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Last reply Sep 11, 2007 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish 1000 to 1000+ for 60 bucks?????

A CSR informed me today that I would have to pay 60 bucks to upgrade my fresh move install in order to receive my locals in HD in Raleigh NC. It just amazes me that they would install two dish 500's at my prior address, and OTA for free but want to charge me 60 bucks in NC to get my locals in HD. Has anyone gotten around this? The money is not the issue its all about principal.

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scots

Sep 9, 2007

I'm in Raleigh and was having problems with my reception, and while fiddling around in the menus I saw a message about LNB drift. I looked around on the internet and saw that this usually means that one of the LNB's is about to go bad. I called tech support and told the girl about the LNB drift message. All the things I had read said to be prepared to read off all the numbers in the LNB drift message when calling in. The girl didn't seem interested at all in the LNB drift message. All she kept talking about was how her system was telling her that I didn't have the correct equipment to be receiving the packages that I was subscribed to. After a few minutes of that I finally said "well I do subscribe to the HD package and my locals but don't get my locals in HD, and you do carry my HD locals." She put me on hold for a minute, and when she came back she said she was going to have a technician come out and replace my dish. No mention of it costing anything.

The technicians came out and all they did was replace one of my LNB's. I'm not positive (because I'm no expert on this stuff), but I think they replaced the wrong one. I heard them say something about 110, and it was 129 that the message mentioned. They didn't look to see what the message said before they started the work. I said something to them about what the girl had said about me not having the right equipment and that she was going to have them replace the dish. They said that the dish could be replaced if I wanted to, and the only thing extra it would get me would be local HD's. They said they didn't have a dish with them because that wasn't in the work order. When they called in to report they had completed replacing the LNB they gave the phone to me. The girl said that I could upgrade from my 1000 to the 1000+ for $59.99 with an 18-month contract, or a much higher price (I think it was $199?) without a contract. I said OK, whatever and did it for the $59.99 because I just didn't feel like arguing with anyone about it and didn't want to pay the higher price. After the technicians left I checked and was still getting the same LNB drift message on 129, but I didn't call in about it since they were coming back in a week to replace the dish.

I have the 1000+ now and everything seems to be working OK. I think the guy that came to replace the dish was some kind of subcontractor or something. He showed up in a beat up old minivan, and he looked a little rough around the edges. He wasn't wearing a Dish Network "uniform" either. That's the first time I've ever had someone come to install or work on my dish that wasn't in a Dish Network vehicle and not wearing a Dish Network shirt/uniform.

ijahman

Sep 10, 2007

Thanks Guys I just wanted to make sure this wasnt some new revenue stream for dish and its and current normal so i guess 60 bucks it is. I have noticed that the dish 1000+ prices on ebay were 199.00 so i guess I cant really complain about 60 bucks. Especially with the wife in my ear every other night about why dont have locals anymore!

dishcomm

Sep 10, 2007

scots said:
I'm in Raleigh and was having problems with my reception, and while fiddling around in the menus I saw a message about LNB drift. I looked around on the internet and saw that this usually means that one of the LNB's is about to go bad. I called tech support and told the girl about the LNB drift message. All the things I had read said to be prepared to read off all the numbers in the LNB drift message when calling in. The girl didn't seem interested at all in the LNB drift message. All she kept talking about was how her system was telling her that I didn't have the correct equipment to be receiving the packages that I was subscribed to. After a few minutes of that I finally said "well I do subscribe to the HD package and my locals but don't get my locals in HD, and you do carry my HD locals." She put me on hold for a minute, and when she came back she said she was going to have a technician come out and replace my dish. No mention of it costing anything.

The technicians came out and all they did was replace one of my LNB's. I'm not positive (because I'm no expert on this stuff), but I think they replaced the wrong one. I heard them say something about 110, and it was 129 that the message mentioned. They didn't look to see what the message said before they started the work. I said something to them about what the girl had said about me not having the right equipment and that she was going to have them replace the dish. They said that the dish could be replaced if I wanted to, and the only thing extra it would get me would be local HD's. They said they didn't have a dish with them because that wasn't in the work order. When they called in to report they had completed replacing the LNB they gave the phone to me. The girl said that I could upgrade from my 1000 to the 1000+ for $59.99 with an 18-month contract, or a much higher price (I think it was $199?) without a contract. I said OK, whatever and did it for the $59.99 because I just didn't feel like arguing with anyone about it and didn't want to pay the higher price. After the technicians left I checked and was still getting the same LNB drift message on 129, but I didn't call in about it since they were coming back in a week to replace the dish.

