miss it on your own time you can catch it on anothers time.....great if you miss Corrie!
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
Anyone got Starchoice satellite TV in western Canada - are they any good?
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
Originally Posted by CalgaryAMC
We had Starchoice. I have no opinion on it: you pays your money, you gets your channels.
They aren't too bad apart from the constant sales calls at 9pm! Its all very repetative as we get all the CTV channels and so can watch a whole Monday evening of the one episode of CSI Miami if we want...yeah right 'course we want to do that! On the plus side you do get news from one side of the country to the next.
The other thing is that they occasionally change the channels available in the 'bundle' packages. We lost BBC World one night and I refuse to pay extra for it. The only one thing that's a serious problem is something that no-one will tell you. If snow lands on your LNB...or whatever the receiver thingy's called...you loose the picture. We've never been told this by anyone until we lost viewing for one night and finally Starchoice told us so keep a broom handy and the dish accessable.
We don't think its a bad choice for the price.
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
Originally Posted by Smokey
...and you do get a HUGE number of channels .
They aren't too bad apart from the constant sales calls at 9pm! Its all very repetative as we get all the CTV channels and so can watch a whole Monday evening of the one episode of CSI Miami if we want...yeah right 'course we want to do that! On the plus side you do get news from one side of the country to the next.
The other thing is that they occasionally change the channels available in the 'bundle' packages. We lost BBC World one night and I refuse to pay extra for it. The only one thing that's a serious problem is something that no-one will tell you. If snow lands on your LNB...or whatever the receiver thingy's called...you loose the picture. We've never been told this by anyone until we lost viewing for one night and finally Starchoice told us so keep a broom handy and the dish accessable.
We don't think its a bad choice for the price.
They aren't too bad apart from the constant sales calls at 9pm! Its all very repetative as we get all the CTV channels and so can watch a whole Monday evening of the one episode of CSI Miami if we want...yeah right 'course we want to do that! On the plus side you do get news from one side of the country to the next.
The other thing is that they occasionally change the channels available in the 'bundle' packages. We lost BBC World one night and I refuse to pay extra for it. The only one thing that's a serious problem is something that no-one will tell you. If snow lands on your LNB...or whatever the receiver thingy's called...you loose the picture. We've never been told this by anyone until we lost viewing for one night and finally Starchoice told us so keep a broom handy and the dish accessable.
We don't think its a bad choice for the price.
But I assumed that this sort of package ripping-offing was simply the case with every TV service, especially since there is no competition (Shaw cable owns Starchoice).
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
Anyone got Starchoice satellite TV in western Canada - are they any good?
1) When I originally got Starchoice a few years ago I was told they would cover any moving and hook up charges. Having just moved they now want to knob me for $100. Bottom Line they don't hold to their word.
2) They decided to change their packages and all of a sudden I lost one of my favoriite channels only to find out they were again trying to knob me for more money.
They offer you one thing and then change the deal mid stream.
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
Originally Posted by Ross43
I was with Starchoice and am moving over to Bell expressvu for 2 main reasons
1) When I originally got Starchoice a few years ago I was told they would cover any moving and hook up charges. Having just moved they now want to knob me for $100. Bottom Line they don't hold to their word.
2) They decided to change their packages and all of a sudden I lost one of my favoriite channels only to find out they were again trying to knob me for more money.
They offer you one thing and then change the deal mid stream.
1) When I originally got Starchoice a few years ago I was told they would cover any moving and hook up charges. Having just moved they now want to knob me for $100. Bottom Line they don't hold to their word.
2) They decided to change their packages and all of a sudden I lost one of my favoriite channels only to find out they were again trying to knob me for more money.
They offer you one thing and then change the deal mid stream.
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Re: Starchoice Satellite
Originally Posted by Ross43
I was with Starchoice and am moving over to Bell expressvu for 2 main reasons
1) When I originally got Starchoice a few years ago I was told they would cover any moving and hook up charges. Having just moved they now want to knob me for $100. Bottom Line they don't hold to their word.
2) They decided to change their packages and all of a sudden I lost one of my favoriite channels only to find out they were again trying to knob me for more money.
They offer you one thing and then change the deal mid stream.
1) When I originally got Starchoice a few years ago I was told they would cover any moving and hook up charges. Having just moved they now want to knob me for $100. Bottom Line they don't hold to their word.
2) They decided to change their packages and all of a sudden I lost one of my favoriite channels only to find out they were again trying to knob me for more money.
They offer you one thing and then change the deal mid stream.
That said, I still miss BBC World and absolutly refuse to pay more.