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    ROKU Player from Dish

    I want to thank this website for keeping me up-to-date on all matters concerning the Dish Network. I have always received the help that I need from this site including the group referred to as DIRT. I had set aside the card I received from Dish concerning the AMC channels and really missed the...
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    Dish Platinum?

    I currently receive Dish Platinum for 12 months free. This was offered to me last year. I think I use to pay $10 per month for these extra HD channels. Along came Blockbuster to Dish. When my 12 months for free is up......what happens.....I don't see Dish Platinum available anymore. Is...
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    Is Dish Satellite 129 Not Operating Again?

    Left the house and the ballgames for 2 hours and returned and both my receivers no longer have the 129 satellite. Is it not operating again like several days ago. Can Dish tell us what it happening to 129?
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    TV Ratings

    Do the satellite providers (Dish and Direct) provide information on what TV programs their subscribers are watching to the ratings companies? For instance, if Hannity had 3 million viewers last Thursday, are Dish and Direct subscribers included and if so how is the information collected?
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    Out of Market HD Locals for RV Users

    One of my HD units is for my RV. In the past American Direct thru Dish was giving me local HD channels for use when I left the Tallahassee locals footprint. I was getting Chicago and Los Angeles up until January 2011 and since then I only get the NYC and San Francisco SD locals. Since...
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    Missing HD Channels

    I get my Dish channels from the Western Arc. A friend gets his from 61.5, 110, and 119. Here in Tallahassee, FL, some areas cannot receive 129 cause it is too low on the horizon so Dish puts up a separate dish for 61.5. However, since the Tallahassee locals are on only 129, these people have...
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    DVR VIP 722 Question (Do I Have a Problem)???

    One of my DVR's, a (VIP 722), which was installed in 2007 suddenly will not come on when we turn it on in the morning at 5am. It is very hot (unit sits on top of a cabinet with plenty of air) and is humming. The external hard drive for this unit is blinking like something is being moved from...
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    Legal Placement of Dishes on Owner's Property

    I need some help and I need to be brought up to date on placement of a dish on my property. I installed my first dish for 119 in July 1997. For an almost perfect signal I placed it in a flowerbed on the corner of my house. Lot size is an acre. Side peak of the roof is at least 40 feet off the...
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    Chart for Each Satellite Listing Dish Channels on That Satellite

    Is there a chart that would tell me what channels are on each of Dish's satellites? :confused:
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    Recomendation for Which Satellites to Use

    At my home in Tallahassee, my receivers are all receiving 110, 119, and 129 from a 1000.2 dish.. At my campsite down near Panama City, I was not able to get the 1000.2 dish to receive 129 because there are some trees on the horizon that blocks 129 cause it is lower on the horizon than 110 and...
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    Penalty for Paying Dish Annually Instead of Monthly

    :confused:I have been a loyal Dish subscriber since July 1997 and have helped Dish get at least one hundred new subscribers over the last almost fourteen years. I have always signed up for whatever helped Dish. For instance, autopay and annual billing (when Dish must have needed money years...
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    Trailer Phone Line

    I am going to switch my trailer SD311 receiver for a HD 211. I plan to use a Dish 1000.2 dish. I have had Dish receivers in my trailers since 1997 and never had a phone line hooked to the trailer receiver. I always purchased my trailer receiver in case it gets stolen while parked somewhere...
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    Dish Network and RV's

    In July, 1997, when I first signed on with Dish Network, Charlie would tell you on the Charlie Chat's that you could take your receiver with you in your RV and to your mountain home or beach house. Most of my friends bought an extra dish and we took one or more of our receivers with us when we...