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    OTA antenna combiner

    I wound up buying a "5 star" long range UHF/VHF antenna and the 3 way antenna combiner mentioned at the top of the thread. this extra antenna I'm going to aim right at the tower that gets the crappy signal right now and hope for the best. bought an "open box" splitter/combiner thing off ebay and...
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    OTA antenna combiner

    any suggestion on an antenna and that big multi switch combiner seems like overkill If I'm only going to merge 2 into 1. are the little thing that look like a splitter actaully work or at the bigger things actually needed? Thank you for the suggestion guys keep them coming! :)
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    OTA antenna combiner

    Ok so that being said, I'm in need of a better VHF antenna for the low channel primarily channel 2.1 here in Buffalo I'm thinking that and the 8 bay is what I need for the dish input and just keep the RF into the TV's off the Omni. What is a good brand and choice. so that would just be 2...
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    OTA antenna combiner

    Hello: I'm a satellite TV subscriber (Dish) I don't buy the local channel package. Looking for some advice for you OTA antenna geeks. I live just outside of Buffalo NY zip 14086 I'm just to the south and east of the city. We built our house new in 2000 have always had satellite either dish or...
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    Contract almost up

    NICE!
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    Contract almost up

    yah He didn't mention that I wasn't interested anyways.
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    Contract almost up

    Well called on Blackfriday weekend and was offered 2 deals a 2-year lock in and my bill go up $40.00 a month but locked in. that was a no go. or a 1-year deal and the payment will be the same as it was 2 months ago there was some kind of a hike on my last 2 bills. Even know om contract was up...
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    Contract almost up

    Well, I'm officailly on a month to month basis right now. wating closer to Balck Friday to see if they have any kind of a deal. Anyone have any more recent luck doing a longer than 1 year deal or even get some upgraded equipment? Our system is probably 4 or 5 years old now. 1 hopper and 4...
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    Contract almost up

    Hello. I don't post much usually when it's time for my contract is close to being renewed. End of November my contract is up the system i have right now works pretty much flawless I like the programming we have and it's somewhat affordable. the system we have is 5 possibly 6 years old now...
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    new Samsung 8 series TV issue with AppleTV box

    I got it sorted out. it's not a cable issue. It's the HDMI port I tied port 1 and 2 did the same thing. I didn't realize there was a 3'rd port on the back of the TV 1 and 2 are on the left side of the TV. I plugged the apple box into that and the Tv did it's self set up it asked me if it was a...
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    new Samsung 8 series TV issue with AppleTV box

    Hello long time Samsung TV owner first time I have posted. I have multiple Samsung tv's I just upgraded my Mancave TV from a 39" 5 series tv to a 43" Au8000 series tv. Tame hook up that I have had for a few years just took one TV off the wall and put on the new one. I have dish network connected...
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    TWO YEAR CONTRACT OVER THIS MONTH

    I'm going to call right now my contract just ended went from 105 to 160.00 will see what they can do. 15 minute phone call and was able to do a 1 year deal and instead of the new price being 160.00 it's going to be 110.60 I can live with a 5 dollar a month price increase dude said they just...
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    TWO YEAR CONTRACT OVER THIS MONTH

    I'll ride it out till the end and whatever deal they have to offer hopefully they can lock me into a 2 year deal. and call it black Friday to make it sound official or whatever they have. I'd like to lock in for 2 years and just pay the yearly bump in the fee. That is what I was looking for...
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    TWO YEAR CONTRACT OVER THIS MONTH

    I'm up for a renew next month. I have had them for 3 years this go round. I had them for just over 10 years in the early 2000's then switched to Direct. they go stupid with their rates and dropped them I think in 2019??? got a Hopper system with 4 Joey's last year that Inita 2 year was up in...
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    2 year agreement ran out

    $45/$60 increase is expensive over a 12 year course of billing. evreything goes up but my Pay and everyone else's They never tell you what the evnetual increase is going to be or even hit at it we all know it's going to go up but not that much. I'm happy with the resolution I got. :)