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HD only pack with Missing SD?

When is E* going to finally give us ALL the SD channels that we have in HD,in the HD only pack?. Have they forgotten that our 622 and 722 only have 1 HD tuner for our dual room, so it would be nice if they could hurry up with that. HD with bars on the sides look like crap on an SD TV. I never thought I'd be asking for more SD. But Com'on already.
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Thank you ! I don't think I'm asking for much. I just want the SD version to support the TV 2 SD output for my SD tv that E* supplies along with 1 HD output for my other tv. If E* not going to do that then I guess they shouldn't sell people HD receivers with SD anything. I don't care if its HD only pack or not, HD only means you only get channels that have an HD twin right? I'm not asking for FX SD. I'm asking for ABC Family SD,Disney SD, Stuff I have in HD but is of NO use to my TV2. I'm paying $18.96 Just in Fees For 3 rooms 2 HD and 1 SD $54 per month for HD only pack and I should demand the SD version for that price. Nice try! If I paid for the top 200 pack and HD essentials, Then I don't get half the HD channels I had with HD only pack. Com'on The networks don't have agreements that if your going to carry the HD channel in a package ,you have to carry the SD version as well? I bet they do ,but we will never know untill he gets sued by another network.
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Simply going by the thread title, if you subscribe to an HD only pack, why would you expect to get SD included? Kind of defeats the purpose of an HD only pack...
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tempVAdish said:
Simply going by the thread title, if you subscribe to an HD only pack, why would you expect to get SD included? Kind of defeats the purpose of an HD only pack...
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I guess they should have gave me 3 Vip 612 then for 3 rooms.
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Hemi 6.1 said:
Thank you ! I don't think I'm asking for much. I just want the SD version to support the TV 2 SD output for my SD tv that E* supplies along with 1 HD output for my other tv. If E* not going to do that then I guess they shouldn't sell people HD receivers with SD anything.
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You keep saying this, but...

I have a ViP622, and I have an HDTV hooked up to TV1 and an SD TV hooked up to TV2, and I can tune any HD channel and watch it on TV2. (In fact, it will be better quality on the SD TV than tuning to the SD channel.)

Have you ever tried that ? You don't need the SD-equivalent channel unless you are using an old SD-only receiver.
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kstuart said:
You keep saying this, but...

I have a ViP622, and I have an HDTV hooked up to TV1 and an SD TV hooked up to TV2, and I can tune any HD channel and watch it on TV2.
Have you ever tried that ? You don't need the SD-equivalent channel unless you are using an old SD-only receiver.
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I can watch HD channel on tv 2 ,But its 16:9 format ,and on an SD TV thats 4:3 doesn't work the way you claim is Good PQ. Its Black bars or overloads the screen. Thats it! . The picture isn't stretched to fill the screen like a SD channel does. Its again OVER Stretched, or OVER Cropped, Or it Letter box. If I Had a 16:9 SD tv It would Fill the screen normal and evenly. But 90% of SD tvs are 4:3. If I had a 60 SD tv in the bedroom,then I could live with it ,But since I have a 32" I can't. And I'm not going to buy a 16:9 HD tv when TV2 is still SD. You watch your over stretch or Zoomed TV2, Thats fine! ,But its unacceptable for me.
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It's an HD ONLY package. We were fortunate to enjoy the SD alternates for awhile but I think that was not their intention. I replaced my TV2 crt with a 19" widescreen lcd.

What's interesting is that when the HD ONLY pkg first came out, people were up in arms BECAUSE there was SD programming also in it!

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Hemi 6.1 said:
I guess they should have gave me 3 Vip 612 then for 3 rooms.
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now that would be a deal!
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8bitbytes said:
...What's interesting is that when the HD ONLY pkg first came out, people were up in arms BECAUSE there was SD programming also in it! :)
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I still am! :eek: :D

BTW the package being discussed has never been, nor will it be "HD ONLY", in the literal sense, until all those SD shopping channels (that pay Dish) and SD PI channels (that Dish must carry) are available in HD. And by then, all of the Dish packages will probably be "HD ONLY" :cool:

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I still am! :eek: :D

BTW the package being discussed has never been, nor will it be "HD ONLY", in the literal sense, until all those SD shopping channels (that pay Dish) and SD PI channels (that Dish must carry) are available in HD. And by then, all of the Dish packages will probably be "HD ONLY" :cool:

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So true!
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At least 64 dead in Spanish passenger train collision

Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.
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