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We dumped Dish about a year ago and have never missed it. Aside from the cost savings, the video quality on most of the streams is much better than on Dish. That matters on larger TV's.

Realistically there's almost going to have to be a merger in order for the satellite TV business to survive more than a few years. All the satellites both companies utilize are getting up there in service years (according to a recent article all are at least 10 years old with an expected service...

I had a fairly easy experience with cancellation just the other day. There was time spent waiting on hold for a CSR but that was no big deal. Once someone came on the line I explained that I had been on Dish Pause for a few months to make sure we were ready to cancel and we were. They asked a...

Nearly 23 years with E*/Dish for us technically, but on pause since October just to make sure the all streaming/Amazon Recast DVR/BD/DVD solution for us. It is and before long I'll close the account and see what they want me to do with the Vip722 (which is the original one we got from them in...

I put Dish on pause a couple of weeks ago to see how things are without it before cancelling altogether. So far it's looking like our 21+ years with Dish are about to come to an end.

You do realize that a simple google search will show easy instructions on how to "side load" both HBOMAX and Peacock onto your Firestick 4K? I did it weeks ago and it works fine as long as you follow the instructions exactly when installing it. Peacock acts more like a normal app but HBOMAX is a...

25mb internet should be adequate for streaming high quality video. Are you using any other streaming services or just You Tube? We have Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix, Disney, HBOMax (it's included with our cell phone package) and several others including free services. If you compare a 1080P movie...

There's no comparison between the PQ on most streaming services to Dish. Streaming just looks SO much better. I really noticed it during the free preview of Fox News after watching the on demand stories on the Fox News app the last few years since I switched to the Flex Pack. But it's really...

FWIW the Flex Pack has a small handful of the Muzak channels included and has for a long time now.

I wanted to give a quick update on the external hard drive issue I posted about earlier in case this could help someone else on this board. Everything is fine now and the fix is almost embarrassingly simple for a tech guy like myself. I finally got a chance to call the Dish tech support line...

I've tried at least 3 of the drives and all have the same issue. It said it has been formatted to use with a different receiver and must be reformatted. But like I said, I've had this receiver for over 10 years and this has never happened before. And if I lose all this content, much of which...

I've been having trouble with my 5 external drives that I connect as needed to my VIP722 as well. If I connect them it states something to the effect that the drive has been connected to another receiver and must be reformatted to use with my current 722. The problem is that I've had the same...

I get closer and closer to pulling the plug on Dish myself. Other than going down to the Welcome Pack and saving about $8 per month (but losing the only 2 channels I pay attention to the schedules of) I can't get things down much lower per month than they are. If it weren't for the multiple hard...

I did a chat from the Dish website but after learning I would save only a few $ by switching to the Welcome Pack I opted to stay with Flex. But thanks for the responses.

Does anyone know what the lowest current programming package available for Dish is now? From looking around their website it appears to be the Flex pack without locals which is what I have now. My household has reached a point where we don't use Dish much anymore but I have 5 hard drives with...

I've been reading this forum for years and certainly didn't expect to be snarkily piled on to for simply making a comment which I began by stating was simply my opinion! I never said that I supported what has been going on with the channel blackouts for financial leverage, only that I understand...

Let's take it easy on the regulation talk. Not many things are made better by the government stepping in to create winners and losers IMO. This is broadcast TV after all and in most cases an antenna will get you back to having access to your local station for a fairly modest one time cost. And...

Actually the repacked channels will be down to channel 36.

OTA will have a place for a while yet. Especially in rural areas where there's not much financial incentive for the cell carriers to provide a lot of coverage. ATSC 3.0 is right around the corner and that opens a whole new world of possible revenue and reasons for local broadcasters to exist. It...

We use a couple of newer Fire Sticks with our 722 within our house with a fairly new dual band router (for what little we actually use Dish the 722 is still acceptable). While things will play pretty normally and live TV is ok, fast forward and rewind seems to confuse it and cause it to freeze...