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  1. Lifterguy

    CNN and HLN gone/ Dish-Turner Dispute - Now Back 11/21

    This may be true. But if YOU don't like the price of the Turner bundle, then YOU could decide not to pay it - it takes your TV provider out of the equation. Right now we have forced bundling. In the ideal setup the consumer would be given the choice whether to buy a bundle or buy...
  2. Lifterguy

    CNN and HLN gone/ Dish-Turner Dispute - Now Back 11/21

    There is a obvious way to end most of these carriage disputes: Mandate Ala-Carte. -Satellite and Cable providers would charge basic service / dvr fees. -Each channel could be purchased individually and the channel provider would set the price. The channel owner could offer a discount to...
  3. Lifterguy

    DISH Makes offer to buy Sprint (Rescinded)

    But has Dish done anything with the Blockbuster name that has actually brought any additional revenue into the company? I thought Dish was going to build Blockbuster into a real rival for Netflix but I just don't see that happening - certainly not in the DVD by mail arena (which it's pretty...
  4. Lifterguy

    Dish dispute with Sinclair...reached deal in principle

    I know this has been said many times before and it's still not going any where BUT - These disputes would stop happening if the cable/satellite providers charged basic fees for service and equipment, and then every channel was sold ala carte - at a price that reflects its true cost to the...
  5. Lifterguy

    DISH Announces Second Quarter Earnings

    I miss a lot of what many of the channels used to be. So many channels started out with great programming targeted to a niche audience. But if they are advertiser supported, they feel they always have to be "growing" that audience and eventually then start bringing in more shows that appear to...
  6. Lifterguy

    Questions for the Dish Tech Team?

    I understand exactly what you are saying, and I also find it frustrating. CBS and ABC do this a lot with their sitcoms - the end of one will run 15-30seconds over into the start time of the second one. Not only do you have to start the second recording to see the end of the first one, but you...
  7. Lifterguy

    722k going to "Partial Signal Loss" at random

    I had a similar problem. Last summer the hard drive died in a 622 I had for about 3 years, and it was replaced with a refurbished machine. 2 or three months later I had a tech come out to move my dish and switch me over to the eastern arc. It was a couple of weeks after the new eastern arc...
  8. Lifterguy

    Do you Have an EHD?

    I used to archive lots of TV - I still have dozens of VHS tapes that I haven't had the time or desire to transfer to DVD. It is sometimes fun to go back and look at those 20-to-25 year old tapes (often the commercials are more fun to watch than the programs.) But lately I've tried to become...
  9. Lifterguy

    Dish Network and Tivo Settle Lawsuit!!!!

    When they divided the company into Dish Network and Echostar, wasn't Echostar supposed to be the independent equipment maker that would start building set top boxes and DVRs for other companies - possibly including Cable companies? I would guess that other TV providers would have been reluctant...
  10. Lifterguy

    TR-40 Requires power recycling.

    Even though Dish is no longer selling the PAL DVR, it appears Echostar is still making the hardware and selling it through Channel Master. Just look for the Channel Master CM-7000PAL. It runs about $350 new. You'll find it on Amazon, Ebay, and Tiger Direct - among others. It has a 1 year...
  11. Lifterguy

    OFFICIAL DISH / FOX ORDEAL DISCUSSION THREAD

    While I sort of like the idea of a subscriber's coalition, I think the challenge would be getting subscribers to agree on what they want. Some will want a rate cap. Others would want all channels to be sold ala-cart, while others might push for a ban on cable & satellite companies owning the...
  12. Lifterguy

    FIRST LOOK - Logitech Revue GoogleTV Device

    I was just on the Dish Web Site: GoogleTV - DISH Network This is what they have to say about your question: "Seamless Transition between DISH Network and Google TV: Use the Logitech Revue Keyboard Controller for Google TV and all DISH Network functionality. When only using DISH features...
  13. Lifterguy

