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    I now hate Comcast

    What's the frame rate like on PS Vue or Roku? If you're watching a basketball game, does it look like a basketball game or does it look like a movie of a basketball game?
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    Local ads on satellite

    Cool - thanks. Yes, I've seen more than political ads also - mostly car dealerships. I can imagine there's a lot more money to be made here.
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    Local ads on satellite

    Apologies if this has been discussed a lot in the past but I haven't been visiting here as much... I've noticed that a lot of the satellite channels now have local advertising. I was wondering how they do this? Do they put local ads on a transponder at a certain time and capture them to the DVR...
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    Should I switch from Uverse to DirecTV?

    If you're happy with UVerse I'd stay where you are for awhile. The two services will probably be merged eventually, but both have advantages. I had UVerse a few years ago and it was very nice except for the HD picture quality of the local channels (I think the encoders used for locals weren't up...
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    Tribune Broadcasting Company Blacks Out DISH Customers in 33 Markets;

    Wow - Indianapolis really gets screwed losing half of the major networks -- CBS and FOX.
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    Any new software coming?

    It's the compression artifacts on Dish that seem much, much worse - even on slowly moving content like an episode of Law & Order. It's not as bad as U-Verse was when it first came out, but it's certainly gone downhill in the last few years. Not horrible, but not close to the quality of DirecTV.
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    Any new software coming?

    After some time on Dish and now back home on DirecTV, even though the D* receivers are looking a little old, the PQ of DirecTV is certainly better than Dish nowadays. It's not even a subtle difference anymore. So disregard this thread, and just keep the picture quality where it's at... :)
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    Any new software coming?

    From the Bon Jovi ad - pretty sure the UI is just something the advertising department whipped up for the commercial. After using the new Hopper 3 for the last 4 days, coming back to the Genie really is like "turning back time."
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    Any new software coming?

    The latest D* commercials seem to show some other UI... or at least something very different from my HR44..
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    Any new software coming?

    I am visiting my parents this weekend and they have recently switched from DirecTV to Dish after at least a decade on D* - I have to say that the Hopper is pretty sweet and makes the current D* platform look pretty long in the tooth: not only the speed great compared to my now-sluggish HR44 but...
  11. J

    Investing in Super Soaker technology

    The drone plus super soaker seems to be the way to go! :) Thanks all.
  12. J

    Investing in Super Soaker technology

    Thanks for the ideas, warriors.... Regarding the dish heater, don't you have to run a power line up there?
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    Investing in Super Soaker technology

    After last weekend's heavy, wet, cling-to-the-dish snow, it's time to invest in some heavy ammo. I'm prepared to drop at LEAST a full $10 on some state of the art water cannon technology, but there are so many models to choose from. You can't put a price on peace of mind, after all, especially...
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    Bad PQ on one Indy local - something happened since July 8

    Good idea. I'll try re-scanning with my AM-21 and see if I can pull it in now. 3 or 4 years ago when I set up my OTA locals it had such a marginal signal that I excluded it.
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    Bad PQ on one Indy local - something happened since July 8

    Hey folks - Wondering what my options are here - Channel 4 in Indianapolis, WTTV, since sometime after July 8th has been having a picture quality problem. The picture "pulses" about once per second and sometimes pixilates a little bit - kind of how UVerse used to behave all the time on all...
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    How To Mark Everything In A Forum As Read?

    LOL! Ok thanks!! :)
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    How To Mark Everything In A Forum As Read?

    In the old system, there was a "thread tools" menu that let you mark all forums and sub-forums read, so the next time you visit you could easily see what was new. How do you do this in the new system? Thanks - Jeff
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    Hotel D* - how do they do that?

    There's also a Holiday Inn logo next to the channel logo:
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    Hotel D* - how do they do that?

    It's interesting that a lot of channels show up in the guide but some are missing like BTN and FS1. But if I tune to those channel numbers directly it works.
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    Hotel D* - how do they do that?

    I'm staying at a Holiday Inn Express this week, and the LG TV in my room has DirecTV along with a DirecTV remote. I push the guide button and it comes up with the normal blue and black guide and it looks like any DirecTV receiver. The box has a single coax cable running from the wall to the TV...
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    Massive DirecTV snow failure

    It's too bad the HR44 + AM21 isn't reliable when he satellite signal goes out. What's the point?
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    Massive DirecTV snow failure

    The temp was still ~31 F at the time... the water was enough to melt the accumulation off before the super cold air hit a few hours later. I'll have to look up dish heaters. This happened last Spring too during March Madness.
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    Massive DirecTV snow failure

    I got a lot of it cleared away with a garden hose, but I only get SD now. I'm guessing there's something still up there. EDIT: The HD has come back after 20 minutes...
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    Massive DirecTV snow failure

    It's snowing! Big, wet, sticky flakes! But, my satellite dish is now covered in snow and it's up so high that I can't reach it to brush it off. I have an AM-21 connected, and that was working for awhile, but then it stopped working due to the "searching for signal" error messages from the...
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    Considering switch from Dish to Xfinity - talk me down?

    The X1 is a horrible piece of equipment. It's beyond buggy - it's just ridiculously unreliable. Check out the X1 forum on avsforums if you're interested. I had the X1 for a few months but switched back to DirecTV. It's rare to go a couple of days without some major failure on the X1. And the...
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