Anybody else sick and tired of the digital TV commercials and warnings?

[tolivac]

Will all of these warnings and promos disappear when its "plates off" for analog TV in February?On the broadcast end of it sure many of the stations are trying to squeeze the remaining hours out of sagging transmitter tubes.

 

[bpetersxx]

dish network and local channels

I cannot get local channels on Dish network because the broadcast station and the cable conpany says I am in a satellite home viewers act area

does anyone else have dish or directtv and has to use a terrestrial antenna to get local channels

Dish network says all you have to do is have programming and u are set
That is not right u have to not be in a designated area to get local and I aint

 

[rp2813]

Jeff, I agree that the cut shots on the DIY, Food (OMG I can't watch Tyler Florence at-all) and HGTV type channels are ridiculous. I mean, even the most A.D.D. kid today isn't THAT A.D.D., and since when were any of these channels appealing to kids of video game and action movie vintage anyway?

Meanwhile, I have my 1950 Admiral 10" and an early 90's GE 13" with built-in VCR that will need converters since we didn't get a Dish box for them. I haven't done anything about it yet. I got a couple of coupons for my mom that we never used, so I think I'll start looking for those. There are still two antennas on the roof here but the leads to them are nearly toast. It may not be worth the trouble, as I think U-Verse in almost here in our neighborhood. Once it is, I'm quitting Dish right away, as I don't have a contract and there won't be any ETF.

 

[mattl]

bpetersxx, in the SAT community,( much like this one btw...)there is a fairly well know solution to your problem, it's called "moving". No, I don't mean you have to move, you just change your service address. People do it all the time. You need to be fairly close to where you "move" since most of the country is covered by various spot beams, think of a series of overlapping cones. As long as you move somewhere in the "cone" that covers you you will be able to get the channels in that area.

You need a valid address, a friend or relative might allow you to use theirs, or you can use a gas station, McD's or a vacant lot, doesn't matter. You simple go online and change your service address, you can leave your billing address the same, the computer doesn't care.

I've been doing this for years. To Direct I live in Detroit, HATE the Flint stations, and my bill used to go to my office, but now it goes to the house I"m working on. I may "move" home and get updated equipment, D is replacing all the HD TiVos with their crappy unit, but it is free. They will do a free updated dish install too. In a few week I won't be able to get any HD SAT delivered content, bummer. But I get plenty of OTA HD.