Having owned a big HD TV for over a year now, we're finally actually making the jump to HD.We're a long time (almost 10 years) Dish Network house. Some friends of ours recently got Dish's Turbo HD and it was totally drool-worthy. The bad news is that we have to have TWO dishes on top of our house. Apparently, on the east coast, you don't need a second dish for HD on Dish, but you do on the west coast. Supposedly this has to do with something about the configuration of the satellite constellation and a satellite they had to move a few years ago to make up for one that failed. Probably all made up. Stupid Newton anyway.
And it all ends up costing us like $5 more per month than we pay now - so not too shabby.
Anyhoo, we like Dish and they seem to do a good job of keeping prices down and delivering a good product. I think in the time we've had them our bill has gone from $40 to $52 and our channels have gone from 120 to 200 or something like that. And we love their DVR too.
Installation is next Monday. If tonight's viewing is any indication, by this time next week I'll be complaining that there is nothing to watch, but I'll be watching complete crap in full 1080p glory!
Top Gear will probably be even more amazing in HD!
ReplyDeleteIn Monday's episode of Top Gear, they finished the review of the Nissan GT-R from last week.
ReplyDeleteJapanese law requires that all cars be limited to 115mph on roads, so the GT-R has a speed limiter. However, when the built in satellite nav system detects that the car is at a race track (they're on the map), it AUTOMATICALLY turns off the limiter.
I actually got chills up my neck at how cool that was.
That is why we have technology right there...that is probably the only show I miss watching on TV.
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