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For the week Ara was on vacation and was away from his HDTV. This really made him appreciate what was missing at home. It also gave him time to think about a few things. He even posted a couple of questions to the HDTV Magazine forum. Today we'll bring to you his thoughts and readers responses.

DirecTV and Dish Network Merger a good thing?
With the Dish losing 25,000 subscribers last quarter (A first for the Satellite Industry). Many are saying the time may have come for the two to merge. They tried this a few years ago but the FTC blocked the move. I say bring it on! Competition from Verizon's FIOS and AT&T's U-verse are enough to keep the combined company honest. And besides, it will take more than a year to pull it off so who knows what other technology will surface to compete. Here's how I see it:

Pros:

• More HDTV!
• For DirecTV subscribers access to built in Sling Technology 
• For Dish Network subscribers access to Sunday Ticket

Cons:

•  I can't think of any

Olympics in HD. How does it look so far?

So I am on vacation in San Diego for the week. I have been watching in SD on an old SONY CRT. I am wondering what you guys think of NBC's HD coverage so far. I really like the World Record line that goes across the screen during the swimming events! Even in SD you can see how smoggy the air is. What does it look like in HD?

Watching via the Slingbox, I have found some cool features DirecTV has added. If you press the Red button on the remote it brings up a special menu for their Olympics coverage. You get a special Olympics only program guide, medal counter, and trivia section. What are other systems doing?

I have watched a few programs via the NBCOlymics web site (http://www.nbcolympics.com/). The quality was OK for streaming. Couldn't get it to go full screen on my Macbook Pro.