Gimme an H! Gimme a D! etc.

The installer from Digital Dish left a short while ago, after having hung a new dish pointed at the 61.5° satellite. This is hopefully temporary, until Dish starts shipping their “superdish” antenna. He also installed the 6000u receiver and we tested it to verify that I get the HD feed properly. It looks great, slightly crisper than the Buckeye DCT-5100.
I bought two antennas (more on that later) so I could find out which one worked best and looked least dorky, but I’ll have to wait a few days to hook them up; the installer didn’t have any of the 8VSB modules, so I still can’t get over-the-air HD. Dish is offering a free 8VSB module to any subscriber who owns a 6000, which is a great deal for those who haven’t already bought one yet– just call them and ask for one, preferably waiting until after mine’s shipped so they don’t run out. Hopefully mine will arrive in time for Thursday’s Threat Matrix, or at least in time for college football on Saturday.
The installer, alas, made one major faux pas: he forgot to reconnect the new receiver’s S-Video and audio out, so no one could watch standard TV. That would have caused some consternation, but luckily I caught it before anyone wanted to watch TV.