Who cares - HELLO, it's now 2011! As I already said, things DO change...& D* has decided to fall behind the rest - NOT my problem!
And I would rather have the channels
I watch in HD, than in (very) compressed SD crap I'm having to settle for now.
It's ridiculous that I'm having to watch letterboxed SD prog on an HD set in 2011!
Uh, I DID mention several that D* does NOT have, that THREE other providers DO - so what's your point...
Since you brought this up, there's a couple of others I want in HD: DIY & Cooking. 2 out of the 3 other providers DO offer them as well. (E* & AT&T)
uh yea, I kinda thought that's what I was basically saying all along
No, you're clearly playing the "I'm SUCH a devoted D* fanboi, that whatever they do with the (lack of) new HD they decide to spoon-feed to me, is good enough to keep me" game. Sorry, I don't play THAT game, either - as I clearly stated, NO provider gets that from me!
And as far as "a bunch of useless HD channels" - obviously you must watch a LOT of those HD PPV's, since D* has the LARGEST number of them of any provider. Do you enjoy watching the 8 NY & LA DNS channels - you MUST have them, since D* counts those in it's 160 HD count in most of it's HD advertising. (never mind of course most subs CANNOT even get them if they wanted to

) Yea, I can play that "numbers game" just as good as you can...
Look, if you are that devoted to D*, then good for you, & everyone else that is satisfied with the status quo. But understand that some of us have NO use for all the HD PPV we would never use, or OOM RSN's that are of NO value to us, or more HD premiums that we do not even subscribe to. That's the beauty of having access to 4 providers - some sort of choice. And some of us do NOT like having to wait yet AGAIN until 2013 for D* to "launch another bird" that
maybe, might give us those HD we thought were coming the last go-round. If another provider(s) chooses to "shut up & put up" NOW, then so be it...