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  1. alcheez

    Turbo HD Packages any updates?

    Um, they didn't? Absolute customers are reporting they basically get the equivalent of Turbo HD Gold + Platinum. So, any Absolute customer that has them has a magical Absolute account, much like my magical Turbo Silver account which still somehow gets everything. And really, even if they...
  2. alcheez

    Turbo HD Packages any updates?

    Agreed on both fronts - although if it was Dish's intent from the beginning to give all the HD channels to TurboHD packages, I can't fault them too heavily for saying that - this is part of the risk of being the first to try something. They probably been more proactive in at least approaching...
  3. alcheez

    CSN - Philly?

    Indeed. Comcast has a setup that gets them around being required to offer the channel to satellitte companies, and so they don't offer it to them. Apparently they think it's worth more to them in subscribers who will stay with them for the channel than the money they'd get selling it to...
  4. alcheez

    Blackout question ch 140 espn (phillies & mets)

    Exactly. The blackout rules don't care whether a local broadcast is available from the TV provider in question, only whether there IS a local broadcast. No satellitte customers in the Phillies blackout area were able to see the game on ESPN last night, because CSN Philly had it, and Comcast...
  5. alcheez

    Turbo HD package subscribers...there may be hope!!!

    Yup. You and I are among the few lucky ones on this. Not sure what makes our accounts special.
  6. alcheez

    Dish Change Platinum !

    Why, at this point, would someone have Platinum if they didn't think it was worth $10 a month?
  7. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    Classic. "I don't care about these channels, so the rest of you are stupid for caring."
  8. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    I think that's the root of it - I switched from Classic Silver HD to Turbo Silver right after the Turbo packages went publically available to existing subscribers, and I got Fox News HD when it launched and now all the Viacoms. I'm not sure what they have screwed up behind the scenes on my...
  9. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    I am. They screwed up their initial pricing for TurboHD, at least assuming they had initial visions of continuing to put all HD channels in Turbo packages. What's the gap between a Turbo package and the corresponding Classic + HD package now? Like 15 bucks? And that was after the stiff...
  10. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    Well, given the channels being added, it was going to be a given that Silver and Gold weren't getting anything more than Bronze. The Absolute thing kind of sucks, however. One question though - back before existing subscribers were (supposed to be) allowed to get Turbo HD, was there a special...
  11. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    I guess that makes it it official. My account = magic.
  12. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    Which is to say, they can, but maybe they don't actually KNOW that they can...
  13. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    Obviously they can, because I've got them all on Turbo... Maybe my account is their test account...
  14. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    Whatever it is, I'm not complaining. Though the 3 it seems like the rest of you got were actually the 3 I'd most want out of this group anyhow.
  15. alcheez

    4/9/2009 7:04pm - Uplink Activity Report - 27 changes

    Not "all"... my account still seems to be charmed for some reason.
  16. alcheez

    ALL VIACOMS HD ARE ON !!!

    Other Turbo subs are only getting a few of the channels? I'm Turbo Silver and I've got all 6 (doesn't look like BET was actually uplinked) Of course, I've always had Fox News too...
  17. alcheez

    The NL East

    I'm aware, I'm a Phillies fan - I watched the game. Very nice outing, though he was fortunate that one or two of the mistakes he did make were hit to left and the wind kept them in the park. You act like I'm dissing him. He's a very solid pitcher, keeps the ball down, knows how to pitch. He's...
  18. alcheez

    The NL East

    That is basically my opinion. He's got a ton of poise for his age, and clearly knows how to pitch, but, IMO, he doesn't have the kind of dominant stuff to be a legit #1.
  19. alcheez

    The NL East

    Good luck with that, since they don't play tomorrow :D And Jurrjens is a solid young pitcher, but I don't think it's likely that he's ever really going to wow anyone.
  20. alcheez

    channel upgrade?

    G4 was on free preview and that just ended today.
  21. alcheez

    NCAA PQ on Sunday

    True story. There were peroids/venues the last couple days where I was choosing the Dish feed over OTA.
  22. alcheez

    MLB TV

    Some were, like this weekend's semi-finals and finals, but a lot of them were on MLB Network, especially last weekend and earlier this weekend since ESPN/ESPN 2 were tied up with conference tournament/NIT basketball.
  23. alcheez

    CBS College Sports HD PQ is Atrocious

    Yeah, the CBS C game was the first game I watched, but when I got the evening games on CBS, I've not been particularly impressed - and I have CBS OTA as well as via the Dish, so it was a source issue, not a Dish compression issue. The CBS C game was actually pretty comparable to what I'm seeing...
  24. alcheez

    CBS Tourney

    4 channels? You mean to give you access to all the games? Nope, that's a DirecTV exclusive.
  25. alcheez

    CBS College Sports HD PQ is Atrocious

    And I have to say I was also pumped to finally be able to watch that elusive 5 pm ET first game on TV. It always bothered me that there was basketball being played that I couldn't watch except on my computer.
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