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I realize I'm zombie threading a little, but, fwiw, I've noticed this is a growing problem for my 211k the last few months. Years of being pretty much spot on, but recently, I'm missing the last minute or so of shows.

Bingo. I like that my multicasts have channel info, but the main station doesn't. Painful. I buy eacalhoun's explanation, but it's still pretty painful. Course I was setting up manual timers for multicasts without info; guess I'll manage. Not much of a loss, but glad I have a 211k. Bet it...

It's NFL season again, so once again I'm trusting youse guys for a little advice. I think, after three years on Dish's flex pay (the pay as you go/prepay system), I'm ready to go DirecTV for my NFL fix. I have one TV. I want HD and a DVR. I want Sunday Ticket and the minimum package to get...

I've been using hand-me-downs from my computers (I'm often buying larger external HDs for backups), so it's been a heck of a deal for me -- and I'm (knock on wood) still on my first of the potential hand me downs. It does scare me how much the HD spins, though; seems it's trying to burn up the...

In the Welcome Pack? I've got WE on 128 and SHNBC on 134 with nothing in between.

Looks like we're getting TeenNick for free now on the WP. Not sure where that came from, but I'l trade 'em that and The Hub for ESPN.

Yep, I know they were supposed to cut it off. I can tell you with 100% confidence that, in at least one case, they didn't cut it off until after 4/20. Just wondering if I was alone in the luckiness. I knew I shouldn't've switched to DA. ;) Daggumit. If you've still got AMC in your WP...

Thanks; I didn't think there was a preview. Definitely was on the Welcome Pack, though -- have the DVR'd episodes to show it. ;) I noticed a fellow in the thread I mentioned, above, also received it slightly after the Nov preview cutoff. Did anyone else see AMC up until at least 4/20? Or was...

Had Welcome Pack before the NBA playoffs started this year on April 20th, iirc. AMC was on the Welcome Pack up until the playoffs. Switched to Dish America during the playoffs to get ESPN and TNT. Obviously no AMC on DA. Switched back to Welcome Pack today. No AMC. I know the Welcome Pack...

You know, I tried to figure HBO Go out last year during GoT, and I got the impression I didn't qualify. I wasn't able to log in using my Dish login and password. I keep thinking Welcome Pack subscribers get a sort of second rate treatment -- not that I blame them -- so I figured I didn't...

So, I'd like to catch Mad Man, Game of Thrones, and the NBA playoffs. I've got the Welcome Pack now (still a relative steal at $19.99) which, even though the programming page doesn't show it, has AMC. HBO almost doubles the price when I add it for $18. No ESPN, so that's out. Dish America...

Dang it! No loopholes, huh? Thanks to both of you. Worth a shot... ;)

I've posted before about getting free previews on Dish even without a package, which is great. But has anyone tried to sign up for HBO without a package? (I don't think I've asked this before; apologies if I did and I'm losing my memory. And I'd just try for fun, but I'm still on 120+ right now.)

Guess I should fess up that I ordered the Y5, it came in, and it was *ahem* lots bigger than what I thought I was getting for $25. Wow. A good 5' or so, just like I'm sure the Solid Signal site told me. So that had to go outside. The good news is that made me finally dug the trench, run the...

My fault -- you're right about DA. Only Gold and Silver have the little superscript 1 that says they're going away. Re: AMC, I was following up Bob2011's comment about the Welcome Pack increase by asking if AMC was coming back to the Welcome Pack package. It's not listed as part of the...

Dish America was the cheapest way to get ESPN anywhere, I think. So if I switch to DA now, what happens on the 17th? Do I get to stay on the "Package no longer available?" Seems there's probably some way to play this to our advantage, right? $20 a month for the Welcome Pack, especially now...

Ha, I was a little surprised too, but then this is the Satellite Guys board. You'd expect a little bias towards fancier packages, right? If the OP had asked a couple of months ago, I'd've said the Welcome Pack, but now it's football season, so it's 120+ and the Sports Pack. Plus SHO for...

But qualitatively, I'm able to get a good signal on my TV tuner and converter box with the same setup. So even if numbers are an apples to oranges comparison, absolute reception isn't. So that's weird. I went ahead and bought the high VHF antenna. A little worried that when I combine the two...

Right, good call & fair enough. The thing that bugs me so much, however, is that 7 comes in very strong on my converter box & the TV's tuner with the same antenna. The multipath deal cditty mentions is a fun thing to read up on. I hadn't run into that before. I'll see if I can't position...

I recently hooked my OTA antenna (a DB2) back up to the 211k, and I've had a difficult time getting a signal to one specific OTA channel and multicasts from that channel. Even though the 211k says I've got a signal from 68-72, normally enough to have a good picture, it'll cut completely out and...

Yep, we're near the coast, so it's a pretty flat shot from A to B. I think we'd need to get over the trees, but the fellow seemed to think we could do it from the top of the house. /shrug Tempted.

Wow. Apartment or hills? The guy who put my dish on said that I could probably pick up a station from 90 miles away if I bought the right antenna. That stinks.

I was able to see multicasts in my guide when I had an antenna on the 211k, so I would have assumed even a dispute-driven drop would have kept the guide. That is, even though the multicasts weren't part of my package, Dish did give me guide information. I understand how dispute-driven drops...

The avatar pic rocks. ;) And I thought I was doing it right when I had my 211k talking to my VCR. Little did I know...

Best deal for ESPN going, I think. That's actually what I came to the site... wanted to find a good grid of the current channels. Even Dish's list is dated, I think. We've still got The Hub on the Welcome Pack last I checked, but it's not listed there. Looks like it's first listed in Top...