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    Sirius XM being stalked by Dish?

    Are you sure about that? I know bankruptcy affects creditors, but regulatory rules aren't usually thrown out the window in a bankruptcy. They don't owe the FCC money.
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    Sirius XM being stalked by Dish?

    Sounds like a hostile takeover. Sirius and Dish shares are up on the news. How could it not be good for shareholders, unless sirius files chapter 11? Charlie can't steal the shares! If he's taking over the company he has to BUY the shares. Buying the debt up actually gives Sirius more time to...
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    sound dropping for a second?

    Add me to the list. It's a recent problem for us. My impression was that it was a problem with the boradcast, but it's been happening a lot in different scenarios.
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    Does DirectTV have any receivers that compare

    Does that BMW allow you to add external hard drives for unlimited archiving? BMW my ass. If we're using car analogies then Dish's current receivers are Lamborghinis compared to directv's Ford Pintos.
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    Sound lower on HD channels

    I found a simple solution to this, since it bugs the hell out of me. I run the sound from my receiver to my tv AND my surround sound system. I then set the volume up on the tv just high enough to supplement to the lower volume moments the dolby produces. That way I don't have to turn my 600...
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    Problems With TBS HD

    HD feed just dropped here.
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    SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 10/06/2007

    DIE SOX! Go ANGELS!!!
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    AT&T - DISH talks getting hot.

    Seems like a conflict of interest, U-Verse and satellite over the long term. I would expect one service to be shut down over the long term and the other to prevail. Dish is obviously in the better position now, but what happens when fiber optic is the standard across the country? And would AT&T...
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    Dish RV Question

    http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?skunum=24009&src=SRQB
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    Any news on new Dish HD channels

    You know what? Let the Japanese have it. HDTV is in danger of becoming like PCs, where every couple years you'll be outdated. We're already at 1080p, but with no programming options for that and none likely for a very, very long time. The world is just gearing up for 1080i and 720p. People are...
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    Still no 622 firmware released

    So, in other words, maybe Dish used an outside company? :D
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    No Starz HD on 2/1

    What about Playboy HD??????
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    Stern on Sirius?

    I don't know, but his show on Sirius is the best it's been in years. He's back to being the howard we all know and love.
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    Quantity or Quality in Your HD channels?

    Of course we didn't! We paid it to watch Mischievous Meerkats 10 times a week in glorious 1920 x 1080i! Personally I paid all that money, plus the monthly programming fee and 811 lease fee so I could wathc the same Chicago, Fleetwood Mac and Genesis concerts over and over again--on a program I...
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    Lifetime Gets Backup in EchoStar Spat

    Rush Limbaugh calls them the NAGS--the National Association of Gals. I mean c'mon--dropping Lifetime will deny women important access to health and social issues? Jesus.
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    Clarification please on HD-Lite

    See, this is where the confusion sets in. The only announcement I've seen are what Scott has been reporting and that is that VOOM is staying HD-Lite, or so I've understood. I haven't seen any reports that all of the new mpeg 4 channels will be 1280 x 1080. I'm certainly to trying to argue with...
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    Clarification please on HD-Lite

    I'm fairly confused here. Reading all the posts, I get the impression that Dish will be switching ALL of their HD channels to HD-Lite, but reading what Scott has reported, I get the impression that it is only VOOM. So which is it? Obviously, there's a big difference there. If it's just VOOM...
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    MPEG-4 will initially be MPEG-2!

    I'm not too savvy on this stuff, but I don't understand why, if mpeg4 is an issue, they can't broadcast the channels in mpeg 2 for everyone to see, start rolling outhe new receivers to existing customers, then switch to mpeg4 once everything is good. It seems that what they are doing is trying...
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    Input for Dish on possible VOOM Changes Being Made

    I think more likely is that they think the naked eye can't tell teh difference and by jus tsaying they're finetuning it, they're hoping that we will all think we see a clearer picture.
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    EchoStar Names New President, Vice Chairman

    Remember when they were trying to convince Directv to buy them out?
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    Post your VOOM Activation Stories here

    GOt my sw21 today and hooked my VOOM dish to my E* dish and called 'em up. Tech Support was taking far too long, so I called back and went to a regular csr. (yup India). I told her that I had all dishes hooked up and wanted my pack. She told me $5 a month, then putme on hold. She comes back and...
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    Post your VOOM Activation Stories here

    Looks like another VOOM feature has been included already? Installers from HELL!
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    Post your VOOM Activation Stories here

    CAlled Dish as an existing member and ex-voom sub. Told the CSR that I had a dish pointed at 61.5 and wanted her to add teh VOOM channels....pause....."how did you get a dish at 61.5? You can't even pick up that satellite" . This is where I explain to her that I have been getting a stronger...
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    That Giant Sucking Sound

    NO, but it directly misleads potential customers. It says they will be able to have 1500 HD channels nationwide. That is their latest ad. Nowhere in that ad does it say the best you're probably going to get individually is LILs, which most major markets already are able to get either thru cable...
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    That Giant Sucking Sound

    Directv isn't adding 1500 HDTV channels. It's false advertising of the worst kind. There aren't even 1500 HDTV channels available. It's all avbout locals and they are adding up the totals. And large metropolitan areas like Los Angeles will not benefit from it, since you can get a much better...
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