Ed,
All your points are well taken.
For us, we've decided that given our current not retired yet lifestyle where only 2-3 weeks of time can be spent out, that we'd just purchase the lot at Pacific Shores, get our own dedicated hi-speed connection (charter cable services the resort at 60Mbps) on our lot, then simply use the on demand and live tv go of Comcast while were there. It's sort of our vacation home on the coast.
I know that had 5.1 surround with Dish but no real movie channels to use it with, so I researched Slingbox, for example, and it appears from what I've read that in most cases you can only use the cable inputs from your home box (not quite sure I understand why). With those audio cables there is no 5.1, only stereo. Has anyone used slingbox and connected it using its HDMI input from your TV box?
So, we, having had the Dish as you do and very aware of its usefulness at most campgrounds (but then again, trees can be an issue and have been lately at Thousand Trail Resorts), just decided we'd visit a single campground, our own, more often now. When we're not there, the hi-speed adds to our renters' experience since some are making great use of the internet for entertainment as we now are.
Thanks for all inputs!
Mike