Recent content by telstar_1

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    Site is slooooow

    Outage was observed here beginning at noon Central...I had noticed the "bogging down" for 2-3 days. All seems well now
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    DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

    Yep, DiSH can be exasperating but they have good tech
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    3 Hoppers on one Dish?

    Well, you might want 3 hoppers if you have 3 independent users and don't want joeys for whatever reason (like the guide) or just happen to have extra hoppers lying around
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    AI is coming for your TV

    Part of why they're now so doggone cheap
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    Site is slooooow

    Don't know if this means anything, but I've started getting frequent all-white screens when paging back, like from a thread back to the thread list. Paging further back always brings up the previous page (forums list) and then I can proceed forward again
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    Dish 60.0 Remote

    Wonder why vol & ch are at the top, when as most frequently-used they're better placed where the thump more natually lands when picking it up? Does it do device modes?
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    Guide differences

    Looks like they can't even keep a consistent UI in same home.
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    Festivus - Airing of Grievances

    I'll look for it at Hy-Vee
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    DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

    Certainly the chances are that if you own your boxes you also own the dish/LNBF. Unless you started with a leased system and have for whatever reason substituted out owned rx's for leased. Or if DiSH supplied the dish/LNBF on install. They used to be persistent about getting back the LNBF (just...
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    Festivus - Airing of Grievances

    NOW they refer....
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    Festivus - Airing of Grievances

    First I've ever heard of them referring a dealer.
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    DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

    They get touchy about that for whatever reasons. Like it's something totally nefarious. The warned me not to try to sell my bad 722 that they let me keep because they didn't want to pay shipping back. I guess they thought I was possibly lying about it being bad in order to free it up to sell....
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    DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

    I'm pretty sure they haven't sent self-installation kits in quite some time. Just I'd throw them that one just to mess with them. They weren't such a scrupulous outfit in past years. They have to bring out all possible gear they might need including rx's because yours might not be usable or you...
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    Are We All Citizen Spies Now?

    If you see something, whisper something
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    DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

    Why would need the newest LNBF? Lotsa hopper users must be on older ones like the DPP triple. If you've self-installed before, you can again, especially if dish is already in place. Just buy the hopper and any kind of add-on 'node' you might need (per advice here), and call in activation. Do NOT...