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  • WELCOME TO THE NEW SERVER!

    If you are seeing this you are on our new server WELCOME HOME!

    While the new server is online Scott is still working on the backend including the cachine. But the site is usable while the work is being completes!

    Thank you for your patience and again WELCOME HOME!

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    Hard Drive Bargain Watch

    What real solution are you looking for? Blu-ray can give you 7.1 audio, 24 bit master quality audio, and much, much larger video bitrates than satellite or the internet could ever give you in the forseeable future. Also, original aspect ratio and little to no compression artifacting...
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    HBO to go all HD

    With the overall fabulous picture and audio quality on Blu-ray I would find it VERY hard to buy any of these pay movie channels. Especially the ones like HBO that crop 2.35:1 movies.
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    We want more HD channels!

    If they keep cramming HD channels you'll get your wish, but you won't get any quality, just more HDLite (if not worse). MPEG-4 AVC HP, or not. HD's only possible saving grace is Blu-Ray pre-recorded media, and even that may have some issues, at least at first. One big one is how will they...
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    Dish Expands High Definition Package

    Do these HD channels show movies in their OAR - original aspect ratio? HBO is bad about cropping 2.35:1 movies to 1.78:1, and I hope these channels do not do this. any more news if you absolutely need the second dish?
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    Why not switch to MPEG-4 AVC High Profile or MS's VC-1 codec?

    With all these bandwidth woes for programming of both SD and HD, why can't both DISH and DirecTV (and Voom for that matter) just bite the bullet and switch over to an advanced codec rather than sticking with MPEG-2? At around 12-14 Megabits/sec both MPEG-4 AVC High Profile and Microsoft's...
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    Dish Network Girl

    To whom does that fine chest belong to?
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    NEW Dish DHA Promo?

    Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Dan
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    NEW Dish DHA Promo?

    I was clued into a promo over at allsat.com via the AVS Forum. It listed up to 4 rooms free (including mixes and matches of multiple 811's and multiple single or dual tuner DVR's... of course not the 921, or you can go with just one room with one 811 decoder) with no commitment (you can...
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    HD channels for DirecTV

    The trouble with cramming more HD channels on limited bandwidth is that the problems of resolution limiting and increased data compression that we're starting to see now will only magnify. If they don't get a sh-t load more transponder space and allow for the full bitrate and full...
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    Why should I go with the DHP plan now?

    Seeing the newest DISH Network deal for a free 811 + SuperDish + installation + 3 months Top 100 and HBO/Cinemax I started wondering what would be the benefit of going with the DHP version of the same deal? Is it just for the warranty or is it easier to upgrade to a 911 or other box when I...
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