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    "Themes and Search" on Hopper?

    All I can find is "predictive search" with no way to list search results by theme. The "Quick Start" guide doesn't explain it.
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    remote control cleaning question

    Thanks for the detailed reply. I received the new remote and got it operational. It cost $5.89 plus $5.49 shipping. The old remote still works, albeit some of the most-used buttons are getting quite stubborn. I'll attempt to follow your instructons on refurbishing it, though from my limited...
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    remote control cleaning question

    It appears that the modern Dish remote controls are basically designed like a high quality yet very inexpensive disposable razor, one that "just so happens" to be notoriously difficult to open up in order to clean it (how can that not be deliberate on the part of the designer or manufacturer --...
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    remote control cleaning question

    Indeed, I like the hydrogen peroxide approach to renewal.
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    remote control cleaning question

    Found it! http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/293733-Cleaning-Remote-Contacts?highlight=clean+remote Looks like Mike88 figured it out.
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    remote control cleaning question

    We have a Dish ViP722k DVR-HD receiver. The Dish remote controls that came with it are starting to show signs of buttons that must be pressed more firmly for them to work. I've successfully cleaned other remote controls by removing the plastic cover and using fresh household hydrogen peroxide...
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    DISH Drops AMC Networks (AMC Back on DISH channel 131)

    During the show and also commercials on 'Mad Men' tonight, AMC repeatedly stated that DISH was dropping AMC from their programming. AMC's website says that something "unrelated" is causing the potentially irreconcilable differences. I'll take the wait and see approach. It feels like us paying...
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    DISH Drops AMC Networks (AMC Back on DISH channel 131)

    Mad Men is probably too sophisticated for some viewers. For example, how many noticed Don Draper playing Joan like a fiddle, using reverse psychology, then Joan realizing it only after her wenching with the uncouth Jag rep Herb Rennet was done?
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    ViP722k "in-home distribution output"

    Thanks for the detailed reply. When the Dish technician setup our "HD free for life" system back in 2010, he showed me how much better the coaxial connection from the down-converted 722k SD signal looked compared to the s-video connection from the old 510 receiver. It seemed counterintuitive to...
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    ViP722k "in-home distribution output"

    I had a real nice Phillips 27" that recently shot craps (it got a lot of use, about six hours per evening every day for three years). It looks like the dwindling supply of thrift store / garage sale tube TVs will have to do. Thanks to all who replied in this thread. "When the word is runnin...
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    ViP722k "in-home distribution output"

    The down-converted coaxial "in-home distribution output" from our ViP722k receiver has worked fine when connected to old-fashioned standard definition tube televisions. Recently I purchased a new Vizio 22" 1080p HD flat screen which I took home and tested on the hdmi connection and it looked...
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    OFFICIAL DISH / FOX ORDEAL DISCUSSION THREAD

    The Fox/Newscorp cabal may not realize it, but I suspect they're already losing a lot of viewers over this. Time will tell.
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    OFFICIAL DISH / FOX ORDEAL DISCUSSION THREAD

    Bummer, because you know Dish will pass along these increased "shake down" costs to their subscribers.
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    OFFICIAL DISH / FOX ORDEAL DISCUSSION THREAD

    Lots of details, but wouldn't you think that most subscribers are mainly if not exclusively interested in content and the monthly bill? We consumers ought to get what we pay for, and for the most part I believe we do. I subscribe to Dish. I do not subscribe to Fox. If Dish and Fox are having...
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    OFFICIAL DISH / FOX ORDEAL DISCUSSION THREAD

    Dollars to doughnuts, Fox is off the air on Dish come November 1st. :flag:
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