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Hello, I am currently on a Comcast HD Preferred Triple Plan plan / promotion that ends in August 2010.
I pay about $140 for one HD TVR, one other regular/non-HD receiver, plus equipment rental fees and subscription to Fox Soccer channel. But I am very unhappy with Comcast's HD implementation and would love to switch to DishNetwork to enjoy offerings such as MSNBCHD, Afrotainment (part of the French international channel), FoxSoccerHD. [[ I will have to keep my subscription to Comcast High Speed internet and would drop the phone package unless bundling it would decrease my internet subscription]].
Which of the DishNetworks packages do you think will be suitable for me. I need:
-- One HD DVR (for my HDTV)
-- One regular/non-HD receiver for a bedroom (I don't have an HD TV there yet, but would by Xmas).
Are there any other options I should be aware of I consider the switch?
Cheers, Punda
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I pay about $140 for one HD TVR, one other regular/non-HD receiver, plus equipment rental fees and subscription to Fox Soccer channel. But I am very unhappy with Comcast's HD implementation and would love to switch to DishNetwork to enjoy offerings such as MSNBCHD, Afrotainment (part of the French international channel), FoxSoccerHD. [[ I will have to keep my subscription to Comcast High Speed internet and would drop the phone package unless bundling it would decrease my internet subscription]].
Which of the DishNetworks packages do you think will be suitable for me. I need:
-- One HD DVR (for my HDTV)
-- One regular/non-HD receiver for a bedroom (I don't have an HD TV there yet, but would by Xmas).
Are there any other options I should be aware of I consider the switch?
Cheers, Punda
I have
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KVnfl, thanks for your eye opening response. I have never seen how the MSNBCHD looks like, but I have seen the CNNHD -- is it what you are describing with the two big cnn bars on the sides, and ads on both top and bottom -- i don't mind so long as the picture quality is good -- I can't stand the SD quality now that i have been bitten by the HD bug ....
I can understand the downsides of splitting the HD signal from the 722. So the real choices I have are:
-- Get 722K @ $6 (for the HDTV) and 211K @ $7 (for the SDTV), for a total of $13
-- Get 2 211Ks @ $14 (for both TVs), and get an additional hard drive to enable DVR for the main living room.
Does the downsides apply even if both TVs are HD, because I still plan to get one of the bedroom at the end of the year
thanks - Punda
I can understand the downsides of splitting the HD signal from the 722. So the real choices I have are:
-- Get 722K @ $6 (for the HDTV) and 211K @ $7 (for the SDTV), for a total of $13
-- Get 2 211Ks @ $14 (for both TVs), and get an additional hard drive to enable DVR for the main living room.
Does the downsides apply even if both TVs are HD, because I still plan to get one of the bedroom at the end of the year
thanks - Punda
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Let correct it. a 722K Due receiver is $17 per additional reciver. A 211K is $7 per additional receiver. The 1st receiver on the account (which will be the most expensive one) is free & included in your account.
$6 is DVR charge per account which is applied to the account if the account have even 1 DVR receiver.
So if u go with a 722K & 211K setup then 722k ($17) is free & u pay additional receiver fee for 211K. Plus $6 DVR charge.
If u go for 2 211K in ur setup then 1 of it is free & u just pay $7 for additional receiver. No $6 charge for DVR since neither r DVR receiver (U need to pay Dish one time $40 to convert 211k into DVR plus u need to purchase ur own EHD).
Another setup option can be u can just take 722K & have the HD feed ur HD tv1 & have the tv2 setup from it also. This setup will only require u to pay $6 as DVR charge.
KVnfl, thanks for your eye opening response. I have never seen how the MSNBCHD looks like, but I have seen the CNNHD -- is it what you are describing with the two big cnn bars on the sides, and ads on both top and bottom -- i don't mind so long as the picture quality is good -- I can't stand the SD quality now that i have been bitten by the HD bug ....
I can understand the downsides of splitting the HD signal from the 722. So the real choices I have are:
-- Get 722K @ $6 (for the HDTV) and 211K @ $7 (for the SDTV), for a total of $13
-- Get 2 211Ks @ $14 (for both TVs), and get an additional hard drive to enable DVR for the main living room.
Does the downsides apply even if both TVs are HD, because I still plan to get one of the bedroom at the end of the year
thanks - Punda
Let correct it. a 722K Due receiver is $17 per additional reciver. A 211K is $7 per additional receiver. The 1st receiver on the account (which will be the most expensive one) is free & included in your account.
$6 is DVR charge per account which is applied to the account if the account have even 1 DVR receiver.
So if u go with a 722K & 211K setup then 722k ($17) is free & u pay additional receiver fee for 211K. Plus $6 DVR charge.
If u go for 2 211K in ur setup then 1 of it is free & u just pay $7 for additional receiver. No $6 charge for DVR since neither r DVR receiver (U need to pay Dish one time $40 to convert 211k into DVR plus u need to purchase ur own EHD).
Another setup option can be u can just take 722K & have the HD feed ur HD tv1 & have the tv2 setup from it also. This setup will only require u to pay $6 as DVR charge.
Most of the stuff during the day and prime time is HD on MSNBC, unlike CNN, of course not all the filed reports are in HD, but that is true of any newscast. Also the stuff late at night and the weekend is not, those documentaries that they show and predator series, but I remember reading new stuff will be in HD. I think it looked great when I had it, especially during the day with the white and blue color scheme. I think you are thinking of CNBCHD, which adds all those things on the side and bottom, which makes a lot of sense for them since its about the stock market. No longer get MSNBC in my package, only CNNHD, but I am fine not getting it as I had stopped watching it as much, plus I no longer have to support Fox News as well
.FSC looks great, I think someone explained on here most stuff is not real hd since the countries they are coming from have different standards, but it gets upscaled. Either way it looks great.
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Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.
Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop!
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.
Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.
Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop!
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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