Recent content by zippyfrog

So...they got $23 billion from AT&T and now $17 billion for a total of $40 billion? So they go from $30 billion in debt, to $7 billion in debt after the AT&T deal, to now a surplus of $10 billion? I know this is an oversimplification, but is that the general idea?

Wow!!!!

Wow! That makes Dish's $5 increase seem small. And there isn't any mention of the RSN fee going up as well. I think I read somewhere that the RSN fee was going to be going up in some places.

I only have one VIP211k with an external drive right now - but I have tried multiple hard drives each with the same result. I have noticed what you have said - sometimes I only lose recordings that are more than 60 days off, sometimes I lose them all. But this was the first time I was able to...

So...here is what happened. VIP211k. I had a recording from 7/1/2025, channel 133. An episode of Two and a Half Men. I subscribe to the channel, and have the entire time. I tried the recording last night, and it played with no problem. Since I was home today on Labor Day, I tried an...

I was gone last week, so I didn't have a chance to update the listings. But last week, here are the changes Dish made to the Western Arc, at least that I could see. I am not sure what they were trying to accomplish with this...nothing jumped out to me. It made more sense previously when they...

Just curious if anyone who has had this issue with a VIP211k goes to an older recording today and it no longer works... I tried an experiment and a very interesting result occurred.

Yeah - the last big one that I can recall was Oct, 1, 2022 when they lost the ESPN and Disney channels for a couple of days, and after missing one weekend of football, they came back quickly. I think it wasn't even 3 days and they were back. Part of me wishes it was a 3 year contract so it...

I am trying to decide for myself as well. I have a 2nd generation iPhone SE that I bought in May 2020. It has a cracked screen and after almost 5 1/2 years, the battery life isn't what it should be. I am not a heavy new feature person, so part of me wonders if it makes more sense for me to...

Today's uplink restored Chicago's NBC OTA EPG back to the satellite channel. But other than that, nothing else has changed.

This is surprising to me. I know that there is a limit of number of stations a single entity can own. Didn't Nexstar or Sinclair or someone need to change a merger to stay under the threshold? I do note in the article that there is a 39% rule that looks it would be going away? Very...

I just checked MeTV's website, and it does list it on 247 as a streaming only option in AT120 and higher on Dish.

Sure enough! MeTV's website confirms that it is available in the AT120 and higher package as a streaming only option on 247.

Thanks - I checked a couple of times and didn't see it. Thanks for confirming it is in the rotation.

Curious if anyone has watched 198 - the one that rotates through the previous summer Dish Scapes. I have watched it a couple of times, but have not seen the Amusement Park one from August 2022 come on. That was one of my favorite. It is advertised on the DishScapes page...