Recent content by Tommithy

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    Just got the $10/month Platinum charge removed...

    Ok, so I'm confused about this whole platinum thing even after reading this thread. I have a 622 and a 311. My bill looks like this: Classic Silver 200 With DVR 57.99 Classic Gold 250 10.00 GoldHD 10.00 PlatinumHD 10.00 Leased Receiver 5.00 Should I be calling to remove the...
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    KATU in Portland Oregon - not HD?

    Well that just plain sucks. But at least I know now why those shows are not in HD here locally.
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    KATU in Portland Oregon - not HD?

    why on earth would they make a decision like that? That is really frustrating that we can't see a show that is filmed in HD in HD!
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    KATU in Portland Oregon - not HD?

    Just curious, is the feed from Portlands KATU in HD? I thought that Wheel of Fortune would be nice widescreen format but it appears not. I'm tuning to the channel that is marked "HD" but it doesn't look right.
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    upgrade 622 to 722, what's involved?

    hahaha, isn't that the truth.
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    upgrade 622 to 722, what's involved?

    I have been reading a bit here and it seems that the general consensus is that the 722 has better picture quality then the 622. Being a new 622 user (dishnitup program) what would be involved in getting dish to upgrade my 622 to a 722? I.E. what's the key phrases or words to tell a CSR to...
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    Pacific NW HiDef Install ?

    I'm in the Portland/Vancouver area with a 24" pointed at 129 and have had no dropouts or issues since we had HD installed almost 1.5 months ago.
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    Dish out this morning?

    interesting.. Dish came back on all by itself at 9:30.. 1 hour outage..
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    Dish out this morning?

    We've lost all dish here in southern washington. Went out at 8:30 am PST. Oh, it's not foggy either.
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    Odd problem with recording locals

    I have an odd issue, wondering if anyone else is seeing it. I go to the guide and pick a show in the future that I want to record by pressing select but nothing happens. I can do the same thing to any channel that is not a local and it will select just fine and present me with the options...