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Horrible installation experience - and it isn't even installed yet

I ordered Dish Network over the phone last week. Arranged for installation today between 8 a.m. and noon. Received recorded phone message on Saturday evening confirming installation for today.

By 10:30 a.m. and no sign of the Dish guys, I figured something was up. I started calling the Dish Network people and after going through various supervisors and managers, was told the "dispatcher" would call me back in 5-10 minutes to give me an estimated arrival time. No one called. So I called back. This time they gave me the phone number of the "dispatcher".

So I called this so-called dispatcher, who turns out to be the installer himself, who then proceeds to tell me he isn't coming because he doesn't have the equipment!!! :eek: What the HECK??? If he doesn't have the equipment, wouldn't he have known that by yesterday or at the very least by this morning? Why did it take me tracking them down for ANYONE to let me know that the installer didn't have the equipment? And with a WEEK's notice, why didn't he have the equipment???

To make matters worse, the guy sounds kind of like he was on drugs or drunk or something. He made me very uncomfortable and (being female) I'm nervous about him coming out to the house if I'm going to be here by myself.

Is this typical? Do they cancel or mess up your installations without notice on a regular basis? Are the installers a bunch of skeevy guys that mean you should be armed with your pit bull and a shotgun before they set foot on your property?

When I called back to Dish Network - pretty worked up by this point - I just kept getting transferred to the "Billing Department" and they were of little to no use at all. They told me the best they could do was to reschedule me for two days out (I am not available at that time) and offer me $20 off my installation. My installation is free anyway, after they charge me and refund it, so that's not much help. They also outright LIED to me and said they left a voicemail telling me the installation would be delayed. We received no such voicemail and, in fact, were home almost all day yesterday, and I haven't left the house today, so it's unlikely we missed a phone call.

Who can I complain to? What can I do? What works? Help!
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67 local retailers Wow! They can be just as bad or worse that what E* themselves send out. Maybe a neighbor with E* can recommend a GOOD local installer. With what happened with your scheduled messed up install I would go through the CEO e-mail deal and I would bet you get a better offer than any retailer will give you.
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I don't know anyone except one person in Atlanta with the Dish Network. Everyone I know has cable. That's why we just called the company. In retrospect that seems stupid.

Could you please let us know what you ultimately decide and/or if anything ever becomes of the email sent to the CEO address if you did?
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I'll be sure to update this thread as things progress....

As for now, the original installer (who the Dish people called the "dispatcher", and the one I was afraid of) is supposed to come out tomorrow. As much as I hated to go this route, I got my husband to talk with him. (I hate having to do that - I'm the one who always takes care of the tech stuff - but seriously, this guy skeeved me out.) Apparently he was extremely apologetic (to my husband, anyway - not to me), and so they agreed he's going to come out and install it tomorrow. As this man made me nervous even over the phone, my husband is going to plan to be here to make sure everything in the safety and security department is okay.

Given all that, should I email the CEO tonight? Or wait until after the guy shows up (or doesn't) tomorrow? Is there an advantage either way? I don't want to tick off the installer and he doesn't show up. However, if it'll light a fire under someone, and I can get a better deal, that would be ever better!
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i had an installer come to my house one time and i could smell alcohol on his breath. my advice to all women is to never ever be alone in your house when meeting any type of repairman.i remember a few years ago in tulsa a couple put an ad in the newspaper to sell a pool table. her husband had to work so she stayed at home to meet this guy. he raped and killed her and then took off. the cops were tracking him and if i recall right he killed someone else up in missouri. before they caught him.
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Given all that, should I email the CEO tonight? Or wait until after the guy shows up (or doesn't) tomorrow? Is there an advantage either way? I don't want to tick off the installer and he doesn't show up. However, if it'll light a fire under someone, and I can get a better deal, that would be ever better!
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I am a firm believer that you SHOULD at LEAST give the guy a chance since he apologized all over the place towards your husband. Again..to each their own. I would give the installer a chance to show up WITH all the RIGHT equipment and make a clean, good install right the first time.
I've seen too many stories of installers showing up and TELLING YOU where he is going to put the DISH just because it will make his job so MUCH easier. Have your husband be reasonable and have HIM tell the installer where a good place is to put the dish. Don't make an argument about it, but come to a happy medium. Put the dish where it is aesthetically pleasing and has a good solid connection to the bird in the sky.

