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  1. Dr. Cool

    Just how good is DiSH international programming?

    French TV5 French channel TV5 is fine for a SD channel, however they use some horrible surround sound or noise reduction system that causes intermittent sound artifacts on the surround channels, like if the entire sound field would become out of phase for a few seconds every time the sound...
  2. Dr. Cool

    Dish files to activate Cuban spot

    Welcome to big government world!
  3. Dr. Cool

    software version L622

    I can confirm that my 622 has the skip button problem, as described by some here. My wife gets quite annoyed, because she thinks that I'm pressing the button too many times. Normally, the first two times I press "skip back" will work fine, but the third time it's pressed, when done in a short...
  4. Dr. Cool

    software version L622

    Timer rename Exactly. That would be the most significant simple improvement that Dish could make to its DVR. :up
  5. Dr. Cool

    software version L622

    Bug found: editing names within groups I found one bug with 6.22: when using groups, if you edit a show's name and then return to the list of shows in the group, the name will not reflect the change just made until you exit the group list and then get back in.
  6. Dr. Cool

    Transfer Timers

    I don't think there's any way of doing it with the 622. It would be nice however if Dish engineers would implement a command in the system menu that would allow us to save all personalized settings, such as configuration options and timers, to a file on a USB pen drive that could be used to...
  7. Dr. Cool

    L618 Software Bug Thread

    Yes, I have the same channel mapping problem with 6.18, it's really quite annoying.
  8. Dr. Cool

    Change password on dish.sling.com

    Use the "I forgot my password" link on the login page, it will ask you to select a new password by sending you an E-mail with the link where you should do it.
  9. Dr. Cool

    VIP 211 DVR recorded wrong channel

    It has happened to me a couple of times among hundreds of recordings. No clue why.
  10. Dr. Cool

    L618 Software Bug Thread

    ...them live. Nonetheless, when I rewound and rewatched parts of them, what were before dropout-free scenes had sometimes audio dropouts, although *only* with "Little Big Man," on *BOTH* time slots and around approximately the same places! So it looks to me like these were problems with the...
  11. Dr. Cool

    Picture Quality HD Net Movies

    ...them live. Nonetheless, when I rewound and rewatched parts of them, what were before dropout-free scenes had sometimes audio dropouts, although *only* with "Little Big Man," on *BOTH* time slots and around approximately the same places! So it looks to me like these were problems with the...
  12. Dr. Cool

    L617 Software Bug Thread

    Audio dropouts continue to happen even after a power plug reboot. Just had six of them while watching "Judgment at Nuremberg" recorded from HDNet Movies. Those are the same random drops that I've been having since FW 4 or 5, brief and not repeatable by rewinding. It means that nothing appears to...
  13. Dr. Cool

    Software Version 6.16

    ...then doing a sat diagnosis (System Info), then a "Check Switch" reset, then a hard reboot, then dowloading the channel programming guide again. It *appears* that the audio dropouts are gone!!! I watched Star Trek Enterprise yesterday after the procedure and had no dropouts, while the norm was...
  14. Dr. Cool

    Software Version 6.16

    Dropouts for sure ViP622. Hard reboot. I recorded at least 6 episodes of Star Trek Enterprise on HDNet after version 6.16 was downloaded, and had random audio dropouts *in all episodes*. It's very frustrating. I have never had audio dropouts with Star Trek Enterprise on HDNet before 6.16.
  15. Dr. Cool

    Software Version 6.16

    Dropouts with HDNet ViP622 here. Got 6.16 a few days ago. Now I'm having dropouts with HDNet (I didn't have them before with this channel). Watched six episodes of Star Trek Enterprise, and all of them had random dropouts that are not reproducible by rewinding. I had about five audio dropouts...
  16. Dr. Cool

    Congress wants to lower TV Comercial Volume

    I totally disagree. The mortgage industry is one of the most regulated in our economy. Not only overregulated, but ridden by stupid regulations. No wonder it crashed and burned. Notice that I'm not saying that regulations are not necessary. The protection of private property rights is a form of...
  17. Dr. Cool

    Congress wants to lower TV Comercial Volume

    That's right, more frequently than expected I do not skip commercials, I may watch them because they are fun or the subject interests me. When they're too loud however I just skip them right away.
  18. Dr. Cool

    Congress wants to lower TV Comercial Volume

    Unintended consequences As it typically happens with government regulations, the unintended consequences will probably be worse than the problem that it's trying to address. For example, instead of getting better sounding commercials we'll end up with dreadfully overcompressed movie tracks so...
  19. Dr. Cool

    IS CLOSED CAPTIONING REALLY THAT HARD TO GET RIGHT??? ARGH!

    That's all correct. It's frequently messed up and it's a pain to go through the menus. I had to buy a new remote and create a macro just do do CC.
  20. Dr. Cool

    How Dish's 1080p is going to work...

    My TV is not 1080p compatible (it accepts only 1080i, 480p and 480i), so when I tested the set for "I Am Legend" my ViP622 asked me if I wanted to watch the movie in another compatible resolution. Anybody knows what resolution would it be? I suppose it would have higher quality than PPV HD...
  21. Dr. Cool

    Dish named HD provider for Democratic Convention

    Never thought that I'd be so happy for having the lock channel function...
  22. Dr. Cool

    Duplicate Search Results Returned Bug on Vip622

    ...though there's no such a movie on TEST (5710). The table with the results at the half bottom of the screen however labels the channel 5710 as being *HDNMV*, what is obviously incorrect and inconsistent with the movie descriptor! The search function is messed up, badly. The problem is there...
  23. Dr. Cool

    Lifetime and LMN HD Channels

    Yes, lots of stretch-o-vision. Impossible for me to watch, the optical distortion makes me sick (truly).
  24. Dr. Cool

    VOOM Goes BOOM - update Dish Drops all 15 VOOM Channels

    Since most potential Voom subscribers are not coincidentally current Dish subscribers, it'll be almost impossible for Voom to find another carrier interested in developing a subscriber base from scratch for a Voom-alike package. That's why Voom has probably decided to shutdown and run with the...
  25. Dr. Cool

    The HD Absolute "Missing" SD Channels - anyone know why?

    Stretch-o-vision? It appears to me that the channels with SD versions are the ones that use stretch-o-vision. I know this because I immediately switch to the SD alternate channel when I see something in stretch-o-vision. Stretch-o-vision gives me the creeps: it's dizzying and makes me wanna...