When will the new Primestar sat launch?

[Stargazer]

I installed one at a camper in which 4 or 5 people were living at, what a mess that place was, but they kept it on for the year and paid their bill.

 

[swampman]

Well I never had Primestar, but my brother n law did. What I liked most about it was the remote. Each button had its own group of channels...news, music, movies, sports etc. VERY nice! Why don't we see that anymore?

 

[Stargazer]

They replaced that with the Theme button to try to keep the buttons on the remote minimal.

 

[stevo/65]

I remember Primestar had remotes for kids too.

 

[Mr Tony]

When I was working at Radio SHack late 95 we were one of the "beta" markets to see if Primestar would sell. Sold a bunch of them on one line

"Univision 24 hour a day"

We had a fair amount of Spanish people and the local cable company had Univision on from 6a-6p then PPV from 6p-6a. The fact they could watch "Sabado Gigante" on Saturday nights now was the reason they bought it.

Although it did suck explaining it to a 8 year old (as it seemed like they'd come in groups of 8-10 people and only the child would understand English and they would translate)

 

[Stargazer]

I thought Primestar was mainstream before the year 1995?

 

[Mr Tony]

maybe but it was to see if P* could be sold in Radio Shack stores