DISH dropping ch 9500 weather.

[n0qcu]

I was just checking my weather and DISH had a message on the screen saying they are dropping channel 9500. You will now have to use the SLOW dish home to access your weather. Why do they need to take something simple and make it complicated?

 

[korsjs]

i never used it because i did not find it too acurate.

 

[GaryPen]

Do all the receivers have Dish Home activated now? Maybe Dish was planning on doing this once they got it working on all their models.

 

[BFG]

all except one, wanna guess which one?

 

[n0qcu]

all except one, wanna guess which one?

the 6000???????

 

[rad]

the 6000???????

You mean the 6000 which has the OpenTV logo on the back

 

[BFG]

No, I was talking about the only dish pro model.

 

[Mr Tony]

hmmmm

the 921?

 

[Bill R]

i never used it because i did not find it too acurate.

I have no idea of where they were getting their data from but (for my area) it was sure messed up. Sometimes the highs and lows were 10 to 15 degrees different from what the forecasts were from the local TV stations. They were often wrong when they forecasts rain or snow too.

 

[Bobby]

Sounds just like any weatherman on TV....

 

[GaryPen]

Is the one on 9500 different from the one on Dish Home? I don't remember.

 

[BFG]

It's the same. Just 9500 takes you directly to the app, so it's much quicker.

 

[rocatman]

Dish just wants everyone to see all the advertisement through Dish Home as well as the other features in Dish Home that have a subscriber cost with them.

 

[Juan]

It's the same. Just 9500 takes you directly to the app, so it's much quicker.

not quite..the "dish home" version offers a lot more cities

 

[Stargazer]

Why in the world would they take away that functionality on 9500 anyways? Why dont they have some kind of shortcuts you can use on your remote to access particular DishHome functions to access them quicker? By making one go into the DishHome that may cause some not to want to use it anymore.

 

[KE4EST]

not quite..the "dish home" version offers a lot more cities

After Reading your post Juan, I did some research, dish home(100) vs 9500 same cities.....so where did you come up with that??

 

[BFG]

he's crazy It's the same app.

 

[Stargazer]

Channel 100 has more cities available than 9500.

 

[stone phillips420]

i personally liked 9500, the only thing 100 is good for is paying your bill imo

 

[gredneck]

in the 721 and 921
if you go to menu > interactive tv
you can get to the weather without waiting
for dish home or seeing the ads.