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I can't really get myself too worked up -- the channels will come when they come and there is nothing I can do to force it. But I have to admit I am really disappointed that I am watching the last season of BSG in SD when the HD option has been pending for so long. No irrelevant threats about...

I still think that the gameplan here is that D* is going to upconvert non-HD signal with national networks who agree. No national network would add an HD channel just for D*...it doesn't represent enough marketshare on its own to justify the investment. I am sure some channels WILL add a...

Just my 2 cents on the debate re: the PS3. Never forget that Sony is very focused on its home market in Japan. While the US market is certainly bigger, the Japanese market is huge. One factoid I heard not too long back was that the success of the PS2 in Japan was partially fueled by the fact...

Pretty subjective of course. 3 of the ones you listed are the only Voom channels I watch with any regularity (though a couple others are watched in the household). As to the subject of the thread, I do wonder if the trick here is that D* is negotiating with these channels to get the rights to...

Yes, but I stipulated "that could be used with Dish." Many of us (including me) are under contract with Dish for fixed terms of service. The D* receiver is not a feasible alterntaive for anyone in my situation.

I don't see how they can reasonably pursue an injunction that would affect HD DVR's since Tivo does not yet have an HD version on the market. I don't think the judge will act to screw the consumer in principal when there is no commerically available alternative for Dish to use.

My first box had been running well but then the HDMI port died. Getting a replacement was pretty painless and so far (first 24h) the new box is fine. But I will admit I am a bit worried since I have heard of some people having to replace several boxes for this this HDMI problem. Overall I am...

heh Heck, if they came out with a better solution than the IR blaster for MOST cable/satellite boxes, it would have had a chance. During the time I used Tivo, I had 3 different TV service providers (digital cable to D* to E*). None of their boxes worked with the Tivo direct connection for...

Tivo would have been better off working out a different arrangement with the carriers, whereby consumers could opt for a Tivo box by paying a premium and giving a cut back to the carriers, rather than the other way around. I am (and will likely always be) a Tivo loyalist who switched...

It also will continue to position them well for the younger market segment, where price will be more of an issue.

I watch both of them all the time. I am really looking forward to these. Supposedly they have been creating all their content in HD for a couple of years so their library of back-content will be HD compatible when the channels go up.

As far as I have heard, it is an HD-DVD add on for Xbox360, and they are swearing it will ONLY work for movies to address the games issue. But I can't imagine it will work that way over time. The Xbox 360 version thing is just messy. I also approve of the benefits of competition, but I am...

Difference is that UMD is a custom format for just the PSP. Blu-Ray is the tech platform Sony is pushing for all movies. They will have a great vested interest in getting a lot of Blu-Ray players out in the marketplace...bigger than when they did the PS2 as a DVD player. They will win on many...

Analysts projections of loss per unit are not necessarily accurate. Sony will have ample resources and contacts to get their parts as cheaply as possible. Also remember it is a Blu-Ray player, and even if they went as high as $500 per unit, the PS3 would be cheap for what you get. Xbox 360...

How come they have Battlestar Gallactica but not the two Stargate shows? I had heard something previously that made it sound like all the shows share the same production facility. I would love to have my Friday night Sci Fi in HD. Scifi is one of the worst channels to watch on Dish on...

Yeah that optimize 119 doesn't sound right to me. When I got my Dish1000 I had to trade down a lot on 110/119. 119 used to be over 100 and now it is somewhere around 90 or so I think. But that got 129 up to the mid 60's, and without trading down 119 I wasn't even getting 129 to show...

In fairness you can't plan your business around your least satisfied customers. Look for easy things you can fix, yes, but if you spend all your time catering to the unhappy people you may screw up what is working for everyone else. I imagine the issue is that by its very nature, this forum...

So all HD subscribers get everything...unless they have a 921, since we don't get channel 100. But, honestly, I won't miss the mosaic thing. It will be nice to see a few of the events in HD.

I'll go you one better. They should have made them MPEG2 but only give them to people who advance commit to an April upgrade (or maybe even an upgrade to happen between 4/1 and 6/30 so they can spread them out more), and said that they were switching over to MPEG4 in June to give themselves...

If I recall correctly the prevailing rates for base HD and Voom were both positioned as special discounts. No specific terms on when they would go up, and to what. 10 channels of Voom for $5 when 5 or 6 channels of other stuff are hmm $9.99? seems like a given for a price increase.

I simply can't imagine they will want their CSR's to have to deal with the very complex rate structures they have right now for longer than a year or so. The longer they draw out the transition, the harder it is going to get for them to deal with customer service issues. Who gets what...

Sell out for $200....plus the strong odds that the receiver will have bugs to work through in the first couple of months. Rumors of those HDMI problems on the 211 have me very relieved that I decided to wait.

I was just wondering the other day if they had any British packages and looked and saw they didn't. The more I thought about it the more I wondered about it. I also didn't see any packages for other English speaking countries around the world. The more I thought the more I wondered how they...

I think the article posted was newsworthy on this site. It was, so far, the only substantive analysis I have seen on what the effects of this dispute have been. I really was happy to read it...not because I care deeply ... but because it was more factual than the BS stats we all try to put...

I don't really understand the outraged tone many take here over this issue. Lifetime did what companies do - try to get more money for their product or service when they felt they were getting less than they could/should. People seem to be responding to this in a "THEY SHOT MY DOG!!!" kind of...