John, Good Explanation, but..... John, I understand your very good explanation, and have personally had zip luck in getting a waiver for locals in HD. The part that still doesn't make sense to me is that prior to going over to Comcast (since it was the only way I could get locals in HD), my...

Just Call Dish If you call Dish, they will tell you what grade signal you receive based on your address. They just look it up in a database. Unfortunately, this data does take take topography into consideration. I live 18 miles east of the transmitter location, but have a tall hill in the way...

Green Lines Were On Local Seattle Affiliate NightRyder: No, I was not watching the LA feed. I get all of the local network channels in HD in the Seattle area via Comcast cable. FYI: The reason I left Dish after 7 years was because they jerked me around when I was upgrading my tv to HD. I...

Regarding the flashing green lines on CBS-HD: I believe that, as Dish said, it is a problem at the provider (CBS). I used to be a Dish subscriber, but now have Comcast cable TV. Last night I was watching an episode of NCIS (from CBS) that I had recorded on 4/12/05. For the first time since...

More News I got a letter from Dish essentially blowing me out of the water with regard to proving I don't receive Grade B signal strength. (Keep in mind that according to SHVIA, Dish is supposed to support customers that want signal strength varified.) They are now saying that if their vendor...

Update After having Dish tell me I had to contact the station (KIRO in Seattle) to get a waiver, and having KIRO tell me the waiver request had to come from Dish, I faxed a letter to the Dish Waivers department. I received a call from the waiver department telling me (at first) that I had to...

I understand that Dish is discontinuing the 921 and coming out with the 922. Does anyone have any specifics on this new receiver?

Having a Lot of Trouble Getting Waiver for CBS-HD Dish Network tells me I have to contact the CBS station in Seattle (KIRO-TV), get a waiver from them, and fax it to Dish. KIRO tells me they only process waiver requests from the Satellite provider and not from individuals. The SHVIA of 1999...