DON'T SIGN ANY PAPERWORK until your husband and/or you are happy with the install, everything works, good picture..good everything. If you sign, installer gets paid and his job is done. If the installer comes to your house all attitudey, TELLS YOU where he's gonna install it ...etc etc etc then I would email the CEO since you gave him a chance to rectify and make you a happy new customer. Lots of luck!! Let us know how it turns out!
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You know, I normally read through posts like these, chuckle a little, and move on... But like Van (I'm guessing), this one has really PISSED ME OFF! Y'all make it sound like we (installers) are nothing but a bunch of ignorant scum bag rapists and murderers who thrive on drugs and alcohol. Better hide the kiddies...no telling what we might do when the man of the house isn't around. What a bunch of crap. Hundreds of these things are installed daily all around the country (I usually do 4 or 5 a day myself with 10 years of experience) with a very large majority of everything going just fine (simple economics dictates that Dish would be out of business based on these posts if any of this was even close to the norm). Name me one industry that doesn't have a handful of untrustworthy souls...just one! Hell, even a handful of priests have their fetishes for little boys. This means stop going to church, right? Even better, don't believe in God, right? A cashier is rude to you at a restaurant. This means most of them are untrustworthy wenches, right? Watch them like a hawk (idiot) because they might over charge you and take advantage of you. One mechanic "takes you for a ride", so all of them are out to screw you over, right? Obviously, I could on and on with every industry (i.e. doctors, lawyers, bankers, stock brockers, etc...) Of course, ultimately, it all boils down to the same thing, doesn't it. Even with a good clean install, what can I get for free for my pain & suffering? Pah-lease! Maybe it's partly because people treat us like criminals who get out of bed only to screw over unsuspecting women alone in their homes with all intentions of filling some desire to do a crappy job that we sometimes "have a chip on our shoulders". The more I type, the madder I get! Why, because you folks (some of you anyway) have actually offended the hell out me with these absurd posts. I mean, damn! Watch us like hawks! Y'all have stereo-typed a bunch of hard working blue collar guys who generally WANT to do a good job (don't most people have this desire - why in the HELL wouldn't we?) into a bunch of sub-human criminal-like dirt bags bent on as much mischeif (sp?) as we can possible make. Most of us sub's carry insurance policies of a half million and more (most, like myself, carry a full million).

Try re-reading these posts...from the first to the last...and wonder, for just a moment why it would offend pretty much ALL OF US out here to be lumped into this sh!tty category based on a few bad experiences, heresay, and A LOT ignorant speculation!!! Grrr...ooo, it was so good that a MAN was around - how offensive would it be for me to lump all women as weak-minded based on such statements? Fortunately, I DON'T feel (or think) that way as I am smart enough to know that most women (at least the ones I deal with - including my wife of 15 years) are far from weak and would be ticked at just the implications of some of these posts...these stereo-types. It's a good thing your husbands have more faith in you than you do (as they were comfortable enough to go off to work & let you handle this mind-boggling situation). I'm sure I'll get some flaming posts but thats fine...as YOU pissed ME off!