I have the 1000+ now and everything seems to be working OK. I think the guy that came to replace the dish was some kind of subcontractor or something. He showed up in a beat up old minivan, and he looked a little rough around the edges. He wasn't wearing a Dish Network "uniform" either. That's the first time I've ever had someone come to install or work on my dish that wasn't in a Dish Network vehicle and not wearing a Dish Network shirt/uniform.

Here we go again..
Ok what is your complaint? Is it the fact that your service isn't working properly?. Is it a bias against contract workers?...Is it the cost of the upgrade( where this notion that customers should have to pay for nothing is a mystery to me)
The LNB drift message woil be there until the matrix is cleared. Would you like to know how to do that?.

dishcomm

Sep 10, 2007

ijahman said:
Thanks Guys I just wanted to make sure this wasnt some new revenue stream for dish and its and current normal so i guess 60 bucks it is. I have noticed that the dish 1000+ prices on ebay were 199.00 so i guess I cant really complain about 60 bucks. Especially with the wife in my ear every other night about why dont have locals anymore!

Don't forget the $200 switch on top of that plus paying the (OH MY GOD ,YOU HAVE TO PAY THE WORKER?!!!!!!) technician...
Yep we eat, need shelter and clothing just lke everyone else.

kstuart

Sep 11, 2007

ijahman said:
Thanks Guys I just wanted to make sure this wasnt some new revenue stream for dish and its and current normal so i guess 60 bucks it is. I have noticed that the dish 1000+ prices on ebay were 199.00 so i guess I cant really complain about 60 bucks. Especially with the wife in my ear every other night about why dont have locals anymore!

If you were the real "Ijahman" I would be happy to pay it for you !

"Haile I Hymn" was worth more than that...

scots

Sep 11, 2007

dishcomm said:
Here we go again..
Ok what is your complaint? Is it the fact that your service isn't working properly?. Is it a bias against contract workers?...Is it the cost of the upgrade( where this notion that customers should have to pay for nothing is a mystery to me)
The LNB drift message woil be there until the matrix is cleared. Would you like to know how to do that?.

I apologize in advance if I took your post in the wrong way, but you seem to have a bit of an attitude problem. My service is working just fine. I believe I said in my previous post that it's been working fine since they replaced the dish. I wasn't complaining about anything. I was just stating what all had happened. Believe me, if I was complaining everyone would definitely know about it.

I didn't call in asking to have my dish replaced, and certainly wasn't expecting to get something for free. I had been having reception issues with HD channels, then found the LNB drift message which I assumed was the cause of the HD reception issues. All I was expecting was for someone to come out and replace the LNB, and I figured I would have to pay $25 (or whatever the service call fee is when one has the DHPP). The rep I spoke with in tech support said that she was going to send someone out to replace my dish because her system was showing that I didn't have the proper equipment to receive everything I was subscribed to. Those were her exact words, and all she seemed interested in was "replacing my dish." She wasn't interested at all in the LNB drift message, even though I mentioned several times that I was getting that message and that I believed it was the cause of my reception issues on the HD channels. She never asked for any information at all from the LNB drift message. I had the message up on the screen when I called in because I was expecting her to ask me to read off all the numbers to her. All she kept asking me were things like did I know which model dish I had, did I know which satellites I was receiving signal from, etc (all of which I did know). After she continually kept mentioning me "not having the proper equipment" I finally said "well, I do subscribe to both the HD package and my locals but don't get my locals in HD...and you do carry them." I did not at that time, or any other time during the call, ask for anything to be done about me not receiving my locals in HD. Like I said, I wasn't trying to get anything for free, but she didn't say that it would cost anything or possibly require an 18-month commitment to have the dish replaced. I just figured I had gotten a rep that was having a really good day or was exceptionally nice or something.

