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    Have some questions about pixelation on HD

    Hey, Guys I just switched from DTV back to Dish after 2 years, mostly for price. I had a very pristine picture on my 4k TV even though i was just getting 1080 or 720P from DTV. Now with Dish I have the hopper 2 and I'm watching the MTV video awards and it looks so compressed, I noticed this on...
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    Slow ON-Demand download

    Hey Guys, So I'm having a bit of a problem here with my OD download speeds. Prior to me moving I had an HR24-500 and a first generation Genie with the Deca connecting the two to internet. When I would download the OD content it would download quickly without any problems, I had 50mbps internet...
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    Lost Some HD Channels

    Hey Guys, So sometime today I lost my H2 HD channel along with SCI HD, Syfy HD and possibly some others. Any Idea what could be going on? I have done a switch check and rebooted the box. Everything checks out on the sat screen. 119,110,129 all check out. Any help would be appreciated...
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    Need to get Install information before install date.

    Hey Guys, I need to find a way to get a hold of my installer before he or she comes to ensure they have a non pen mount as my dish needs to be installed on my back porch and the landlord does not want it mounted in anyway to the building. (hope they have a non pen mount that has a high post...
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    Landlord requires non pen mount.

    Hey Guys, I am thinking of getting Directv as I am unhappy with my Uverse HD quality. I have had non pen mounts before on the roof, but my landlord wants it only on my porch. I will include pictures so you can see the porch and the railing. My only problem is I think the banister will get in...
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    Sling Adapter

    So my sling adapter stopped working and they sent me a new sling adapter and its not working either, so i called in and was told that this is a known problem and that an engineer ticket needs to be filed. So the ticket was filed but has anyone had this problem where the box shows the sling...
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    My Everything Pak is haunting me!

    So I had the everything pak on my account I called back in August to change to the top 250 and they did it, i confirmed the movie channels were gone, then a few weeks later they were back my bill generated and my Everything pak was back. I chatted in and said hey i canceled this please remove...
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    Hopper Freezing up every 5 to 10 minutes

    Hey Guys, I haven't had any problems with my hopper, however for some reason right now my hopper has frozen twice within about 5 minutes of each other. All i am doing is watching Syfy and my joey is watching USA so we are not doing anything on demand or anything. Is anyone else having...
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    How does PTAT and dish unplugged actually work?

    I am a bit intrigued and would like to know how PTAT actually works? Is it a special stream coming from the sattelite with the four shows and the hopper just records it and seperates it at the hardward/software level? Just wondering how that works oh and dish unplugged how does that physically...
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    Install Problems on my new hopper :-(

    So my tech has been here for over 3 hours everything is great however we have gone through 2 hoppers and after activation we get the error 020 the smart card inserted is not authorized for this receiver. :-( i don't know what's gonna happen. Has anyone else had this problem?
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    Looking to sign up but have a question

    Ok, I don't have the best credit so dish wants me to pay 199 for an hd receiver and they want me to pay the dha activation fee of 99 plus 1st month of service. I am good with the first month and the 199 but is there anyway to get around that 99 activation fee? That just seems crazy to me to pay...
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    Should i go E or comcast?

    Hey Guys, I have had Directv for about 3 or 4 years now and have been in love with their HD service. However i am moving and the building i am moving to only has Dish or Comcast no D Boo!! Well i was wondering how good is Dish these days with their HD channels and quality? Is it comparable...
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    CH 2 Chicago Problems with sounds and pixeling.

    I have an HR21 I think, I will have to check again but it’s the silver HD DVR. When watching channel 2 in Chicago I get either a lot of pixilation or a lot of distorted sound. I have checked my signals and they look decent. However I don’t know what sat or transponder channel 2 is on to see if...
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    Having Issues and only 2 days after install!!

    So I saved up some money so that i could order D* and finally did. 2 H20's 1 Standard DVR Install day came and the installer did a great job. But all went wrong when it was time to activate the receivers all but one receiver activated. One of my H20's activated. Tech support did...
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    Help with install

    Ok guys this is what i have Dish 1000 Dish 300@ 61.5 DPP44 vip 622 625 811 Ver p380 I am trying to hook up the 811 to my upstairs bedroom. (never had dish up there) Well the way the cable runs around the house to get there it seems like its going to hit the 100ft mark but i dont...
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    DPP44 Switch Question

    Hey everyone, I have a dish 1000 that was installed back on Friday. The tech did not have a DPP44 so I got E* to ship me one. Now my question is since my dish is on the roof and the location of the cable connecters and old switch location is on the ground. When I switch out the dp34 (not in use...
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    Signal Problems in Chicago

    Hey is anyone having signal problems in chicago due to the snow. I lost all my 3 sat locations 110,119 & 61.5.
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    625 with UHF Rremote issues

    Ok my 625 is only about a month and a half old and randomly i have noticed that it would just go into hard disk diagnostics reboot and continue normal operation. Thing is that its set to do this at 5am not at different times during the day. After a week of trying to make the problem resurface i...
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    Vod on 625

    OK so i finally saw a good movie show on vod i selected it after going through about 5 prompts asking me if it was ok to pay 4.99 it said please wait while processing purchase and that's it. It got stuck like that so i let it sit thinking it was dialing out or downloading or something and the...
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    SD: Normal Dish 811

    Ok i keep seeing this HD:Normal, Stretch and so on. I know what that does but what has me stumped is the SD:Normal i know how to switch to it but i see no difference. I would really like to see the SD Channels in Full 4:6 and the HD in wide screen i was wondering if that is what it was for. Can...