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    No More HBO/Shotime Special?

    Just called about signing up again, and they say there's no more HBO/Sho free for 3 months. When did that happen? I want only HD channels, probably Silver ($45), but I also want premium movie channels. There's the Starz pack, but that doesn't look promising. I want HBO ($16) free for at...
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    Diplexing Internet & Dish Signal

    I've tried diplexing internet and Dish's sat signal, and occasionally it works, but often not, and at least once it actually damaged the internet modem. I suspect there are certain carriers who use a digital signal, which is incompatible, and others who use analog which is. Can anyone...
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    How to Tell if it's H.264 or Mpeg2?

    I thought they were supposed to turn off mpeg2 a year ago, but apparently not. 4000's, 3000's, and 2000's still work, along with all the other SD receivers. So how can you be absolutely sure a show or channel is mpeg2? I want to know for curiosity reasons. Any idea when all mpeg2 will be...
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    Workload Has Collapsed

    WTF is going on? The past few weeks my paychecks have been 1/3rd what they were, and I can't pay the rent anymore. It is supposed to be a good time, with football and everything. Has anyone seen any figures of declining subscribers or new subscribers? Or does anyone know exactly why this...
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    News Releases

    This just out: DirecTV Loads Up 301,000 Subs In Q4 - 2009-02-10 14:13:12 - Multichannel News "Despite the more challenging economic and competitive landscape, we remained sharply focused on attaining higher-quality subscribers" with its highest gross additions in three years at 3.9 million...
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    Comedy Central HD launches today on Cablevision

    Here's why the sudden breakthrough in negotiations with Viacom.... Charlie blinked. Comedy Central HD launches today on Cablevision - Engadget HD
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    Howz it Over Here?

    For the past month I have been doggedly trying to sign up with Dish Network, but they have repeatedly and mercilessly fscked up my account and I have now finally had enough. How are things with DirecTV? If you own a receiver, how much danger is it that they'll mark it Leased, or cause any of...
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    Another Awsome Screwup

    After much consideration I thought I'd give Dish another chance. So I signed up for the standalone Gold HD with HBO, Starz, etc. But I told them to BE SURE that my receiver is marked as PURCHASED (owned) on my account, as I've read too many stories here about them magically getting switched to...
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    722-->Onkyo-->Bravia == No Audio

    Dish installer here. Saturday I did an install where the customer had an Onkyo receiver with HDMI switching. We put the 722's HDMI into the Sat/Cable port and the Onkyo's HDMI out to the flatscreen. His surround-sound had no audio. Was this a case of the famous HDMI repeater breakage...
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    Aligning Antenna With Dual Meter

    Just tried to align a Dish500 with a dual analog meter and it was a failure. I used a quad LNB attached to the first two connections, and turned the antenna until both bars were maximized, but ran check switch inside and only 110 was seen. Went back out and moved it right until only one was...
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    Troubleshooting with Birdog & Switch

    Often I am called to troubleshoot a system that has a 34 or 44 switch, and my meter is a Birdog 3. The Birdog does DisEqc well, but does not seem to detect birds after the switch. How do you troubleshoot dead lines?
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    My Birdog is Lying To Me

    I've been a DirecTV installer for a good while, and my Birdog v3 was good to me. But recently I switched to being a Dish installer, and have had some bad experiences. For example, did an upgrade adding a 24" for 129, but Birdog lied to me and said I was locked onto 129, when it was actually...
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