I no longer think of DishHD as an HD service. I think of it as a form of ED - Enhanced Definition, a higher standard of ED, that I call ED+. It is much better than SD, and it is nice to have all of these good ED+ channels. But there is not a single channel, outside of maybe the HD demo channel, that I consider to have good quality HD.
I don't feel the term HD-lite is one that can broadly represent the quality of the DishHD channels, as that term has come to be defined as down-rezzed HD. Many of E*s "HD" channels fall short of good quality HD due to compression, even the HD-lite channels are further deteriorated by over-compression.
So I think of it as ED+. Super Definition might be okay too. A standard that is above EDTV, which can be up to 720x576 - or some ED plasmas went up to 852x480, but falls short of True HD in resolution and/or sufficient bandwidth.
As such I think of myself as a Dish ED+ subscriber and have come to accept that I have no way, at present, to subscribe to a true HD service. Although I do get some true HD for free via OTA. Not all OTA channels or programs are good quality, but some are excellent.
Bummer! That is all I have to say... BUMMER! UGGH