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    Switching from Dish Network worth it?

    I do imagine the pricing will go up. I do have an advantage of the multi service discount, because I'm getting my broadband from them as well as television - and I'd probably continue to do so if I go to something else for TV.
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    Leaving Dish

    I'll be on the lookout for that.
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    Leaving Dish

    wow, didn't expect this thread to get this long.
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    Time Warner Cable Exec Pushed Out Over Customer Complaints

    Literally one day before this announcement, I had sent mail to one of this guy's direct reports complaining about being unable to get HBO added to my account (very long hold times or the system was down). The VP's office was very responsive then.
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    Switching from Dish Network worth it?

    I made the switch a couple months ago (well, added TW a couple months ago, dropped Dish about 1 month ago) in southern california. PQ is roughly equivalent (some channels better, some worse), the selection is different. I appreciate the extra $10 discount from having broadband internet access...
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    Leaving Dish

    I have left Dish Network after 8 years, including being an early adopter of the Dishplayer 7100 and Dish 6000. Main reasons were the decline in HD quality, the upgrade path for mpeg4 (I was a $1k 921 purchaser), and the monthly cost. I've gone to the evil time warner cable. In combining...
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    PBS to DBS: Carry Our HDTV Signals!

    I would pay a buck for a national PBS feed, as I used to when they had a national PBS SD feed. We watch PBS a fair amount, although the PQ has suffered now that they multicast (KCET Los Angeles).
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    Why do people bash Voom? It's great.

    I, surprisingly, have watched a fair amount of the Kung Fu channel. They have played a number of the Akira Kurasawa films, which are some of the best foreign films I've ever seen.
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    61W in Southern California

    I'm east of LA (Whittier) and use an 18", think it used to be a D* dish. Its pointed pretty low on the horizon, but clears the house across the street so I get a signal.
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    BluRay cracked

    There are DVD changers which can hold a few hundred discs. I'd imagine that HD-DVD and BD changers may exist in the future. My interest in progress in cracking the formats is because I, too, want to be able to put my movies on my server, rip the ads and menus off of them, and have easy...
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    Any CES E* news on new HD channels

    I'm hoping that fttd like fios and 1080p sets will start making PQ a more widespread conversation. It may be a foolish hope.
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    HD Locals: E* Going In Wrong Direction

    There are lots of areas in LA that don't have a direct LOS to mt. wilson, and thus get rather poor reception bounced off another hill or building. I still think its a crappy idea to put HD locals on satellites, but spotbeams make them less wasteful.
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    Why do we continue to pay for channels..

    I would gladly pay a buck or two per channel I watch if I could do it ala carte. Heck, I could pay $5 and maybe even $10 per channel I watch and save over what I'm paying now. I am irked and offended when I see commercials on a premium channel, like on Discovery HD. I don't hold the "bulk"...
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    Where's the New Dish Info... "DISH Network Offers Free High Definition DVR"

    I paid a grand for my 921. Buggy, old 921. Still using it, unable to get all the HD channels, because I'm too cheap to pay to lease.
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    PR:Americans Score With New Hdtv Sets, But Fumble When It Comes To Getting Connected

    I went by a friend's house a month ago, and he bragged about the great HDTV picture he had on his 3 month old DLP (a basketball game). I noticed that it was an analog channel. When he left the room I grabbed the remote and looked around. His Dish installer had hooked it up via component, but...
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    Dish Network Booth Preview

    You don't have to pay $80 for an enclosure. http://www.dealsonic.com/plidetousb20.html or http://www.dealsonic.com/ptteptbl3alu1.html
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    Would you drop the VOOM Channels to save $10/month?

    I like a third choice - I currently pay $5 for the first 10 Voom channels. A decent price.
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    Not happy with StarzHD quality

    It might be interesting to keep recording it to see if it goes back to mediocre.
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    HD Subs are so screwed by compression... Operators like D*/E* must be LOL

    Visited a friend over the weekend who bought an HDTV earlier in the year and got Dish set up a couple months ago. He had on a sporting game on and was bragging about how great it looked in high definition. I didn't tell him that it sure didn't look HD to me (it was a local SD channel via...
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    Now for sure we need Dish to get INHD

    It'll remind you of how you get burned by dish..
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    Sadoun Christmas Giveaway

    Happy Holidays to all! I hope you get no snow on your displays..
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    Chicago Tribune Article on HDTV without DISH consideration

    Many in the press present only a small slice of the real story. Complain to the editor if that makes you feel better.
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    Dish HD from Mpeg2 to Mpeg4 change over

    Look at the 5000 obsoletion process for a model of what they may do.
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    Microsoft Vista - Beware!

    It takes time for drivers to be updated, as it has with every MS operating system going back to Windows 2.1. Unless you're willing to deal with unworking elderly peripherals for some time, don't be an early adopter. I've found the driver support on RC2 to be significantly better than what...
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    Star Trek TOS in HD?

    Shooting on film does not mean its in 16:9, although its much more likely than if it was on VTR.