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You'll remember that HD was free (HD-NET, HBO, & Showtime), then Direct tagged on the $10.95 and added ESPN and Discovery. Yes, I did vote and did cancel it. HD-Net is available OTA here. Since I don't watch many movies on HBO, I'm not really missing anything. On local cable they now offer...

ESPN-HD is a ripoff. $10.95 is the reason. They offer very little content, HD-NET was already showing hockey. $10.95 for a few channels is steep, they need to add more to justify the cost. I get more OTA HD than I do from the Direct HD package.

Historically DISH has had a slightly "softer" picture than Direct. That's not all that bad in that artifacts were a little less obvious on Dish. I'm a Direct user (for many years). I find the picture quality to be decent at best and lousy in some cases. The sports channels and Sunday ticket...

I've had direct connect and FM modulation. I found FM modulation to be slightly worse than good local FM. For me it wasn't acceptable buy YMMV.

In response to a few points. Yes, I did recalibrate my set each time. It had little effect. One note, my Pioneer Elite tends to be sharper than some other projectors and much sharper than plasma. On plasma, I find the video differences to be far less than on the Pioneer which tends to show...

I'm late to then discussion, but I have to add my comments on the 2900. I picked up a 2900 when my Sony 9000ES died. I was looking to add DVD Audio to the mix, along with SACD. THe 9000ES was a great player, regardless of the chroma issue. I like the construction of the 2900, the remote is...