It's one thing to post about a bad experience here so we can offer help & advice (many of us with that advice are the same "scum bag" installers y'all "fear") but this has gone too far on the offensive side.
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Well, I had trouble with installers once. I had made arrangements to have my dish moved from a ground install to a roof install. The fellow showed up pretty much on time and began work. He called for help which arrived in about 5 minutes. Another call, another installer. I ended up with 6 installers that pretty much stayed and 3 more that came by and then went home as it was the end of the day. I had no idea there could be that many in the area. Only thing that bothered me was them not roping themselves on the roof. They were 25-30 feet up on a steep shake roof. I got dizzy watching them which made it hard for me to supervise their work. They finally dropped about a dozen strips of cable down the side of the house and came down themselves. Drilled through the foundation and hooked up to a big switch with a bunch of outlets on it. I had four receivers, 2 upstairs and 2 on the main floor above the basement they were working in. Anyway, they got it all set up and everything worked. The problem then occurred. Grandma took all her fresh, hot sticky buns outside to them with a bowl of melted butter. Those suckers ate all of them, including the 2 I was saving for myself for breakfast. They washed them all down with the provided soft drinks, thanked me for a rather oversized tip(I had money in those days), and went home to their families with "my" breakfast in their bellies.
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rvdishman said:
Well, I had trouble with installers once. I had made arrangements to have my dish moved from a ground install to a roof install. The fellow showed up pretty much on time and began work. He called for help which arrived in about 5 minutes. Another call, another installer. I ended up with 6 installers that pretty much stayed and 3 more that came by and then went home as it was the end of the day. I had no idea there could be that many in the area. Only thing that bothered me was them not roping themselves on the roof. They were 25-30 feet up on a steep shake roof. I got dizzy watching them which made it hard for me to supervise their work. They finally dropped about a dozen strips of cable down the side of the house and came down themselves. Drilled through the foundation and hooked up to a big switch with a bunch of outlets on it. I had four receivers, 2 upstairs and 2 on the main floor above the basement they were working in. Anyway, they got it all set up and everything worked. The problem then occurred. Grandma took all her fresh, hot sticky buns outside to them with a bowl of melted butter. Those suckers ate all of them, including the 2 I was saving for myself for breakfast. They washed them all down with the provided soft drinks, thanked me for a rather oversized tip(I had money in those days), and went home to their families with "my" breakfast in their bellies.
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Not sure why it took so many, but then, I've never seen your house.

Sounds like they earned the tip.

You should have stashed the two sticky buns you were saving for youself before they ever made it ouside.

That doesn't sound like a bad install experience to me. It's alot better than doing it yourself. You said it. Everything worked. I'm assuming they put the dish where ya wanted it? Alot of the posters on here don't know what a bad install experience is. I wonder what they are expecting? If I had to scale somebody's 35 foot roof for the price of a measly service call, somebody had better be waiting on the ground with some damned sticky buns!!!

Then again, I usually don't have 5 other guys helping me. :D
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navy8ball said:
i had an installer come to my house one time and i could smell alcohol on his breath. my advice to all women is to never ever be alone in your house when meeting any type of repairman.i remember a few years ago in tulsa a couple put an ad in the newspaper to sell a pool table. her husband had to work so she stayed at home to meet this guy. he raped and killed her and then took off. the cops were tracking him and if i recall right he killed someone else up in missouri. before they caught him.
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That's tragic..But is atypical of people in this business. Most of us take our integrity very seriously..And to be frank, we fear customers more than they fear us...I have heard horror stories of male installers being accused of all kinds of crap by female customers..Also, we have a hard and fast rule about minor children. We NEVER enter the home of a customer when there is not an adult present..Esepecially a female minor. The issue is if one does not feel comfortable in a situation they should reschedule their appointment.
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I am a firm believer that you SHOULD at LEAST give the guy a chance since he apologized all over the place towards your husband. Again..to each their own. I would give the installer a chance to show up WITH all the RIGHT equipment and make a clean, good install right the first time.
I've seen too many stories of installers showing up and TELLING YOU where he is going to put the DISH just because it will make his job so MUCH easier. Have your husband be reasonable and have HIM tell the installer where a good place is to put the dish. Don't make an argument about it, but come to a happy medium. Put the dish where it is aesthetically pleasing and has a good solid connection to the bird in the sky.