    New HD local markets being launched

    After being away on vacation, I finally made the call to Dish and asked them to switch me to the Eastern Arc. I live in Pittsburgh, PA, and have been missing many of the newer HD channels because I was unable to get 129 due to trees. (I was set up for 118, 119, 110 and a side dish on 61.5.) I...
  14. Lifterguy

    New HD local markets being launched

    So, if Pittsburgh HD is going to be available on 77, does that mean Pittsburgh customers will be eligible for Eastern Arc? I currently get my HD locals on 118, and I have a side dish pointed at 61.5, but I'm missing some of the newer HD nationals because I have trees blocking 129. I called a...
  15. Lifterguy

    Best way to get ALL HD channels

    My current dish setup is a follows: Dish 1000 pointed at 110, 119 and 118, and a side dish pointed at 61.5. The dish is located on the lower corner of my roof, and I have some tall trees about 75 feet behind my house. When the tech installed the Dish 1000, he suggested we keep the 61.5 side...
  16. Lifterguy

    DISH Network Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results?

    I'm not yet convinced that IPTV will force the unbundling of cable channels, but I can see the scenario under which this could happen. Here's how: -Content providers continue to push up the price of basic cable / satellite by overpaying for programming (sport in particular) and then passing...
  17. Lifterguy

    DISH NEW HD Press Release

    I live in Pittsburgh, and I currently have a Dish 1000 pointed at 110, 119, 118.7 and a side Dish aimed at 61.5. A couple of years ago, when I got the Dish 1000, the installer kept me on 61.5 instead of moving me to 129 because I have some tall trees to my south (on neighboring property) and he...
  18. Lifterguy

    Contract up, big price increase

    I know that in some cultures, bargaining for the best price is a routine way to buy almost anything. But in the U.S. it used to be that you generally did not bargain for anything except when buying a car or shopping at a yard sale. Considering that many people hate buying a car because of the...
  19. Lifterguy

    HD DVR Reliability

    I've lost track of exactly how long I've had my 622, but I think it has been since spring of 2006. I've had problems with my LNB on the dish, but have not had any trouble with the DVR. I think I have one of the early units with the bad HDMI port, but I never bothered to get it replaced because...
  20. Lifterguy

    Dish Network McKeesport office, with 600 jobs, to close

    This is bad news for Western Pennsylvainia - and the other communities losing jobs. I hope this doesn't mean more customer service calls will be going to off-shore call centers in India and elsewhere. Since Dish already knows they have a problem with customer service, maybe this is a move in...
  21. Lifterguy

    Let's petition DISH to change initial recording.

    As a long time Dish customer / DVR user, I generally like the Dish interface. But I agree that it does not make sense to have the default setting as record all episodes. I would guess that 90-percent of users select either record once or record new episodes - or that's what they would select...
  22. Lifterguy

    How to view TV2 in two rooms

    Just reread you post - I guess you are also asking if there is a way to send the signal over-the-air to the secondary TVs without running coax from the 722 to TV's 2 and 3. I'm not sure there is any good way to do this. I have experimented with wireless TV transmitters in the past, and found...
  23. Lifterguy

    How to view TV2 in two rooms

    Sure, you can run the TV2 output to multiple TV's. I have mine running to 3 sets. depending on the length of your runs and the quality of your splitter, you might be able to do it without an applifier - but I do use an applified splitter. If your second TVs have digital tuners for over...
  24. Lifterguy

    Dual Mode - Best TV 2 Option

    If you have the capability of getting OTA TV, you might want to consider an HDTV and then diplexing the signal from the Dish box with your OTA antenna. That would give the TV2 viewer the option of watching local channels in HD or watching the SD feed from the dish box. I also think some HD...
  25. Lifterguy

    Dish OTA ATSC Tuners

    I have found the tuner on my 622 to be better than or equal to the tuners on any of my TVs or converter boxes. I use an indoor "Double Bow-Tie" antenna and get very good reception, but then the stations I receive are less than 15-miles away. As you are clearly aware, your situation will be...