Recent content by bluuz

I signed up for Comcast a while back. No vaporware here. I get HBO-HD, SHO-HD, StarzHD, MaxHD, INHD 1 & 2, ABC-HD, and NBC-HD. In February, I Comcast notified me that DVRs were available, and I got a Moto 6208 that records HD. Upstairs in the bedroom a have a Moto 5100 HD receiver. I quit...

Buyout, merger, neither would surprise me. Echostar would fit nicely on the ladder of a number of media companies. It's true that if you're stock starts shooting up it may because you have a bullseye painted on you, for sure.

Ok, Ok, the channels are moving. Can we have our HBO and SHO guide info back now?

That's interesting. I was doing some comparisons between my 6000 and a Comcast Moto 5100 HD box, and the 6000 is substantially brighter than the Moto on 1080i output. I was beginning to wonder if the black levels on the Moto are set too high for component out. Is there any reference when...

Dish shoud give you a 6000 receiver for free given what you went through. It makes no sense for them to fail to honor the offer to give you the 811. At least, also, you can be fairly confident that the 6000 will work.

Probably StarzHD and MaxHD. Got 'em last week on Comcast.

Yep, Mike. I agree with that.

The SuperDish will go down as a minor disaster, and it clearly hasn't been a banner year for Dish. Charlie has been somewhat honest about this in some of his recent statements, but it seems his first instinct is to spin and put a rosey face on things. Understandable, and I suppose it's part of...

I was just at Dish's site and there is still no reference to the 811, only the 6000u. Might mean that the 811 is further delayed??

Based on what we' ve heard that would be surprising and would be seen as a flip-flop that would further incense HD subscribers. Makes sense from a bandwidth standpoint I guess.