Man, am I the only one that feels a little let down ?

[waltinvt]

I wish I could articulate as well as some of you in this group but I can't, so I'll say it flat out. If this is it - the big Dish announcments we've been waiting for and they're done, then I am really disappointed - angry even.

After all the HD related talk "E" has done via Chats, responses to our emails, information passed to the various forum mods, etc, this is what it sounds like they're really saying:

1. For everyone that invested relativly big $$ in Dish HD receivers recently your reward is you're not going to get ANY new HD unless you're willing to bend over and let us do it again with another new HD receiver.

2. The quality of the HD programming you thought you were signing on to when you invested these $$ has been downgraded and you're just going to have to live less than what we showed you to lure you in.

3. We know we've caused a lot of confusion and speculation over recent weeks with all the uplink activity but that was really just our way of insuring we got your attention here at the CES show.

4. And as for the rate increases, well we need that to help offset the cost of subsidizing new customers to the MPEG4 format.

Maybe I'm jumping the gun here but unless there's more coming, I'm feeling like Charlie Brown after Lucy's lifted the football away again.

[NightRyder]

IMO: There is just not enough real info to make me feel one way or the other at this point. Things we don't know yet.

1. What Dish will offer to existing customers for receiver/equipment upgrades.

2. What the final resolution of the new HD channels will be.

3. Whether they will mirror the new HD on 61.5.

I'm taking a wait and see approach, not that I have much choice given my alternatives...Lousy cable with no HD, No OTA and DirecTv who has already proven they are no friend to HD.


NightRyder

[Buji]

IMO: There is just not enough real info to make me feel one way or the other at this point. Things we don't know yet.
1. What Dish will offer to existing customers for receiver/equipment upgrades.
2. What the final resolution of the new HD channels will be.
3. Whether they will mirror the new HD on 61.5.
I'm taking a wait and see approach, not that I have much choice given my alternatives...Lousy cable with no HD, No OTA and DirecTv who has already proven they are no friend to HD.
NightRyder

I was going to say how let down I was too until I read NightRyder's post. I guess we'll have to wait and see how badly we're screwed.

[waltinvt]

Oh I guess you're right, we really have to wait and see.

I don't mean to sound so cynical, it's just this funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I mean it's not like "E" has ever tried to leave their high tier existing customers out in the cold or anything.

Ok, ok, I'll stop. ..........................................................................................
.........but what about when they................................................and then there's the time................never mind, I'll shut up and go home now.

[rthomp03]

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I just can't understand why Dish pulls this crap and can't bother to explain themselves or provide information as to how they are going to take care of us existing customers. I own my own 811 and currently only have a Dish 500. To receive ESPN2-HD I'll have to shell out money to get a 211/411 as well as either a Dish 1000 or another dish and a DP44. Shell out bigger bucks to get what I really want a HD DVR. What I've seen the only thing talked about for the 622 is the lease option with $299 up front. HD pack goes up $10, lease fee for 622 is probably $5 and DVR fee of at least $5, means my bill goes up $20.

[NightRyder]

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Oh I guess you're right, we really have to wait and see.

I don't mean to sound so cynical, it's just this funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I mean it's not like "E" has ever tried to leave their high tier existing customers out in the cold or anything.

Ok, ok, I'll stop. ..........................................................................................
.........but what about when they................................................and then there's the time................never mind, I'll shut up and go home now.

Walt, I was really hoping E* would light up the HD-DNS today too. Looks like another SuperBowl in blur-a-vision.


NightRyder