HBO Free-view This weekend--Includes HD? and when starting?
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http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/showroom/index.shtml
duh ignore me
HBO is this week(end)
Thurs-Monday
No idea if HD will be included.
http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/showroom/index.shtml
duh ignore me
HBO is this week(end)
Thurs-Monday
No idea if HD will be included.
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I don't know why they are not turning on the HD feed, its on the 110 satellite and its in mpeg2. shouldnt be that hard.
What seems more suprising to me is the lack of anything to watch on these free preview weekends - like the Showtime preview last time. Maybe it was just me, but there were really few/no movies that were worth 2 hrs. of my time.
I Realize that's not E*, it's the channels themselves - but you'd think they would time their free previews to be on a weekend with some new movies, or crowd-pleasers, or something!
I Realize that's not E*, it's the channels themselves - but you'd think they would time their free previews to be on a weekend with some new movies, or crowd-pleasers, or something!
That is confusing, you would think they would put on their best shows and movies to try and hook you.
That said, without HD, I likely won't watch anything. I never thought I would be an HD snob, but I can't start watching too many new shows that aren't in HD anymore.
That said, without HD, I likely won't watch anything. I never thought I would be an HD snob, but I can't start watching too many new shows that aren't in HD anymore.
Exactly what we thought!
But after we got over the dissapointment, we realized Dish & ShowTime had done us a big favor by showing what we could really expect as subscribers, which we won't be after seeing how weak their normal programing is
AFAIK even the "premium" movie channels suffer from the basic flaw in Cable / Satellite TV -- too little quality content spread over too many channels.
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I still enjoyed catching two episodes of Weeds and two episodes of Dexter on the last Showtime, even if they weren't in HD. Maybe I'll be able to catch some Sopranos episodes in this free preview run.
anyone know what time they are supposed to turn on the free preview, you would think they would turn them on early since this is the 19th.
The only thing I care to see is on this afternoon. If they don't turn this on soon, I'll miss it. That sure won't sell me on buying HBO...
i know i see mr and mrs smith is on tonight and i would like to see it. i really don't understand what dishnetworks problem is about turning on the free preview early.
This is what I found on the Dish Network Channel Chart.....looks like the channels wont be turned on until this evening sometime.
The HBO Free Preview channels on 288-296 are warming up but not available to subscribers yet. They should come on Thursday evening.
http://ekb.dbstalk.com/dishlist.htm
The HBO Free Preview channels on 288-296 are warming up but not available to subscribers yet. They should come on Thursday evening.
http://ekb.dbstalk.com/dishlist.htm
Any indication whether HD will be part of the preview? I know, in the past previews, the HD was included, so if not, like Showtime, wonder why not? Hope I am wrong.
Oh good.
Well, you likely setup the wrong channel anyway. The channels are not even in the EPG. How could you setup a recording when the channel does not exist?
