Fox Soccer in HD

[pgsimons]

FOx Soccer will be available in HD starting in March.  Please add!

[romeofios]

I love FIOS TV but Direct TV is putting them to shame by offering FSCHD and GOLTVHD .... I put up with no MSGHD (champions league games in hd) thanks to Dolan at Cablevision. If they don't respond and add at least FSCHD, I may have to switch to DirectTV that offers everything.

[arshavin231]

+1 for fsc hd. Its sad that its been an entire year and they still dont have it.

[arsenal4]

The picture quality for today's arsenal birmingham match was pathatic- you could barely see the ball and I thought I was back in 1980   well, not bad, but to see that HD in the upper corner is madning!!!    You guys have 2 months to get your act togehter before I depart....I can't believe you are adding the Ophray channel  WTH???

[Pippo2]

1 year is enough waiting for 1 channel ... does anyone know how much is the cancelation fee a year before the contract ends?

And it won't be hard to find another provider because they all have FSC HD and GOL HD ...

[mdr227]

I think it is at least $150 to cancel before your term ends, but not 100% sure.

There have been a lot of questions this week on twitter to @FIOSTV about FSC HD and he said it's the very next channel, but can't give a timeline.   I assume it won't be until later in January when Verizon drops some existing HD channels (we got notification of one or two being dropped in mid to late January).    It has sounded like FSC HD has been next for a couple of months now, hope we get it before the next round of CL matches. 

I did ask too about FSC Plus HD and the answer was several more HD channels ahead of it. 

[Surfersex]

I tell u it's sad because Verizon added the OWN network in HD on 01/01/2011 -> No HD capacity--> right 😉

Their response is always $$ for them.

They do not care about football (soccer).  It became evident to me when they added the other HD channel NFL RedZone on 09/13/2010.

The only way to see HD soccer is to switch, plain and simple.  That's my plan and I do not mine paying extra as along as I have SOCCER!

[hamoonhedayat]

ok...i normally don't post...but here's the latest based on my conversation with call center person...i called to disconnect b/c of no FSC HD FiOS.  she said she's reading from an internal website that it's coming in March....she actually read the internal announcement to me and it sounded legit  like she was reading from a real document....got a few dollars off  my monthly bill b/c of my dissatisfaction with FiOS re no FSC HD...i'm staying tuned.

btw i almost went with dish but that would have cost almost $200 for local phone/broadband/dish...today i pay $150 (after discounts) for triple play with FioS (30MB) and HBO/Showtimes with DVR and HD set top box...not bad

[mdr227]

What, March!?!?!?!    That is ridiculous to have wait two more months when we've all been told many times by @FIOSTV on twitter that it's the next HD channel to be added.  It can't take two months + to add an HD Channel. That will be a full 12 months after it was released in March of 2010.   I have absolutely no hope that the $15 I pluck down a month for FSC Plus that it will also be in HD one day (or GOL TV). 

[PsUMattDE]

Mdr-

It CAN take two months...

VZ is completely out of channel capacity right now - they can't add ANYTHING until they get IPTV up and running (the big PR story you saw last week).

If they had room for FSC HD, it would've been added 6 months ago. It's just that they don't.  Yes, they screwed up - but now we wait for IPTV to get started, and we'll be rewarded for our pain.

[ConorCoen]

Latest tweet from @FiOSTV

" Well soccer fans less than happy status update - FSC HD has been bumped to #2 - will now come after BET HD"

meaning what date now?

[mdr227]

I just saw that on twitter.   Really stinks.  We've been told since November that Fox Soccer in HD was next in line and also that GOL TV was in the next five, but now to hear this is really disappointing.  Who knows when it will be now and what will get bumped ahead of it. 

[arsenal4]

it means nothing- once they add the extra space, we will get all our channels added-  we are all playing that waiting game----the best way for them to add Fox Soccer HD is for me to switch to another carrier- then within a week they will add it   🙂

[mdr227]

@FIOSTV made it seem the reason BET HD is being added first is that it has more viewers than FSC which is true, but how many people would leave FIOS for Direct TV or Dish because they don't carry BET in HD?   I bet not that many, especially compared to how many have left and/or are considering leaving FIOS because they still don't have FSC in HD.  Also, how many people have not moved to FIOS yet from the other providers because there is no FSC HD?   Sit coms are far more watchable in SD on an HD TV than sporting events like soccer are.    Unfortunately for me it is no easily feasible to switch back to Dish or move to Direct TV, but I certainly would not have switched to FIOS now if I had the choice.  

[ConorCoen]

The various football seasons might well be over by the time we get FSC HD........if that did happen I then wonder if they would bother adding it until the new season in august? 

[kbm61756]

It is almost one year since Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Soccer Plus have been available in HD.  How much longer do we have to wait?  Or do we need to switch to another provider?  The excuses are nonsense.

[glee323]

i was just hooked with fios internet, tv, and phone today but i'm extremely disappointed the quality of fox soccer channel and fox soccer plus. i'm also paying an additional $15 for a horrible standard def channel. I'm also not getting GOL TV.

Time warner provides both FSP HD and GOL TV HD for only $5.95 a month. FSC HD was part of the standard digital package.

i just contacted time warner to switch my tv service back with them.

if verizon doesn't have any more channels to give then replace the standard channel with the high def.  How many fios tv customers are still using a standard def tv anyway?

[usuario74]

They dont get it. I only use Verizon FIOS for Soccer mainly. I pay over $100 for Extreme HD + Sport package.

Well we dont get any soccer (real football) in HD while TimeWarner has it.

I am about to ditch FIOS. By the way.  

Also... what about BBCAmerica in HD. It is funny (well, not so) to watch BBC America and see them advertising the HD version we can't get on Verizon!!

Verizon telemarketing keep calling me to sell me movie package...from now own I will tell them that what I want is HD soccer channels or stop bothering me with their calls.

[mdr227]

Thanks Verizon, really enjoyed watching Champions League on FSC and FSC + in SD this week.   Keep up the good work.    Can't wait to see it again next week with the great low quality feed you are providing us. 

[PsUMattDE]

Update: The gears have started to move to have FSC HD go live...stay tuned...we're in the homestretch.

[Rhodyman]

So, sometime in 2012 eh?!

[Pippo2]

Verizon has the worst picture quality Soccer channel in the world 😮

I like fios and the internet BUT when I watch the soccer games it undones every good thing there is in the package.

I have made my mind to switch to another cable operator, who offers FSC HD, GolTV HD and FSC+ HD, when my contract expires.