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    Dish network woes 2023

    I've been looking for an excuse to dump Dish for a while now and this is it. The picture quality on "HD" channels has gotten progressively worse to the point where it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between HD and SD. I've had no HBO or Showtime for almost a month, none of my streaming...
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    More Painful Cancelling Dish Network than Going to a Dentist.

    Exactly! "It's a life sentence, but here's hoping I make parole in 15 years!"
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    More Painful Cancelling Dish Network than Going to a Dentist.

    Here's a sure-fire way to get the CSRs to let you off the phone while avoiding a long spiel from the retention department: Tell 'em you don't need service any longer because you're headed to prison.
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    4K Events Discussion Thread

    Don't try to ask Dish that question; I just wasted a good hour of my life trying to get them to explain that to me. They don't have a decent answer. And they wonder why subscribers are dropping like flies... Basically, what I've learned is that the 4K Olympics channels will only work with a...
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    4K Events Discussion Thread

    You'd think that I'd still be able to watch the 4K Olympics channels on my 4K non-HDR display, but it isn't working, and I have an HDCP 2.2-compatible projector. My UHD player manages to convert 4K/HDR/BT.2020 to 4K/SDR/BT.709 but evidently that's too much to ask of the Hopper 3. I have an...
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    4K Events Discussion Thread

    The 4K channels show up on my Hopper 3’s guide, but the Hopper 3 is connected to my projector which supports 4K & HDCP 2.2 but not HDR. So those channels won’t work. What’s more, the channels don’t appear on my Joey 4K which is connected to a 4K HDR TV (I get the same error messages as...
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    HOPPER 3 UPGRADE WAITING LIST!

    I'm definitely interested in a Hopper 3 system upgrade!
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    Format button not working on SD channels on my Hopper with Sling and Joey

    +1…same issue here. Just upgraded from two original Hoppers to two HWSs and never had this issue with the old Hoppers. Sigh. At least it's a known problem.
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    Hopper Upgrades

    I currently have two original Hoppers and four Joeys and would like to upgrade one of my Hoppers to a Hopper with Sling (HWS). Could someone from DIRT please contact me to help me review my options? Thanks!
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    HBO/MAX Audio

    I hear this all the time during loud passages on my Hopper. It's happened with both a Denon AVR-3808CI and a Denon AVR-4311CI and I only hear it with audio coming from the Dish box so it's nothing else in the signal chain causing the issue. I suspect it's an artifact of overcompressed audio...
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    Hopper Upgrades

    I'd appreciate a DIRT member PMing me about my upgrade options. I'd like to upgrade to a 2H/4J system and I currently have a ViP922, a ViP722, and two ViP211s. Thanks!
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    Known issue with dishonline.com preventing connecting to DVRs to manage recordings?

    I ran into the same issues as everyone else here when I was trying to show a colleague how "cool" it was that I could stream video from my 922 to my iPad. Naturally, my 722 and my 922 both didn't appear online despite the fact they were. This nonsense has been going way too long. It boggles...
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    922 Sling Issues?

    I tried to use the Dish Remote Access app on my iPad for the first time in months this past Friday. Naturally it didn't work. Similar to you, the app is showing yellow dots next to both my 922 and my 722. Both are connected online yet the app doesn't think they are. It's obviously something...
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    Latest Eastern Arc Satellite Issue Update

    Yep, I just finished doing it twice...once with the cables removed and again with them reinstalled and I still don't see my HD locals. Are you sure that the procedure is the same for the ViP 922? FWIW, after I ran the check switch routine the first time, it asked if I wanted to save the new...
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    Latest Eastern Arc Satellite Issue Update

    Well, I ran a "check switch" but since I have a 922 this didn't force the Channel Guide to update. So, I forced a Channel Guide update (I think) by changing the time of nightly updates temporarily (from the default of 3am) and my receiver shut down and rebooted. Unfortunately, this didn't...
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    Latest Eastern Arc Satellite Issue Update

    All this is way over my head, and my local HD channels are still out (Cincinnati). Is there anything I need to do or will they eventually come back online? I do have a wing dish for my locals and I assume it's pointed at 71.
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    922 resets after being turned on??

    Within the past couple of weeks I've started to experience a problem very similar to what you guys are describing. When I start up my 922 and everything finishes powering up what appears on my TV screen is a frozen image. Audio continues for a few seconds and then stops at which point the 922...
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    How long for 922 to be accessible online?

    I just got a 922 installed this morning -- everything appears to be connected correctly (broadband connection is all green, I'm getting my programming, etc). However, when I log into DISH Remote Access, my new 922 doesn't appear -- all that's shown is my 722 and a 622 that I no longer have (I...
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    Anyone else having trouble connecting online?

    Ever since last night's 3 a.m. "check for updates," neither my 622 nor my 722 will connect via broadband. They both connect to my wireless router through wireless bridges, and the bridges are working because other devices connected to them are able to access the internet. I've tried rebooting...
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    Upgrades limited to 3 tuners?

    I was ready to make the switch back to DirecTV after dealing with Dish's completely inflexible first-level CSRs who told me that I simply couldn't lease any additional equipment besides the 622 and 211 I was already leasing. I was ready to go to Best Buy to pick up my DirecTV equipment when I...
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    Sudden Lost of Sat Signal on 119 and 129

    Yep, 119 and 129 are down (Utah).
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    Dish messing with Voom, All are now HD-Lite 1280x1080i: Discuss this issue HERE!

    Let's just hope that the "real" HD channels, particularly HDNet and HDNet Movies, stay that way. I suspect that Mark Cuban wouldn't like it too much if the quality of his flagship network was undermined by Dish...maybe that's an avenue we can pursue if all else fails. I sure hope that folks...
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    New DishHD Packages to be added February

    teachsac- What's his "real" email? I thought I had it but I guess not. I don't intend to use it at this point, but it'd be nice to have for the future. You can PM me if you don't want to post. Thanks!
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    New DishHD Packages to be added February

    This is pure comedy. This is the text of the e-mail that I sent to "ceoofdishnetwork@echostar.com". My e-mail isn't important, it's the response that is: Dear Mr. Ergen: After being a DirecTV customer for over seven years, I switched to Dish Network three weeks ago. Since they are...
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    New DishHD Packages to be added February

    Boy do I feel like the world's biggest sucker. I just switched to Dish three weeks ago, after 7 years with DirecTV, and leased an 811 and 942. This past weekend I had my Dish 500 swapped out with a Dish 1000, and now this great news from Dish. That's funny. I think I'll send the CEO a nice...