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The problem with single channels is that the channels themselves want to be in as many households as possible. If the channels were available on an a-la-carte basis, then all of the less mainstream channels would not have the household counts that they have, and advertisers would not advertise...

What about credit card autopay? I really need to know how to sign up for that each and every month! Reedl

The issue with phone lines is pretty much not one since area codes and exchanges really do not translate to specific areas as much as they used to. For example here in Mass, a certain town could have four different area codes because different parts have different exchanges (which happen to be...

Knowing that SES has AMC-1 at 103w, AMC-4 at 101w, AMC-3 at 87w, AMC-5 at 87, AMC-6 at 72W, AMC-8 at 85w I think that AMC-2 will probably be kept around at 105 for both C-Band usage at that slot (since AMC-15 has no C-band capability), and as an in-orbit spare for the other satellites. The...

The only problem is that you still need some sort of switch to let the receiver select which satellite it wants to tune to. This switch is either internal to the receiver, or an external switch, but there has to be one somewhere. To put that switch in the receiver is not a very good idea...

Even in Boston OTA it was NOT HD at all (which disappointed me alot). You would think that for something this eventful the local CBS station would get HD cameras out and make a real good production of it. But no, they have to interrupt it with too many commercials, thereby missing some of the...

The number of entries stuff reminds me of the Drew Carey Show "Who's Line is is Anway?" Where he gives "points" which mean absolutely nothing... Reedl

Only the address makes any difference with Dish and DirecTV as to what locals you get. The phone number really does not matter. Reedl

The 7100/7200 defaults to Black and White while it is being setup (perhaps because they figure you might be pointing it with a small TV or the like). If you reboot/power off/pull smartcard it should go back to color when it resets. Reedl

I also heard that the new Dish Pro Plus switch will support legacy receivers also, so things like Dishplayers, and older stuff will not need a dishpro adapter. Reedl

The only thing I am familiar with that I can remember is a thing called DishPro Plus which works the following way: You run one wire to the two inputs of a dual tuner receiver (or it has a single jack, I do not remember). What the receiver does is has two different commands for which...

From what I have seen lately, HDTV is even less that 19.3 Mbps. Considering that Boston's WGBH broadcasts an HD channel, and 2 SD channels, and that I think that the major networks are only doing 11 or so Mbps, there is even better compression going on. The problem is that when you take a...

As to 2 channel audio compared to 5.1 audio, and 5.1 always being better, you are very correct that sometime the 5.1 audio is just plain bad. For example the SuperBowl on CBS had very bad 5.1 audio, but the stereo was pretty good. The way your stereo takes two channels and converts it to...

I guess that means you will be able to get the HDTV modulator for a reasonable price now! Reedl

Actually the difference between ON and Off is so small that it is probably the difference between the LED ON and Off. The recevier is still tuning the satellite, receiving, and processing the information that comes down. I am going to have to get my ammeter and see what the difference in power...

On the 921, the Blue light always light whenever the HD outputs (component, and DVI) are active. It does not matter what the input or source signal is, just that those outputs are active. So you could be watching SD programming even thought the Blue lights are on. Think of the light as which...

Being on the board of directors of a company is a much less time consuming vocation rather than being the COO of the company. Instead of working at least 10 hour days, he will meet typically at most once a week. His experience will help the company. How many of you have actually been the...

Since I am the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) for a cable/satellite channel (xy.tv), I am have researched alot of this stuff. Mpeg2 is the standard for pretty much the whole world for broadcast video. Every source available (Terrestrial TV, Satellite, DVD) uses it, and it works quite well...

As to waivers, I have always wondered with the advent of scanning, image editing software, and the like, why couldn't someone take a waiver that was granted to someone else for that specific station, and scan it in to a computer, change the name/address info and then fax that to E* or D* to gain...

If one does the math here: Approx 110,000 shares directly controlled at $33/share, that results in around $3,630,000.00 in gross proceeds. In the past year, he has sold over $8 million dollars worth of stock. He certainly does not need to work anymore, and as mentioned in the press release...

I think we are talking about two different types of "installs" here. The first kind is the install for a service like E* or D* or V*. These are usually very easy to get right (I know there are very crappy installers, but in most cases it is done right). The other type of install, namely the...

For under $250 to have someone actually come into your house, and fix all the problems you talk about is a very good price when you consider the following things: 1) The amount you spent on the hardware 2) The amount of time you will be using the hardware. Since I know a pretty good...

Hey, Windows 3.1 is a pretty good OS. We still have two computers at my company that use Windows 3.1 on DOS 5.0 and are used for a pretty important task each week (running a nationwide radio show for over 160 top40 radio stations). But I digress. As to beta testers, E* does have a few, but...

Any device with a Hard drive in it can and will fail. E* does not make Hard drives, and when one fails, blaming E* for it is like blaming Ford when your tire gets a flat. I have hard drives that are 5 years old that are still working perfectly, and I have had new hard drives die within 2...

For anything that is in short supply, there are always people out there who will try and capitilize on the rareness of the product. Remember Furbies? There were people in Mass trying (and succeeding I would think) to sell them for over $100 when they were popular. Of course now they are now...