Is that what this is about? You miss Voom? So does everyone else, and we're moving on. Do you have anything constructive to add to this conversation, or are you just stirring the pot?
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Is that what this is about? You miss Voom? So does everyone else, and we're moving on. Do you have anything constructive to add to this conversation, or are you just stirring the pot?
I was wondering where OP was going... I'm not sure which Channels Dish has 'dumped' that are still available at all, especially in this category of mystical channels that show movies without commercials, editing or changing the aspect ratio.
Also, my cinemax for a penny deal with auto-pay is sitll going, even though I'm past the year. I record two or three movies a week from them, far more than I find to be watchable on HDNet and HDNet Movies
Why don't you just PAY for what you want, like everyone else does instead of griping to us that it doesn't come for no extra charge?!
I still didn't 'forget' to mention it, I purposely didn't mention it as to not detract. You just seem like you want to stir the pot here.
If someone doesn't mind hitting the mute button and skipping ahead to the return of the show, which is quite a simple task, then they have lots of channels they can watch movies from without having to watch commercials. If they do mind, they ought to go to Redbox and pay $1 for a movie, or netflix and pay about the same as HBO would be to add.
And by the way, it IS possible to record scores of movies (even High Def ones like I do) without using an EHD. Ever heard of the concept of watching the movies and then deleting them after watching them to free up HD space?
The OP was JimMcC. I don't know what this 8bitbytes guy thinks he can prove. The 15 (?) Voom channels were truly awesome, but they ran out of money, then a satellite that Dish tried to launch failed, which meant no increase in bandwidth. The choice came down between NBC/Universal or Voom on the existing hardware. Charlie followed the money (pandering to the "Where's USA/SciFi HD?" crowd)...thus slitting the throat of a content provider that was already knocking on death's door.
FWIW, I almost regret changing from Absolute to Classic Gold + Platinum HD, but I really do watch the channels that aren't in the HDA package, so I pay for them like everybody else does. I'd rather have Turbo Silver + Platinum HD, except that I'd lose access to all of my five of my Fox channels, and that's just not an option.
I was nt replying to you. I told bebop he forgot to tell about EHDs and he said it had nothing to do with his reply to OP.
If you had read this thread you would see that I have FIVE EHDs myself.
Also, I am not complaining about my Absolute account. I was one of the first to have it and I'll be one of the last to leave it.
My whole run of posts in this thread was in response to an a$$inine reply to my first reply post in this thread. I was merely pointing out that a device I recently hooked up gave me back the option to have uncut, unedited, OAR, no advertising movies to watch - something that has become less possible over the last few years on Dish or any other provider.
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Sorry, I missed that single line at the bottom of a bitch rant about how using a DVR makes your life unacceptably hard. I also missed the part where you mentioned having a Roku player, which is pretty cool...at least it will be, when Netflix finally figures out how to send more than two-channel audio over a 6MBit connection. Then it turned into a weird bit of banter between you and bebop about what is and isn't possible with a Dish DVR, where it seemed like you were militantly opposed to using one, period.
Too much smoke and flak; wasn't able to track the target anymore. My apologies.
What they thought of next, is defeating that skip ahead feature for commercials. Digital rights, you know. It seems we may have a (very) few years grace, then no more skipping ahead past commercials. I suppose when that happens, I'll go deeper into Blu-ray, or become a "criminal."
Studios & nets
The networks and the studios are trying to stick it to us as much as possible. I thinkt this part of reason that D* DVR's only have a FF (if I understand correctly about their DVR's)
The networks and the studios are trying to stick it to us as much as possible. I thinkt this part of reason that D* DVR's only have a FF (if I understand correctly about their DVR's)
I have 2 of them in the house...plus the Xbox 360 does Netflix. We watch lots of Netflix! Lots of new "channels" coming to the Roku pretty soon too.
Yep. Netflix streamer here also. Main reason I dropped my premiums.
The hd pq is comparable to Dish hd but unfortunately so is the sd. I will still buy some Blu Ray but buy less and less with the advantage of having Netflix.
According to Netflix, 6 Mb/sec is all you need for maximum picture quality, but if you have less than that (or less than that available), you won't get the best experience they have to offer. If you have 6Mb/s, you're probably getting a PQ as good as Dish provides.
Sorry don't think so
We have Gb network here at the station w/fiber direct to us. I've seen Netflix here and it isn't close to E* HD.
We have Gb network here at the station w/fiber direct to us. I've seen Netflix here and it isn't close to E* HD.
Okay; so tying into our other conversation, is it because it's low resolution or because there are too many compression artifacts? I've never seen it on anything faster than 1.5Mb/s or on a screen smaller than 58", so I really have no idea where the thresholds are. 
You'll have to judge
As far as N-flix streaming You are going to have to decide. Here are some reference articles about streaming w/ N-flix.
Engadget's Netflix HD streaming shootout
Netflix Goes HD | Popular Science
I would tend to think that the picture on a 106" screen would be atrocious but can't say for sure. The largest I seen N-flix on was a 23 and I didn't think that much of it. But this is just my opinion, you might feel different.
As far as N-flix streaming You are going to have to decide. Here are some reference articles about streaming w/ N-flix.
Engadget's Netflix HD streaming shootout
Netflix Goes HD | Popular Science
I would tend to think that the picture on a 106" screen would be atrocious but can't say for sure. The largest I seen N-flix on was a 23 and I didn't think that much of it. But this is just my opinion, you might feel different.
No problem, it happens from time to time when I'm being unreasonable in response to someone being too accommodating.
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