DVDDAD said:
Yes I'd be mad, but what's that got to do with Dish's new HD plans? Your 942 will still operate the way it does today after the implementation of mpeg-4 and the addition of the new channels. You will still get all the programming you get today, you just won't get the new channels. When E* plans to shut off mpeg-2 and force you to get a new receiver they will definitely have a reasonable or free upgrade path. If that car manufacturer came out with a mid year re-model with a new engine that gave an extra 100 horsepower a month after you bought your car, you might be upset, but you certainly wouldn't expect a new car with more horsepower to be given to you for free would you?
AAAAAAHHHHHHH......
This conversation reminds of one I had recently with a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist who wrote in a newpaper column that since George Bush and Haliburton were running a Blood for Oil war in Iraq spending all yo's money, it was somehow OK for impoverished Parents to lie to Public School Officials to get their kids on the free student lunch program.
It's not about the performance of the Dish 942 or Dish 921 RIGHT NOW. It's about being LIED to. A purchase decision by a consumer was based on FALSE information given out by E*. (And about me being really, really, mad, right now.)
If not me, then Joe Doakes. Whether or not it was deliberate (I vote yes) is a matter for fact-finding or a Court of Law. This very receiver is STILL BEING SOLD, right now, today, by E*'s agents.
As for the Car example, that very thing happened with the 2004 model-year Mazda RX-8 (from
Consumeraffairs.com):
September 5, 2003
Mazda is offering to buy back all of the 2004-model RX-8 sports cars sold in the United States because the car's rotary engine produces
4.8 percent less horsepower than expected.
Customers who choose to keep their cars will get free maintenance for four years and $500 in parts and accessories, the company said. Letters went out to registered owners in late August.
Mazda initially said the manual-transmission RX-8 would produce 247 horsepower, the automatic version 207. But after making modifications to meet U.S. emission rules, the correct figures were 238 and 197, Mazda said.
In the example above the vehicle in question was not defective (other than inherently defective--two quarts of oil per 1000miles), nor did it fail to continue to operate after a period of time.
I believe Acura and Hyundai were also"guilty" of this and were forced to make amends.
I don't think the Car example is exact, but it's darn close.
And by the way, the Reporter mentioned above was recently fired for "inventing" parts of her award-winning columns.
Foxbat said:
To answer the original question, my opinion is that Dish will provide an opportunity for current 6000/811/921/942 owners a low-cost (~$99 per unit) upgrade to the new units with a minimum HD programming commitment of two years, maybe one year. Having bought a 942 last April, I'm not keen on spending even more money to be able to spend more money, but I'm looking forward to some of Universal HD's offerings.
That deal would make me a satisified customer. I would be glad to commit to a 1 to 2 year pre-payment deal, also. Provided I get the one or two month's discount.
