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Dish--Weather On The 8's
« on: July 01, 2007, 09:14:29 AM »
Any thoughts on when us Dish Network subs will be able to see a customized version of WOT8's like the cable subs?

Just wondering.
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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2007, 09:54:54 AM »
The plan is for "Regional Satellite" when TWC goes HD in 2008. It wont be as local as us cable viewers,
but it will be in the same region as the subscriber.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2007, 11:45:25 AM »
The plan is for "Regional Satellite" when TWC goes HD in 2008. It wont be as local as us cable viewers,
but it will be in the same region as the subscriber.
Just curious, Gil, where did you find this information? :unsure:

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2007, 11:47:42 AM »
Yeah I'd kinda like to know that too. This is the first I've heard of such a thing.  :huh:

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2007, 12:06:37 PM »
Its been mentioned countless times in TWC's press releases.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2007, 12:08:49 PM »
Its been mentioned countless times in TWC's press releases.
Really? I've never seen that mentioned before. :huh:

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2007, 12:09:57 PM »
Its been mentioned countless times in TWC's press releases.
Really? I've never seen that mentioned before. :huh:
Well then your not reading the stuff that Tyler (and others) have been posting at TWC Classics.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2007, 12:10:45 PM »
Well then your not reading the stuff that Tyler (and others) have been posting at TWC Classics.
I have been. I guess I must have overlooked that.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2007, 12:12:06 PM »
Well then your not reading the stuff that Tyler (and others) have been posting at TWC Classics.
I have been. I guess I must have overlooked that.
You must've, because i clearly read that they were going to make Satellite LFs more local/regional. its not going to be totally
local, it will be regional. I assume like Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, etc.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2007, 02:01:37 PM »
I'll have to take a close look, because I never read anything like that either.  :huh:

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2007, 03:42:20 PM »
I'll have to take a close look, because I never read anything like that either.  :huh:
Let me see if i can find the exact article.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2007, 03:47:20 PM »
I cant find it, but I think its the one called "The Weather Channel takes High-Def plunge"

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2007, 10:59:03 PM »
I'm glad to hear that we may have an option soon with this.  It is probably the ONLY thing I miss when I switched from Cable to Dish.  Other than that, GOODBYE to CHARTER forever! :)

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2007, 11:02:26 PM »
I'm glad to hear that we may have an option soon with this.  It is probably the ONLY thing I miss when I switched from Cable to Dish.  Other than that, GOODBYE to CHARTER forever! :)



I agree. If this feature does become a reality I'll be giving serious thought to switching to Dish from Comcast. The price of cable is outrageous, and the only reason I have kept cable as long as I have is for the benefit of the Local Forecast.

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Re: Dish--Weather On The 8's
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2007, 09:00:37 AM »
I agree. I wouldn't want to lose the LF. Sure, I can get it from the internet or the newspaper, but on TWC,
its all compiled for me and everything, and airing on the 8s.