Be careful there John. That kind of talk may be construed by some to be "Propaganda".I do believe that this is one of the fundamental concepts in a free market; but I'm not a degreed economist speaking on this topic
Cheers,
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Personal attack... Well, if nothing else left to discuss of the topic, go ahead to flaming. :down
That's a really big if. There really hasn't been any solid evidence that D* is considering such a plan.
Absolutely!
As I've said previously, it comes down to being able to identify weather balloons from business plans. This All Access package bears all the markings of a trial balloon.
No. None. This feature is for ViP series receivers only. All other receivers will "soon" be phased out for HD viewing, and eventually for all use, as Dish switches to MPEG-4. You'll probably have a few years (3? 4? ???) of use out of your receiver before it's completely obsolete. Before then, you'll probably have voluntarily upgraded to a ViP series receiver so you can watch HD.
Personal? Did I type your name in the post?
Flame? A bit oversensitive aren't we? There was nothing by way of a flame post (as indicated by the "winky face").
Smith P? Your posts make me smile. Keep up the good work. :up
Cheers,
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I never left the topic of discussion dude! I was only warning someone of the consequences of voicing the facts (all that "free market & economical nonsense").
...but thanks for helping to guide things back on track.
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ON this thread at dbstalk /directv site , one poster keeps saying that 8/28/07 is the date for the debut of this package. So in another month or less we will see if this is true or not. I still want to know if Directv is really adding dvr fees back to the PRemier pack for new subs. THis is a really big IF to me. IF they do add the dvr fee to the PRemier pack then they will have to have another access pack that doesn't include the dvr fee like AEP or they will be at a disadvantage to DISH on this one. Unless they intend the dvr plus pack to be their answer to this.
Geez, I paid $200 for that same drive a year ago.
I don't think 320GB is big enough though; I am leaning towards the WD 750GB. Yes, another $225 to be spent, but it will be worth it.
Geez, I paid $200 for that same drive a year ago.
I don't think 320GB is big enough though; I am leaning towards the WD 750GB. Yes, another $225 to be spent, but it will be worth it.
Got this email from dealnews before I left.. (You could get 2 of these 500gb for the price of a 750gb)
I ordered one of these 500gb for $110 shipped.
Buy.com - Western Digital Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - WDE1U5000N
Hope Dish doesn't change the ability to use any type of drive in the mean time.
If Dish is smart; they'll post a list of supported drives. It won't mean other drives won't work; just that their list has been tested as compatible.
Cheers,
Cheers,
There's too many choices out there. They'd likely only check pre-built external units while many people will build their own from standalone drives with separate enclosures. As soon as you do that, a "supported" drive in an untested enclosure (w/ controller) is an unknown.
Tested would be complete units; ie things like the Maxtor OneTouch series; the Seagate Free Agent series, WD MyBooks etc.
As we've discussed elsewhere; unless you want a specific feature there's no price advantage to the build your own approach these days.
Cheers,
Just ordered a LaCie 500GB USB 2.0 drive through the SatelliteGuys Store link on Amazon up) so Scott gets a small piece of the action. I really wanted the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB drive with a 5-yr warranty, but that $129 ship sailed last week. I figured for $125 to the door price and a 5-out-of-5 on the user reviews, I'd give it a shot.
Funny thing, buy.com still had the 500GB FreeAgent at $129, but when you put it in your cart, it changed the price to the current prices, about $30-$50 more.
up) so Scott gets a small piece of the action. I really wanted the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB drive with a 5-yr warranty, but that $129 ship sailed last week. I figured for $125 to the door price and a 5-out-of-5 on the user reviews, I'd give it a shot.Funny thing, buy.com still had the 500GB FreeAgent at $129, but when you put it in your cart, it changed the price to the current prices
, about $30-$50 more.
Hey guys, I don't begrudge them trying to recoup their costs plus a little for king and country here.....
The alternative is that they don't do this kind of thing anymore. I WISH they would give us more flexibility. Let's not slap them down when they make it a little more customizable..... Plug in an external drive and get tens or hundreds more hours of HD. Sign me up (as soon as I get my house built at least....)
The alternative is that they don't do this kind of thing anymore. I WISH they would give us more flexibility. Let's not slap them down when they make it a little more customizable..... Plug in an external drive and get tens or hundreds more hours of HD. Sign me up (as soon as I get my house built at least....)
I just bought the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB at BB Sunday 8/4 for $129.00...seee the external hard drive price watch thread.....
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-hd-discussions/98808-hard-drive-bargain-watch-3.html#post977755
That's right. Otherwise some confusion may arise for those folks that still think Dish Network says what it means and means what it says.
