Recent content by ksload

I have had Dish since 1996. I originally went with it because I had no access to Cable. I know Centurylink Prism has been bashed but, for me, Prism, DirecTv and my local cable provider (Suddenlink) all have better package value than Dish. Time to kiss it goodbye. A double digit increase is...

I have a dish 500 with 2 of the old 18" dishes pointed to 110, 119 and 61.5 I am losing 119 and 61.5 quite often and a switch test resolves the problem around 20% of the time. Now, today, my OTA (Wineguard waffle antenna) when going through my 722 receiver are constantly going off by...

This is probably a stupid question, but, what is the point of the 20% Interest in Voom reverting to Cablevision? Isn't Voom (including the international versions) defunct?

In looking at the list of available "non-premium" channels, the only thing that really interests me is getting Smithsonian back. Of the non-movie channel HD offerings, most don't sound very compelling...I doubt that I will watch a channel that I didn't before simply because it is now available...

I had the Superstations package for 12 or 13 years and decided this month that it wasn't worth the extra $6 month.

Thanks for the news...hopefully these will be on "soon". MavTV and Fashion TV look pretty lame...and to think people complained about VOOM.

No 124 and No 9510. I subscribe to the Everything Bag.

With all of the publicity over the digital conversion, it's even harder for Dish to put a positive spin on losing subscribers. There is a lot of confusion over the digital conversion and Satellite and Cable providers should have all seen some added subscribers.

I too am tired of waiting. Dish used to be the leader but Charlie & Co. have lost their way. I don't know what it's going to take for Dish to realize that it's more important than ever to add HD...HD televisions are in more homes now than ever and Dish is simply not keeping up with the times...

If Sirius manages to stay in business, they will honor the balance of Howard Stern's 5 Year contract. Beyond that, they will either be out of business or won't be able to afford Howard & Company

I am sure that they also benefited from the confusion over the digital transition. Charlie needs to forget about Sirius and get his own house in order.

Good for DirecTv. I think they have listened to their customers (and potential customers) and given them national HD. Charlie missed the boat...2008 was the year of HDTV and Dish should have been focused on National HD.

Talk about new national HD added this week, Crime and Investigation HD, Fox Business News (HD) and Fox News HD. Plus they announce that coming this spring the following new national HD channels… BET, BETJ, Comedy Central, CMT, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH-1. Does this mean NO new HD this...

I went to DirecTv's website and to get comparable program (with more HD) and 4 receivers (2 HD DVR, 1 HD, 1 SD) Instead of the 2 dual tuners that i have now..DirecTv would be about $15 a month cheaper....am I missing something?

It appears that Smithsonian is no longer listed in the HD packages on DirecTv's website...is it possible that they have stopped broadcasting?