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I don't know if they've changed codecs recently or what, but imo HD has improved significantly in the last couple of months. Not nearly as much macro-blocking. Even watching live sports like the BCS game last night looked really good - something that wasn't the case several months ago. There...

Roku in HD looks very good. It's been a while since I had Dish, put it's as good or better than Uverse HD. SD stuff is very, very good and most is anamorphic wide-screen so it plays well on a widescreen HD set. FWIW - Roku does do more than just netflix. It allows streaming of Amazon...

I doubt it - though it could be. I'm in Austin where they do a lot of the testing (actually have a 3HD profile now, fwiw) so we sometimes have things different that elsewhere. The limitation on streams is driven by the bandwidth available to your home. Most folks are on a 25mb/sec profile...

That hasn't been my experience. If I'm watching a HD VOD and have a second HD recording kick in, I'm alerted that all my streams are in use. I'm on the 2hd/2sd profile, which is the max normally offered.

I switched a few months ago, and find Uverse good enough that I took my Dish account off 'hold' and fully canceled Dish. Uverse Pros: - lots of channels - excellent SD picture quality - pretty good HD quality - stable TV and internet service - Mediashare allows streaming of pics and...

I've had it for about 2 months. My quick review: The Good: - Nice channel selection - Internet and TV service has been stable - Price is reasonable - Two HD streams, up to 4 total streams - Picture quality on broadcast TV is good (to me, anyway) - Set-top box is small and quiet The Bad: -...

Yes - though with one cavet. I've noticed that if I start watching something that's recording and pause it, I'll get the 'too many tvs in use' message if two recordings kick off while the buffered playback is still running. I have to actually go to the Record TV list and select the show from...

The current 'normal' profile for UVerse is 25mb down, 2.3 mb up, I believe. Most folks within about 3000' can get that profile. From what I've read, the average HD stream on Uverse is around 6mb/sec and SD is around 1.5mb/sec. So, to support 5 HD streams, they'd need 30mb/sec down +...

It's interesting that the skip is implemented differently with different boxes. I kind of figured it'd all be the same since it was running the same software. I definitley miss this feature from Dish. I think it'll be interesting to see how ATT handles the streaming limit. I know the...

I hear rumor that the Cisco box has a 'real' 30 second skip. Is that true?

I don't mind the length of the skip so much as the fact that I can't queue skips. On the 622, I'd press the skip button 6 or 8 times and I'd be back to the program. On Uverse, it's press-wait-press-wait-press-wait... I guess they feel there's some value in me seeing 2 or 3 still shots of...

I just switched from Dish to U-Verse. Primary reason for the switch is two fold - first I wanted to drop TWC as my internet provider after they announced plans to implement usage caps here, and secondly we were getting a new roof on the house after a massive hail storm and I didn't want to put...

Question - I live in Austin TX and my HD locals are on 61.5. I subscribe to the HD Ultimate pack and have the new smart cards. I do not currently receive the HD locals via sat as I only have one dish installed and didn't want the clutter of a second one. Would installing a 1000.4 allow me to...

Hi, I'm in the Austin market and have seen that Dish now has Locals in HD available. I have a few questions about adding a 61.5 dish to pick these up (currently running a 1000.2 with a single 622). First - does this 'wing' dish mount on its own pole, or does it share the mounting post of my...

I tried chat again and was able to get the HD Only pack. The message from the agent was a bit confusing. She told me the HD pack was only for folks without a qualifying pack, so I'd have to drop all of my existing channels in order to get it. So, I essentially downgraded to no package, then...

I have a 622. No contract - that was one of the specific things that made me choose Dish over Direct last year was that I could pay the $49 installation fee and avoid any commitment. I think the subs that have gotten the package must either own their equipment, or just got lucky with a CSR...

Response back from ceo@dishnetwork.com was that current customers can't get the HD Only Pack. It's not considered a 'qualifying' pack for leasing a 622 for existing customers, only for new customers. Again, I'm not under contract and only have 1 receiver, account in good standing, over a year...

I tried changing from AT250 to the HD Only pack a few minutes ago via online chat. I was told I couldn't as the offer was for new customers or customers who don't have a programming pack. I'm under no contract with Dish and my account has always been in good standing - which I pointed out to...

Couple of questions for ya... Did you order the local channels? If so, does that include SD and HD locals? Also, are SD PPV channels available for purchase with this pack? Thanks!

I'm very tempted to switch from AT250 + HD to this. 99% of my viewing is locals, TLC, Discovery and Versus. The only reason I have AT250 vs AT100 is Versus - I like the bike racing. Does anyone know if the SD PPV channels will be accessible via this package? Seems like they wouldn't want...

You're locked into ATT for the VOD since they do single billing. Order the VOD, it gets applied to your monthly ATT bill. Without an ATT/Yahoo account, you couldn't order VOD, or do the remote DVR programming - as that occurs through the Yahoo/ATT account as well. I had the SD version of this...

Here's another vote. The only reason I have AT250 is so I can get Versus for the bike racing. Seeing it in HD would be great - though I wonder if they'd really have HD cameras in use during the race itself. Seems like the cameras would be a bit bulky and the transmission stream a bit dense...

I've been with them for about 2 months or so and I've seen: - 622 'for free' lease - A&E HD added - Cinemax HD added - RSN HD's added - New software features Seems like a decent amount of stuff less than 3 months.

Where do you get that it doesn't cost Dish anything to provide those services? They have to pay for the guide info, the have to pay for development of features like external hard drives, they have to pay to establish the infrastructure for HD and HD LiLs, etc. That's the whole purpose of...

Speaking as a former Homezone user, it's a great concept with poor implementation, imo. The 'basics' were bad - the UI around the DVR and user guide were just really, really poor. Ex: on the 'my recordings' list, you couldn't sort or search at all. So, you had 130 hours of programming recorded...