Sadly, Dish is STILL, today, right now, activating these soon-to-be deficient receivers for NEW accounts.
"Yes, I know you just signed up to receive Dish HDTV. No, you can't get these new channels--which include YOUR LOCAL stations in HDTV. Unless, of course, you want to send me some more money..."
Man, I wouldn't want to be working in the Dish Network "Customer Service" shop when this stuff hits the fan.
Dump on Dish all you want. But Dish has the best HD package out there for satellite.