Retailer Chat LIVE Recap - March 10, 2005

[Scott Greczkowski]

They are shutting down earlier versions of the yellow smart card which were shipped with the 301, this will happen March 16th.

Customers with that card have already been swapped.

 

[bnaivar]

Altanta will no longer be available as a distant network as it will be moving to the 110 slot on a spotbeam.

Those getting Atlanta as a distant network will be getting New York instead.

Are those SD or HD locals?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

PocketDish Prices are COMING DOWN!

The MSRP on the PocketDish are as follows:

The 2.2 Inch Version is $199
The 4 inch version is $369
And the 7 inch model is $499

There dont have any inventory of 622's.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Are those SD or HD locals?

SD

 

[ggw2000]

Sounds

That sounded as interesting as sitting down at the lumber yard watching "the wood warp" .

 

[nitstalker]

Scott, are you going to share with the rest of the class?

Leslie harper comes in and tells us how to make the tv1 remote into a UHF controlable remote. The secret is in the key.

This is something they should (but probably wont) show on Mondays Charlie Chat.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Talking about Club Dish....

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

That sounded as interesting as sitting down at the lumber yard watching "the wood warp" .

That sounds about correct.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Dish plans to offer the top 120 package in Pre Pay in the future.

 

[mpeltz]

Altanta will no longer be available as a distant network as it will be moving to the 110 slot on a spotbeam.

Scott, does that mean Atlanta HD Locals will remain on sat. 129?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yes Atlanta locals in HD will be on 129.

They have just taken their last question which means this is a wrap of this months Retailer chat.

Not much to report other then locals are shuffling and that most folks with a Dish 300 will need an upgrade soon.

Thanks to everyone who joined us in the chat!

 

[BobMurdoch]

Scott, are you going to share with the rest of the class?

Hmm. My father gave me the spare keys that came with his remote replacement. I just looked in the box and the green "1" key has just the number 1 on one side and a number 1 with a UHF logo on the other. Take off your battery compartments covers tonight and pull the key, flip it, and reinsert it. Is this all we need to do?

Also, I converted my #2 remote for my 622 into another #1 remote. We only use it in single mode and it is only hooked up to one tv. The second #1 remote acts as a backup when the kiddies lose it in the couch or it goes AWOL as these things do from time to time.

 

[mpeltz]

Yes Atlanta locals in HD will be on 129.

Thanks for the response. This is really disappointing news. I had hoped that they would switch the Atlanta HD locals to the 61.5 satellite. I would love to hear the rational from someone at Dish Network as to why Washington DC gets their HD locals on 61.5, but not Atlanta. If the goal was to have a one-dish setup, then doesn’t that apply to Washington DC? I would much rather have a two-dish setup with strong signals on all satellites.

 

[jcrandall]

Hmm. My father gave me the spare keys that came with his remote replacement. I just looked in the box and the green "1" key has just the number 1 on one side and a number 1 with a UHF logo on the other. Take off your battery compartments covers tonight and pull the key, flip it, and reinsert it. Is this all we need to do?

Is it that simple? Flip the #1 key to make it UHF? I never understood why they made it IR only anyway!

 

[Mr Tony]

Thanks for the response. This is really disappointing news. I had hoped that they would switch the Atlanta HD locals to the 61.5 satellite. I would love to hear the rational from someone at Dish Network as to why Washington DC gets their HD locals on 61.5, but not Atlanta. If the goal was to have a one-dish setup, then doesn’t that apply to Washington DC? I would much rather have a two-dish setup with strong signals on all satellites.

couple reasons

-Washington DC cant see 129 due to footprint. It cuts off in PA.
-HD DOES NOT qualify for one dish...just the SD channels.

 

[mpeltz]

couple reasons
-Washington DC cant see 129 due to footprint. It cuts off in PA.
-HD DOES NOT qualify for one dish...just the SD channels.

Hmm! If HD doesn't require a one-dish setup under the law, then there's no reason that Atlanta HD locals shouldn't be on 61.5. Especially, since many current Atlanta customers already have two dishes for 110/119 and 61.5.

 

[Mr Tony]

Hmm! If HD doesn't require a one-dish setup under the law, then there's no reason that Atlanta HD locals shouldn't be on 61.5. Especially, since many current Atlanta customers already have two dishes for 110/119 and 61.5.

Once E10 is operational, those locals on 61.5 are moving to 110 to comply with the one dish rule. And those HD channels MIGHT move to 110 too

 

[shanks909]

There dont have any inventory of 622's.

Am I reading this right??? Aren't a ton of us 3 weeks from upgrading, and they don't have any 622's ?!?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

There are a ton of you wanting to upgrade in 3 weeks to get one for $99 but that does not mean you will necessary get yours in April.

 

[Tom in TX]

Did they ever end up shipping 10,000 of them in February, like "someone" said they would?
Tom in TX