E* ?

[ryanvan]

Okay I need to know now we got E* to signify Dish Network? I can see why we don't use D* because that is the 'other' but let me in on the secret?

 

[n0qcu]

EchoSTAR = E*

 

[Mr.Pinkeye]

Parent company is Echostar. E=Echo *=Star. Someone, back in the day, was very clever.

 

[TheForce]

Gosh that's obvious but a better question is how or why we use D* for DirecTV? No star in the name. I used to use DTV but so many people got confused with Digital TV I stopped using it and used what others were doing D*. I do believe that in the early days of AVS forum long before we had these other sites E* was indeed first and soon after D* became that standard. Only one since was the VOOM which lasted a short while with V*. I suppose the * is just to denote a satellite in the sky as in star like. ???? Who knows, not me.

 

[Mr Tony]

maybe because at the time we had
Echostar-E*
Alphastar-A*
Primestar-P*

so Direct-D* sounded good

 

[ryanvan]

Thanks Guys this is GOOD STUFF...I guess I didn't put 2 and 2 together.

by the way ICEBERG, is that REALLY you in that picture. If so, I better ever piss you off!!

 

[visiter555]

Because Dish/Echostar's CSRs only got an "E" rating in their last efficiency report!!!! LOL

 

[riffjim4069]

Because Dish/Echostar's CSRs only got an "E" rating in their last efficiency report!!!! LOL

According to the spin team at Dish Network, "E" is for excellent...perhaps we refer to them as F*

 

[UpAllNight]

According to the spin team at Dish Network, "E" is for excellent...perhaps we refer to them as F*

And from the 'cable spin team' perhaps ...C* (hint, it ryhmes with 'RockStar')

 

[Jim S.]

For the sake of trivia for the new people, "DiSH" stands for "Digital Sky Highway".