Recent content by ssmaniac

Do they even offer Welcome Pack any longer? I have it, but on dish website, it shows as "package no longer sold." To get it for $9.99 is a very good deal for someone who watches mostly locals... I miss ESPN, but otherwise I'm getting the locals in HD (two tuners) plus DVR (and program guide)...

With Netflix, that is an option, correct. My two girls are close in age and can compromise most of the time. My older son is content watching youtube if necessary. If we did not have Netflix as a "backup" option, I agree that it would cause some dismay having one TV stream, but this is a...

I think this can work for families-you adapt. My family of five downgraded our Dish subscription to welcome pack because we weren't using more than half of the channels. We love dvr functionality, especially skipping through commercials. I'm paying under $30/month, plus Netflix. The...

Is anyone else NOT getting the cinemax free preview? I am in Cincinnati on Eastern arc with 722, but only ch. 315 (max latino) shows up, even on "all channels" . The other cinemax channels are not showing up at all...They were showing up and playing yesterday...

I bought a 34" Dish-branded CRT for our partially-finished basement years ago. Has the flat, glass front (read: really heavy). Cut out a hole in the drywall-wall, so the back-end was in an unfinished, storage area, and the front was flush with the wall. This was before affordable flat...

Just downgraded from AT120 to Welcome Pack. Hated to do it, but other than occasional ESPN college bball game, only channels we'll really miss are for kids. (Dis, Nick). They don't need to watch that much TV anyway...

Just discovered that with my samsung galaxy tab 2 7" tablet, you can also wirelessly push your music stored on the table to your Samsung Smart TV (and home theatre system). So the tablet becomes a little, portable-throughout-the-house wireless jukebox! Should work with Samsung smartphones...

Dean, I suggest you post in the Sticky thread made just for this purpose. Looks like DIRT members monitor for this very question.

August 8, 8:00 a.m.

For anyone interested in a low-cost alternative, consider a Coby Kyros 7" tablet. It costs as little as $130 new, I picked one up lightly used for $70. It runs Android 2.1, and with a little tweaking of the system following step by step directions through online forums, it can access all the...

Anyone know what package(s) are getting or will get AMC HD? Absolute?

I have thought that it would be cool to make my own video playlist of HD concert footage and/or music videos from Palladia or HD theatre to have playing in the background during parties. Instead of just playing an entire concert (and commercials, etc.), I could make my own HD video music...

A friend recently was upgraded to HR-23 (It's a lease, but D* is crediting her bill every month for the lease fee), and D* took her old leased box back. She has decided they don't want to pay the $10 for HD, and wants to have SD only. Directv told her she would need to send the box back, and...

Not to get off topic, or hijack the thread, but do you really want a busload of men and women to die in some sort of fiery crash at the bottom of a ravine because they chose a profession whose job it is to help people or corporations? I know its a joke, but your little funny is about 20 years...

Starting today, any program I try to watch on my Sony CRT from a 722 that is on an HD channel, or that was recorded on DVR on an HD channel, is skipping. The picture continually freezes and jumps, but the audio is constant. If you change channels to the non-HD equivalent, it is fine. What is...