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The problem with single channels is that the channels themselves want to be in as many households as possible. If the channels were available on an a-la-carte basis, then all of the less mainstream channels would not have the household counts that they have, and advertisers would not advertise...

What about credit card autopay? I really need to know how to sign up for that each and every month! Reedl

The issue with phone lines is pretty much not one since area codes and exchanges really do not translate to specific areas as much as they used to. For example here in Mass, a certain town could have four different area codes because different parts have different exchanges (which happen to be...

Knowing that SES has AMC-1 at 103w, AMC-4 at 101w, AMC-3 at 87w, AMC-5 at 87, AMC-6 at 72W, AMC-8 at 85w I think that AMC-2 will probably be kept around at 105 for both C-Band usage at that slot (since AMC-15 has no C-band capability), and as an in-orbit spare for the other satellites. The...

...that switch in the receiver is not a very good idea simply because it limits the receiver to only that many satellite locations it can look it. E* right now has 61.5, 105, 110, 119, 121, and 148 in active use. That would result in 6 wires to every single receiver. Not something that most...

Even in Boston OTA it was NOT HD at all (which disappointed me alot). You would think that for something this eventful the local CBS station would get HD cameras out and make a real good production of it. But no, they have to interrupt it with too many commercials, thereby missing some of the...

The number of entries stuff reminds me of the Drew Carey Show "Who's Line is is Anway?" Where he gives "points" which mean absolutely nothing... Reedl

Only the address makes any difference with Dish and DirecTV as to what locals you get. The phone number really does not matter. Reedl

The 7100/7200 defaults to Black and White while it is being setup (perhaps because they figure you might be pointing it with a small TV or the like). If you reboot/power off/pull smartcard it should go back to color when it resets. Reedl

I also heard that the new Dish Pro Plus switch will support legacy receivers also, so things like Dishplayers, and older stuff will not need a dishpro adapter. Reedl

The only thing I am familiar with that I can remember is a thing called DishPro Plus which works the following way: You run one wire to the two inputs of a dual tuner receiver (or it has a single jack, I do not remember). What the receiver does is has two different commands for which...

From what I have seen lately, HDTV is even less that 19.3 Mbps. Considering that Boston's WGBH broadcasts an HD channel, and 2 SD channels, and that I think that the major networks are only doing 11 or so Mbps, there is even better compression going on. The problem is that when you take a...

As to 2 channel audio compared to 5.1 audio, and 5.1 always being better, you are very correct that sometime the 5.1 audio is just plain bad. For example the SuperBowl on CBS had very bad 5.1 audio, but the stereo was pretty good. The way your stereo takes two channels and converts it to...

I guess that means you will be able to get the HDTV modulator for a reasonable price now! Reedl

Actually the difference between ON and Off is so small that it is probably the difference between the LED ON and Off. The recevier is still tuning the satellite, receiving, and processing the information that comes down. I am going to have to get my ammeter and see what the difference in power...

On the 921, the Blue light always light whenever the HD outputs (component, and DVI) are active. It does not matter what the input or source signal is, just that those outputs are active. So you could be watching SD programming even thought the Blue lights are on. Think of the light as which...

...Unless you have been there, you have absolutely no idea what goes on behind the scenes, and the amount of stress and issues you have to deal with on a daily basis. As I mentioned above, I guess Mike decided that it was time to retire from active duty at E* and focus on other things.. Reedl

...477757440000 bits/minute or 59719680000 bytes/minute or around 55 gigabytes/minute for uncompressed video. MiniDV: It runs 25 megabits/sec * 60 (seconds) = 1500 megabits/minute or 187 megabytes/minute or .1831 gigabytes/minute DVD Mpeg2 (6 megabits/second): 6 * 60 = 360...

...waiver that was granted to someone else for that specific station, and scan it in to a computer, change the name/address info and then fax that to E* or D* to gain access to programming? In other words, if I had been granted a waiver for a specific station in my DMA, could I not scan that...

If one does the math here: Approx 110,000 shares directly controlled at $33/share, that results in around $3,630,000.00 in gross proceeds. In the past year, he has sold over $8 million dollars worth of stock. He certainly does not need to work anymore, and as mentioned in the press release...

I think we are talking about two different types of "installs" here. The first kind is the install for a service like E* or D* or V*. These are usually very easy to get right (I know there are very crappy installers, but in most cases it is done right). The other type of install, namely the...

For under $250 to have someone actually come into your house, and fix all the problems you talk about is a very good price when you consider the following things: 1) The amount you spent on the hardware 2) The amount of time you will be using the hardware. Since I know a pretty good...

...for a pretty important task each week (running a nationwide radio show for over 160 top40 radio stations). But I digress. As to beta testers, E* does have a few, but in my mind, not enough to make the product great. I would love to see E* get many people in an advanced beta program that...

Any device with a Hard drive in it can and will fail. E* does not make Hard drives, and when one fails, blaming E* for it is like blaming Ford when your tire gets a flat. I have hard drives that are 5 years old that are still working perfectly, and I have had new hard drives die within 2...

For anything that is in short supply, there are always people out there who will try and capitilize on the rareness of the product. Remember Furbies? There were people in Mass trying (and succeeding I would think) to sell them for over $100 when they were popular. Of course now they are now...