Recent content by 54ChevyMan

Nope, mine is still original & going strong. But the gear thing was what got me thinking about "what if" concerning the motor. Looks like converting to a standard mount wouldn't be too hard... if ever needed.

This looks like the same dish that I have, which I bought new from Rat Shack. The panels themselves won't rust because they're aluminum. Despite some other comments here, it's a pretty good dish. The one exception is the worm gear. It's made of some kind of plastic composite. You really have to...

LOL, me too. I'm guessing cheap twin Cband LNBFs with multi-switches and diseqc switches. 20 ortho feeds with 40 Cband LNBs and power inserters would be some serious cash. Make those orthos Bullseyes and add 40 Ku LNBs, and the price tag would be crazy.

I guess I just don't understand why some will argue that a lack of knowledge and ability is good customer service. It's not just Dish, it's everywhere. We are becoming a society filled with people who either don't possess the skills required for the job they are doing, or just flat out don't...

It's not just Dish CSRs that go by a script. A lot of "phone/chat supported" services are this way. I understand the frustration too. Sometimes, the script is so insisted upon that it makes it a lot harder than it should be. There are times that the call could end in success in just a few...

All I get when I click on that link is an error 404. As far as drives larger than 1tb on the 211k, it didn't work last time I tried. But that was probably 9 or 10 months ago. I tried a 2tb drive. The receiver wouldn't even attempt to format it, it just popped up a message about 1tb being the...

Hogan's Heroes Gunsmoke The A-Team Wise Guy Tour of Duty (with the real music!!)

I've had every single DS9 disc from every season from Netflix. In fact, I finished up the last one in early July of last year. I just checked & they still show in their library. Do they show a wait if you add them to your queue? Cheers

WOW, that was fast. Zach is the man! Thank you Zach!!

Gonna give this a try!