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If we take a look back in history we had the following at the dawn of satellite TV: Echostar = E* Primestar = P* Alphastar = A* DirecTV = ??? So naturally in the infancy of the Internet forums, long before this forum existed, DirecTV became D* in shorthand to kinda match up with the others...

Ummm, nothing since DirecTV still has more HD with a bunch more launching in 3 days? :confused: ;)

Man, I always love how Dish's packages are so dang confusing. Keep adding the HD Dish, competition is only good. DirecTV should be right behind you with D11 going online in a month or less.

Charlie is in trouble for this reason as well: All these subs that have left Dish the past few months are now locked into 2 year commitments with DirecTV or cable/telcos (to get the best deals with triple play you are basically into a commitment and most people aren't going to just switch back...

All of them. In KA no less and they are only putting MPEG4 there. They already have over 100 HD channels on 103 alone. Plus dozens and dozens of local HD already up there. D11 just launched to go to 99. This will add capacity to 50 more national HD and the rest of the country in local HD...

Unless 100 more channels go HD by then DirecTV will have plenty of bandwidth and then some. DirecTV already has nearly every HD channel that is available and just launched a new sat with another on the way in 2009. Charlie can certainly catch up if he gets the bandwidth but he certainly isn't...

Well, they're all HD versions of SD channels you already have outside a couple HD only ones like Universal and HDNet. So you've probably heard of at least 90 of those 95. ;)

Those "attach to your dish" type antennas are typically all junk. I'd rather have bunny ears. My suggestion is to stop by the AVS Forum and go to the Local HD forum and find the thread for Grand Rapids. Thousand and thousands of posts from people right in your area that can give you tips on...

Believe me, I'm not discounting your experience. But I just wanted to point out that there are settings on the HR20 that can make channel changes quite slow. There are a *lot* of different settings available on the HR20 that allows people to pick just the right one for their equipment. Took...

Actually they didn't. D* kept on growing as they always had. Especially since during that time HD wasn't all that big out in the general public. Now it is starting to be that "big thing" that everyone gets. But even then, I don't see E* losing all that many customers due to them being...

The HR20 guide is far from slow. It is lightning fast. You hit page down and *bam* it's done. You can make it even faster by turning off guide animations in the display options. Now it might not be as fast as the 722 (no idea, I don't have one) but it certainly isn't slow. As for changing...

ABC is offered as is CBS and Fox. NBC is the only one not offered in HD (it is in SD) because they are owned by LIN.

??? Well you should have switched to DirecTV by now then. ;) The BSG movie last fall was in HD, some recent reruns have been in HD and both specials last week were in HD. Basically because DirecTV has had SciFi HD since launch. :D I hope you Dish guys get it soon.