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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    Roku in HD looks very good. It's been a while since I had Dish, put it's as good or better than Uverse HD. SD stuff is very, very good and most is anamorphic wide-screen so it plays well on a widescreen HD set. FWIW - Roku does do more than just netflix. It allows streaming of Amazon...
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    Eastern Arc Dish Info & Install Guide

    Question - I live in Austin TX and my HD locals are on 61.5. I subscribe to the HD Ultimate pack and have the new smart cards. I do not currently receive the HD locals via sat as I only have one dish installed and didn't want the clutter of a second one. Would installing a 1000.4 allow me to...
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    How to get a 61.5 dish added?

    Hi, I'm in the Austin market and have seen that Dish now has Locals in HD available. I have a few questions about adding a 61.5 dish to pick these up (currently running a 1000.2 with a single 622). First - does this 'wing' dish mount on its own pole, or does it share the mounting post of my...
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    I signed up for the 29.99 Hd Only Everything Pack Today

    I tried chat again and was able to get the HD Only pack. The message from the agent was a bit confusing. She told me the HD pack was only for folks without a qualifying pack, so I'd have to drop all of my existing channels in order to get it. So, I essentially downgraded to no package, then...
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    I signed up for the 29.99 Hd Only Everything Pack Today

    I have a 622. No contract - that was one of the specific things that made me choose Dish over Direct last year was that I could pay the $49 installation fee and avoid any commitment. I think the subs that have gotten the package must either own their equipment, or just got lucky with a CSR...
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    I signed up for the 29.99 Hd Only Everything Pack Today

    Response back from ceo@dishnetwork.com was that current customers can't get the HD Only Pack. It's not considered a 'qualifying' pack for leasing a 622 for existing customers, only for new customers. Again, I'm not under contract and only have 1 receiver, account in good standing, over a year...
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    I signed up for the 29.99 Hd Only Everything Pack Today

    I tried changing from AT250 to the HD Only pack a few minutes ago via online chat. I was told I couldn't as the offer was for new customers or customers who don't have a programming pack. I'm under no contract with Dish and my account has always been in good standing - which I pointed out to...
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    I signed up for the 29.99 Hd Only Everything Pack Today

    Couple of questions for ya... Did you order the local channels? If so, does that include SD and HD locals? Also, are SD PPV channels available for purchase with this pack? Thanks!
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    New DishHD $29.99 HD Only Package Details

    I'm very tempted to switch from AT250 + HD to this. 99% of my viewing is locals, TLC, Discovery and Versus. The only reason I have AT250 vs AT100 is Versus - I like the bike racing. Does anyone know if the SD PPV channels will be accessible via this package? Seems like they wouldn't want...
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    AT&T 622HZ (Homezone)

    You're locked into ATT for the VOD since they do single billing. Order the VOD, it gets applied to your monthly ATT bill. Without an ATT/Yahoo account, you couldn't order VOD, or do the remote DVR programming - as that occurs through the Yahoo/ATT account as well. I had the SD version of this...
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    Tour de France on Versus HD

    Here's another vote. The only reason I have AT250 is so I can get Versus for the bike racing. Seeing it in HD would be great - though I wonder if they'd really have HD cameras in use during the race itself. Seems like the cameras would be a bit bulky and the transmission stream a bit dense...
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    Significant stories about Dish

    I've been with them for about 2 months or so and I've seen: - 622 'for free' lease - A&E HD added - Cinemax HD added - RSN HD's added - New software features Seems like a decent amount of stuff less than 3 months.
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    What is leased receiver fee for?

    Where do you get that it doesn't cost Dish anything to provide those services? They have to pay for the guide info, the have to pay for development of features like external hard drives, they have to pay to establish the infrastructure for HD and HD LiLs, etc. That's the whole purpose of...
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    Dish / AT&T Homezone - New 1022 receiver

    Speaking as a former Homezone user, it's a great concept with poor implementation, imo. The 'basics' were bad - the UI around the DVR and user guide were just really, really poor. Ex: on the 'my recordings' list, you couldn't sort or search at all. So, you had 130 hours of programming recorded...
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    EchoStar: No 'Backseat' to DIRECTV On HDTV

    I'm pretty sure the CEO knows how many 622's he's sold. If not, they have some pretty big issues. :) For the DirecTV ads - I was on a flight yesterday and was reading the airline's magazine. There was a DirecTV ad speaking to how much superior their HD content was - showing 'Cable' with a...
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    who has the better Hd Dvr

    The features of the HR20 with the stability of the 622 would be a huge winner, imo. I was very torn between the two - dual OTA, folders, mp3 & photo streaming vs. a seemingly stable platform with a few less features. I ended up going with the 622 because I figured I'd rather have less...
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    E* - better encoders ?

    I switched from D* to E* a few months ago, after using D* for 5+ years. My opinion is that E* is slightly better on national SD feeds, but much worse on my local SD feeds. D* local SD's in my area were superior to anything I could get off of cable or OTA (not comparing to HD - those definitely...
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    5.3 IR Remote Code for Sony HTIB?

    Don't know if this is the right forum for this type of question. If not, sorry... Anyway, I had a vip622 installed today. Everything is working great, except I can't seem to get the 5.3ir remote to control my Sony receiver. The model is DAV-DX255. It's been out a while and previous...
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    AT&T Homezone Update

    Prices on the Akimbo stuff via Homezone isn't bad. Most content is free. Some is priced $1-$2, and you get the keep the content for 30 days - which compares favorably to Movielink which is $3-$5 for 24 hours. Content is all over the place - best I can describe is it's essentially Youtube with a...
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    1000.2 Dish question

    I'm having a 622 installed in a couple of weeks. I'll just have that one receiver. I've signed up for Top100, Locals and HD. I noticed on the invoice it mentioned a 1000.2 dish was included. I'm in Austin TX, where HD locals aren't available yet, but are 'on the list' of potential future...
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    Homezone HD

    Current Homezone is SD only. The service is a neat concept, but I ended up canceling tonight. My biggest complaint was with the functionality of the DVR and Guide - it was really poor. You could sort the 'my recordings' list, you couldn't record anything that you couldn't select in the guide...
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    Should I wait till Feb 1?

    What constitutes a 'new' customer? If my wife were to call and sign up, same address, different name, different phone, different credit card - is she a 'new' customer?
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    Switch to AT&T Dish from Dish

    I have Homezone and am actually thinking of ditching it and moving to something else. It works well in some areas, but there are some significant usability issues that are really annoying, including: - No way to sort 'My Recordings' : The only option is to view items in the order they were...
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    HomeZone

    Yep - all the initial talk and photos of the box were showing HD. However, the shipping product is SD. The rep I spoke to said they were working on HD, but didn't have an ETA. It would have to be a hardware change as well as the box that's shipping does not have OTA input or HDMI output.
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    HomeZone

    I had it installed about a week ago. I'm coming from several years on a DirectTivo. My thoughts: Pros: - Excellent integration. The Launchcast Music channels, ability to store mp3's and photos on the box and the web remote are all very cool and will see a lot of use. The Movielink stuff works...
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