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  1. Strino

    Can someone identify this setup?

    I hadn't thought of that -- were they ever providing services in Northern Ontario? We have phone/cable/dsl internet services providers where I work -- that's why I didn't ever consider it being a broadband dish. It doesn't do anything, other than collect snow and ice. Hahaha
  2. Strino

    Can someone identify this setup?

    I work for a company that has Motorola radio comms with an antenna, and we have a dish setup I'm not familiar with.... In all honesty... Every one of our offices has one of these dishes, and there are two coax cables in the office that aren't connected to anything. Can anyone shed some light...
  3. Strino

    hopper/Joey free to good home

    PM for you. :)
  4. Strino

    Contest: Enter to Win an Amiko mini HD SE from Titanium Satellite - Ends 5/27/2014

    I dove into the rabbit hole we call FTA back in March 2007. I was and still am learning. Its an ongoing processes that never ends. Started off with a 33"/SG2100 motorized dish, Invacom LNB and a Coolsat 4000.
  5. Strino

    BellTV Dropping SPEED on May 1st

    So... I'm watching the SPEED on BellTV (417 & 1413) --- and see the dreaded (INFO) in the description for nearly every program. It states that on May 1st, SPEED will no longer be available. I'm not exactly happy about this -- in fact, I am livid. I enjoy my motorsports coverage, and TSN...
  6. Strino

    An Open Letter to DIRT. Is this a scam? - Resolved

    I will advise you to keep copies of your shipping receipts and tracking numbers -- even if the boxes come directly from DISH. I deal with a different provider, and returned some rental receivers using their boxes and shipping labels. Four months later, I noticed a $99 fee for non-returned...
  7. Strino

    Going to work for Directv

    Congrats on the job! I used to work tech support for a few major PC and software manufacturers back in the day.... and the general consensus is right -- over the phone, people will treat you like dirt. 99.8% of them don't have the stones to say to someone in person, what they would say to...
  8. Strino

    Shaw Direct ???

    You can *67 all you want, but with ANI and DNIS -- your phone number will show up on their end. Caller ID blocking doesn't apply to those services --- and if you're dialing a toll free number, ANI and DNIS trumps *67. You might just be dealing with a rep or agent that isn't familiar with all...
  9. Strino

    Shaw Direct On Demand

    I'm going to chime in here and say... Legal.. a U.S based IP address for a Canadian service... My mother just got SD installed today, and I talked with the installer. I asked a few hypotheticals.. about taking my receiver to camp, or venturing off into the U.S (I'm Canadian). He alluded...
  10. Strino

    Waiting for a box to return my leased 622

    My post wasn't to meant to bash either Dish or Bell. I know that Dish and Bell aren't the same company, but they use the same equipment; I was only trying to emphasize that when you do return a receiver, you will want to hang on to your shipping bill for verification and proof that you did your...
  11. Strino

    Waiting for a box to return my leased 622

    If DISH's returns are anything like BellTV's return process -- its utterly crap-tacular. I returned 3 different Bell 4100 receivers. Each return was approximately 1 month apart, and it took 2-3 weeks to receive the return labels and packaging. They sent me a bubble envelope for each...
  12. Strino

    Contest: Enter to Win a GEOSATpro microHD STB and SL1PLL LNBF - Ends 5/31/2013 Midnight PDT

    My fondest summer memories were as a child in the mid 1980, when my parents had a camp on Squirrel Island. I have so many fond memories of going to camp and spending time with my parents and brother and sister. Camp is where I learned to tie my own fishing lures, learned how to drive my first...
  13. Strino

    Question about some BEV channels....

    Thank you for the clear and direct answers; much more than I was able to obtain directly from Bell TV customer service. At times asking them for answers is like pulling teeth, or asking the Colonel to reveal his 11 herbs and spices.
  14. Strino

    Question about some BEV channels....

    68 views and no one knows?.... wow
  15. Strino

    Question about some BEV channels....

    I'm curious about some of BEV's channels, to which I couldn't get an explaination from Bell directly. From my outright asking "where are you located?" -- I always get a resounding "The Philippines", so that kind of explains why they don't know much about the channel line-up or anything other...
  16. Strino

    Using "Then" and "Than" correctly

    I do believe that most instructors will give partial credit for a math/science question if your solving work was correct even if you arrived at the wrong answer, but your solving had to demonstrate a solid understanding of the subject. I recall this vividly from even my university days. We...
  17. Strino

    Using "Then" and "Than" correctly

    I've lost count of how many times I've heard people say "irregardless" "Irregardless of the sun shining today, it is still cold outside." 'Regardless of what you just stated, irregardless is not a word.' :P
  18. Strino

    Using "Then" and "Than" correctly

    That student was just re-affirming to you his career choice was going to be sanitation/janitorial related. The United States wants to see its children have the same calibre education as most European children -- very broad and diverse. Unfortunately, the U.S educational system needs to learn...
  19. Strino

    $600 Challenge

    Lol.... wasn't taking it as a "personal" attack. I was speaking from the perspective of one unit vs another. Sorry if that sounded confusing. You're right though, I wasn't in line with what the OP was initially after. I'm not in the least bit offended... really. The pitch-forks and...
  20. Strino

    $600 Challenge

    My intention wasn't to turn anything into a PS3 vs Stand-alone debate. I was merely offering a platform that offered Networked PC media streaming integration, something a stand-alone unit doesn't offer. The trade-off is playback performance. To date, I haven't seen any stand-alone units on...
  21. Strino

    $600 Challenge

    I've never had any playback issues with the PS3 for BD or DVD movies. I'm also a light gamer, so I tend to keep my FW updated. It would be fair to mention that a PS3 can do one thing a stand-alone BD player can't do: integrate seamlessly with your Windows, Mac and Linux network. I've been...
  22. Strino

    TSN feed

    Hrmmm strange... Not to thread-jack.. but I've been a subscriber to BellTV since 1995, and not ONCE have they ever called me to ask me about my receiver ID or location. I haven't had any of my receivers plugged in since 2001. Odd that some of you are claiming to get calls from Bell asking...
  23. Strino

    $600 Challenge

    I only asked because of the Dolby True-HD and MA support offered by the PS3. The OP didn't state any requirement for the receiver to have True-HD or MA, but the PS3 would be capable of decoding it, and passing it through on Multichannel 5.1 @ 192Hz/24-bit audio quality. One thing the the PS3...
  24. Strino

    Can I use GPS TOMTOM as a Satfinder?

    You can use the TomTom to discover your true long/lat just the way it is. The info screen that shows you the GPS satellites available, also shows your lat and longitude. If you're installing a motorized setup that'll at least give you an idea of which satellite is closest to you to start you...
  25. Strino

    $600 Challenge

    How do you feel about a Playstation 3 vs a BD drive? Do you care about Dolby True-HD?