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    Comcast HD

    Easiest way to make sure something is done to your liking is to do it yourself. Rather than have a tech come out to install the HD DVR, when I had Comcast, I simply went to their office, picked up the equipment, came home, installed it, and called in to activate it.
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    Comcastic prices

    Interesting. The TV package I had from Comcast would, under the 2008 pricing, be about $112 (including franchise fee but excluding sales tax), but would be about $80 on Dish. The Comcast video package: Standard cable ($54.99/mo including PEG fee), Digital Preferred ($15.99/mo), Sports...
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    Prices are going up in January... *sigh*

    I noticed the same thing when you look at internet with and without Basic 1: internet plus Basic 1 costs less than internet alone; this is why I still take Basic 1 and do nothing with it. Absurd, no?
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    Prices are going up in January... *sigh*

    Here are my figures, looking at the rate card for southern Washington County, MN. Franchise fee is 5% (not applied to internet) and sales tax is 6.5% (applied to franchise fee but not to internet). Please note these prices exclude promotional pricing and do not reflect any changes in Dish's...
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    NFL Network question

    It's a question that would probably be better put to the local station carrying the game. As for CBS affiliates, WFRV, IIRC, is a CBS O&O (purchased as part of the deal that made WCCO in Minneapolis a CBS O&O - WFRV was the ABC affiliate in Green Bay before that). The CBS affiliate in...
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    Extra Storage?

    Assuming you have one of the Motorola HD boxes, they come with a Firewire port, which is enabled. Can't speak for the SA boxes, though....