Recent content by sinnfein07

Hi - we just had our Dish system installed after a move from Comcast - everyone in the family is very happy in general with the system (2 hoppers, 3 Joeys). One glaring omission that has one of my kids full attention - we can't find Cartoon Network in the OnDemand section. When we browse "TV...

Hi - I'm a new Dish customer with 2 hoppers and 3 joeys installed. For the most part, everything seems to be working well and we're pretty pleased with the service. All of our boxes can see both Hoppers recordings in the DVR listing by manually selecting the DVR. Is there any way to have...

All, thanks so much for the feedback. This really is a vibrant community. I was able scope the dish out and it does only have two "eyes" on the front of the dish. I was able to see some images online with google to get an idea of the different types of dishes and it does look like they chose...

So I had my install today. A fantastic guy did the install, including climbing up on my roof during a snowstorm. A few observations: 1) it was a 2H/3J install. Unfortunately they only gave me one hopper with Sling - the second was a 'regular' hopper. I did pay extra for the second hopper and...

Aw CRUD. No YES network... I can't believe that I didn't notice that. I need to think about this - I do watch a number of Yankees games, so what I'll be poking at is if any of the games will also be carried on a local network (I think Fox does some of the weekend games?).

Thank you very much for the suggestion! I used the "Chat" button on the website (which I typically avoid like the plague) and was very surprised with an outstanding agent who gave me all of the pricing info that the website wouldn't. They do a pretty good job of offering discounts for new...

I have moved to a new home (NYC area) and am trying to avoid Comcast if possible! I've done some homework here (great forum) but do have some questions/clarifications to request help with. I have 5 TVs that I will be connecting. The home has what looks to be an 'old' Dish satellite on the...

Hey Vermonter - I'm a fellow Vermonter (Williston) fed up with the HD network situation here too. I'm currently a Dish and Adelphia subscriber. I actually think Adelphia has done a good job with HD here, but our network affiliates are a trainwreck obviously for various reasons. I'm...

How frequently do receivers phone dish network? I don't have an easy way of plugging some of my receivers into a phone jack, and am wondering how frequently these boxes normally try to connect to the E* mothership... If it matters, the two receivers I can't normally plug in are a 508 and an 811.

Does anyone know if D* will have a similar clause to E* for white area subs?

With E*, you can also receive CBS-HD if you live in a white area in a non-O&O market. Will D* have the same terms for their CBS and Fox feeds? If so, I would very strongly consider switching to D*.

Honestly, I have given it more thought than I ever have in the past. Today it was annoucnced that D* will be carrying my locals once their new Sat goes up too. If D* has more compelling HD programming (i.e. both CBS and Fox) when my locals are ready (2Q?) I will probably switch.

Does anyone know what such a major channel loss would do to customers under programming contracts? I am committed to AT50 for another few months, but loss of CNN, TCM, and all of the Viacom stations (read: Nik for my kids!) would VERY QUICKLY send me looking elsewhere. As Dish is no longer...

jerryez, I'm at a bit of a loss to understand your point. I receive my locals via Dish (I have no way of receiving them via OTA - white area). I have the 811 hooked up to my HDTV for the Dish HD channels but that doesn't mean we don't watch locals on the HDTV.

volfan615, thanks - you answered my question. I have to say that I think that is a pretty dumb design decision. There should be a setup menu switch to allow LIL mapping to be enabled if you don't use an external antenna (which I don't). As is, with this it seems that on two of our TVs our...