I would like to throw another voice into the call for Fox Soccer HD. I already e-mailed Verizon and told them this was a deal breaker for me. The only two things I care about on TV are the Phillies and soccer. If someone else offers FSC in HD before Verizon and also offeres Phillies games, I will switch as soon as my contract expires. (Technically, the local channels only offer 159 Phillies games this season because Verizon does not carry The Comcast Network, but since 2 of the other games are against Washington, I can get those games on CSN-MA, so I can live with missing one game).
Champions League in std. def is a drag. We need FSC-HD!!!!!!!!!
A couple clarifications for people: FSC's standard def. feed improved when they launched HD because they began receiving the satellite signal in native HD, which clarified their rebroadcast SD pictures (just a cropped version of the HD signal with lower resolution), although it is still clearly SD. Worry not about the World Cup. As long as you have ESPN-HD and ABC-HD, you will receive all World Cup matches in High Definition (Disney has not said yet, but I presume the USA games will be aired on ABC).
Threatening to move to DirectTV is a little silly because DirectTV is affiliated with Verizon so Verizon will still get your money.
Fox Soccer Plus is being advertised as a premium channel, much like Setanta is now. FS+ will take over Premier League games from Setanta. Technically speaking, FSC already owns those rights, they simply lease them to Setanta because they cannot show two live games at once. Now they can. The only English competition Setanta has the rights to is the League Cup. With the final on Feb. 28, they will no longer have anything to show (I don't know if they are going off the air or not, but I don't watch rugby or the French Ligue 1 so I don't really care).
Lastly, I have not heard of Comcast considering FSC HD. Where I live, in Hell-aware, the only provider that carries it is DISH network. I want to avoid satellite because I like watching TV when it is raining but may have no choice once the contract is up.
I will also vote with my wallet. If another provider offers FSC HD and Phillies games when my contract is up and Verizon still doesn't offer FSC HD, I will switch. Come on Verizon, what is taking so long!!!!!!!????????????
