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  1. PhilipPeake

    Seattle Locals on Dish?

    Portland area locals too.
  2. PhilipPeake

    New HD is up!

    I see them - but all locked out (This is a subscription channel ....). I have Top250 + PlatinumHD + GoldHD -- I should be subscribed to everything out there...
  3. PhilipPeake

    Completely Unwatchable( Audio Sync issue )

    The real issue here is MPEG4. It doesn't have any sound/video sync mechanism. the two just free run. It gets to be an issue (as has been mentioned) when the sound and vision are transmitted over different paths, or when there is a long dely in video processing (compression/decompression). The...
  4. PhilipPeake

    Rant

    I understand your frustration, and mostly agree with you. However, I think you are missing something important: the people doing the install get a very small, fixed price for doing the install. Its incredibly easy for them to make a loss on each and every one if they take too long and end up...
  5. PhilipPeake

    I've done everything I can with Dish Net, and they just don’t understand. What now?

    What I meant was, go to google and do a search trying to simply buy a Dish receiver. I tried it out just, and surprisingly, it was now easy. When I was last in the market for a new receiver Dish was runnning a scheme allowing people to set up websites (Dish did all the work) with their name...
  6. PhilipPeake

    I've done everything I can with Dish Net, and they just don’t understand. What now?

    Thus is why you should NEVER (see that word? let me repeat it - N E V E R) sign up with Dish or one of their rip-off affiliates. BUY the receiver, BUY the dish/LNB and install it yourself. It can be hard to locate someone selling the receivers due to Dish spamming the internet with ten million...
  7. PhilipPeake

    Upgrading From 811?

    Depending upon how you feel about doing the work of installing the stuff, I would seriously consider just buying the required components and installing yourself. I bought a VIP211 to replace my 811, and a Dish 1000. Dropping the 211 in place of the 811 is trivial, just needs a call to TECH...
  8. PhilipPeake

    EuroNews

    Which satellite is this on?
  9. PhilipPeake

    International Channel Prices

    Because they can ....
  10. PhilipPeake

    Satellite meters - any good ones?

    Ok - I know what you mean about not being needed for twin LNB. I (momentarily) considered buying the twin version when I bought mine, but then thought about it, and how it would probably be almost as much effort to set up the two feeds as to just flip between the two lnbs with the internal...
  11. PhilipPeake

    Satellite meters - any good ones?

    Want to elaborate on why you don't recommend the dual?
  12. PhilipPeake

    Satellite meters - any good ones?

    Does anyone have any advice on decent satellite meters? They really seem hard to find. I bought a Digisat Pro III thinking that it would do all that I need -- which isn't much, just set up my Dish DP for the RV, from time to time set up the home dish(es) - Dish 1000, and, of course, find...
  13. PhilipPeake

    Dish "Professional Installation" Rant

    I really don't agree that you should have to be there, at least not for the sorts of problems you are complaining about. MAYBE, just maybe you can let off the installer for running cable in odd ways, and maybe you can say he was trying to keep down cable losses by keeping the runs short -- but...
  14. PhilipPeake

    Oh What To Do

    The core problem is that the ideas behind the current "rules" are completely out of date. The best solution would be to recognize that a monopoly is in no-one's best interest, and that the radio spectrum is a public resource managed by the government. Being a public resource, once a signal is...
  15. PhilipPeake

    Dish 1000-what signal strength should I expect?

    Its probably not a permanent fix. One of the problems with that satellite (there are several) is that a number of the gyroscopes that normally keep it pointing in a stable direction failed. There are one or two left, but not enough for a really stable platform. The problem maifests itself as a...
  16. PhilipPeake

    Tired of Waiting: My Quest for Significantly Viewed

    This seems like a perfect opportunity to rally support to fix the underlying problem. There should ne NO restrictions on viewing any channel you want to if it is broadcast *anywhere* ITC. The artificial market divisions has had its day. Let competition happen. If my locals suck so baddly that I...
  17. PhilipPeake

    Camping with a satellite dish

    The simple answer is that you would need to buy a Dish500 (dish) and something to mount it on -- look at RV websites and stores for ideas -- most people use a tripod made for the job. Then its just a matter of finding a location where you can see clear sky in the area of the satelites you want...
  18. PhilipPeake

    NOW I know why people cancel Dish Network - VERY VERY HORRIBLE service and screwups !

    Just to add my tale of woe... Last weekend I installed my Dish1000. Living in the Pacific NW I found it hard to get acceptable signal levels on 129 --- but thats a different story. Anyway, I finally got it to the point where most transponders stayed up most of the time :rolleyes: Then I called...
  19. PhilipPeake

    Plans for Echostar 5 (129) ?

    As I understand it, the satellite at 129 (Echostar 5) has mechanical stabilization problems requiring them to use maneuvering motors to hold station, resulting in limited lifetime (runs out of fuel) and poor station keeping (varying signal at edges of beam). It also appears to have electrical...
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