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  1. abricko

    Retailer Chat Recap: June 9, 2009

    Where's the Charlie Chat recap?
  2. abricko

    Dish Network HD Concert Series Details

    woo hoo... free big sweaty hat concerts... yawn...
  3. abricko

    Uplink report 4/10/9 --- BET HD

    BET has a HD channel? Wouldn't know it's been hidden from my favorites since I was able to make favorites.
  4. abricko

    4/9/2009 7:04pm - Uplink Activity Report - 27 changes

    First off, HOORAH! Second I have to say that Comedy (currently Southpark and even shows during commercials) has some strange little black pixels (they appear like | ) all over the place. Hope they get the bugs fixed, otherwise it looks decent.
  5. abricko

    SD resolutions dropping on 110W

    wow now that is a MAJOR FAIL! 480 x 480 @ 4034 KB/s... which includes the MPEG Audio stream, that is POOP. No wonder most of the SD channels look terrible, soft/murky and blocky. How can they even begin to think what they are broadcasting is acceptable. I wish FiOS had a better DVR I'd jump...
  6. abricko

    DISH NETWORK® LAUNCHES FANDANGO iTV APPLICATION

    How about.... Dish Interactive Receivers with the ability to REMOTE SCHEDULE? I remember testing it MOONS ago for them, the website when up (too early) and then shut down the registration part and still has that fantastic "coming soon" banner for the remote scheduling... better wake up and...
  7. abricko

    Is ViP722 HDMI Audio only 2 channel?

    Did you read my reply above? You are VERY INCORRECT. I've verified it WILL pass multichannel over HDMI and out to optical. My reciever displays what the incoming codec is, Dolby Digital, WMA 9 PRO, DTS OR if it's 2 channel it will display Stereo, Pro Logic or NEO. I've used Home Theater...
  8. abricko

    Is ViP722 HDMI Audio only 2 channel?

    I have a Z series and I agree See my reply (a few posts above) to his comment for further details on formats I've test.
  9. abricko

    Is ViP722 HDMI Audio only 2 channel?

    ORLY? You're POSITIVE about that? What if I tell you I have a Sony TV which does? I have all my components (722, PS3 & Popcorn Hour) hooked up via HDMI to the TV then I have optical audio out from the TV to the Receiver and it not only passes AC3 (Dolby Digital) / Linear PCM but it ALSO...
  10. abricko

    Post your 129W Spotbeam Signal Readings

    622 w L617 DISH 1000 (OG) Zip: 90713 (Greater L.A. Area) Date/Time: 17:45 PST Partly Cloudy 01-0 02-50 Name Not Acquired 03-0 04-56 Spot 05-0 06-51 Spot 07-41 NNA 08-22 Spot 09-42 Spot 10-22 Spot 11-52 Spot 12-33 Spot 13-25 Spot 14-0 15-21 Spot 16-52 NNA 21-68 22-55
  11. abricko

    1/30/2009 5:22pm Uplink Activity Report - 28 changes

    CI: I was thinking some kind of Center Ice promo channel?
  12. abricko

    DISH FIRST TO OFFER TV SERIES IN 1080P RESOLU

    No your post didn't go over my head... regardless of how good a TV's scaler is and other excuses being offered, there still remains the problem of this episode of The Beast which is being offered in 1080p but not working as advertised, which is why I post my comment in the first place.
  13. abricko

    DISH FIRST TO OFFER TV SERIES IN 1080P RESOLU

    I'll continue to worry since I have proper equipment, DISH needs to test this crap before they make a big deal of it in a Press Release... I would call and talk to tech support but I know they'd be clueless and not know how to properly take / cascade a bug report. I've said this many times...
  14. abricko

    DISH FIRST TO OFFER TV SERIES IN 1080P RESOLU

    So far this has been a HUGE FAIL by Dish. I have a 722 and a Sony LCD which can playback 1080 24p no problem. I've done it with Bluray and Via the 501 PPV. When you select to download "The Beast" immediately you get a dialogue box stating that your TV may not be compatible so it asks to rent...
  15. abricko

    VOOM Goes BOOM - update Dish Drops all 15 VOOM Channels

    That's a bummer, but I hope they do sell their library of unique stuff to other networks or push as much into their Non Voom channels as possible. RAVE was a great channel, MHD has a lot to learn / pick up to match them. RE: Jumping to FiOS... it's an AMAZING service for Internet and the PQ on...
  16. abricko

    Charlie Chat Caps & Bytes

    Summary of the "Chat Room" Scott saying hey we're going to give away X Then a Bunch of people still typing, and then 143 SHHH messages Winner announced, winner claims prize while those SHHH messages continue to stream in. 175 "congrats" messages Then a bunch of sucking up: "I love SatGuys...
  17. abricko

    Uplink Activity Report - 12/4/2008 4:02am - 67 changes

    I still maintain MPEG4 on Dish looks Different than MPEG2, not better but different. It's hard to describe the quality, some aspects are better than the previous MPEG2 compression while others (such as color saturation / overall muddiness) look worse. Even the 1080P VOD doesn't look perfect...
  18. abricko

    Uplink Activity Report - 12/3/2008 12:42pm - 202 changes

    Even Charlie Chat is better than Heroes, that's pretty sad!
  19. abricko

    Tech Chat Recap 11-10-08

    I understand and can live with this, I'd rather the USB / External drive to be as smooth/solid as possible. Now if they were smart and had put an eSATA port we wouldn't have this discussion. Adding the ability to record a program to the internal drive then place it into an AUTO-QUEUE to...
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    Tech Chat Recap 11-10-08

    Did I read that correctly? We get folder / some kind of organization for the external HDD? About time, when you toss on a BIG drive and you fill it up with programs (which you can because Dish's MPEG4 SQUEEZES PQ/File Size quite a bit) and it's hard know what you have because of the lack of...
  21. abricko

    WOW There IS FREE On Demand

    The HD was decent looking, but the download speeds suck even for SD stuff. They have a ton of Pron I can't imagine someone paying 11.99 and then being excited to wait an hour plus due to the SLOW download speeds to watch it... they'd better speed up their network or no one will use it.
  22. abricko

    WOW There IS FREE On Demand

    I'm getting (sometimes) 3 - 4 mbps... it claims to be ready to view in 2+ hours... that's not great, Dish better get some more servers running or this is going to be a HUGE flop! That's not On Demand at all!
  23. abricko

    WOW There IS FREE On Demand

    Thanks, I would've never known there was free stuff, trying it out now, I have FIOS so we'll see how long it takes to pull an HD episode.
  24. abricko

    cartoon network west?

    I just don't get West coast feeds... I live on the west coast, and have been used to watching east coast feeds and ONCE i got a DVR there were NO more issues missing stuff... West coast feeds ARE a waste of space! I know that's a common statement but I can't say it enough!
  25. abricko

    L6.14 changes? (ViP622/722)

    I've noticed the blackouts also