Recent content by TazmanianD

I think this could be a good thing. Streaming services seem like they're dramatically on the rise and is probably what the future has in store. Traditional television services like cable and satellite are probably in their golden years. Folks here are commenting that the merger reduces choice...

Are other folks still seeing this? I'm not entirely sure it's actually a bug. It seems to me that if I'm watching a show then anything my DVR is recording at that time is marked as being viewed. Maybe it's just not smart enough to keep track of which tuner I'm using? I'm definitely not seeing...

I guess I'm asking for some education on Google Ads, but how does this happen? How is it that Fox can effectively eliminate competing advertising on your website? It sounds more like it's Google doing the wrong thing here rather than Fox.

I think the only thing you risk is them putting a credit on your account. This will result in you being unable to get billing statements until the credit runs out which will mean you'll have no way to track what they are charging you for or giving you any promotions you've earned. I got them...

So I called and got transferred to a supervisor who couldn't help me and so I got transferred to the ERT and he said he couldn't help me right away either and would have to get help from some other people (how screwed do you have to be if the ERT can't fix the problem) and get back to me. I...

For any of you guys who are on an annual package are you still getting any HD or were all your HD channels turned off like mine (I still get Cinemax and locals in HD)?

I am under a 2 year commitment, leasing my receiver and have an annual package, although I've been an annual for so long I may just have been grandfathered in. I don't know if once you leave it you can go back. The CSR I talked to said I could talk to an ERT. Does anyone know what that is...

And the thing that sucks about switching from annual to monthly would be that they'd put a credit on my account for next 10 months and when there's a credit on your account, they don't generate a statement for that month. This means that I will be unable to ever see any of the charges or...

I started another thread because my HD channels disappeared this past weekend. I just got off a chat with a CSR who also told me that the Platinum HD package is not compatible with annual subscriptions and I can't have them back without switching to monthly billing. They won't even let me...

Actually, I was using the online chat. :( Never had a wait before.

Grrr, that got him to admit that it was a glitch in there system and that it could take them a couple of days to fix it. It might have something to do with the fact that I have an annual subscription. He said that HD for Life isn't offered with that, however the website says that it is...

The guy had me do a bunch of things, including pulling the plug and eventually told me he'd have to have a tech come out. Then I asked if he was sure it wasn't an error in my programming and I mentioned the whole HD for Life thing and now he's researching again...

All of my non-premium HD channels have disappeared. They only show up in the high 9000+ channels and all in red. Has anyone else had this happen? So much for Free HD for Life ;-) I'm waiting to chat with a CSR and I've gone from 27 to 17 in the queue in 20 minutes waiting.

It would be interesting to hook up an external hard drive and get the file sizes/bitrates for the two versions.

I have had dish tell me it doesn't recognize my drives on more than a couple of occasions but usually unplugging and plugging the drive back in fixes it. If you haven't already, you should try that as well as rebooting the DVR. If that still doesn't work and you feel up to it, you can try to...