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  1. Mike_H

    real e-mails from dish?

    Caught in my quarantine folder today were two e-mails that seem to look like what dish would send, but instead of from dish, they came from dishnetwork@dishnetworkmail.com (dish.6231@envfrm.rsys2.com). Seems a bit odd. Emails had my account name in the subject along with "Watch hit Movies...
  2. Mike_H

    Video/audio freezing on Joey when connected to a specific hopper

    I have two hoppers with sling and one joey. I've had them for about a year or so and they have been working well all that time. Yesterday when my wife was watching a live show via the Joey in our bedroom, the show would play for a few minutes and then freeze (audio and video). Then it would...
  3. Mike_H

    KARE 11 HD shoes black screen.

    Anyone else seeing KARE 11 not coming in on the HD channel? It just shows a black screen. If I switch to the non HD channel the video is there. In queue for Dish right now but curious if others have seen this.
  4. Mike_H

    Problems with FX during Justified Tuesday Night

    Anyone else been seeing audio drop outs and pixelation occurring on Justified tonight? Seen it at least 3 times during the show. when I go into point dish for my hopper I see Sat 129, spotbeam 13 and signal strength 61 but is moving between, 62 and 61. It is a little windy out. Note it says...
  5. Mike_H

    Hopper Install Log

    2 hopper (both with sling) 1 joey install scheduled for today between noon and 5pm. Tech arrived at 1:30 and seems to know exactly what he is doing. Joey is getting stuck at 49% and 50% so tech is going to replace one of the hoppers. Said in the past hopper swap has fixed it.
  6. Mike_H

    Hopper vs adding 211k monthly fee analysis

    So I currently have a 722k, and a 622. There is a sling adapter and OTA on the 722k. Adding a HDTV to the bedroom which is currently feed off the modulator on the 622 and would like to get HD in that room. Currently I see 2 options. Option #1 - 211k and add an EHD if I want DVR there...
  7. Mike_H

    722k and sling goofy dishonline problem?

    Not sure why but tonight dishonline talking to my sling on the 722k is acting up. Anyone else have this problem: 722k is recording two shows on two tuners. I connect to the sling and want to watch one of the shows. The show happens to be recording on the tuner I'm not connected to. So I...
  8. Mike_H

    Shows you now watch streaming but didn't catch first run

    With Justified seasons 1-3 now available on Amazon Prime, I wonder what other shows folks have been catching up on. Personally, running through the FX series that are available. Going to be wrapping up Rescue Me shortly. Wrapped up the West Wing a while back. I also threw on Farscape, and The...
  9. Mike_H

    BB@Home survey from Dish

    Yesterday I got a survey from Dish asking for some feedback in exchange for an entry to win a Kindle Fire. So sure, took it. Turns out it was full of questions about Block Buster at Home. Looks like they are playing with the idea of pulling the in store exchange and the video by mail and...
  10. Mike_H

    Found a brittle point 722k w sling

    Word to the wise. at the hour break when recordings are ending and new ones starting up, don't touch anything. Been a while since I locked up the 722k hard enough to have to press the reset button, but did it tonight. Wife was sling a time shifted show. Tuner 2 was firing up to record...
  11. Mike_H

    Streaming Bandwidth Usage

    I took a few minutes at lunch today and did some monitoring of bandwidth usage for the the Roku on various channels. Now I had previously checked performance when dish started up their online streaming through their receiver boxes. When doing that I saw maxes of around 8.5Mbps for some things...
  12. Mike_H

    "Hacking" the Roku

    With many new Roku owners about to show up thanks (or no thanks) to Dish dropping AMC, and opening their pocketbooks to retain customers. But guess what, the Roku is more than just a portal to Amazon Streaming. From some digging around I've been doing it actually is kinda cool. In fact you...
  13. Mike_H

    Dish Account issue - My Billing

    Anyone else notice random errors in the information displayed by the My Billing section of Dish online? I haven't been there in a while and today I look and see a message that is "Warning" me that my credit card used for autopay failed on Tuesday August 30th and that Auto pay was turned off...
  14. Mike_H

    129 Satellite Bandwidth issues?

    Normally I use my OTA antenna for the local Fox affliliate (fox9 in mpls/st.paul), but for some reason tonight I was seeing some glitches, so I thought I'd see how it was doing on the Dish HD feed. I get this feed off the 129 statellite. Low and behold it looks to be extremely poor quality...
  15. Mike_H

    722k Loosing Signal?

