Redskins vs. Cowboys Thanksgiving 2006...Not Happening (rumor just a rumor)

[scowan]

Hey, I hope the Skins don't play any of their late December games on the NFL Network. I don't have it or live in the D.C. area. I would not be able to watch it. I have Charter Cable and if they don't get the NFL Network back by this Fall, they will be losing me as a customer.

[KLHJ2]

I know that this may sound a little stuck up or snobbish, but why dont you all get directv. It is actually cheaper than cable, at least where I live anyway. And that BS about poor quality during bad weather is false. Over the past year and a half I can count on one hand how many times my sattelite picture was out and I still wouldnt even use all of my fingers. And for those of you live out of state Directv provides NFL Sunday Ticket. That is how I survive the season. Now if you still live at home with your parents and are watching their TV, then you are just going to have to suck it up until you move out on your own. You could of coarse get a job and ask permission to hook up DTV for yourself, but when I was a teenager I had better things to do with my money. But now that I'm married I don't have to pay for it anymore. Actually that's not true I pay for it everyday, it just so happens that it is not cash I am spending on it now. Than God for a wife with a job!

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by angryssg

I know that this may sound a little stuck up or snobbish, but why dont you all get directv. It is actually cheaper than cable, at least where I live anyway. And that BS about poor quality during bad weather is false. Over the past year and a half I can count on one hand how many times my sattelite picture was out and I still wouldnt even use all of my fingers. And for those of you live out of state Directv provides NFL Sunday Ticket. That is how I survive the season. Now if you still live at home with your parents and are watching their TV, then you are just going to have to suck it up until you move out on your own. You could of coarse get a job and ask permission to hook up DTV for yourself, but when I was a teenager I had better things to do with my money. But now that I'm married I don't have to pay for it anymore. Actually that's not true I pay for it everyday, it just so happens that it is not cash I am spending on it now. Than God for a wife with a job!

Sunday Ticket is the greatest product ever invented. But then again, I'm biased.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by angryssg

I know that this may sound a little stuck up or snobbish, but why dont you all get directv. It is actually cheaper than cable, at least where I live anyway. And that BS about poor quality during bad weather is false. Over the past year and a half I can count on one hand how many times my sattelite picture was out and I still wouldnt even use all of my fingers. And for those of you live out of state Directv provides NFL Sunday Ticket. That is how I survive the season. Now if you still live at home with your parents and are watching their TV, then you are just going to have to suck it up until you move out on your own. You could of coarse get a job and ask permission to hook up DTV for yourself, but when I was a teenager I had better things to do with my money. But now that I'm married I don't have to pay for it anymore. Actually that's not true I pay for it everyday, it just so happens that it is not cash I am spending on it now. Than God for a wife with a job!

I am not sure if Direct TV is cheaper in my area or not. You see they have this little rule that you have to have their "box" on all of your TVs and you have to pay $4.99 per box per month for the 2nd box and up. I have a family of four and there are 4 TVs in my house. That means an extra $15 a month just to have TVs hooked up. On cable I can hook up 8 TVs if I have enough wall jacks and it is still the same price. Does anyone know if you can hook up to Direct TV without one of their "boxes" once you have the first TV hooked up?

[Redskins8588]

Originally Posted by scowan

I am not sure if Direct TV is cheaper in my area or not. You see they have this little rule that you have to have their "box" on all of your TVs and you have to pay $4.99 per box per month for the 2nd box and up. I have a family of four and there are 4 TVs in my house. That means an extra $15 a month just to have TVs hooked up. On cable I can hook up 8 TVs if I have enough wall jacks and it is still the same price. Does anyone know if you can hook up to Direct TV without one of their "boxes" once you have the first TV hooked up?

Yeah you can hook other tv's up by getting a splicer, the downside is that lets say you have a reciever in your bedroom and your son/daughters room is next to yours and they want tv also, you can splice the cable and run a line to there room but they will have to watch whatever you are watching, they can not turn the channel with out going into your room...

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Redskins8588

Yeah you can hook other tv's up by getting a splicer, the downside is that lets say you have a reciever in your bedroom and your son/daughters room is next to yours and they want tv also, you can splice the cable and run a line to there room but they will have to watch whatever you are watching, they can not turn the channel with out going into your room...

Yep, I was going to post exactly this but 8588 took the words right out of my mouth. Trying to splice like that basically defeats the entire purpose of having different TVs. The whole reason you have different TVs is to watch different things.

If you've got that many TVs, DirecTV can get pricey.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Yep, I was going to post exactly this but 8588 took the words right out of my mouth. Trying to splice like that basically defeats the entire purpose of having different TVs. The whole reason you have different TVs is to watch different things.

If you've got that many TVs, DirecTV can get pricey.

I guess not only can Direct TV get pricey if you have a lot of TVs, it can also get confusing. I have an 8 year old and a 5 year old. I can just see me explaining a Direct TV remote to them?! Right now they know how to turn the TV on and get to the Disney Channel and that works for them! Oh Well, some day!. Maybe Charter Communication will come around before next Fall and bring the NFL Network back. They dropped it around Dec 1 2005 and I drop their Sports Tier right after that!

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

This may not necessarily be deserving of its own thread, but I couldn't help but notice this:

"The NFL will place eight prime-time Thursday and Saturday games on its NFL Network starting in 2006, a senior league executive said.

The schedule is made up of games that would have been on Saturdays late in the season on CBS or Fox, or on those networks' regional schedules, said the executive, who was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the deal. The first game will be on Thanksgiving night, between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins."

http://www.statesman.com/sports/cont...8nflnotes.html

I thought they canceled that... I don't think that's right. I think it's Dallas and the Bucs

[dmek25]

i remember all the old thanksgiving day games against the cowboys.i wish we would start that again because it added to the rivalry.i think alot of our younger fans arent as intense for their hatred of the cowboys as they should be

[Redskins8588]

I am not sure if you can get it but Dish Network has the NFL Network on it now and I know that you can run 2 tvs off of 1 receiver with each tv watching a totally different station. But if you live out of the DC area then you will only get whatever games are on your locals and primetime.