Installer coming today - 1000 or 61.5 dish?

nlrobert

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The installer is on his way and called me this morning. He said he could install the 1000 or add a second dish for the 61.5 signal. Said it was my choice.

What should I do and what (if any) downfalls are there if choosing one over the other?
 
I'd go with the 1000. To me this would be a no-brainer. You can always add a dish for 61.5 later if you really needed to but doubt that you ever would.
 
Not a whole lot of info to go on here! Here is the programming currently at 61.5° that is not available at 129° (Dish1000):

Dish Network offers the following programming at 61.5° and 148° West Longitude:

Available to all customers:

1 PPV Movie Channel
3 Sports PPV Channels
1 PPV Barker channel for international programming
1 "Adult Guard" channel with Dish101 content.
1 Adult PPV channel. (Spice Ultimate) (148° Only)
Free to all America's Top 60, America's Top 120, America's Top 180, America's Everything Pack, and Dish Latino Max subscribers. Others may be able to see these channels as well.

-5 Public Interest Channels
The Pentagon Channel
Classic Arts Showcase
Good Samaritan Network
Panhandle Area Educational Consortium
Holistic Television Network

Free to qualifying subscribers with a "standard" CBS subscription (Locals package or $1.50 a la carte Distant CBS subscription)
*CBS East HDTV (WCBS-DT New York)

*HDTV requires a Dish 811, 921, 6000 receiver with 8psk adaptor. A 5000 receiver with HD adaptor is no longer capable of receiving the HDTV channels.

Foreign language programming on a subscription basis (rates vary depending on
the package) in the following languages:
Arabic
Chinese
French
Greek
Guijarati
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Pakistan (Several Languages)
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Tamil (Southern India)
Telugu
Urdu

From Dominion you can subscribe to a multi-channel Christian and Family oriented service (Sky Angel) for $11.99/mo or 119.90 a year (14.99 a month or 149.90 a year starting Sept 1, 2005). Available from the 61.5° location ONLY. Sky Angel includes :

19 video channels:
Angel 1 (also on 119° on channel 262)
Angel 2
KTV (Kids and Teens TV)
TVU (Television U)
Spirit TV
Guardian Network
Faith TV
SuperChannel TBN
3 Angels Broadcasting
SAFE-TV
Cornerstone TV
The Hallmark Channel
(Also on 110° with AT180 on channel 185 and DLMax on channel 896 )
Total Living Network
Golden Eagle Broadcasting
The Liberty Network
Fox News Channel
(Also at 119°on AT120 on channel 205)
Familyland (Catholic)
Hallmark Movie Channel
Worship TV
HGTV
(Also at 119° on AT60 on channel 112)
and 16 audio only channels:
Sonshine Radio Network (Children's Christian Radio)
Oasis Radio Network
God Listens Radio
Radio U (Contemporary Christian Music)
WAY FM
American Family Radio
Today's Christian Music Radio
Calvary Satellite Network
KTLW (The Living Way Radio)
Moody Broadcasting Network
Solid Gospel Radio
Sacred Favorites
Voice from Jerusalem (Not Voice OF Jerusalem)
Z-73 WDAZ-AM 730 Albuquerque
Radio Nueva Vida
Bott Radio Network


Additiona Local Channels available to Local into local subscribers in the following cities DMAs (NOT available to distant network subscribers): 61.5° 148°
Atlanta, GA (3)
Boston, MA (7)
Buffalo, NY (2)
Chicago, IL (6) MISTAKE!!! This one is on 129 as well as 61.5
Detroit, MI (1)
Indianapolis, IN (2)
Nashville, TN (2)
New York, NY (8)
Orlando, FL (5)
Philadelphia, PA (5)
St. Louis, MO (2)
Tampa, FL (5)
Washington, D.C. (5)

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Things change so it's hard to tell without any new info. Everything on this list EXCEPT for Sky Angel could move to 129° tomorrow. But this second everything above is available at 61.5° but not at 129°. If none of this is important to you, go with the Dish 1000.

See ya
Tony
 

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