The guys that showed up for the appointment she had made were not contract workers, and were the usual Dish Network guys, in a Dish Network van and wearing Dish Network uniforms. They knew absolutely nothing about replacing the dish, didn't have a dish with them because it "wasn't in the work order" (which I can understand), and had no clue why the rep would have told me that she was going to have my dish replaced. They didn't check the LNB drift message before starting their work, and at some point I very clearly heard them mention something about the 110 LNB. There couldn't have been any information in their work order on which LNB to work on (unless the receiver reported it when it "phoned home"...again, I'm no expert), as the rep never took any info at all from me about the message. The LNB drift message was for 129, so I assumed that would be the LNB that should have been replaced/worked on. When they were done and made their call to Dish to report that they had finished the repair they gave the phone to me so the rep could explain about getting a new dish to me. I had no problem with the 18-month commitment, as I've had Dish for a while and have never really had any problems with the service. I also had no problem with paying the $59.99 for the dish (once again, I wasn't trying to get something for free), but it was a bit of a surprise. It would have been nice if the first rep would have said something about the fees and/or commitment rather than making it seem as if it would be done at no cost to me. I hadn't placed a service call since adding the DHPP, and figured the replacement dish was either covered under that or as I said earlier had just gotten the rep when she was in a really good mood or whatever when I was speaking with that first rep. I didn't feel it was worth questioning the work the LNB replacement that had been done since the dish was going to be replaced in a week.

Also, I have no bias against contract workers. I've been with Dish for several years now, and they've never used a contract worker in all the times they've been to my house before. I didn't even know they used contract workers in the Raleigh area. It was just a bit of a surprise is all...seeing this "rough" looking guy show up in a beat up minivan when it's always been really professional looking guys in Dish Network vehicles in the past. There was no indication who he was or what he was there for until he said "I'm here to replace your dish." I had no clue who he was when he pulled into my driveway because it wasn't what I was expecting. He was very pleasant, showed up 30 minutes early (which the "regular" Dish guys have never done), and did a decent job from what I can tell. He even called to let me know that he was running early, but I wasn't able to take the call at the time because I was in the dentist chair with a drill in one of my molars.

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Scott Greczkowski

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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

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

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Example:

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Get it?

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Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply Today at 5:07 AM · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center

IPV6 Support

This week I am going to look into adding IPV6 support on our server. Since we moved to this server last year we have had IPV6 addresses available to us, but I have never used them.

While IPV4 works fine we should probably support both standards.

I am posting this now in case I screw something up, so later in the week when I activate IPV6 if it messes something up people will know why. And I have setup a special email address of ipv6 @ satelliteguys . us (Remove the spaces) for people to report any issues to me.

This work will happen mid week sometime, and I will update this post before I do anything.

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meStevo

Yesterday at 6:48 PM

In case anyone wants to understand if they can leverage this:

Test your IPv6.

This will test your browser and connection for IPv6 readiness, as well as show you your current IPv4 and IPv6 address.

test-ipv6.com

If you pass all of that, it's probably seamless and you won't notice.

I don't have access for example, probably because of a trunk setup in my network. Probably dig into it later with Claude.

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 8:30 PM

Interesting, my AT&T home internet is unhappy with some IPv6 features. Ditto with my Boost Mobile. Could be Safari on my iPhone settings…

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Yesterday at 11:50 PM

Yeah, my ipv6 traffic dies at my Unifi Gateway, so definitely a problem there, I need to test direct to the ONT and verify it's not actually Cox. I'm close to pulling the trigger and upgrading my infrastructure to 2.5-10g anyways and making some other significant changes, so probably done messing w/ that for now.

When I checked out and about on my phone (Fi, so likely TMobile) I was passing all the tests.

Edit: oh, fun. Now my home connection is passing all the tests. Maybe there was a lease renewal or something.

Scott Greczkowski

Today at 5:07 AM

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Stanleyz

Last reply Today at 1:03 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

DISH FOOLED ME AGAIN

After 25 years I thought I knew everything about DISH. I have three receivers on the 71 and 61.5. So last night I removed a WALLE from my man cave to put in the RV. A while later my wife told me I had caused the BR TV to lose signal. I of course said "that is impossible". Long story short, after an hour of trying to restore the BR service I reinstalled the WALLE in the mancave. Walaa, service restored. I did not install the system a pro did it but by my count there are three cables from the roof to the house. One for each TV. What happened?

