Recent content by rbaines

Has anyone heard any update on the local Weather Channel that's supposed to debut "this summer"?

One thing that could free up some content space would be if they stopped liating the actors of a TV series every week. Has there ever been discussion of color coding the listings of movies and sporting events? This is one thing I miss from Comcast. It made their guide a lot easier to...

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Thanks guys, Dumb follow-up question. I'm wondering if they already are giving me HD. I don't yet have an HD TV, so I can't judge anything by the picture. When I look at the program guide, I see listed regular channels and channels labled as HD. I find that I can tune to either the reglar...

I've been on Dish for about 6 weeks. I signed a 2-yr committment that carries a penalty for disconnecting early. I think it's about $17.50 a month, prorated. The "HD for life" program also asks for a committment, with a $10 per month penalty for early disconnect. I talked to a CSR, who...

Bob, Not looking for a particular program, but what's on a particular channel, without the distraction of the rest of the grid being on the screen. For example, I could select the Turner Classic Movie channel and see: 8p-10p movie A 10p-1a movie B 1a-3a movie C etc... You can get...

Thanks for all of the responses. I imagine it's hard to appreciate the value of the function unless you've seen it in operation.

Hi, I've been with DISH for about 10 days (Comcast refugee). One thing I found useful with Comcast was the ability to select one channel from the guide and get a vertical list of the future programing on that channel. It would list about 10 hours of programing on one screen and could be...