SatelliteGuys - Retailer Chat Recap: April 22nd 2008

[gadgtfreek]

Glad to see Norfolk lils are still on the books.

 

[pdxsam]

Originally Posted by n0qcu
Good for some people but bad for those of us that need a NTSC tuner in their receiver.

You won't be needing it much longer.

Not quite. Low power stations won't be required to switch to digital until after the 09 deadline. If folks get some of their channels on Low Powers they'll still need NTSC.

 

[theoak]

Will everyone get new cards?

Why are they sending new cards? (Too many hackers?)

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Everyone will get new cards.

 

[Packer Bill]

Leave it to E* to announce on "Earth Day" that they are going to send out PLASTIC to 13 million customers!

 

[dodge]

Good for some people but bad for those of us that need a NTSC tuner in their receiver.

NTSC will be dead as of 2-19-08
unless it is a low power or translator station

 

[rad]

NTSC will be dead as of 2-19-08

Only for full power stations, low power NTSC will still exist.

 

[Jim S.]

After months of wondering what the hell was wrong at Dish, now we know: they've been taken over by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as "an automaton designed to take the place of a man." The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With!" The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes."

--Douglas Adams

 

[tomcrown1]

After months of wondering what the hell was wrong at Dish, now we know: they've been taken over by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.



--Douglas Adams

DISH IS GETTING SIRIUS??? I thought their was something funny about Dish, who would have thunk it Dish was never Sirius before.

 

[maxmoto]

Leave it to E* to announce on "Earth Day" that they are going to send out PLASTIC to 13 million customers!

Come one.... Dish can only have less than 100 customers by now!!!

 

[navychop]

NTSC will be dead as of 2-19-08
unless it is a low power or translator station

Actually, 2-17-09

 

[mikecx]

Greensboro hd

When you say launch does that mean I will be able to view this week?

 

[harshness]

Maybe someone on the call will have the guts to ask why Dish is so secretive about future HD plans when DirecTV gives planned channel launch dates all the time.

Perhaps you would be willing to share where DIRECTV offers these channel launch dates? I'm sure there are legions who wouldn't waste their time checking the headlines here every Wednesday morning if they knew how to access such a resource.

 

[harshness]

The TR40 is being renamed the DTV PAL and will be available in June.

That's just asinine: name something after two disparate TV transmission models.

 

[atvman]

It Portland, ME not Porland, ME

 

[Slamminc11]

It Portland, ME not Porland, ME

The guy is trying to type while listening to the chat and watching the slates as they come up and you are going to bitch about missing a "T" in the towns name!?! I have a suggestion, how about getting a life! Geez, seriously. :down

 

[RandallA]

It Portland, ME not Porland, ME

Well, in that case: It is or It's Portland, ME not It Portland.

 

[cj9788]

billing.

Although I think this time around it would be fun to send them to your service address since thats where you need the cards. (not)

Thats what happend to me during the last swap. I found out when I got home from work and none of my channels worked. They were cool about it and even overnighted replacements to the billing address. Talk about a dont ask dont tell policy. They did not ask me one question as to why I never recvd my cards at the service address. What dish does not know cant hurt them.

 

[atvman]

Sorrrrry

 

[TheKrell]

Any word on what the DPP33 is and what it will be used for?

It was a DishPro Plus switch rumored for over a year already, but never released. See this oldie but goodie thread.