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Stanleyz

Jul 6, 2026

Bobby said:
Just what kind of receiver is in the bedroom? Take a picture of the front of it and post it. Also you can go to the diagnostics page, there will be a button on the front of that receiver to push, and the model number will be shown at the top of your TV screen.

OK on an RV trip but when I get back I'll do that. I'm pretty sure I will bite the bullet soon and go with sky link. A lot of money for hardware but DISH is such a pain in my back side.

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HipKat

Jul 6, 2026

Stanleyz said:
OK on an RV trip but when I get back I'll do that. I'm pretty sure I will bite the bullet soon and go with sky link. A lot of money for hardware but DISH is such a pain in my back side.

Starlink hardware is free. The installation is free.
855-940-4893

Just call and get the information

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profish

Jul 7, 2026

HipKat said:
Starlink hardware is free. The installation is free.
855-940-4893

Just call and get the information

It is only free if you maintain a certain plan for a year i believe and it really is plug and play so dont really need an installer and there are other stipulations on ability to change plans etc. Myself I would deal direct with Starlink and leave Dish out of the equation.

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rvvaquero

Jul 7, 2026

profish said:
it really is plug and play so dont really need an installer

Sure, it's plug and play if you just throw the antenna out in the front yard and run the cable through the screen of a window. Most people prefer a more permanent install than that and many of those people are not capable of getting up on the roof or running the cable in an acceptable method. So, installation is a definite plus for some, not so much for others. JMO

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profish

Wednesday at 10:02 AM

rvvaquero said:
Sure, it's plug and play if you just throw the antenna out in the front yard and run the cable through the screen of a window. Most people prefer a more permanent install than that and many of those people are not capable of getting up on the roof or running the cable in an acceptable method. So, installation is a definite plus for some, not so much for others. JMO

never said everyone does not need an installer but it is pretty much as i said plug and play and joe homeowner can even follow the kids directions for setting up and even mounting if necessary

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HipKat

Thursday at 9:28 AM

profish said:
never said everyone does not need an installer but it is pretty much as i said plug and play and joe homeowner can even follow the kids directions for setting up and even mounting if necessary

If Joe homeowner could install it themselves, then everybody that works for dish wouldn't be out installing it for them every single day

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profish

Thursday at 9:53 AM

HipKat said:
If Joe homeowner could install it themselves, then everybody that works for dish wouldn't be out installing it for them every single day

jesus--they get them installed because dish offers the install free when you go through them to sign up and who doesnt like free things--also in certain areas star does offer 3rd party installers which is basically what dish techs are--it is an option that you can use or not--you're on some high horse trying to say that every single person that wants starlink is to dumb to drill a hole, put 4 screws in a mount and twist it to the position in the box in the app for alignment--its not rocket science (pun intended)

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HipKat

Thursday at 8:42 PM

profish said:
jesus--they get them installed because dish offers the install free when you go through them to sign up and who doesnt like free things--also in certain areas star does offer 3rd party installers which is basically what dish techs are--it is an option that you can use or not--you're on some high horse trying to say that every single person that wants starlink is to dumb to drill a hole, put 4 screws in a mount and twist it to the position in the box in the app for alignment--its not rocket science (pun intended)

I know that you think you know what you're talking about but you don't. I'm the one out there doing the installs. Very, very few of those people are able to do it themselves. Its utterly moronic to keep implying otherwise.

It's laughable that you think that just cause you know how to do something, everybody does, but please, keep telling me all about the job I do every day.

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profish

Friday at 10:10 AM

HipKat said:
I know that you think you know what you're talking about but you don't. I'm the one out there doing the installs. Very, very few of those people are able to do it themselves. Its utterly moronic to keep implying otherwise.

It's laughable that you think that just cause you know how to do something, everybody does, but please, keep telling me all about the job I do every day.

there are over 12 million active customers that i am sure that everyone did not need some dish installer or any installer to install starlink for them but hey carry on thinking everyone is stupid and you are the great starlink install savior for the masses

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navychop

Friday at 10:15 AM

Not helpful.

