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    Leave and Tree Interference

    I was getting a couple of over the air stations with a small soffit mounted antenna. Now that the trees are full leafed out I am not longer getting a signal. Is this coincidence or is it due to the trees? Can I freely assume that a bigger antenna mounted about 15 feet high would restore my...
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    Any point in buying a Joey 4K?

    I see Joey 4ks on EBAY for approx $90. I pay 7 dollars a month rental for my current Joey 4K. Will I still be charged a rental feel even if I own the Joey? My guess knowing Dish is that they have us coming and going. But I am curious if I buy a Joey 4K outright and hook it up myself will...
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    Any reason to go with Joey 2.0 rather than the 4k Joey?

    Title says it all. We don't have a 4k TV yet but it is coming for the bedroom unit. But maybe not for a year. Any downside to the 4k over the Joey 2.0? Speed would be nice, so why not get the 4K and avoid the rush later.
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    DISH Anywhere

    I have a Hopper with sling. I have also installed Dish Anywhere on my I Phone. I also subscribe to the MLB Extra Innings package that gives me just about every MLB game. My problem is that when every I try to watch the Red Sox on the phone I get a message that says the channel is a pay per...
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    Hopper 3 Joey 2.0 Upgrade

    We currently have a Hopper with Sling and a Joey. We run into lots of conflicts with recording and watching so the idea of 16 channels sounds great. Also the prospect of 2 OTA tuners is mighty appealing. Did a chat with Dish today and they said they would waive any one time lease fees, and...
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    Boston Area Channels

    Are the Boston area channels still spot beamed only?
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    MLB Extra Innings Blackouts

    Sunday afternoon I was traveling, but got home for the second inning of the second game of the Red Sox/Tampa Bay Rays. I have MLB Extra Innings, so I turn it on and I get the not available in your area message. I live in Wyoming, so a blackout is not the case. Went to the website, and...
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    OTA local scan

    I have been getting 4 OTA local digital channels. I have an outside antenna, and it runs through my 622 receiver. I hadn't scaned for local in a few months and decided to do so the other night. To my happy surprise it now showed 6 OTA channel. However when the left hand screen shows the...
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    BEAM MAPS

    Was looking at the spotbeam maps for various areas a lot over the last few days. Each beam map for a particular beam has a green circle and a yellow circle. What does that mean. Is one for HD and one for SD or is one the strong footprint and one the weak? I fall in the yellow perimiter...
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    "MOVING"

    I would like to have DNS service so that I could get the big 4 nets in HD. I presently have Direct for the MLBEI package (HD) and a minimal service plan. I live in central Wyoming and Direct does not have any local networks available. Any idea where I could "move" to that does not...
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    Are the days of moving over

    I've been a mover. Twice now. Even bought an extra large dish to get the 61.5 with no rain fade when it had the Boston networks on CONUS, not to mention the Red Sox. After starting with VOOM for HD when it first came out, going to the Boston nets, when available, and then switching to the...
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    why all the spotbeam activity

    What does DISH gain by going to the spotbeam for local stations? Are they under FCC pressure? Can they handle more local networks with spotbeams. Is the day of the CONUS signal for networks over?? Just curious and not to happy:mad:
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    Are Denver channels now spotbeamed?

    I no longer get the Denver channels. From reading lots of threads it would appear that they are now being spotbeamed. is this true, and if so what is the footprint of the spotbeam. I am only about 250 miles North of Denver, but I now get a message that says Dish is aware of the problem...
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    Red Sox vs Baltimore

    Just got DIRECT TV with the MLB EI package. The boston/Baltimore game shows up on the guide, but I am not getting it. I do get all the rest of the games. I live in Wyoming, so I should not be blacked out from a Boston/Baltimore game. Called Direct and got the BS about some teams won't allow...
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    2 TVs one HD, one SD

    I have DIRECT TV coming to do an install in a week. As you can see in the title I want two Tv's hooked up. Will the HD receiver come with two outputs, HD and SD so that I can watch the same picture in two rooms, on two different TVs? I like to watch tv on a stairmaster machine. Guess I...
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    Go on hold

    Does Direct TV have any type of going on hold or vacation with ones subscription. I'd like to sign up and go on a vacation hold for October-March, even if it adds to the commitment period. Can this be done???
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    how do I do this???

    I want a minimum amount of service from Direct TV, with the MLB Extra Innings package, and the NASCAR Track Pass. I want it in HD, and I don't want to keep the service from Octomber through March. I will do the install myself or at least have a local outfit do, it but I do not want any two...
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    Minimum package necessary

    I've got to have the MLB Extra Innings package, but really don't want much else of what Direct TV has. What is a minimum package I can get that will get me the MLB Extra Innings package and the minimum other channels. I am a Red Sox fan. Are all of the NESN games in HD or should I just get...
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    Is it really HD

    I'm watching the Redsox and the Indians on the Boston Fox affiliate. Suposed to be in HD and it certainly is widescreen, but it could be amoung the worst so called HD I have ever watched. Anyone else watching on other Fox Hd affiliates and getting a better picture??
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    OVERSCAN on TBS

    Anyone else getting such an overscan that they can't see the scoreboard in tonight's ( 10=11=07) National League Chanpionship Series. game on HDTBS. I didnt' have this problem with HD TBS last week in the NLDS.
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    Baseball Playoffs starting TBS-HD?????

    Is Dish going to drop the ball once again in regards to baseball? The playoffs start in about a week, and some rounds are on TBS. Any chance DISH will add TBS HD, or will we have to watch it in SD. HD even when it is not at its best spoils one for watching baseball in SD.
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    A semi self install

    I now have a dish set up with three dishes going into a DPP44 switch. The 110, 119, 129, & 148. I am going to add a dish for the 61.5 and not use the 148. After I peak the new dish for 61.5 with a hand held meter, what do I do next???? I know I will then connect the 61.5 to the port on the...
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    MLB Extra Innings and Nothing else???

    Is it possible to somehow get only the EI package and nothing else from Direct TV??? I did this one year with DISH, and had to pay a small extra fee but the only subsricption I had was MLB. Has any one called Direct to see if this is possible?? With the piles of recieivers kicking around...
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    get them all with no rotation???

    According to Antenna Web, my local broadcast towers are at 354 degrees 6.2 miles VHF 162 degrees 15.4 miles VHF 0 degrees 7.0 miles UHF 13 degrees 5.2 miles VHF Is there an antenna that will pick up all of these without a rotor?? I get the 162 degree station perfectly...
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    622 DPP44 install from hell

    Started with a 811, a dish pointed at the 110, the 119 and the 148. All working just fine. Installer came out and put up a dish pointing at the 129, and a DPP 44 switch and a 622 receiver. This was at 4:00 PM. At 9:00 PM he left with only one satallite being recognized after trying two...