If a person looks at OTA HD and Dish Network's offering of the exact same channel, it is easy to see the difference. With more and more HD DVD & Blu-ray players coming out, I would think the general public is going to start asking some serious questions about HD quality from television broadcast providers. Believe it or not, there are people that want HD to be Real HD! Go ahead and say what you want, but some segments of society do have high standards! That might be hard for some of you to accept, but it is true.
Further, I sincerely hope Dish Network delivers HD rather than dangle carrots in front of people. Let me give you one example of what I mean! We were told that the VOOM FIOS line from VOOM to Dish network had to be worked on. Once that line was restored, we were to see full resolution and bit rates for VOOM. We haven't heard a single word about that line, since the topic was conveniently swept under the rug with that announcement. I for one grew tired of it! Further, flaming people for wanting HD as it should be delivered is your option! So, BRING IT.
One last thing! I loved being a Dish Network customer! And it hurt like Hell to leave!