Recent content by scott12v

I'm in Pittsburgh. The game is on Fox Sports Pittsburgh in SD. The game is shown in my guide on NHLHD but is blacked out.

Well, after arguing with Dish about the install charge, they finally came out today to install the new Dish. Unfortunately, due to the way that my current Dish is mounted, they said that it would not be possible to install the 1000+. The Dish is currently mounted on a post about 150 feet from...

Supervisor saying he can't wave the commitment. I'm actually considering switching back to Comcast *shudder* over this. I'm so glad FIOS TV will be available mid to late 2007. Update - talked to a third person. I'm not sure if she was a supervisor, but she was the most helpful of the...

Talking to them now. Saying that I can either pay $59 or be under a 1 year commitment. Waiting for a supervisor now. Just got my service ~5 months ago. Asked at the time whether what I had would be good for HD Locals and they said yes.

I'm trying to figure this out as well, but I'm pretty sure that a Dish 500 is not the same as a Dish 500+. Also, 118.7 is not the same as 119. Scott

According to today's uplink report, the Pittsburgh HD Channels went live on 118.7: 6477 - WTAE - AMC-16 118.7W TP 15 ConUS beam changed to Available 6478 - KDKA - AMC-16 118.7W TP 15 ConUS beam changed to Available 6479 - WPXI - AMC-16 118.7W TP 16 ConUS beam changed to Available 6480 -...

Well, no Dish so far. They came out this morning and had no problem with the location where I wanted the Dish. I measured and it was actually 120' from the house, so we'll be able to keep the total distance close to 200'. However, when he tried getting a signal, he couldn't get the 129...

I think we're finally getting fed up with Comcast! In my case, I had been planning to go with Comcast until FIOS TV is available (I already have FIOS Internet). Comcast waited two months for my install (new construction) and had no idea when it would be done, so I decided to go with Dish. I...

Well, I did all of the cabling inside the house, so it is all Quad Shield RG-6. I just figured that the installer wouldn't be willing to run 150' of COAX (at least not without charging me more), so I figured I'd do it myself. However, now that we're talking 4 runs * 150', that's more than...

bhelms, Thanks for the great post, that helps a lot. It does sound like the place where I want to put the dish won't work. I'll measure tonight to be sure, but my distribution point inside the house is at least 30' from where the cable will enter the house, so we're already at 180'...

Okay, I found the installation manual for the Dish 500/Dish 1000 and that cleared a lot of things up. Basically, 3 - 4 RG6s from the Dish to the Switch which takes the signals and combines them to a single RG6 for each receiver. If I understand another post I just read correctly, the...

I guess a follow up question would be, if I have 4 RG6s coming into my house, how many need to be run to each receiver (TV)? I would assume that they are combined and only 1 needs to be run to each receiver? Is there a FAQ somewhere? I hate to ask the most basic questions.

Thanks for the response. There's actually two conduits (one has a single RG6 from Comcast), so I *think* 4 wires will be okay. So what do you mean by the "switch"? Some sort of box that combines the 4 cables into 1? And when you say 200' max, I guess that means from the dish to each TV...

I'm brand new to Dish and new to Satellite TV. I've been a Comcast customer for the past 10 years (and hated them every second). I've recently moved into a new home and have decided to give Dish a shot. My primary question is about mounting the Dish. My ideal location would be about 150'...