Recent content by wh5916

Same here...it's not that I don't understand the economics. I'm a casual visitor at best, though, and can't see spending $20 a year to read post after post in the Dish Network forum about lack of HD content. The new format (and the constant "Make these ads go away" bug at the top of the...

There isn't a month when I don't receive a "come back" offer from DirecTV with very attractive one year rates. I don't take the offers because their base prices have become too high for my wallet, and I'm not one who wants to call and haggle with customer retention every few months in order to...

If Charlie Ergen ran a TV station, it would probably be a darned sight better than most of the crap that's on the air now.

Oh, lordy lord...he's desperate! Do what he says! Do what he says!

Suit yourself--you're the one losing out.

The best thing about Cinemax with Dish is getting it for a penny by signing up for autopay. I don't watch it a lot, but have gotten more than a penny's worth of enjoyment out of it. : )

I know for a fact that this is true. Cox Cable, in this area, removed a local channel for several days a few years back over a contract dispute.

DirecTV? To the best of my knowledge, they effectively shut down piracy several years ago. Go to alt.dss.hack if you want to see a ghost town.

Channel 998 appeared in my program guide several days before receiving a new smart card from Dish. It disappeared immediately after the new card was installed though.

I loved Dark Shadows on Sci-Fi Channel as well, but hated they way they began cluttering the show with animated blurbs for other programming. MPI began releasing the series on DVD several years ago, and I started collecting the volumes as they were released from amazon.com.

Ditto. I'd switch too if I was as miserable as some who post here seem to be.

It's still being charged. At their website, though, the wording is that you ***may*** be hit with a downgrade fee. ????

For the love of God...a satellite launch FAILED!!

DirecTV offers similar deals to new subscribers all the time...I'd love to know how many of their recently acquired subscribers are actually paying full price for their packages...and how many of them are aware of what they will be paying once the introductory "freeloader" period is over...

The smart card for my Dish 322 receiver was in the mailbox today. Some posters in this thread seemed interested in the type of programming being received by those who had gotten new cards to date. My programming package is very basic...Dish Family and the Starz/Encore movie package. Honestly...