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I had the Welcome Pack for years, as a former Sky Angel lifetime customer, but over time, especially with SA* cutting back to just a handful of channels, and more free content being available on the internet, it was much less useful to me to have a Dish with any package at all. What sealed the...

I really wish WETA would take their "WETA-UK" channel national - at least it actually shows British programming most of the time. BBC America has become a worthless shadow of its former self. Some of the original UK programs are scheduled at odd time slots like 6 PM, 1 AM, 5 AM - all to make...

I have to admit it seems ridiculous to offer a time delayed feed of WGNA in this day and age of almost everyone having a DVR. I noticed other posters said they were offered 3 months of Sling Blue (FOX) package. I was only offered one month and told that was all they could do. Then again, I did...

Yeah, I bet if they would offer WGN Chicago nationwide, with almost all of the WGN-produced Chicago programming, then people would be interested. What few people want is another channel with 22 hours a day of reruns of syndicated shows.

I'm very much in favor of selling locals at a price set by the local stations. Let each local station choose what their price is, and let consumers decide if they want to pay it. Dish would simply pass on whatever that fee is to the local stations. But if consumers don't want to pay, say, 75...

I'm pretty sure Dish would like this idea just fine. However, almost all programming/channel owners want two things: 1. More money each month for each channel and 2. Forced carriage/inclusion of their channels in packages that most people get.

Presumably, Dish must have some kind of contract terms that allow them to have packages without ESPN, such as Welcome and Flex. Also note that Sling Blue does not have ESPN. Dish has said that ESPN would be welcome to change their terms to join other packages, so perhaps they have agreed to...

Yeah, if a national feed was legally available, this would already be happening. When a local affiliate buys a network contract, they believe that they have the exclusive right to show that network in your area and they would sue anyone who gave you that network without their permission. It is...

I liked an idea that was floated by the old PAX network - that TV stations should be licensed to the DMA they are in, and be allowed to create a single frequency network to cover the entire DMA. They had some rules in their proposal that would have required stations to cover rural areas not just...

And at least in the Indianapolis market, Comcast encrypts everything to force you to have a cable box.

So, I'm wondering what, if anything, Dish will offer as the free 30 days of Sling Blue gets close to expiring. Can I get another 30 days of Sling Blue? The antenna they sent me didn't receive either of my Tribune channels, but I'm using the amplifier it came with and another antenna I had on...

It varies according to provider - T-Mobile caps the free video to 1.5 Mbps, and whatever your provider can do with that is up to them. Some Netflix videos are now 720p, because Netflix figured out how to compress them more efficiently to get under the 1.5 Mbps limit. That data rate always allows...

I am still leaning toward Sling myself, because I don't really need DVR and like the fact that there are not any receiver fees, etc. with Sling, just the actual package price. But, this is absolutely a good idea.

For those who want to see the "WGN Chicago" games, they are syndicated to other (non-Tribune in some markets) local affiliates outside of Chicago. Unfortunately, they are not syndicated nationwide, just in a handful of markets in the Midwest, but it may be better than nothing. (I'm inclined to...

After trying the Sling Blue package for a while during the Dish/Tribune dispute, I'm almost ready to drop Dish in favor of Sling. I already get locals with my Comcast Internet (and basically the internet costs the same with or without them, due to promotional rates). So for "cable channels" I...

Honestly I'd rather go with Sling Blue package than the Flex Pack from what I've seen so far. But then, I don't have an investment in Dish DVR of any type.

I hope Dish updates soon with a full official listing of what's in the Flex Pack - then I could use their own comparison tool.

An update on my Sling problems: The initial Sling account that Dish created for me never worked for viewing live programming. So after a couple tries with Sling support, someone finally asked me to create a new trial account that they would then convert to a 30 day trial. (Apparently, even...

I'm surprised how much more this package costs than the Welcome Pack, considering the locals are an extra $10.

I sure hope Dish does proceed with this idea. It might allow them to keep some of the "cord cutters" even if they end up with a smaller package.

If the $10 price ever expires, it's extremely likely you can call or chat with DISH and have them lower it back to $10.

Why do so many people claim to get better picture quality and less buffering when they use native channel apps like WatchESPN then? And, if all Sling's video does come from third parties, why do they offer app access to so few "TV Everywhere" apps? Seems like, if Sling is relying on, say, FOX...

The RCA amplified antenna Dish sent didn't seem very good, and at times, it seemed like it performed better without the amplifier than with. I ended up trying the amplifier with some of my other antennas and it worked a little better for those, but again in at least one case I got a great signal...

I got the free Sling trial but it does not seem to work very well. Watching Fox and FXX shows On Demand works fine, although quality is lacking. Many live channels are consistently unavailable across all devices at various times of day, particularly Fox and Turner owned networks. The only live...

I wonder if this means NBCU/Comcast content will come to Sling TV now that the various disputes have been settled?