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> On Wed, 14 May 2008 09:10:35 -0500 Jer <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> | phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> On Tue, 13 May 2008 06:45:47 -0400 Tantalust <Tantalust@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> | Appearing tomorrow, 5/14
> |> |
> |> |
> |> | ABC Family HD (DISH Network Ch. 180)
> |> | . Biography HD (Ch. 119)
> |> | . Bravo HD (Ch. 129)
> |> | . Cartoon HD (Ch. 176)
> |> | . Cinemax 5 Star (Ch. 314)
> |> | . Cinemax HD West (Ch. 311)
> |> | . Comcast S****ts Network Bay Area HD (Ch. 419)*
> |> | . Comcast S****ts Network New England HD (Ch. 435)*
> |> | . CNBC HD (Ch. 208)
> |> | . CNN HD (Ch. 200)
> |> | . Disney HD East (Ch. 172)
> |> | . ESPNews HD (Ch. 142)
> |> | . Hallmark Movie Channel HD (Ch. 187)
> |> | . MGM HD (Ch. 385)
> |> | . Sci Fi HD (Ch. 122)
> |> | . Smithsonian HD (Ch. 374)
> |> | . Tennis Channel HD (Ch. 400)
> |> | . Toon Disney HD (Ch. 174)
> |> | . Travel Channel HD (Ch. 215)
> |> | . USA HD (Ch. 105)
> |> | . Weather Channel HD (Ch. 214)
> |> | . World Fi****ng Network HD (Ch. 394)
> |> |
> |> | http://www.dishnetwork.com/hdupdate/
> |>
> |> 4 of those look interesting to me (Biography,Sci
Fi,Smithsonian,Travel).
> |>
> |> Now to figure out their pricing scheme for HD. I think they
intentionally
> |> keep it vague so they can add more fees.
> |>
> |
> |
> | Channels 311 & 314 are subscription (which I don't have), all the
others
> | are now available in the standard HD package (which I do have).
>
> I have no interest in Cinemax. But I do wish the movie channels would
go
> with pure p24 formats (preferrably 1080p24).
They aren't already? I've never looked because I never felt I needed to
care since 99/100 of the movies I watch are DVD sourced.
>
> Apparently they have at least 3 different fees they can hit you with for
HD.
> One for the HD receiver, one for access to HD, and one for HD
programming.
> That's what my very critical and suspicious eye gets out of reading
their
> web site.
Those first two for sure, but I'm not certain what you mean by that last
one. Seems like the second and third would be the same together.
>
> If I do go with DishNet, it will have to be on a non-commitment basis,
without
> phone line hookup. That probably means outright buying the receiver
from an
> affiliate partner (the ViP722 looks interesting, and has an OTA section
that
> might even work). They won't provide the locals to me, so I have to get
them
> OTA.
Oh, that reminds me... I think I recall posting I had a 622. If I did,
I was confused - it's a 722 here. And the OTA section works well for
what I can receive. In fact, I believe it's ATSC receiver is better
that the TV's. OTA is pretty sketchy here, but the 722 box makes OTA a
tad better with the bunny ears on it. But, since I get the locals on
the sat, I normally just stick with those, leaving the bunny ears in
place just because I can.
>
> I'm also considering FTA, but I haven't found any HD programming on
that, yet.
> SkyAngel used to be a satellite service compatible with DishNet. But
they
> switched that to IPTV, which is not a suitable option. DishNet has
limited
> religious programming and FTA actually beats it for that.
>
--
jer
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