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Engadget's recession antidote: win a 1.5TB Drobo! {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2009 12:55PM I have an idea to fix the economy. We can put all of the requests for corporate bailouts onto a Drobo filled with Seagate 1TB 7200.11 drives from Thailand.
Ask Engadget HD: Is switching from cable to satellite worth it? {Engadget HD}
Apr 30th 2008 8:26PM Thanks for all your comments!
I have had an an HR-20 receiver and a 5LNB dish since last May, but when I got the upgrade the BBC converter was not installed. I can't believe I paid for HD service for this long without realizing something was terribly wrong. I argued about th crappy my HD service to the Directv customer service department a month ago and the representative made no mention of the converter. The rep also did not find it strange that I was only getting six HD channels. I am glad this topic came up on Engadget HD, and again THANKS!
Ask Engadget HD: Is switching from cable to satellite worth it? {Engadget HD}
Apr 30th 2008 12:19PM I have HD through DirecTV and I am very disappointed. When I signed up for the service in 2006 I was informed that over 75 channels would be available in HD by the end of the year. Now, that they claim over 100 channels I get about 6 HD channels. I called their customer service dept and was informed that most HD channels were not in my plan, and that the 100 channel claim includes many channels that are pay-per-view or feature "some HD content". So basically I have paid $85 per month for two years to watch Planet Earth once in HD, and a crap load of upscaled Law & Order episodes on TNT HD. I could have bought a Blu-ray player several times over to go with my 8-at-a-time Netflix account. I suggest a lot of research before committing to anything.
