HanleyDavidson Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I cant get the damn Marlins game and it says on channel 634 which is fsn florida to watch the game on 635 and it says I have to upgrade some crap. what the hell im a paying customer. anyone else expiriencing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I cant get the damn Marlins game and it says on channel 634 which is fsn florida to watch the game on 635 and it says I have to upgrade some crap. what the hell im a paying customer. anyone else expiriencing this? Yes, and I HATE it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchoftheday Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 add me to the list ... it's lame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonDigital Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 My dad was just complaining to me about this. He emailed direct tv. Perhaps Capefish can give us some more details on the matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossInfoMan Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Any of the games that were originally supposed to be on PAX this year were moved to the FSN/Sun Sports Alt Channel (channel 635) on DirecTV. With the increased cost of showing these games, DirecTV decided to make this channel available only on the Plus or Premier packages. I wrote a thread about this recently (http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...=1&t=60849&st=0). Here is the response I got from DirecTV regarding this: "Thanks for writing. I understand your concern about paying more to be able to watch the Florida Marlins games. A total of 95 Florida Marlins regular games in 2006 are scheduled on FSN Florida (ch 634) for customers with Total Choice. This year, DIRECTV reached an agreement with FSN Florida to offer an additional 49 games previously broadcast by last year's rights holder: WPXM in Miami and WPXP in Palm Beach, FL. These games are available on FSN Florida/Sun Sports Alternate 1 (ch 635) to customers with Total Choice Plus programming packages and above. Because sports is some of the most expensive programming we offer, we made a business decision to make these additional games available only in Total Choice Plus. For only $5 more, you can upgrade your DIRECTV base package from Total Choice to Total Choice Plus. This gives you an additional 34 channels and will allow you to view up to 150 Florida Marlins games this season on your local RSN. This does not impact the regular 95 Florida Marlins games that are still available to Total Choice customers in 2006 on FSN Florida (ch 634)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanleyDavidson Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 still thats not fair I believe this is a conspiracy to make us go out to the ballpark to waste our money to watch this team lose and get nowhere this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossInfoMan Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 still thats not fair I believe this is a conspiracy to make us go out to the ballpark to waste our money to watch this team lose and get nowhere this year. This was not something done by the Marlins, this was a decision by DirecTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchoftheday Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 still thats not fair I believe this is a conspiracy to make us go out to the ballpark to waste our money to watch this team lose and get nowhere this year. :plain dont mind going to the stadium although it does get expensive ... but to pay an extra fee to see a south florida team in south florida is an outrage looks like I wont be watching many games at all again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoFish Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 call them to bitch and make them upgrade your account at least during the baseball season. Tell them you will switch to dish network that has it if they don't do it. Customer should always be happy so it might work lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CHRISTYTOD Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Does anyone else have Direct TV and have to watch games on channel 635 now? Any idea why this change was made from 634 FSN? I don't get 635 - that is why I am asking. I appreciate any info anyone has on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CHRISTYTOD Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Didn't see this topic when I started a new one on the subject - thanks for the info everyone - at least we can watch the regular FSN games on the dish - I'll just have to skip the old PAX games I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeWrecker Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 that sucks... FSN is a basic channel, and has right too all to the Fish games, so so should anyone who has FSN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamibaseball Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 the weekend of may 19 to 21 you be able see game because their let you see TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malman Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Just pay the $5.00 - cheap bastards... :mischief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamibaseball Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 i already have direct tv plus i am looking at tonight game i but that message for people who donot have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 What a crock of @*!! :mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSN Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 does anyone know a listing of those 49 games which were the former PAX games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 still thats not fair I believe this is a conspiracy to make us go out to the ballpark to waste our money to watch this team lose and get nowhere this year. :thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapeFish Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 does anyone know a listing of those 49 games which were the former PAX games? http://www.fsnflorida.com/schedule_fsn_marlins.jsp They say MARLINS next to them in that listing. Example: 7:00PM (MLB) Florida Marlins '06 (SUN) 5 Marlins at Pirates (L) MARLINS 05/13/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boog Sciambi Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 jesus christ its $5.00 save yourself a f***ing happy meal and watch the marlins 49 more times. Its 9.8 cents a game more lol and how many of you are actually paying for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malman Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 jesus christ its $5.00 save yourself a f***ing happy meal and watch the marlins 49 more times. Its 9.8 cents a game more lol and how many of you are actually paying for this? Not to mention the other 30 or so channels you get...jeez it's only $5.00 bucks a month. Give me a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradk258 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I keep hearing that the games are being broadcast in HD. On Comcast, does anyone know what channel that is? Is the game broadcast on DirectTV via HD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 3 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I experienced the same thing the other night when this first started. I upgraded to Total Choice Plus and got more channels plus the Marlins games for $5.00. I think it just took people by surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I've always had this as part of my service so it didn't really bug me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriaLovesVegas Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Extorsion. Marlin fans always getting milked for an extra buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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