Recent content by JayStil

Got an envelope in the mail today from DISH. Figured it was probably a notification about the breach. Nope, it was my April bill. I've been on paperless billing for as long as I can remember. Not a word about the hack, but they did include a nice life insurance solicitation.

I got so used to watching the channels on my Xfinity Stream app that I didn't even notice the channels were on until just now. Glad they're back.

I have the Xfinity Stream app on both the bedroom and livingroom Rokus so I can still watch the channels. Their DVR is pathetic though, something like 4 recordings max stored at a time. On the plus side I get Boston locals as well. And free HBO this weekend. The rest of the family doesn't like...

Springfield MA

Another week without an agreement. Meredith in my market is ABC, CBS, and FOX. Why they are able to control 3 major networks in one market is another good question for the FCC. I should cancel the locals until this gets resolved. $12 a month is pretty steep for just NBC & PBS.

The remaining Springfield network on DISH ( WWLP NBC ) is a Nexstar station and is actually running "news" stories about Directv blacking them out.

Meredith has ABC, CBS, and Fox stations in the Springfield MA DMA. I've got a medium size outdoor antenna but reception is spotty when the trees are leafed out. Also have the Xfinity app with my internet subscription so I can pick up the channels there.

Just tried connecting to my 722 w/ Sling adapter and watching a recording. Still works, sort of. Crashed when I tried to rewind.

My wife won a HBO Now gift card in a raffle. Pretty strange, you can't use the card on an active subscription. HBO Now has a 7 day free trial, so thinking I'd lose that if I entered the giftcard info first I just took the trial. Then 2 days before the trial ended I tried to add the card to the...

Ok thanks. So it's basically an ongoing promo that could end anytime?

So I've got the $10 HBO deal from awhile back. Is this really a deal or is that DISH's regular price now? Haven't been watching it much so I'm thinking about cancelling it for awhile (maybe until WestWorld comes back in the spring). I believe the original deal was supposed to last until you...

I can cast from my Win10 laptop to my cheapy TCL Roku 4K TV wirelessly. Just hold down the Windows key and "P" at the same time. Choose "project to another device wirelessly" and choose the receiving device from the list. I believe this used to be called "Miracast". PQ is good, but the...

I lease my main receiver and own a couple of secondary ones. The biggest advantage to owning those is I can activate/deactivate when ever I wish. So if I don't need one for the winter (it's in a screened in porch) I can just take it off the account without having to return it. Bring it back out...

Isn't it technically a shipping fee? I believe you're free to use your own shipper if you'd rather.

Fixed itself at some point. Somebody must've flipped the switch.