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HipKat

Friday at 3:41 PM

profish said:
there are over 12 million active customers that i am sure that everyone did not need some dish installer or any installer to install starlink for them but hey carry on thinking everyone is stupid and you are the great starlink install savior for the masses

Did I say everyone? No you say everyone. Actually you said nobody needs an installer to come out and install Starlink for them. I'm gonna say this one more time and maybe you'll get it through your head, I do up to four Starlink installs every day. Which means face-to-face with customers, and almost all of them are incapable of doing an installation themselves, other than, like posted above, throwing it out on the front lawn and running the cable back in through a window.

Seriously, at this point, you're just making yourself look foolish.

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Arctic_fox

Today at 12:32 AM

profish said:
there are over 12 million active customers that i am sure that everyone did not need some dish installer or any installer to install starlink for them but hey carry on thinking everyone is stupid and you are the great starlink install savior for the masses

Not everyone needs an installer is correct!!! though if it's being offered as a free perk why in the hell not take it???? id'e much rather play supervisor while having a cold one than be up on a roof trying to point a damm dish :biggrin

telstar_1

Today at 1:03 AM

Yet unmentioned is that with starlink you're patronizing an Elon Musk co. DiSH I'm pretty sure is (still) oblivious to the ethics of the people it deals with, but not all of the public is going to be sellable for starlink on any basis

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monz

Last reply Yesterday at 10:29 PM · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion

Looking for C-Band actuator rubber booth

I there.
I have this old Superjack XL model QBRL302440A, 36 inches C-band actuator and I'm searching for the upper rubber booth (the one where the arm goes inside one another) because the grease is washed out by rain and makes it out of order, especially in winter.
Actuator parts are very difficult to find.
Thanks in advance for helping me.

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Yesterday at 5:49 PM

I've purchased similar rubber bellow in bulk before.

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goodmi

Yesterday at 9:21 PM

monz i am not hijacking your post, but i have the similar dish that i play with and i cannot seams to get it going because my focus length, distance between lnbf and the depth of the dish that i measure is not working right, i try many different positions with my lnbf and its the same. The lnbf works, but cannot get it going with that dish you have in picture thanks

monz

Yesterday at 9:26 PM

It's alright. No problem.
I'll be back to you tomorrow.

goodmi

Yesterday at 10:00 PM

thank you bud.

primestar31

Yesterday at 10:29 PM

goodmi said:
monz i am not hijacking your post, but i have the similar dish that i play with and i cannot seams to get it going because my focus length, distance between lnbf and the depth of the dish that i measure is not working right, i try many different positions with my lnbf and its the same. The lnbf works, but cannot get it going with that dish you have in picture thanks

It's EASY to calculate the F/D ratio for your prime focus dish. Measure the diameter of the dish from edge to edge in centimeters. Then, put a flat board or straight on its edge 2x6 all the way across it from rim to rim. Then measure the depth in centimeters in the middle of the dish (deepest part) from the bottom edge of the 2x6.

Plug those values in this calculator, and hit Calculate: F/D Ratio - Satellite Calculators | SatLex®

For instance, lets take a 10ft dish that's 304.8 centimeters in diameter. Let's also say it's 20 inches deep which equals 50.8 centimeters. That dish would be 0.375 F/D ratio.

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prairietech

Last reply Yesterday at 10:21 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Need Helping Aligning to 72.7

About 10 years ago I installed a Turbo HD dish with a DP Plus LNB to the eastern arc and have been receiving 72.7 and 61.5 all those years.

Recently I needed to move the dish to a light pole about 20' away and now can not get both satellites to work at the same time. I can get either to work, but not both.

In the beginning of time, I used to install Direct and Dish back when there was only one satellite for each company so small incremental dish movements are second nature.

I found a previous post entitled "1000.4 dish dpp lnb eastern arc" and tried aligning with aluminum foil over the outer feedhorns since a posted picture shows the center feedhorn to be the 72.7. Using that method, I didn't get a signal from any satellite. My direct single coax cable is connected to the #1 F connector. It's kind of confusing when the picture on the post show each LNB F connector has a specific satellite. I thought F connector #1 was the one to use with a single receiver.

Removing all foil and I can get 61.5 or 72.7 but not both. I have done multiple check switch tests and only one or the other satellite is displayed.

So 10 years later, what have I forgotten to do that was so easy back then?

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renjy651

Yesterday at 8:18 AM

prairietech said:
About 10 years ago I installed a Turbo HD dish with a DP Plus LNB to the eastern arc and have been receiving 72.7 and 61.5 all those years.

