Recent content by chipvideo

Umm, just because they are the only one that offers it without having to sub to another package doesn't make it better. At comcast all you have to is sub to limited cable wich is $13.85/month and then sub to digital plus wich is $15.99/month and you get the hd channels included. Add in another...

Actually it was free in the clear with my t.v's built in tuner a couple days ago. I then went to the message boards and people in my area were talking about it. Now its gone. Sounds like they put it up for testing to make sure it came in good. Somone confirmed it was going to be added on the...

I am lucky and they are sending every channel in digital in my area now. I was suruprised that even the sd channels look as good or better than dish on some channels. I would say the sd channels are pretty close. The biggest thing I think dish has the advantage is the guide. I am so used to...

All I can say is wow. The wow factor for the hd is finally in my home. I can't even begin to think how much better it looks. No more macroblocking on the hd channels. The biggest difference off the bat was how much sharper the cable hd was compared to dish. Dish has a very soft hd signal...

Your lucky. Where I am at it is $15/month for each hd dvr. That is why I was thinking of just getting one. The only reason why I was thinking of even getting one would to be able to get around 50 great hd movies to my catolog over the next few years until the blue ray rentals are cheap enough.

Hey Gary. I was wondering if we could do an experiement. I am getting a dvr from comcast and wanted to record say a movie off hbo and then compare the filesize from dish and comcast. Does the motorola dvr tell you how big the filesize is? I still don't understand how anyone can think what...

I'm going to wait until one of the two happens first or both. A hd dvr with blue ray recorder built in, the prices of renting blue ray from netflix is cost effective.

Strange. Everyone I know in Seattle that has comcast internet is able to view their locals in hd through the cable internet line. I am doing it now. They usually just block out channels 1-70. If you havent tried it and are just assuming then you might be surprised. Also it is not illegal as your...

Do you use cable internet? If so you might get the locals in hd. Just split the internet connection and run it to your tv if you have a qam tuner or just buy one for $150. Heck I have all my hd through my cable internet line as well as a crapload of others that I dont watch.

If you look harder at a station logo like cbs you will notice it has interlaced lines in it very faintly. I had the same problem and fixed it. I got a new 811 and it is fine now. Both of my 811's developed this problem after about 3 months of use. Still havent switched out the last one yet...

If you factor in the prices that you have to fork out to dish to lease a receiver then it is a wash. I get a dvr for $15/month from comcast with no money up front. If I want to get a dvr from dish I have to fork out $299 upfront. The worst part is you don't own it either so you cant sell it for...

Well I am glad that the way the wifey, kid, and I watch our television we could go to any provider in our area and be happy. I figure that I will have dish installed and cable and I could switch back and forth in a heartbeat when needed. I will have fiber in the next few years and that would...

That would force him to not compress any further correct? Because if he had to keep it at 1080i it would show macroblocking worse than in hdlite? Oh well too late. Comcast comming out next week. Going to be doing some comparisons with dish/comcast and also how the difference is with the...

Actually it isn't that bad after it goes up. Only goes up another $40, and I never have to worry about upgrading my equipment. Just under $100 now with my internet and I will have 1 hddvr along with 2 hd recievers and 1 cablecard. It will only be $20 more when the full price kicks in...

Don't worry. Dish will downconvert and compress the crap out of it.