Recent content by viggen61

Just wondering if there's any easy way to tell the size of the internal HDD in a Hopper or Hopper w/Sling. I have a Hopper w/Sling installed June 2014, and I had one installed for my Mom in October 2017, and they seem to have different size HDDs. Or maybe she's just better at managing hers...

Exactly why I had to post. I've been on the Interwebs long enough to know the negative outweighs the positive in so many forums, mail lists, etc. In all the visits I've had since 2006, I've only had one problem after a tech left, and I chalk that up to inexperience with the then-new Hopper (he...

My condo building got a new roof a couple weeks ago, and the Dish had to be taken down. When I was finally able to find out that work was completed, I scheduled the Dish re-installation for today (Sat. 3/21). You'd think it would be easy on the second day of Spring to install a Dish, but Mother...

Maybe we can pay Dish to block them for us...;)

Thanks. I don't want it on the roof, but attached at the fascia at the peak on the north side. Short of erecting a tower, it's the highest man-made object on the property Pretty much exactly where I'd want them to put it, too.

Thanks. If it can't be done, it can't be done, but I won't know unless someone who knows comes out and looks. Thanks again!

Absolutely not. I was simply asking a question. The only issue I am aware of is that there is no LOS from the ground, so the only possible option is to mount the dish up on the side of the house at the north end, looking south along the peak of the roof looking over - I hope - the trees to the...

Thanks. I suspect the installer will need to get out his or her ladder to check this one. No way I can see to make a definite determination from the ground.

I was just asking to know what to expect! If they're going to charge me, that's fine, I'd just like to be aware so I don't call expecting something else. I think I'll take the advice to "just call" and schedule the install. It seems the least trouble. Follow-up Question: Can the installer...

Will a local installer do a free site survey, or would they charge for it? I really want to get my Mom out of the clutches of TWC for TV, but someone really needs to check the site first. I believe that, with an antenna mounted to the northern end of the roof, she should be able to see the...

NASA TV in HD, please!

I'm moving to a condo development soon, and I need some help with getting the order in. Current setup is one "Classic" Hopper, with AT250 on Eastern Arc in northeast NJ. I guess the best first step is to talk with a DIRT representative. Is this (still) a good forum to catch the attention of one?

I seem to have lost all locals (NYC/No. NJ). ESPN & ESPN2 are good for me. Wait... It looks ok now... Weird... Sent from my iPad using SatelliteGuys

Thanks, I think... :-) I'd have her on Dish in a heartbeat, if it weren't for the trees... :-/ Sent from my iPad using SatelliteGuys

Mom's cable, TWC in Maine. She currently has the Scientific Atlanta 8300 HDC. Is there any newer box from TWC that might offer better performance, better user interface, more DVR time, etc? TWCs website is hard to navigate, and largely unhelpful, unless you have your wallet ready... Thanks...