Recently I needed to move the dish to a light pole about 20' away and now can not get both satellites to work at the same time. I can get either to work, but not both.

In the beginning of time, I used to install Direct and Dish back when there was only one satellite for each company so small incremental dish movements are second nature.

I found a previous post entitled "1000.4 dish dpp lnb eastern arc" and tried aligning with aluminum foil over the outer feedhorns since a posted picture shows the center feedhorn to be the 72.7. Using that method, I didn't get a signal from any satellite. My direct single coax cable is connected to the #1 F connector. It's kind of confusing when the picture on the post show each LNB F connector has a specific satellite. I thought F connector #1 was the one to use with a single receiver.

Removing all foil and I can get 61.5 or 72.7 but not both. I have done multiple check switch tests and only one or the other satellite is displayed.

So 10 years later, what have I forgotten to do that was so easy back then?

View attachment 192547

Since you are in Iowa I recommend getting a Dsh 500+ antenna the biggest antenna on ebay. Just tune in to 110/119 location since 118 is not used any more. You will get 80 signal. Easten arc is weaker.

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HipKat

Yesterday at 8:58 AM

renjy651 said:
Since you are in Iowa I recommend getting a Dsh 500+ antenna the biggest antenna on ebay. Just tune in to 110/119 location since 118 is not used any more. You will get 80 signal. Easten arc is weaker.

Wrong. For one, he's in an Eastern Arc market so a 500+ - Western Arc dish will do him no good.

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renjy651

Yesterday at 10:11 AM

HipKat said:
Wrong. For one, he's in an Eastern Arc market so a 500+ - Western Arc dish will do him no good.

No he is located in Iowa. I was suggesting to buy a new antenna 1000+ or 500+ but costly.Eastern arc is okay for east cost. Not for midwest. I have an extra 1000+ plus antenna also eastern arc antenna not impressed with eastern arc.

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HipKat

Yesterday at 10:34 AM

renjy651 said:
No he is located in Iowa. I was suggesting to buy a new antenna 1000+ or 500+ but costly.Eastern arc is okay for east cost. Not for midwest. I have an extra 1000+ plus antenna also eastern arc antenna not impressed with eastern arc.

OMG, please STOP talking like you know what you're talking about. Why do you think he has an Eastern Arc (1000.4 EA) dish??
You're pushing a Dish that is a, expensive, b, points at Sats that are no longer working, and c, is obsolete.

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renjy651

Yesterday at 10:44 AM

HipKat said:
OMG, please STOP talking like you know what you're talking about. Why do you think he has an Eastern Arc (1000.4 EA) dish??
You're pushing a Dish that is a, expensive, b, points at Sats that are no longer working, and c, is obsolete.

YOU KNOW EVERTHING .
LIKE YOU RESPOND TO EVERY POST AND ATTACKS OTHER MEMBERS .YOU ARE TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT ANTENNA JACK. HAVE YOU EVER COMPARED ALL THE ANTENNAS?

I AM DONE WITH THIS FORUM JUST TRIED IT FEW WEEKS IT SUCKS.

L

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HipKat

Yesterday at 10:57 AM

renjy651 said:
YOU KNOW EVERTHING .
LIKE YOU RESPOND TO EVERY POST AND ATTACKS OTHER MEMBERS .YOU ARE TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT ANTENNA JACK. HAVE YOU EVER COMPARED ALL THE ANTENNAS?

I AM DONE WITH THIS FORUM JUST TRIED IT FEW WEEKS IT SUCKS.

L

13 years in the industry. And you??
See ya!

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renjy651

Yesterday at 11:23 AM

HipKat said:
13 years in the industry. And you??
See ya!

28 years of installing antennas.

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rvvaquero

Yesterday at 11:23 AM

renjy651 said:
I AM DONE WITH THIS FORUM JUST TRIED IT FEW WEEKS IT SUCKS.

I'm always sorry to see someone leave satguys. It's just that when you put forward something as authoritative (like use this or that) then you have to understand that others may disagree. I don't know of any forums on any subject where a difference of opinion is not allowed, or even encouraged. Sorry you're offended by that.

If readers here see and read your posts, they may try your suggestions. Depending on their results, they may or may not value your input. HipKat is entitled to try and save them the trouble.