    Wondering if others have had it happen and it is indicative of anything. Just sitting here watching an HD sat channel and all of a sudden, up comes the message that signal has been lost. Says to check connections, check for obstructions and all that. I go and check the 622, and it has signal...
  16. Mike_H

    Consecutive recordings having gaps

    With the new TV season ramping up, I'm starting to notice a behavior with my 722k, that neither my 622, nor 508, nor 501 has ever previously displayed. Specifically, it appears that if two shows are set to record, one after the other, when the receiver decides it's time to start the new...
  17. Mike_H

    Dish Streaming Performance

    Thought it might be interesting to track the bandwidth of the streaming from dish now that it has become popular. Below are some screen snapshots the LAN interface performance on the router I have connected to my 722k. Note that on Sunday , after about 5pm CST I tested by watching Tron (HD)...
  18. Mike_H

    Winning with DishNet and the 722k!

    Cheapo home-made digital antenna, the 722k with DTV module, and fall TV season and I'm all set. Oh, and for DirecTV.. suck it boys, G4 and AOTS is too fun. Antenna is about 30 miles from the transmitter, and in the basement pointing out a sliding glass door at more houses and trees. I have a...
  19. Mike_H

    Nuvo TV 159 - some sort of video speedup?

    Just happened to notice NYPD blue on Nuvo so I checked it out during a commercial for a different channel. So after watching it for a few minutes I'm looking at it and thinking... they're kind of talking fast and the standard NYPD always moving camera is looking jerky and seems to be moving all...
  20. Mike_H

    Browsing guide, machine locks, reboot, now ads?

    So tonight I'm checking out the guide on my 622 to see what is setup tonight, and suddenly it becomes unresponsive. I have some timers going to fire in 8 minutes so I go and reboot the receiver. Receiver comes back up after a long wait, and it's time for the timers to fire but nothing fires...
  21. Mike_H

    Dish Online Services - How many concurrent users?

    The main question, how many concurrent viewers are available for the various online services. With the addition of the HBO Go android app, the Ipad dishonline app, and all the other various online ways to consume the content I pay for, I was wondering if there were limits on concurrent usage...
  22. Mike_H

    Dish Refurbished Equipment Issues, too complicated to fix?

    While my original 501 just sits there chugging away, I'm on the way to having my 5th 622 installed. The main issue seems to be their refurbishment process has some real issues, or the 622's are just too complicated to be sure of refurbishment. Just over 1 year ago it took them sending me 2...
  23. Mike_H

    A&E and Dish, the future is now?

    Is it just my 622, or is the guide info bad for everyone? Storage Wars at 9:30pm(CDT) is showing an original air date of 4-13-11 (episode 17). Seems possible, since the episode before it is episode 15 on 3-16-11.
  24. Mike_H

    Moving. Old Dish found new Dish at New home, can I use it?

    I moved. I am using dish mover, and someone will be here in a couple days to get me hooked up. But, when I got to the new house I found a dish. The wiring isn't clear, and the dish looked newer than mine. My old setup I believe was a Dish 1000 with a DP34 feeding a 622, and a 510, and a 501...
  25. Mike_H

    HBO Go... what happened

    O.k. I swear there was a thread here where Scott announced Dish customers were getting access to HBO Go. Now I can't find the thread, and it's weird. Are we gonna get it, or are we going to pretend it doesn't exists?
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