Recent content by Jeff_R

Methinks Viacom/CBS/whoever wanted to keep Noggin in the AT200 package, and Dish wanted to replace GaS with it, in the higher package. That would fit with E*'s usual strategy. They will say that the programming changed significantly, and they aren't required to change it. When it's headed...

I'm planning on that very thing come February this year, just going to add an HD Tivo to that, and I should be all set. Between Tivo/OTA, Netflix/Blu Ray, and the Tivo/Amazon Unbox, I should be set for nearly all, and not be required to pay 70+ a month for TV service. I'll miss the occasional...

I got it on KCRA via LiL on Dish most of last night. OTA was fine, but Dish has some issue with their reception of KCRA (they recieve OTA as well, so I'd be pretty sure it's there recieve station or uplink.

Now there's a well-thought-out, professional, high quality post. Why, when Fox News or Fox Business Channel are brought up, must so many people unload their political crap into the thread? This wouldn't happen, and didn't happen, back when the provider was Viacom, so why now? I...

Our local FOX is owned by Tribune Media, which owns many other stations throughout the country, not just FOX stations, other networks as well. I would be pretty sure that part of what they are asking for are their non-big4 network channels to be carried, which include KTLA and WGN among...

Got it. :) Thought you were talking about E* lawsuits, not Fox. :)

What HDNet dispute? That was HDNet and D*, not E*, as I recall. D* wanted to place HDNet in the HD Extra pack. HDNet has and continues to be an HD channel you recieve with the HD Enabling fee.

However, not everyone subs to AT200. Therefore there are lots of people who are not receiving Fox News that should be. Everyone that receives AT200 also receives AT100 by default, but it's not the same in reverse.

That's a bit of a harsh statement, I think. Is 129 a POS? You bet. Here in Northern California, I get the lowest signal readings of any location on 129, too low for my liking. However, in 2 years, I've had exactly 1 loss of satellite signal from 129. It lasted for a few minutes, and it was...

A bit OT, but I don't think that statement is correct. MPEG4 CAN use as much bandwidth as it's given. However, it typically doesn't need as much bandwidth as MPEG2 needs. I'd be willing to bet that if E* gave the MPEG4 channels as much bandwidth as the MPEG2 channels use, the picture would...

But as a California resident, I can't watch any of the live sports programming on YES, and I'm sure a lot of the filler material I can already receive via my local RSN, which only the people in the market area for those channels are paying for. In other words, why should I, a resident of...

That's not the way the programming people work nowadays. :) He needs to figure out how to make 20 channels out of the 15 that are there now. :) :)

Great. Another A&E HD channel, showing almost entirely stretch-o-vision. I'd be all for it if we knew they would show HD content, but this is A&E we're talking about here.

But, how many of these niche channels (and even more general interest channels for that matter) have more than an hour or two of new content each day? I'd rather they program the channels they have now better, rather than launch a new channel to feature one or two new original programs. There...

Looks like it's for new customers only, along with 6 months of DishHD free, and the DVR upgrade.