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  1. oldengineer

    2016 Rio Olympics

    I just watched a 41 year old woman who has a 16 year old son competing in the vault. I'm impressed. A 41-year-old mother competing in her 7th Olympics as a gymnast has a surprising routine to keep in shape http://www.businessinsider.com/oksana-chusovitina-uzbekistan-gymnastics-2016-8
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    Hell on Wheels - on AMC

    A little late with the comment but I thought it was a nice ending to a great series. Now I'm waiting for the last season of Rectify in October.
  3. oldengineer

    Food for thought....FCC agreed with DISH

    If they're serious they should have been after Comcast ever since they bought NBC. They were supposed to end the terrestrial loophole which enabled them to keep CSN Philly off of Dish and Direct. Every local cable company carries it in their basic (not lifeline) packages so it can't be that...
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    JPEG to PDF

    I use a free photo utility called Irfanview for playing with my pics. I've been using it for years and have never been disappointed with it. I just opened a jpeg of a babe in a bikini, saved it as a pdf, opened it with Adobe Reader and she looks great. I use the full version with plugins...
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    NFL Network Dispute? -- Resolved

    BTW now is the time for subs who were hesitant about discounts from Dish to use your leverage. I got 6 more months of the 4 premiums at 1/2 off and half off of the Sports pkg. Technically any way. I actually canceled the Sports pkg temporarily because I live in the Philly RSN and get no regional...
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    NFL Network Dispute? -- Resolved

    I used to LMAO reading in the other forum about the discussions over which Red Zone was better.
  7. oldengineer

    Tribune/Dish Dispute?

    I watched the Manhattan series that WGN made and thought it was very good but they cancelled it so I've got no dog in this hunt now.
  8. oldengineer

    The Americans..FX

    Looks like the season finale recorded OK this morning. I'll watch it soon.
  9. oldengineer

    The Americans..FX

    I found this out yesterday when I went to watch it. There's one more show scheduled for Sunday 1230 AM. Sometimes my Hopper doesn't record an early AM show although I think that only happens when a conflict moves a recording to the midnight hour. If this one doesn't record I'll be an unhappy camper.
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    Hell on Wheels - on AMC

    My DVR has a new show scheduled for Saturday night. It's the last season for one of my favorite series.
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    Does Dish not cave in to cancellation requests any more?

    I have what is essentially the AEP with 2 H2Ks and a Joey. I've been with Dish since 2010. I have gotten discounts of about $25 a month for the last 2.5 years by just calling, noting that my latest 6 month discount is ending, and asking if there are any new ones that I'm eligible for. My latest...
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    Free remote, Dish still good at it.

    Same result for me also a month or so ago. Website wanted $20, best I saw on ebay was $14 w/shipping, called Dish and got 2 replacement 40.0s for free. No hassles, no return of old units.
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    C'mon E*. Please give us New York DMA folks SNY back.....

    Give the NYers back their RSNs right after they finally give us Philly subs our CSN Philly. We get no local RSN channels with the sports pkg and to add insult to injury we're also excepted from getting BTN unless we get it thru the sports pkg so we're paying whatever it is a month to get a...
  14. oldengineer

    Strange PTAT Issue Only On ABC

    I have the same problem with ABC PTAT recordings on one of my Hoppers.
  15. oldengineer

    Could Viacom Channels Go *Poof* This Week?

    AFAIC they can drop them all. The only thing I'll miss is new episodes of South Park.
  16. oldengineer

    Anybody want a WebTV receiver

    They worked well with a 1MB HPNA network. :)
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    Antivirus Software

    Contrary to other friends here I am using McAfee Total Protection 2016. It was $16 for 3 computers when I got it. The company was bought by Intel several years ago and having worked for Intel I figured that they would improve it and IMO they did. It's a lot less of a resource hog than the Norton...
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    Masters Amen's Corner in 4K

    I found first round highlights on youtube but nothing else. I've got an XBR43X830C so it may not have that App available.
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    Masters Amen's Corner in 4K

    OOh, Ooh! I've got a week old Sony 43" 4K UHD set that my wife uses. I looked at the Apps on it and didn't see the Amen Corner one. I just registered the set with Sony Essentials but didn't see it there. Did I miss it?
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    Nielsen Secures Long-Term Agreement for Dish Set-Top-Box Data

    If I see a sliver of a commercial that I like when fast forwarding I'll back up and watch it. Among the ones that I'll do that for recently is the one about the cute little girl in the tiger suit whose dad brings her to see a live one. Funny thing though, I don't remember who the sponsor is.
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    Screen Burn And Shadowing

    Don't know, but the shadow areas are fixed and only visible when the areas where they show are gray. If you press against the screen they sort of smooth out where pressure is applied but return as soon as it's lifted. The effect is minimized by increasing the screen brightness. It's moot now...
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    Sony to launch 4K streaming service on April 4, presents yet more Ultra HD competition for pay-TV

    I bought a Sony 43" 4K UHD set yesterday but it will be a cold day in hell when I pay $30 to watch a UHD movie on it.
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    Screen Burn And Shadowing

    I've got a 4-5 year old LG 42 in LCD that has developed a problem not with screen burn but some of the thin film screening between the glass and the panel has developed wrinkles that produce annoying shadows that are visible on low light scenes. Anyone know a fix? But with sets being so cheap...
  24. oldengineer

    Why Dish is losing a 10+ year customer

    I had a problem with an H2K that required replacement last week. I'm a good customer and asked for overnight shipment but got 2-4 day UPS. I got it 3 days later but I got emails from Dish and UPS when it was shipped and status reports during transit. The shipping status is also on the online...
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    History 2

    I'm going to have to find another source of scientific information now that H2 is gone. Where will I be able to learn that ancient astronauts left evidence of the existence of the Higgs field in hieroglyphics long before CERN confirmed it now?