The Satellite Dish
The Consumer Satellite Industry through the eyes of WWW.SatelliteGuys.US Founder Scott Greczkowski
Mondays Thoughts
What a game last night, the people of New Orleans finally have something to cheer! I didn’t think last nights commercials were all that, companies paid $3 million dollars for their ads and I could only remember about 3 or 4 companies that advertised last night. Sure I remember all the ads but I can’t remember who they were for. How sad is that. One I do remember is Flo TV which pe ...... Read More
Comments (1)Whats the Story With 4DTV?
The subscription business for the big old fashioned C Band satellite dishes has been declining greatly over the years and now one if the programming providers is telling customers that the show is almost over. Reports are coming in that National Programming Service is no longer selling 4DTV C Band subscriptions, and that the CEO of NPS Mike Mountford is telling customers that, “We do believ ...... Read More
Comments (3)DIRECTV Hits One Million
Yesterday DIRECTV put out a press release announcing that over 1 million people have downloaded the DIRECTV Remote Scheduler application for the iPhone. DIRECTV through it’s advertising has really put remote DVR scheduling on the map. Since initially being introduced for the iPhone the DIRECTV Remote Scheduler software is now available for a number of platforms including the DROID, Palm PIX ...... Read More
Comments (3)Random Thoughts
I really enjoyed watching last nights Grammy Awards Show, although I got to admit I was kind of disappointed that Lady Gaga didn’t win any awards. I thought she deserved at least one, as like her or not shes making people talk about and purchase music again. One of the highlights of the show for me wasn’t on the awards show itself but one of the commercials shown during the telecast ...... Read More
Comments (8)Magically Disappointed
I woke up this morning and couldn’t wait for 1PM Eastern time to roll around… why? Because I knew that Apple was going to announce it’s new tabled the iPad. I have heard so many rumors about this amazing new tablet that I was pumped to see it introduced today. I searched high and low to watch the event live on the net and on satellite and could not find it. So I was forced t ...... Read More
Comments (5)DIRECTV's Billion Dollar Gamble
When you think of DIRECTV you think of sports, nobody does sports like DIRECTV. DIRECTV’s main sports franchise is the NFL Sunday Ticket, a package that give DIRECTV customers every regular Sunday season NFL game available on their televisions. Over the years the NFL package has kept NFL fans glued to DIRECTV. Fans have stood by DIRECTV as the price of the NFL package continues to climb ...... Read More
Comments (5)Free Satellite TV For All
At one time you could get all the programming you wanted for free of your satellite dish, then over time things began to scramble and if you wanted to watch things you needed to subscribe to see those channels. Over the years many of the big dishes have come down and have been replaced by small dishes for services such as DIRECTV and DISH Network. But what goes around comes around and it appears ...... Read More
Comments (3)MRV Comes to DIRECTV
For many months now users of the DIRECTV Cutting Edge program have been helping DIRECTV create and fine tune a feature called Multi Room Viewing (or MRV for short.) MRV allows DIRECTV customers with network receivers to enjoy DVR recorded shows on any networked receiver in the house. Meaning you can record a show in your living room, start watching it then pause it and go to your bedroom and cont ...... Read More
Comments (10)EchoStar Lends a Hand
There are times when you realize satellites do much more then just provide television signals to us viewers in our homes. We forget how much we rely on satellite technology. From phone calls, to navigation satellites play a big roles in our daily lives. No more is satellite technology needed but in Haiti where their entire communications setup was destroyed by the earthquake. With the lack of ...... Read More
Comments (6)Double Dipping?
On yesterday’s Dish Network retailer chat the new pricing was announced to Dish retailers, and like I reported here in past editions the prices were indeed correct. I was honestly hoping the information I had was wrong, but unfortunately it was not. For most people their bills will not go up, for others they may see a $1 or $2 increase, for others their bill may be shooting up $30 or more a ...... Read More
Comments (5)CES Goes to the XStream
This was the third year satellite start up XstreamHD appeared at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and for the first time ever I walked away from their booth excited for them and felt that this company was for real. In fact I walked away saying that this company is ready for it’s launch. I was able to sit and chat with XStreamHD CEO George Gonzalez at CES about his company and I c ...... Read More
Comments (6)It's a 3D World
After attending last weeks Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas I know one thing for sure it sure is a 3D world out there. The big thing that everyone was talking about (and asking about) was the 3D. I made my way from booth to booth checking out the new 3D offerings from every company. I was impressed with what I saw yet at the same time I walked out of CES knowing that I wouldn’t run ...... Read More
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