[stomachmonkey]

Been out of that scene for a few years now but Dishnet may still be hackable. Direct is locked down.

Menuing, guides, etc... The GUI stuff varies by manufacturer. I had Sony boxes and RCA boxes. There was much more that you could do at the ROM level on RCA boxes but the UI sucked. The Sony UI was by far the nicest. I still miss it.

Am on FIOS because of the on demand stuff which you can't get on Sat plus the discount I get from the triple play. Phone, broadband and TV. Paying half what i used to when all three services were with different providers.