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I left Dish after 14 years for Directv. My experience might be instructive for someone. WHY? My wife got more upset than I about AMC. I got really pissed off the second time that Dish and the Big Ten network. So I started looking around. I had been thinking about upgrading from my 622/612...

I have been with Dish through thick and thin for the entirety of the 21st century. But the way they dealt with the Big Ten Network upset me enough to compare Dish to Directv. Ultimately, the Big Ten thing gave me a case of "conflict fatigue". I have a 622 and a 612. I have no contract. I want...

Dish subscribers might be interested in this. The numbers that cablevision is paying now vs. what Fox wants in a new contract are indeed staggering. Fox-Cablevision Battle Factored Into Stocks: Analyst - 2010-10-13 19:09:59 | Multichannel News If this is what Fox wants from Dish, then I...

Television Blackouts in U.S. Reach Decade-High Over Fee Fights - Bloomberg Article brings up quite a few good points, including: 1) Fox contract with Cablevision for local stations expires this FRIDAY. Could be a precursor for the Dish dispute. 2) Reminded me that Fox has not been...

Note that Fox announced that Comcast has agreed to pick up Speed HD and FX HD. What about Dish? No Speed for you. Although I am not sure how the can get to 150 channels without Speed and FX.

For the last two nights, my 622 has lost it's guide data at about 6 p.m. central. Checking the switch forces a download and that fixes the problem, but it is getting annoying. What's going on?

My 622 has gone nuts. All the recordings scheduled show "no Data available" and it is recording every episode of every program I want recorded, even though I have selected new episodes only. I did a check switch and the program guide reloaded, but it's still recording everyghing and erasing...

Link: NBCU Outlines Networks' Olympic Lineups - 7/8/2008 4:30:00 PM - Multichannel News The short of it: NBC will be broadcasting ALL OF THE OLYMPICS in High Definition using these networks: NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Telemundo and Universal HD Dish subscribers WILL NOT see a...

I don't know anyone at Dish. However, I have contacts on the programming side and one of them had expected Dish to light up two of their National HD channels today (Thursday). Word is that this is now on hold. That there was some serious issue that could keep Dish from lighting up any new...

DISH Network Expands Local High Definition Markets ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 8, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH), the nation's third largest pay-TV provider and the digital transition leader, today announced the addition of two high...

It is now May 1. The consensus of the Satelliteguys.us forum participants seemed to be that Dish would launch 15-18 new National HD Channels before May 1. As you all know, we got three. So what are your expectations now? An announcement before the Tech Chat? An Announcement at Team...

Casually heard a couple of things from an acquaintance or two about what Dish may be trying to do in Chicago to further the Eastern Arc Plan. First, for those of you who don't know, it is not real common for Dish subscribers in the Chicago area to have 61.5 dishes. It is less common for Dish HD...

Satellite television provider DIRECTV has become a Premiere Official Sponsor of the IndyCar Series. Beginning with the April 6 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, all IndyCar Series events will be carried in DIRECTV HD, delivering unprecedented detail and realism to a sport already defined by...

The official Launch for Speed HD is THIS THURSDAY. All their Daytona programming will be in HD. And several shows, including PINKS, Barret-Jackson, etc., have been shooting in HD for a while, so there will be at least some other Real HD content. But will SPEED be in HD on Dish this week? I am...