As I noted, I don't use 16 tuners, but I do use more than even the HWS+SuperJoey allowed for on occasion. That alone was worth upgrading to the H3. I was on the HWS and then the H3 within an hour and noticed that the H3 was nearly instantaneous compared to any other HDDVR from any provider.
As to costs, well again you seem to be unaware of what upfront costs and fees are out there. With Dish you can expand to a larger installation that will cost you more upfront and each month thereafter. With D* the very same issue sticks its head up. The only 'free' install for a multi-room is a single Genie plus some minis. Any other setup costs more upfront, I believe the last figures I had showed adding HRs to the mix was at $199 a pop upfront. With the H3 you can use more Joeys effectively than you can Genie+Minis, and that's because of the tuners.
In families I know that have satellite in multi-room setups, your tuner use would be considered a non-starter as they use more than that now.
As to the business side of things. I don't care whether Dish adds or loses subs, if their stock price goes up or down or any of the other things that don't affect how it all works. Those are not my problems, they are Dish's. And while I wish for less contentious renewal of contracts I also see the handwriting on the wall. More contentious is most likely what we'll all see regardless of provider.
For programming, well I can't imagine a single channel that I would watch that is missing from Dish's lineup. It would be nice if all were HD, especially the premiums, but as long as I can do VOD in HD for almost everything it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. At this point in time, there is nothing that cable, tivo, D* could do that would entice me to switch again. The H3 is the game changer IMO!
And that is part and parcel of forums like this. Healthy discussion, agreements and disagreements and help along the way.
