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    DISH Price Increase 1/17/2013 (UPDATED!)

    I have had Dish since 1996. I originally went with it because I had no access to Cable. I know Centurylink Prism has been bashed but, for me, Prism, DirecTv and my local cable provider (Suddenlink) all have better package value than Dish. Time to kiss it goodbye. A double digit increase is...
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    Dish Signal Issues

    I have a dish 500 with 2 of the old 18" dishes pointed to 110, 119 and 61.5 I am losing 119 and 61.5 quite often and a switch test resolves the problem around 20% of the time. Now, today, my OTA (Wineguard waffle antenna) when going through my 722 receiver are constantly going off by...
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    DISH -VS- VOOM - A Settlement has been reached!

    This is probably a stupid question, but, what is the point of the 20% Interest in Voom reverting to Cablevision? Isn't Voom (including the international versions) defunct?
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    E! HD

    In looking at the list of available "non-premium" channels, the only thing that really interests me is getting Smithsonian back. Of the non-movie channel HD offerings, most don't sound very compelling...I doubt that I will watch a channel that I didn't before simply because it is now available...
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    Rumor NO MORE!, SpeedHD, FX HD & More THIS WEEK! (NOW LIVE)

    Thanks for the news...hopefully these will be on "soon". MavTV and Fashion TV look pretty lame...and to think people complained about VOOM.
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    BET HD is on now.. channel 124

    No 124 and No 9510. I subscribe to the Everything Bag.
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    Dish sheds 102,000 subs and reports a Profit

    With all of the publicity over the digital conversion, it's even harder for Dish to put a positive spin on losing subscribers. There is a lot of confusion over the digital conversion and Satellite and Cable providers should have all seen some added subscribers.
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    My last UFC Fight Night in SD!!!!

    I too am tired of waiting. Dish used to be the leader but Charlie & Co. have lost their way. I don't know what it's going to take for Dish to realize that it's more important than ever to add HD...HD televisions are in more homes now than ever and Dish is simply not keeping up with the times...
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    Howard Stern/ Charlie Ergan

    If Sirius manages to stay in business, they will honor the balance of Howard Stern's 5 Year contract. Beyond that, they will either be out of business or won't be able to afford Howard & Company
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    SatelliteGuys Live Recap - Dish Retailer Chat 2/4/09

    Talk about new national HD added this week, Crime and Investigation HD, Fox Business News (HD) and Fox News HD. Plus they announce that coming this spring the following new national HD channels… BET, BETJ, Comedy Central, CMT, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH-1. Does this mean NO new HD this...
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    Smithsonian HD dropped and replaced with Crime & Investigation HD

    It appears that Smithsonian is no longer listed in the HD packages on DirecTv's website...is it possible that they have stopped broadcasting?
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    FEB 1st

    They threw us a small bone (C&I HD) and took one away (Smithsonian). Guess I'll be shopping for DirecTv deals now.
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    Smithsonian HD dropped and replaced with Crime & Investigation HD

    This is apparently a new change for Feb 1. Smithsonian HD is a Showtime channel...not a good sign. Unbelievable that Dish would drop a higher end HD channel and replace it with one that shows rebroadcasts of 48 Hours, Cold Case Files, the like.
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    Statement from Dish Network on VOOM Takedown

    I have been with Dish since 1996...I had Voom for a few months before it went belly up and I agree with Dish's position on this. The VOOM channels were great when there was little other HD content...but Voom's time has come and gone...I don't think it's particularly relevant or compelling content.
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    Dish Network® Outlines Upcoming Hd Launch Schedule

    Their DVR is disappointing in that it doesn't feed 2 television independently. For me to switch to 2 HD DVRs, 1 standard DVR and 1 Standard HD receiver...it would have cost me $396. I've had Dish since 1996 and DirecTv's HD line up is really tempting me. Dish needs to step up. Voom...
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    Dish Network® Outlines Upcoming Hd Launch Schedule

    I live just west of Rocky Mount and am fortunate to receive both the Raleigh/Durham and Greenville/Washington/New Bern locals compliments of the nice antenna that VOOM gave me. The PQ on NBC 7, CW 9, CBS 9 Are nothing to write home about. The audio goes out on CW9 despite a good signal strength.
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    Amazon pricing Archos 604 WiFi at $399.00

    What happened to the talked about software upgrades that would allow non-Pocketdish units to work with Dish receivers?
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    ViP211 loses sound/picture when on over-the-air for long periods

    I have alot of issues with locals on the 211....video disappears if the signal is temporarily lost on HD channels, requiring a reboot, good signal but signal coming and going...tempted to go back to my 811.
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    942 & PMPs

    Does Dish have any plans to activate the USB transfer feature (other than for slide shows) for other Personal Media Players (like the Creative or Cowon)? How about with the 622? Any info would be appreciated.
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    Lifetime Ala Carte?

    Obviously this can't happen...it would set a bad prescedent that both DirecTv and cable companies would demand also. I wonder if those in this forum who have taken this with such a cavalier attitude would have done the same if this were ESPN? I don't watch ESPN so I'd be perfectly happy to...
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    Lifetime Television Severs Talks with Dish Network

    It's interesting that Lifetime was able to secure agreements with DirecTv and virtually every cable franchise nationwide...but not Dish. That makes me think that Dish is ALSO at fault here.
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    Lifetime offers $200 to Dump Dish

    That's a pretty silly post...any viewer can make those same arguments about any channel they don't like. You may not enjoy the programming, but millions do.
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    5 cents to 9 cents ????

    I'm expecting something similar to this to be the case. Charlie deliberately deceived viewers with his diagram "for analysis" showing an increase of $1.00 to $1.76...clearly meant to slant the situation in his favor in the eyes of his customers. 4 cents seems like a reasonable request...
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    Lifetime Launches 'Drop DISH' Campaign

    But Charlie hasn't released the contract details either. His "slide" on the Chat was for analysis only - not the actual rates being charged or proposed. I think that the reality is that the truth probably lies somewhere between the positions of both companies.
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    * Note - Do Not Call For Mpeg4 UNTIL FEB 1ST*

    I called tonight to find out how much it would cost me to get out of my current contract and they told me $10 a month for the remaining months. They also told me that the HD receivers wouldn't be available until March or April and that they had no knowledge of upgrades. For this they get...