Recent content by illin

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    Businessweek: Dish Starts Falling to Earth

    Oooooo....2/10's of 1%! Ahhhh...the sky is falling! What a stupid article.
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    Turbo (or whatnot) and video/audio synch

    I cannot say if the picture quality improved...but one thing that I have noticed is that all of my video and audio are properly synced on everything since I have become "turbo charged" (or whatever the silly term is). I generally had minor synch problems on 1/4 of the DVRd shows...some were...
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    Voom..Are you still happy it's gone?

    Glad is a bad term...but if Voom leaving is why we got some mainstream channels like Disney and Cartoon...then yes..still glad.
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    HD Picture Quality

    I was thinking just the opposite. This morning my daughter wanted to watch Tigger & Poo (yeah, riveting TV). It was in STUNNING...I mean STUNNING HD. I was really blown away. I have also noticed a few other channels looking better than normal. Maybe my eyes are getting worse??
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    Getting a new deal under wife.

    Why stop at stealing equipment? Why not get some hacked cards and steal the service too? Lying and scamming to save a few bucks on TV seems...well...really pitiful.
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    Getting a new deal under wife.

    Good to know there are so many honest people out there looking to defraud Dish. Thanks as those costs are passed along to all of us. Just amazing...
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    Help please!!

    Yes. The splitter doesn't know it is running the wrong way. Works fine and is very cheap.
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    is it impossible for Dish at this location?

    If it is sketchy with trees...you are going to have problems. We tried a few weekends ago to get my folks hooked up, but no matter the mounting location, we were battling foliage. At least NOW is a good time to try it out. Allot of folks will install in the late fall or winter only to...
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    Indy 500 in HD

    I am not a huge car race fan (like most other motorsports though) but, I have to admit the I500 looked AMAZING! I also liked the side-by-side. FWIW, my viewing was jitter/garble free. I wish we could see a bit more bike races in HD. Speed HAS to be right around the corner right?
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    Help please!!

    We have this identical setup as the OP. I have a $4 splitter combining the UHF from the OTA and the other side is the coax coming out of our 622...works perfectly. I don't recall our channel, but I think we are on 71 or something like that.
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    New Satellites for DISH - only reason to stay for now

    I know what "an" uplink center is...but I assume you are talking about a website or something on Dish's site??
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    Real simple (to ask) external hard drive question?

    Ok...so it is more of a long term or mid-term storage then right? I assume it would be too nice to have the 622 just auto manage the space. I did not realize that 500 GB would buy that much time...that may be worth it as the drive have really come down in price.
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    Revised Poll: Voom is gone - What Now?

    Dish has approximately 2.5 million HD customers. They WERE paying a bit over $4 (monthly) per HD subscriber for Voom. Now they are not... That extra $120 million (annual)...or umpteen (which means many Mr. Grammar) million allows tremendous flexibility and allows Dish to compete where it...
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    Revised Poll: Voom is gone - What Now?

    Nice to know that opinions are fine as long as you don't dare speak ill of Voom. You don't need numbers...Voom was already in bankruptcy...that should tell you something right there. Dish tried it and it did not work. If "core" customers were watching Voom...none of these threads would be...
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    Real simple (to ask) external hard drive question?

    What is the "watch per gig" ate? IE, how much time do you gain in HD recording ont he 622 on say a 500 GB external? The problem with switching to the all HD pack is now all the kids' Hannah Montana, Cat Dog etc is taking up ALLOT of space!