DON'T SIGN ANY PAPERWORK until your husband and/or you are happy with the install, everything works, good picture..good everything. If you sign, installer gets paid and his job is done. If the installer comes to your house all attitudey, TELLS YOU where he's gonna install it ...etc etc etc then I would email the CEO since you gave him a chance to rectify and make you a happy new customer. Lots of luck!! Let us know how it turns out!
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"Have your husband be reasonable and have HIM tell the installer where a good place is to put the dish. "....
Just a minute.....The customer is NOT the professional...I have run into this type of customer before. The ones that jump to conclusions that we are all screw up's....Here's a bit of advice..DO NOT TELL the installer what to do..That's a sure fire way of getting your install delayed by a bunch of time.
Allow the man to do his job..Most of us will try to find a good sopt for the disgh with aesthetcics in mind. I do this...Upon arrival I immediately go to the rear of the house and look for line of sight there...If it works , that's where it goes...The tech should not do any work before the discussing with the customer how the job will go. Once that uis in hand it is time to start work...Leave the installer to his job..Your input is no longer needed.
Our job is to install the system in a quality manner, communicate with the customer if they have concerns. And perform good customer service..Our job does not include moving your dirty clothes out of the way, jerry jacking heavy furniture all over the room, lifitng 200lb tv's into fire place niches, stacking your CD's from the 300 disc tower you have along side you entertainment center or dodging you antique family heirloom hummels.
Bottom line is this. If you want good customer service, be a good customer.
It cuts both ways.
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farmsatguy said:
You know, I normally read through posts like these, chuckle a little, and move on... But like Van (I'm guessing), this one has really PISSED ME OFF! Y'all make it sound like we (installers) are nothing but a bunch of ignorant scum bag rapists and murderers who thrive on drugs and alcohol. Better hide the kiddies...no telling what we might do when the man of the house isn't around. What a bunch of crap. Hundreds of these things are installed daily all around the country (I usually do 4 or 5 a day myself with 10 years of experience) with a very large majority of everything going just fine (simple economics dictates that Dish would be out of business based on these posts if any of this was even close to the norm). Name me one industry that doesn't have a handful of untrustworthy souls...just one! Hell, even a handful of priests have their fetishes for little boys. This means stop going to church, right? Even better, don't believe in God, right? A cashier is rude to you at a restaurant. This means most of them are untrustworthy wenches, right? Watch them like a hawk (idiot) because they might over charge you and take advantage of you. One mechanic "takes you for a ride", so all of them are out to screw you over, right? Obviously, I could on and on with every industry (i.e. doctors, lawyers, bankers, stock brockers, etc...) Of course, ultimately, it all boils down to the same thing, doesn't it. Even with a good clean install, what can I get for free for my pain & suffering? Pah-lease! Maybe it's partly because people treat us like criminals who get out of bed only to screw over unsuspecting women alone in their homes with all intentions of filling some desire to do a crappy job that we sometimes "have a chip on our shoulders". The more I type, the madder I get! Why, because you folks (some of you anyway) have actually offended the hell out me with these absurd posts. I mean, damn! Watch us like hawks! Y'all have stereo-typed a bunch of hard working blue collar guys who generally WANT to do a good job (don't most people have this desire - why in the HELL wouldn't we?) into a bunch of sub-human criminal-like dirt bags bent on as much mischeif (sp?) as we can possible make. Most of us sub's carry insurance policies of a half million and more (most, like myself, carry a full million).

Try re-reading these posts...from the first to the last...and wonder, for just a moment why it would offend pretty much ALL OF US out here to be lumped into this sh!tty category based on a few bad experiences, heresay, and A LOT ignorant speculation!!! Grrr...ooo, it was so good that a MAN was around - how offensive would it be for me to lump all women as weak-minded based on such statements? Fortunately, I DON'T feel (or think) that way as I am smart enough to know that most women (at least the ones I deal with - including my wife of 15 years) are far from weak and would be ticked at just the implications of some of these posts...these stereo-types. It's a good thing your husbands have more faith in you than you do (as they were comfortable enough to go off to work & let you handle this mind-boggling situation). I'm sure I'll get some flaming posts but thats fine...as YOU pissed ME off!

