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    Cheap equiment to get 118.7 for 1 rcvr?

    Hi - I am trying to get just 118.7 for our guest house in the backyard (my parents need their internationals) If I buy a new 500+ dish it comes to about $150 - is there a generic dish and 118.7 LNB you guys can recommend that would be a cheaper setup for the single 311 receiver I'll connect...
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    Is Dish 1000+ too heavy for Chimney?

    It's a tpyical brick and mortar chimney - probably 30 years old - you're right, wind load could be bad, in central calif we do have some windy storms during the winter.
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    Is Dish 1000+ too heavy for Chimney?

    Hi - in the middle of the never ending saga of getting access to 118.7. Third installer came out - work order is still wrong so they refused to do anything, but he said what I really need is a dish 1000+ and it is much heavier than the other 2 dish 500's I have on the chimney, so I'll need...
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    118.7 v 61.5 - dish wants me to repoint

    Great info - thanks guys, I was just nervous b/c I didn't want to get pointed to some random dish or an experimental superdish type of stuff - sounds like this is the way forward... thx
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    118.7 v 61.5 - dish wants me to repoint

    Hi - I have the top 100 pack + HD + the Pakistan Mega Pack out in central calif. Previously I was getting my pakistan channels from 148. Now a new channel in the pakistan mega pak is only on 61.5 or 118.7. They're sending out someone to repoint to 118.7 because the operator told me...
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    Al-Jazeera HD: No EchoStar, No Cable

    enoree - if you would watch other news sources you would see that mainstream muslim organizations have denounced killing as you request. Don't be so naive to think that 1 billion people in the world are bent on evil. The people who want you to think that and fear the rest of the world are using...
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    Al-Jazeera HD: No EchoStar, No Cable

    How do you guys know it's such a bad channel if you've never watched it?
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    The troubles with 129 - A summary

    This is probably a newbie question, but if my 129 signal is poor, but i have a strong 61.5 signal, will the reciever automatically get the HD channel from 61.5 instead of 129?
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    New 211: Poor PQ for SD using component input

    I finally upgraded my parent's 10 year old reciever with a 211. The installer put up a dish 1000 and for some reason moved my 61.5 i used for int'l to 148...While i figure that part out, here's my problem: The PQ on their panasonic 60U plasma was good for SD channels from analog comcast and...
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    Off the air signal with 622 not as good

    211 and poor reception I just had a 211 put in today for my panasonic 60U plasma and I too noticed that the picture is far more pixelated than it was when the OTA was directly connected to the tv. I guess thats something I just have to deal with based on this thread ...
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    Dish... Subcontract installs have got to Go!!!

    any number to use for installer complaints? I had a similar problem - Saturday appointment for an install 12-5pm. At 4pm they call and say they don't have a dp44 switch and can't do the install. I was furious, i already waited at home all day - seemed weird that they would discover this at 4pm...
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    Get free superdish or install dish500 myself?

    thanks Simon - thanks so much for your help... I can get all of my 61.5 channels on 121, plus an extra one that is only on 121. So it sounds like SuperDish is the way to go with a 3x4 switch. Any reason why a 2700 couldn't handle that? I assume picking up a new receiver is cheapest on...
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    Get free superdish or install dish500 myself?

    reply Does a 2700 qualify as legacy equipment ? Also, how would the new switch you suggest waiting for help me? Thx for the help - appreciate it since i'm still a bit of a newbie to the dbs world...
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    Get free superdish or install dish500 myself?

    I've had int'ls at 61.5 for 3 years and now i want to get AT60. I have my old dish 500 I can install myself or I think I can get a free superdish with a year committment. The superdish has the advantage of getting other int'l channels on 121. As far as picture quality and...
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    Can I get 121 in California?

    Newbie question : Can I get the 121 signal in california? According to dish, a channel I want on that satellite is not avail in my zip code
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    Cheapest way to add 2nd dish

    I have had PTV Prime international channel on dish for the last 2 years, with an 18" dish. Never had any other programming packages out here in calif. I want to get AT60 now, and add a reciever in a 2nd room. What's the cheapest way to do this? Should I buy second receiver on eBay and...