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Old 04-08-2015, 11:44 AM  
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Hi. I'm Lying Out My Ass Rob Lowe....
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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http://www.kmbc.com/money/directv-to...inkId=13415653
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Old 04-08-2015, 08:55 PM   #61
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Everything on every channel is available On Demand. For someone like me that doesn't get to the TV until around 10:30pm each night, it's awesome to be able to stream any movie or program on the premium channels and watch whenever I want, regardless of what's actually on.
I have a DVR for that.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:25 PM   #62
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Everything on every channel is available On Demand. For someone like me that doesn't get to the TV until around 10:30pm each night, it's awesome to be able to stream any movie or program on the premium channels and watch whenever I want, regardless of what's actually on.
Our Comcast (Xfinity) does that. I just despise the UX of the interface and menus, and it's set up where the DVRis one main box and all others are slave boxes, which often can't connect to the main, and always can't pause nor rewind live TV.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:31 PM   #63
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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.
Jesus. Talk about pissing your money away.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:37 PM   #64
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Explained to you in the other thread: work expense.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:40 PM   #65
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I have a DVR for that.
I rarely have time to even set things up on the DVR, other than the kid's stuff, so it really works well for me, especially since I never see the promo's and pretty much never know what's currently airing.

Also, I originally missed a great series on Showtime hosted by David Steinberg that I saw one night, so I downloaded On Demand every previous episode and binge watched, which is also another great feature.

Plus, I'm Captain Insano when it comes to video and audio quality and quite frankly, I think all of the cable providers pale in comparison. U-Verse doesn't hold a candle to DTV's broadcasts, either, IMO.
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I was hanging out with a girl in college (NWMSU), getting drunk, and she suddenly blurted out "I want to **** Rob Lowe!"

That night, she did!
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Old 04-09-2015, 01:30 AM   #67
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So when does the complaint come in about Dish claiming they have "the same sports"? Pretty sure Bob Dole pays an annual fee for NFL games Dish doesn't have.

Oh...and 6>1. That changes everything.
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Old 04-09-2015, 03:43 AM   #68
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DirectTV has partially corrected this issue. It is still present but takes a lot more to disrupt signal then when they first came out. My roommates had it a couple years back and I was honestly surprised at the reliability. It really had to be raining cats and dogs for it to go down.
bullcrap. My dads signal goes out when it sprinkles. DTV has been out 3 times to do adjustments and it never fixes the issue. They can take their signal quality and shove it. He is actually going back to cable as soon as the contract ends.
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Old 04-09-2015, 07:21 AM   #69
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"hilarious ad campaign"?

Can we sue whoever wrote this story for a false statement?
Hilarious is in the eye of the beholder. I think the commercials are hilarious too.

I also think it's a bitch move by Comcast to complain about obvious parody commercials. It just shows that the commercials are effective.
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Old 04-09-2015, 07:31 AM   #70
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