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    Dish sheds 102,000 subs and reports a Profit

    I am one of those 100k subscribers who left. I was a Dish customer for nearly 10 years I think. FIOS came available in our area, high speed internet, phone and TV for cheaper than what we were paying before, and the service is overall better than Dish. The FIOS DVR is criminally short on...
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    Didn't Charlie......???

    I really need to drop these. It is such a waste. I kept them for HDNET movies mostly, but I also have the Cinemax for 1 cent, so haven't actually watched anything on HDNET movies for ages. They really need to give me a reason to continue the $10 a month. If I looked back on the last month...
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    KCPQ HD Fox 13 Seattle Audio dropout

    Yellow Screen!!! I had that too, very strange, but I was watching the Tuesday night premier of "Fringe". At one point everything went extremely pixellated for about 5 minutes and I had a pure yellow screen in there a number of times. AND I had audio dropouts too. Right before every ad...
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    Picture only in corner of screen/722

    This happened again to me yesterday, so I tried the format button, and it did appear to fix it, but in reality it didn't, because I was then at 480p resolution again. The only way for me to fix it was to go into the HDTV setup, change the resolution to 480p (I know, it said 1080i, but the...
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    Picture only in corner of screen/722

    I have the problem too. About 3 or 4 times since I was Turbo Charged on my 622, I have the same symptoms, small picture in the top left hand corner. The only way I was ever able to fix it was to change the HDTV settings to 480p and then back to 1080i. VERY ANNOYING. I didn't realize that it...
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    Cinemax 1 cent per year special

    I have had the 1 cent cinemax for about 3 months now, and it has been great! There have been lots of good movies, (just taped Knocked Up this last weekend) and even though I still use Netflix for most of my movies, I have been collecting quite a few older HD movies on my external HD from...
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    Nickelodeon HD

    Nick was the only channel stopping me from going to the all HD packages as well. I have 4 kids, and there would have been a riot in my house if I had removed Nick, as it is their favorite channel. Come on Dish, give us Nick HD. Honestly I don't even care if there is any HD on it, just...
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    Top Ten HD Channels Add Wish List

    Ok, Nickelodeon Comedy Central Nickelodeon Comedy Central Nickelodeon Comedy Central etc etc In fact Just Nick would be fine, that is all that is holding me back from going to the HD Only subscription. My kids have a few shows they love on that channel.
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    which receiver? Dual HD DVR..............help guys.

    I am hoping that the long term solution for this is a slingbox receiver of some sort that will just receive the HD signal. That way it could be encrypted, and you wouldn't have to have a full featured box at the second TV, just a small receiver of some kind. I am wishing.
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    which receiver? Dual HD DVR..............help guys.

    This is the big miss with Dishnetwork, that they don't have a DUAL HD DVR. I have the same setup, HDTV in Living room, HDTV upstairs in the bedroom, and the need for both TV's to operate independently, but a wish to be able to access DVR recordings in both places. Can't do it. So now I have...
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    Do you ever use "On Demand"?

    No HD, too expensive, nothing worth watching, have netflix, have netflix watch it now, have an xbox 360 with HD movies available on demand, have a red-box nearby for renting spur of the moment dvd's for 99 cents. I really see no reason to use Dish's offering, unless they start making it...
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    Seattle HD Locals

    Well it has been a long time coming, but it is finally here. I am very happy to see that Dish and Fox finally came to an agreement on this. So now the big question, what was the deal they made? Obviously Dish isn't carrying the sub stations, so did Fox just finally give in?
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    More additions

    I am really looking for Nickelodeon as well. :) It will save me literally half my Satellite bill each month, because that is the only channel that is stopping me from switching to the HD Only plan. My kids watch a lot of Nick shows, and I haven't had the heart to leave them out on the lurch. The...
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    Seattle HD Locals

    If this is true, this is great news!!! I wonder what kind of deal was made. No matter, it will be nice to be able to record Fox shows without having to worry about my intermittent OTA reception. :)
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    HD channels have lower volume than same SD ch.

    I am not sure, but it could just be because the HD channels are Dolby Digital, wheras the SD channels are just stereo. I know that the DD can often have a lower volume. As for solution, I don't know.
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    The HD Ultimate issue...

    I like your HD Ultimate idea, make it truly ultimate. That would definitely make it worth the money. Right now it just isn't worth it. I like HDNET Movies, that is about the only thing I will miss. But it isn't worth $120 a year.
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    Drop HD Ultimate and get a Premium channel pack?

    I thought about the HD Only tier. Honestly if it was just me, I would jump on it in a heartbeat. The only channel I would miss is Comedy Central. Everything else I watch is in HD. The problem is my kids. They have a large number of Nick shows they love, and those would all be gone. Now if...
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    The HD Ultimate issue...

    I care :) I agree with you wholeheartedly. I am thinking of dropping the Ultimate and just adding a premium movie package. It is about the same price (just a few bucks more) and now definitely seems like more of a value. I just don't see the value in the ultimate package any more. If it is...
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    Drop HD Ultimate and get a Premium channel pack?

    Ok, so I currently have HD Ultimate on top of my top 200. Now that all the Voom channels are gone, the only reason to keep the Ultimate pack now (for me) is the movie channels, MGM HD, Universal HD, and especially HDNET Movies. I don't really care for the handful of other channels on that now...
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    Problems with KOMO-HD (Seattle) on Thu?

    I was ready to watch the shows (Grey's and Lost) live tonight (I know, I am getting desperate, I watch NOTHING live) but the recordings were fine! :) Whatever the issue was, it seems to be resolved now. It was a strange issue, definitely just the one channel, and definitely only through...
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    Problems with KOMO-HD (Seattle) on Thu?

    I head back from Dish. Here is their reply: "Thank you for your email. I’m very sorry. This is a known local channel issue that we are aware of and are working to resolve." I hope this doesn't turn into a "he said/she said" situation where KOMO ABC blames Dish and Dish blames KOMO. If it...
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    Problems with KOMO-HD (Seattle) on Thu?

    I had an open ticket with Dish from last week, and I re-emailed them under the old ticket with the new information. I would encourage others to call too though, we need to get them to understand that it isn't a general receiver issue, it is specific to the HD sat feed of ABC. All my other...
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    Problems with KOMO-HD (Seattle) on Thu?

    ok, now two weeks in a row, I had both Lost and Grey's anatomy with the same issues, neither watchable. That is 2 weeks in a row, which is getting ridiculous. I am going to have to call them. Anyone else having the problem again?
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    Problems with KOMO-HD (Seattle) on Thu?

    I encourage everyone who had this problem to email dish and let them know. I just did to. This is unacceptable, either ABC or Dish needs to resolve it and make sure it never happens again. Some people may say I am being dramatic, but the reason I pay Dish every month is so I can watch certain...
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    Problems with KOMO-HD (Seattle) on Thu?

    I am not crazy! I had the same problem last night, both Grey's Anatomy and Lost were unwatchable. The sound was fine, but the picture went incredibly pixelated every 30 seconds or so. I thought that it was my reception, or my DVR, but the other shows I was recording at the same time on the other...