What do you say we get skyreports interested in

[Bob Haller]

How buggy the E PVRs are? A little publicity might get Es attention.:(

[Richard King]

I have a 508 and have never experienced a bug in my 5 months of ownership.

[Geronimo]

Weenb't we supposed to do this about the Dishplayer too?

[Neil Derryberry]

my 721 runs fine...

[Bob Haller]

I contacted sky reports about the dishplayer fiasco, The VERY NEXT MORNING E called me about my complaint and offered me a 508 upgrade with no CC autopay for $150

This after a month of e mailing the CEO@ECHOSTAR address and not hearing back from them.

THE POWER OF THE MEDIA!

[Bob Haller]

I sent this to sky this morning. I hope others will do something similiar. A bit of media attention may get them to come to their senses.

Send your mail to!!! editor@skyreport.com.



You have a lot of avid readers out here. Perhaps theres a story for you here.

Dish is going to charge for new DVRs. a monthly fee per receiver.

This is fine for new subs who essentially get their box for free. But by doing this long term existing subs get screwed. We will be forced to pay full retail PLUS the fee:( Plus in all honesty dishes PVRs arent as stable as Directs, lack features like name based recordings, and have ongoing problems with software upgrades causing glitches.

Honestly they release half designed buggy software and have ther subscribers beta test the units.

The 721 their top of the line box was promised to provide internet access which was never made available. This box is now out of production and people are disappointed.

Perhaps you could look into this. Please see these discussions as to why were upset. Apparently this is falling on deaf ears at diish. They think everything is OK.

DBSTalk.COM / SatelliteTalk.COM - Official Dish DVR-510 Information from Dish DBSTalk.COM / SatelliteTalk.COM - DVR 510 announced and monthly fee3! DBSForums Discussion Forums: DISH Network announces DVR fees

Thanks much for your time Bob Haller

[johnsbin]

I sent this to sky this morning. I hope others will do something similiar. A bit of media attention may get them to come to their senses.

That didn't work, Bob. Here's what SkyReport is now showing on the front page:

Wall Street Eyes DISH DVR Fee Merrill Lynch satellite analyst Marc Nabi said EchoStar's plan to charge future DVR users a fee for their digital recorder service is a wise move by the satellite TV provider.
"In our view, the announcement is a smart addition to the upcoming DVR offers," Nabi said in a research note.


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Looks like loyalty loses out to bean counting.

[Bob Haller]

Well thats fine from a beancounter position but sometimes those same beancounters miss the forest for the trees.......

[Randy_B]

Wall St analysts also said Enron and MCI were great buys. Discovery Zone was an all time Wall St favorite as well.