It's one thing to post about a bad experience here so we can offer help & advice (many of us with that advice are the same "scum bag" installers y'all "fear") but this has gone too far on the offensive side.
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Great post.. I concur....I go out and do the best job I can for these people. Then I have to read this crap.
I wonder of some of these customers posting this garbage on here have ever stopped to think that THEY are the cause of some of the bad attitudes and other stuff?
I have a solution to these people's problem.. If they are not happy or they assume we will do a poor job, they should subscribe to another service.. Quite frankly I don't want to deal with them either.
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2026-27 NCAA College Football

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Best fan sign I saw during the ND-BYU game: "Bear ate your Lucky Charms!" (Bear being the Cougars' QB). I was going to suggest, "Have you or your team been involved in a Carr crash?"
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN

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Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN

Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
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My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning. She hit FF and it went to 15x FF.
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My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning.
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Had a customer call recently saying their remote was really acting up, some buttons no longer functioned. Told them to reboot the Hopper....problem fixed.
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

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Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"
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Here's the one I need:
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Here's the one I need:
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Just ordered one....that's great.
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naptime said:
I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
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Its crazy how the ViP922 is so rare for no reason.

Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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I think they were more of a transitional receiver bridging the VIPs to the Hopper. They were a PITA to install and were buggy. Personally, I thought at the time that they were the best receiver out there. The versatility of the VIP's with the new Hopper GUI and, by far, the coolest-looking front plate and lighting.
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Well if it is because of reliability that wouldnt shock me.I went through 5 or 6 of them in little over 2 years. I loved the Sling when it worked! Saved lots of money having it in the day. That was probably 15 or 16 years ago?
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I think they were more of a transitional receiver bridging the VIPs to the Hopper. They were a PITA to install and were buggy. Personally, I thought at the time that they were the best receiver out there. The versatility of the VIP's with the new Hopper GUI and, by far, the coolest-looking front plate and lighting.
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I don't recall that they came out just before hopper, but rather that they came out even before 722. Or could be thinking of 921.

As to the title pf the post, "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable or desirable.
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I don't recall that they came out just before hopper, but rather that they came out even before 722. Or could be thinking of 921.

As to the title pf the post, "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable or desirable.
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You are thinking of the 921. The 922 was the first DVR with Sling functionality built in (that was eventually disabled along with the Sling Adapter for the 722s and the 1st Hopper because they relied on now-defunct Adobe Flash technology). With the bugginess described by others and the removal of its marquee feature (Sling) the 922 faded into obscurity once the Hopper 2 with built in Sling was released and they finally made the concept into a fully functional product.
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I had one, the front panel lighting was cool, the menus were fresh and a lot more modern looking than the ViPs. However, it was very buggy and the Sling functionality just didn't work well - I think it was due to internet speeds at the time. I think I had to pay $40 for the Sling app on my phone iirc.
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
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ClarkGable said:
Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
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The two instances of "The" should have been highlighted.

Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
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Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
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"You Can See Everything" Is 1 of the Century’s Best #shorts

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!


View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A_V4A_ne8wE


Direct YouTube Link - "You Can See Everything" Is 1 of the Century's Best #shorts
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What's For Lunch?

We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Two Chicago style hot dogs and a Fanta orange soda.
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Little mini pepperoni pizza, green beans, apples and chocolate milk.
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TRG said:
Fanta orange soda.
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Sitting in fridge cooling off, bought 1 along with 2 Mexican Cokes at La Tienda... (I keep a few cokes stashed as well as in fridge and camper fridge)
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Garlic cheese bread
Green beans
Apples
Chocolate Milk
Some weird noodles. ;)
(They have salad and a couple other fruits if wanted)
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Club sandwich and corn chowder. Iced tea.
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Chili dog bowl, water… (homemade chili)
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Stargate SG-1 Discussion

Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
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The Tokra pt 1, I know pt 2 will be next...
(came across on Pluto tv live, went to media server for "clean" version)
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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Stargate SG-1 picks up where the blockbuster film left off as the SG-1 team sets out to explore the mysteries of the Stargate and the worlds beyond it in the pulse-pounding series which became a worldwide phenomenon and a science fiction classic. Stream Stargate SG-1 for free on Pluto TV.
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reubenray said:
I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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long_time_Dish said:
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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