Recent content by ken0042

When I signed up for Dish 4 years ago they settled on my just giving the last 4 digits of my "SSN." Because I don't have one, I used the last 4 digits of my Canadian SIN and that worked fine; as both the American and Canadian cards use the same algorithm. They might have changed it since then-...

That is possible. However looking at the size of the spotbeam I may be in luck. As the crow flies I'm 276 miles from Great Falls; which is marginally closer than Spokane and I know I'm on the fringe of the Spokane spotbeams. I say fringe because I can get about 52 for signal strength. What...

This is awesome news for those of us who happen to live in one of the "Northern States." ;) (The one directly north of Montana.)

I wouldn't say that; it sounds strange. Besides, you don't need a 0 to dial 1-888-SKY-DISH. :)

When I used to have my dish installed I used to use Cabletronix. I know they were installing DTV; I'm not sure if they have any experience with the newer dishes though.

Just clarify; you will lose your channels after 1 week, not 2. And if you are patient enough they will eventually come back; depending on when your cycle is on your receiver they will return in about 3-4 weeks if the receiver remains in the stream.

Looks like they are going rental only for a while. Where abouts do you live? And just to confirm; you are looking for a 5900 receiver and not a 5920 system, correct?

The LNB is more important than the dish. Look for a dish that comes with a Dish Network or Echostar LNB.

Great, I have 250 channels available to me, but because of what you said I'll be hooking my camcorder up to my TV tonight to brush my teeth. :D

I'm still in the 20th century in regards to TV, so I took my 6100 over to a buddy's house, hooked up the dish, and we watched the Calgary- Colorado game in HD. Now, I'm not new to HD, but watching hockey on it blew me away!

But isn't the footprint of N3 doing what Bell intended? Better signal in northern parts of Canada. Not that it helps people in Florida, but if it was their intention to not service the US, then it's doing what they want it to.

Something I've just thought of, but have never tried, so I can;t say if it's a fair test, or if it will break your receiver.............. :eek: The receiver is supposed to be putting out power for the LNB and/or the switch. What if you used a voltage meter and checked to see what is coming...

You can buy an "I-bracket." www.dishstore.net sells them http://www.dishstore.net/product_info.php?cPath=38&products_id=146 I was thinking of trying this myself. I would think it would be better.

Well, I solved my dilema. Found a mistake on Bell's website: "http://www.bell.ca/shop/PrsShpTvPPV_SportsDetail.page?PackageId=LNH®%20Centre%20Ice®" (enter the address without the quotes.) It is in French, but the meat of it says $100 until September 23rd.

A quick search for "416" was helpful. http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=80447&highlight=416