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    Dish just lost another customer

    ALMOST AH Heck, ALMOST is not good enough. If you had actually gone through with the fall, we could have have seen the results of the lawsuit.:D
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    Seriously?

    Yep, they sent me a refurb 211 (at no charge, just paid shipping) to replace a non-working legacy 301. And 3 years later it still works great. All the included cables and the remote looked new. I was surprised that the receiver was the classic silver color instead of the more modern black color...
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    Astroid passing thru Clarke Belt

    It's doing another fly by
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    Astroid passing thru Clarke Belt

    Great animation from JPL. Thanks for the link. Estimated size of the astroid is about half the length of a football field and the height of a 12 story building; so no small rock.
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    Astroid passing thru Clarke Belt

    A story appeared on last night's news broadcast about a significally large astroid passing through the orbiting satellite neighborhood on Friday afternoon. Actually they pointed out that the astroid would be traveling for a time between the earth and the Clarke Belt. I doubt if the rock would...
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    If you have an Eastern Arc, can you put a western arc LNB in it?

    A western arc dish and LNB will work pointing to the eastern arc just fine...with one noticeable exception. You will only be able to pick up 61.5 and 72, but NOT 77. If you have no locals on 77 to view, then it works. I am currently using a WA 1000.2 dish and lnb picking up great signal...
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    VIP 222 guide

    Delay on my 222 remote too Same slow delay with my remote of the vip 222 receiver. Could it have been a recent update??? This is very annoying. And yes, batteries are good. :confused:
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    Lost Channels. Where did they go?

    This is a sympton of a bad LNBF. If you can replace it that will likely bring all your channels back.
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    Part of 1000.2 DPP LNB dead?

    Problem solved!! :) Replaced old DPP LNBF with new. All works fine. So I guess the LNB pointed to 129 sat was dead and the other 2 aimed at 110 and 119 are ok. I've replaced the old legacy quad LNBFs that had one or even 2 of the outputs not working while the others were, but both LNBs...
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    Part of 1000.2 DPP LNB dead?

    The subject here is no reception on a 1000.2 dish for sat 129. The receivers are a 211 and 722. A friend said his 129 sat could no longer be received and called me to take a look at this problem. Upon arrival I saw that his line of sight for 129 might be blocked by a tree. So we moved the...
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    1000.2 to 1000.4

    IN A PREVIOUS THREAD I POSTED THIS...and it really works: Simple solution: IF YOUR LOCALS ARE NOT ON SAT 77. Move/rotate the 1000.2 to the eastern arc direction Adjust skew on 1000.2 dish by removing 2 of the 4 bolts on the skew assembly. Rotate reflector to proper skew angle (i.e. 74), check...
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    question for anyone using dish500 for 61/72

    ;) That sounds about right...in the 40s and 50s. 61.5 was always lower reading than 72, but with the new 61.5 sat the signals are apparently a good bit stronger. I am going to check some installations I've got in service on the eastern arc with the dish 500 to confirm my suspecions. If a...
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    Echostar 15 at 61.5W - Post your signals!

    North Atlanta GA Friday 8-6-10 8:30AM Partly cloudy / 85 degrees VIP 222 connected to a 1000.2 Dish (Yes, that's right, a 1000.2 re-skewed and optimized for 61.5 and 72 and no 77 sat) Signal seems much stronger than using 1000.4 aimed at 3 sats. TP 2: 56 TP 3: 72 TP 4: 50 TP 7: 82 spot TP...
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    Which TV is best for Dish?

    Well, Zenith is no longer an active brand, and the early versions don't even compare with today's LG products. Plasmabuyingguide.com rates these TVs at 86 out of 100, And for the $$$ spent that's a very good TV at a very good price. The comparably priced 50" Panny P50X1 was rated 82. Only...
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    Which TV is best for Dish?

    Well, up to this point I have not seen many (if any) comments about the LG plasmas, so here goes. I have purchased 2 since December 2009. I bought the first, a 50" plasma 720 for 738.00, which was about $300 less than the comprable 1080 model. And WOW...what a great picture. Plenty of expert...
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