Recent content by sansha

thanks so much for the answer. I couldn't see that BB offered anything new free (except the by mail, which is nice), but I had thought streaming meant the same kind of free streaming that netflix and amazon do when you belong to one of their plans. I also have a WD live hub media player, and...

I don't see anything under the B lockbuster movie pass that wasn't there under those same channels/networks before with Dish Platinum online/dish on demand, or whatever it was called before Blockbuster. I had investigated them pretty thoroughly before when I first hooked up my 722 to the...

I used to have netflix, so to me, a plan that allows streaming as well as by mail, means free streaming of some titles. I haven't seen how to do that with the dishonline plan (that replaces dish platinum). I had dish plat for years, and signed up for BB no problem with dish debuted it. I did...

When I first got Dish, at least some of my local channels were refusing to be carried by dish without (I assume) big fees. So Dish did not have my locals. We don't have great OTA reception, so I eventually stopped watching them altogether and never have missed them since. There's plenty of...

I just had my dish upgraded to the wide dish so that I could get the platinum HD channels I had been missing. I am really grateful to the guy that did it, because I had been trying since April to get this done, and none of Dish's fine people they sent out would swap the dish. They complained...

Can you still change your home address re your billing address in Dish to substitute a neighboring set of locals? I live between two areas. Dish switched me so that now I am getting the other locals. I want the old ones back. Will the "locals" police come after me ?

Thanks for the recommendation. Does this look like the one you mean? It doesn't have a manufacturer or model # VCR DIGITAL VIDEO STABILIZER - eBay (item 280558507302 end time Sep-12-10 21:05:35 PDT)

supposedly there's a device called a digital video stabilizer that you can hook up between the VHS and the DVD recorder to solve the copy protection problem. They seem to run from 30$ up. If anyone has a recommendation on these I'd appreciate it.

I have a fair number of old VHS movies that have never made it to a DVD release. Before the VHS tapes degrade completely, I want to copy them to DVD. I bought a magnavox VHS/DVD recorder to do this, as my old VCR is on its last legs. I did a few VHS to DVD transfers on the new machine just...

I'm in MD. I have the 250 package plus locals and platinum HD. I would like the additional channels (given I'm paying for them). However, I wouldn't mind keeping some or all of my existing dishes if that is possible, just for redundancy. It's nice when one of my dishes goes out (as for...

I've had two appts for dish to come out and replace my 119/110/61.5 with the new dish. First they came out in March and told me to call back in April. Now they are tellnig me to reschedule for June. The answer is that I will lose channels if I replace my existing setup -- that all the...

I've sent emails to Charlie, and Dave Shull and to Dish support. I don't understand why Dish would drop RFD TV. It's not just another movie or sports channel, but a unique lineup of programs that viewers can't get somewhere else. I've been a dish customer ($100 plus a month) for ten years...

I went ahead and got a 40" full 1080P HD Proscan TV from Best Buy with 3 HDMI imputs, and lots of other bells and whistles (including a PC input) for -- get this -- $499. While the picture may not be quite as great as the 42" LG 1080p TV I bought three years ago for $1800, it's not easily...

good point

I was buying a new netbook on Dell, and noticed they have a great deal on a full HD 1080p LCD monitor with an HDMI connector. I have an older 20" TV in my office that has a Dish network 720 as its primary receiver and I have always meant to eventually get an HD tv for it. But why get a TV...