Nice to see the new HD channels are on

[digiblur]

You have to be receiving the SD channel to get the HD twin channel. That's the way it works. It's called an "incentive" to expand your subscription level.

Those that pay the most money, get the most HD.

I was being sarcastic to the OP...

[8bitbytes]

Instead of making someone get 250 channels why not tack on some money to the HD package if you want the premiums? Say $25 instead of $20. That's fair. There is NO REASON at all to do it the way Charlie is other then to nail us.

It's the same with the external HD charge. What's up with that? While I gladly paid it where did they come up with $39.95? What is the fee for? Why not $9.95? I mean you can downgrade for $5.

He knows everyone wants this, figure out the revenue alone at $39.95 times the amount of people that will get this feature now and in the future.

All I ask for is fair pricing.

What are all the competitors offering and their TOTAL/Monthly costs? What is the flexibility of those options and what is the PQ and customer service like? Fair pricing comes from a free market. Railing on E* might make you feel better but doesn't explain why you should be right and Charlie is wrong.

I'm not posing as a fanboy for E*, but, I know what country I live in.

[8bitbytes]

I think at the end of the day, Direct is going to kill Dish with their HD offerings, and if not Comcast will.

They haven't yet...

[pdxsam]

This is just getting ridiculous! I know I am not alone in getting sick of seeing these ridiculous posts about what we will or will not have in the future!

I hear that. I never understood folks who service hopped so much. I've had Dish since '99. It was then and still is the best for me. I loved MLB EI but Dish doesn't have it. I still sub. Never thought of leaving.

It's too big a pain in the rump to move things around and get used to new equipment.
Dish is my comfortable shoe. New shoes cost more and hurt too much in the beginning so I wear what I have comfortably.

[JThree]

8AM - Sunrise Earth on APHD is standard def and cropped, not in HD.

Not for me. Looked great. In fact, aspect ratio was wider than 16:9.

That's why I assume it wasn't HD. The HD version of Sunrise Earth on Discovery HD Theater is 16:9 with no bars. Animal Planet SD airs Sunrise Earth letterboxed. Today on Animal Planet HD Sunrise Earth had thin bars at the top and bottom because they were cropping and stretching the letterboxed SD version.

[LER]

I've been a Dish Subscriber since 1999, at 3 different houses now, and won't switch.

1) the DVR's are great (Especially the 622's).
2) the service is fairly priced
3) the channel lineups mostly make sense (they've added some shopping channels in weird places lately, but Oh well).
4) the service works.

I've had ONLY DVR's, and won't have a non-[pd]vr in the house.

[8bitbytes]

I was being sarcastic to the OP...

You had me wondering there...

[ScoBuck]

And these new HD channels are in what resolution?

[8bitbytes]

I hear that. I never understood folks who service hopped so much. I've had Dish since '99. It was then and still is the best for me. I loved MLB EI but Dish doesn't have it. I still sub. Never thought of leaving.

This is why you see more and more service providers with 18 month and 2 year contracts/agreements because of all these service hoppers who fancy themselves savvy consumers by changing services every 12 months to scoop all the best deals. It's just like ebay fever where bidding is more important than actual savings. You could buy most of the stuff on ebay for the same price or less elsewhere but there they are driving the bid up

[mdonnelly]

And these new HD channels are in what resolution?

We're all waiting for Gary Murrell to weigh in on that.