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Stargate: Atlantis looks amazing on it.]]>Jan 7th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN0722952420080107?rpc=44

more info on the new hd channels (with new hd packages that don't contain the channels you don't care about, starting at $10):
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/080107/133867.html
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There are many things that Dish could do to grow and have more satasfied customers:

1) offer a more higher end experience at the STB level. DirecTV is atempting this with the Microsoft media center tuner, if that ever sees the light of day.

2) revitalize their relationship with local dealers by offering high end product only through local A/V stores. They also need to stop making the small local dealers 'cosign' on the new accounts through the charge back process.

3) accept all service issues corporately, and possibly shift service locally. The closer you can get customer service to the customer, the better it's going to be. Call centers are just not doing it, cash strapped local dealers aren't doing it either.

The models exist for a truly world class hardware / software / services company. Apple anyone? I think that if Charlie was ever replaced with a true visionary, the company could be one of the greatest in history. ]]>Jan 7th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/Jan 7th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-dish-networks-press-conference/ - the high frequency signal from your satellite antenna (or probably the switch that selects which satellites' signals are of interest at the moment) to your set-top-box or DVR, and
- the low frequency signal from your set-top-box or DVR TV2 output to the remainder of the coax runs in the house to the other video devices e.g. SD television sets.
No need for new / additional coax wiring unless the existing cable is not RG-6. (Older RG-59/U coax does not pass the higher frequencies with low enough losses to be usable for transmitting the satellite signals to the set top box / DVR.)

The label on one diplexer (your installer may use a different brand) reads:
IN/OUT - DC PASS - SAT
HOLLAND
ELECTRONICS LLC
STVC
5-2150MHz
VHF/UHF
Add one of these into the signal path near the previously existing wiring closet / junction box on exterior of the house / splitter in the attic and another near the set-top-box or DVR, and no new room
to room coax runs are needed.
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