Rumor NO MORE!, SpeedHD, FX HD & More THIS WEEK! (NOW LIVE)
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Yesterday was a great day, with the HD adds and some of the discussion that Charlie had at Team Summit, if he sticks to what he was discussing looks like a bright future at Dish. I know many have been burnt by what he has said in the past
But for some of the Dish Network veterans out there, how do you feel after you read what he has to say about the areas he said he would improve? Do you feel excitied about the future of Dish now? or same old, same old, show me first??
My two cents, I am excitied....I know I am new just wait the same old Dish network will reapear. Maybe Team Summit was the kickoff of a new direction for Dish?? (The national HD Leader) hey might as well brag about it right!....
Last year he said he would improve customer service. That didn't happen. Just more words. The silence about the Turbo HD packages was deafening. Their premier hardware addition, the 922, wasn't even close to being ready and they're sending it out to attendees in a few weeks for beta testing. This was a product made known a year ago. None of this is very encouraging. I expect not-so-great results at the quarterly earnings call-in next week. I've been with E* 11 years and only started getting down on it this past year based on what I've seen and experienced firsthand. I hope things turnaround but we've gone down this path before.
Maybe the stand alone turbo packs are going away? In order to make the most money for DISH , it would behoove them to do just that and do like Directv; all subs get hd with any programming pack for 10.00 more. It sure would be easier to remember for all concerned if it was just add hd to any programming pack for 10.00 more.
I am still hoping that DISH gets ahead of the pack and gives all hd channels for FREE with AEP. I still think that would get the average revenue per sub up if they did offer free hd with AEP. They could still offer the lesser packs hd for 10.00. Imagine how DISH could advertise it and slaughter the competition; FREE HD WITH AEP!
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The PQ on Speed HD for the F1 Qualifying for Barcelona is fantastic! It may be upconverted SD, but it looks soooo much better than the normal Speed SD feed from Dish. :up Finally!
I sent the story to engadget that there were new channels added, and I also complained about Turbo and they actually published it! With the Turbo subs getting screwed part and all!
All DISH customers with 5 new national HD channels step forward -- not so fast Turbo HD subs
All DISH customers with 5 new national HD channels step forward -- not so fast Turbo HD subs
Now, I know. Yesterday (if you read the whole thread), the CSRs didn't even know that the new channels were lit up, much less what tier they were on. They gave me the Platinum HD free for three months. Funny, cause I just dropped it five months ago for the savings.
All I know is I've made several calls to E* CS in the past 6 months for various reasons. I've ALWAYS gotten a US citizen AND, all but once, they went out of their way to assist me. Even got a call back from "ceo" the same day I sent a minor complaint about the one guy that wasn't that helpful. The gal was extremely nice...offered to give me MORE credits than another CSR did and I just thanked her for her time and declined (as she had been so helpful).
Can we get a TurboHD complaint thread going? I get sick of seeing a "TurboHD driveby" in EVERY stinkin thread I look at.
I still don't understand why Dish Network dropped Smithsonian Channel HD. It covers things that I am interested in.
Was this another bargaining ploy by Charlie Ergan? And why won't he bring it back? They can't be charging much money for the channel.
Because it had very little programming. Voom had a lot more, and they dropped that.
Yes, that was Charlie's talking points. But I think it had a lot more to offer than a lot of the other channels out there. For goodness sake, a Fishing Channel in HD.
It is time for us to put the pressure on Ergan .. if enough people make a stink, he will have to become competitive with Direct TV and add Smithsonian.
Uh, that is how HD works with Dish Network as well.
The Turbo packages are an exception.
Otherwise, for $10, you get the HD equivalent of any channel you get in SD.
By the way, my guess is that the Turbo packages were an attempt by the previous Programming executives to get a competitive advantage over the other cable and satellite providers, by getting the channels to give some sort of deal to Dish for the HD channel without the SD channel. It seems that they were able to get some of the channels to agree (the early additions to Turbo), but others would not and that not only prevented Turbo from having all possible HD channels, it also prevented other Dish subscribers from getting those HD channels. So, it backfired, causing subscribers to move to DirecTV, rather than creating an advantage for Dish.
I expect Turbo HD to be eliminated over the course of 2009...
Maybe that applies to where you live, but you are making a big leap assuming that channel is available OTA in every market in the country. I may be wrong, but I scan for new channels every so often and I haven't seen any new FTV channel pop up -- and I'm in a top 25 market. That said, I don't see me watching it even if it was available free OTA.
