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  1. dweber

    Founder’s Message + Wireless Offer

    I have now had Boost mobile for almost a month. My bill is $15.05. The coverage between Marysville and Plain City Ohio is good. Prior to this I would lose T-Mobile service at several locations. Since I have WiFi at home, church, and Cub Scouts my total data usage was only .57 GB. My only concern...
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    Nexstar wants to buy Tegna

    In the Columbus Ohio market Sinclair owns ABC WSYX and Fox WTTE and has a local marketing agreement with Columbus CW WWHO station. Sinclair ABC 6 and Fox 28 share the same news team. Nexstar currently owns NBC WCMH and will own CBS WBNS. If the sale goes through I suspect that NBC 4 and CBS 10...
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    August 18 FCC Ex Parte letter on ATSC 3.0 DRM

    https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/filing/10818038010634 Tyler the Antenna Man and Lon Seidman presented the issues with ATSC 3.0 DRM to the FCC. Above is a summary of their meeting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    OTA Recorder

    I have read that the zapper box M3 (client only) does not work with encrypted channels. Playback of encrypted recordings and encrypted Live TV on connected devices (like the M3) is expected with the v4.0 software release, planned for December 2025. However the consensus is that A3SA will not...
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    Satellite Locals Issue

    I noticed the same problem with my Columbus Ohio local NBC channel. My Meet the Press recording from 10:30 to 11:30 on WCMH was scrambled. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Dish Installs

    I first went to the local Boost store in Marysville Ohio to see if there was good coverage. I was pleased to see 4 bars of 5G. The Boost store said the cost would be $25 per month if they did the activation. To get the $10 reduction to $15 per month I needed to go through Dish and have the...
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    Dish Installs

    They both are Dish trained technicians so they are capable of doing both Dish installs and Boost activations. Unfortunately they don’t share work orders. That is how I ended up with two Dish technicians at my house. One doing my Boost phone and one installing my Joey3. Hopefully someone at Dish...
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    Hopper 3 YouTube app - no 4K or HDR

    The Dish Hopper 3 supports a variety of video and audio codecs: Video codecs MPEG2 H.264 H.265 (HEVC) Audio codecs AAC ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) AAC_PLUS AC3 (Dolby Digital) MPEG FLAC WAV LPCM MP3 It's important to note that the Hopper 3 also supports containers like MKV, MP4, MPEG-TS...
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    H398 Software Version

    I manually updated both of my Hopper 3 receivers to H398. Both of my Joey 3 clients stayed at J596. After the update caller id and tv enhancements got shut off on my one Hopper 3 receiver. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Dish Installs

    Yes my IPhone is now working on the Boost network. I am very pleased with the Boost coverage so far. I had 4 to 5 bars of 5G signal all the way from Marysville to my house and I have 2 bars signal in my house. With T-Mobile I would lose service during the drive from Marysville. The next step is...
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    Pearl TV / Silicon dust article

    I just found out that currently the Zapperbox M3 (client) will not work with DRM encrypted broadcasts. Version 4.0 of their software was going to allow client boxes to work with DRM broadcasts but A3SA stopped them. Their current software version is 3.2.2. So currently no gateway device works...
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    Dish Installs

    When I went to the Boost store today they told me that there was a problem all day yesterday porting numbers from T-Mobile. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Founder’s Message + Wireless Offer

    You probably don’t have arthritis in your hands. As I age I find that I can’t do tasks that I could easily do. Just removing the Otter box is challenging. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. dweber

    Hopper 3 YouTube app - no 4K or HDR

    Scott posted this when YouTube was first added to the Hopper 3. I wouldn't expect it until mid or late Summer. Also remember it will NOT do Youtube 4K as the Hopper does not support VP9.https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/index.php?threads/YOUTUBE-APP-COMING-TO-HOPPER-3.358161/ Sent from my...
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    Dish Installs

    I talked to the Dish Boost installer today while we waited on hold for the Boost VIP support. He has been doing Satellite Dishes for over 30 years. He started off with the large C band Satellite dishes. He then worked for US direct broadcast installing Prime Star. He has worked for Dish since...
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    Founder’s Message + Wireless Offer

    The transfer from T-Mobile finally happened at 6:30 PM. So the transfer of my phone number took 5.5 hours. Tomorrow I will go into the Boost Mobile store in Marysville Ohio so they can remove the T-Mobile Sim and insert the Boost Mobile Sim. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Founder’s Message + Wireless Offer

    Today the Dish Boost technician came to my home to switch my IPhone from T-Mobile to Boost. I already had my existing T-Mobile account # and the Transfer PIN so it should have been an easy switch. The Dish technician changed out the T-Mobile Sim for the Boost Mobile Sim. Everything looked good...
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    Pearl TV / Silicon dust article

    You still need a Zapperbox for each TV. The unit you linked to is $275. Zapperbox had planned to eventually be able to use apps on other streaming devices but this was shot down by A3SA. The Zapperbox M3 (mini) is the client (no tuner) that connects to the M1 or M2 Zapperbox. The Zapperbox M3...
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    Pearl TV / Silicon dust article

    Yes but you need a Zapperbox unit for each TV. Zapperbox tried to set up a network solution but it failed. So if you have multiple TVs you need to buy a Zapperbox for each TV. There is no gateway device that will decrypt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Pearl TV / Silicon dust article

    The issue is that no network device exists that will work with the current encryption. You need a tuner for each TV set and the broadcast is not available for tablets, computers, and phones. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Pearl TV / Silicon dust article

    Silicondust had an excellent response to Pearl’s article. They were able to rebut all of the issues. Here is their response: https://download.silicondust.com/docs/Silicondust%20Response%20to%20Pearl%20Ex%20Parte%20Letter%20%287-22-25%29.pdf Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  22. dweber

    Founder’s Message + Wireless Offer

    As a loyal Dish Customer for 24 years 7 months I enjoyed watching Charlie Ergan, Candy Ergan, and Jim DeFranco give the history of Dish. It makes me appreciate the risks and the hard work that they did to establish Dish network. I recently renegotiated a two year price lock. I downgraded from...
  23. dweber

    H396 Software Version

    I manually updated my 2 Hopper 3 receivers to H396 and my Joey3 to J596. I don’t know what this software update does. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  24. dweber

    Alexa Dish skill is now working again

    It is 8:26 and Alexa is now working again. It can control my Hopper 3, report conditions from my weather station, control my Ion thermostat, report my Fitbit results, and control my SwitchBot devices. So everything is good again. I panicked earlier. I changed the thread title to reflect that...
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    Alexa Dish skill is now working again

    I believe that Alexa is discontinuing the skills that worked with the Alexa app so that developers will create the skills for Alexa Plus. I had tried the Alexa Plus but I went back to normal Alexa when I discovered that Alexa Plus did not work with the Dish skill, the My Acurite skill, and the...