Re: Verizon Launches FiOS TV in Massapequa Park; First Rollout in NY

No big deal over cable, direct and dish ... and they probably compress compress compress yielding a pic about as good as a VHS recording at SP. If anyone has/had Dish/Direct and now has FioStv ... how do the SD channels compare?

New Service Offers Consumers Better Television Technology, > True Competitive Choice and Greater Value > MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon unveiled FiOS > TV in New York today to residents of this village of 17,000 on Long > Island, making it the first community in the state to feature the new > service. Verizon will begin taking customer orders immediately. > "This is not cable TV. This is not satellite. This is FiOS TV," said > Bob Ingalls, president of Verizon's Retail Markets Group. "Customers > who liked what FiOS did for their Internet connection will love what > it does for their TV. We've harnessed the speed and capacity of > broadband with the power of broadcast to create a revolutionary, new > entertainment experience." > Information on packages and prices is available at: >
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> . Massapequa Park-area customers also can call > 1-877-4-FIOS-TV (1-877-434-6788) to see if they're able to order FiOS TV. > FiOS TV is designed to be a formidable competitor to cable and > satellite. It is delivered over Verizon's fiber-to-the-premises > (FTTP) network, which has industry-leading quality and reliability. > Fiber delivers amazingly sharp pictures and sound, and has the > capacity to transmit a wide array of high-definition programming that > is so clear and intense it seems to leap from the TV screen. It also > delivers Internet download speeds of up to 30 Mbps (megabits per > second) and upload speeds of up to 5 Mbps as well as high-quality > voice services. > Verizon's network design includes backup facilities not common to > traditional cable systems, such as duplicate "super head ends" where > the TV service receives national programming. (More information about > FiOS TV and fiber optics is available in Verizon's online News Center > at
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.) > Service highlights include: > * A broad collection of all-digital programming and compelling consumer > choice - with more than 330 total channels and more on the way. > * A lead offer with more than 180 digital video and music channels, for > $39.95 a month. > * More than 20 high-definition channels, with extraordinary clarity and > theater-quality sound. > * More than 1,800 video-on-demand titles available to customers now, > increasing to 2,000 titles in the next several months. > * Channels grouped by genres such as entertainment, sports, news, > shopping, movies and family, making it easy for audiences to find > their favorite programming. > * An easy-to-use interactive programming guide that integrates HD > programming, video on demand and the digital video recorder along > with broadcast television into a seamless user experience. > > * A dual-tuner DVR that gives customers the freedom to pause and rewind > live TV, record one show while watching another, and fast forward to > their favorite part of the program - all without a VCR, tapes or > DVDs. > -
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