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JSheridan

Yesterday at 3:54 PM

renjy651 said:
28 years of installing antennas.

41 years in the business here, and after working on literally thousands of dishes of every shape and type, my experiences have pretty much been the opposite of your's and about the same as HipKat .

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Tampa8

Yesterday at 9:13 PM

renjy651 said:
......

I AM DONE WITH THIS FORUM JUST TRIED IT FEW WEEKS IT SUCKS.

L

Make it so.

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 10:21 PM

prairietech said:
So 10 years later, what have I forgotten to do that was so easy back then?

Is your mount plumb? This has the earmarks of the mount not being vertical and throwing off your skew angle.

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Last reply Yesterday at 4:24 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Anywhere Questions

I just heard about this Dish Anywhere. I have a Hopper in the living room, a Joey in the basement, and antenna tv in the bed room. As I understand it I can get rid of my Joey I could save a few bucks but that tv and the bedroom tv are not smart tv's. How would I handle that? If with a Firestick what remote would I use or would I have to use 2 of them? I have good internet with starlink so wifi wouldn't be a problem. If someone could guide me to a link that a old man could understand I would appreciate it.

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tsunami2311

Jul 1, 2026

ugh last time I attempted this which on android platform, you can download the Anywhere app to TV log in and you will get access to all that you subscribed to Either the streaming version of channel or Satellite fed threw the box? preferable the streaming versions though it unavoidable if you want to watch a DVR that streams from the hopper directly to the device crappy at best imo.

Only time dish anywhere is of acceptable quality is when it "streaming" from an online feed

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Arctic_fox

Jul 1, 2026

tsunami2311 said:
ugh last time I attempted this which on android platform, you can download the Anywhere app to TV log in and you will get access to all that you subscribed to Either the streaming version of channel or Satellite fed threw the box? preferable the streaming versions though it unavoidable if you want to watch a DVR that streams from the hopper directly to the device crappy at best imo.

Only time dish anywhere is of acceptable quality is when it "streaming" from an online feed

we use an apple tv PQ seems to be awesome. i heard people say the PQ with a firestick is garbage and not as good as an apple tv. while we can't see certain channels we can see the channels that we watch plus we can setup recordings up from miles away and watch them anywhere even while in motion with starlink.

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tsunami2311

Jul 4, 2026

Arctic_fox said:
we use an apple tv PQ seems to be awesome. i heard people say the PQ with a firestick is garbage and not as good as an apple tv. while we can't see certain channels we can see the channels that we watch plus we can setup recordings up from miles away and watch them anywhere even while in motion with starlink.

oh the PQ is amazing in comparison to watching on the hopper 3 via satellite "feeds", providing it is streaming "feeds" hopper 3 image is not all that amazing as people say it is, that is mostly there TV processing the image. if we talking raw image from h3 on tv that barely processes the cause image processing is that bad, it pretty obvious how bad dish image is.

Watching channels via h3 satellite feed vs the streaming feed that use when satellite feed goes out, is night and day difference image wise. I have tv that dish look horrible on and if go watch different tv it look great in comparison cause the tv doing way better job of processing image making it look "better"

Same for Dish anwhere so long is streaming "feed" and not a feed by h3 satellite feed that now be streaming to the device using anywhere if it doing the later it terrible

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MikeD-C05

Thursday at 12:45 PM

My parents needed a new TV in November of 2024 that could be seen at any angle in the room, because there couch and 2 chairs sit at angles far from each other and a fireplace in the corner locks them into that arrangement. So I hunted different TVs and tried them at their house and they all looked faded sitting at the side.

So I saw an LG OLED B-3 series 55ich TV they were selling at $749 off Amazon at the end of that year, because the new C series was coming out. Watched the Review videos on You tube and this TV worked at any angle with no fade on corners and the picture was excellent. Everything Popped and the colors were excellent and vibrant. Liked it so much from the review video that I bought one for my parents and one for us too, at the same price.

Well my Buddy also decided to buy the same TV since it was on sale and he got it hooked up to his Hopper with Sling and we looked at the DISH satellite picture and I was shocked. Every thing looked as sharp as could be with no artifacts or halos in the picture. The color was wonderful as well. Now on some older SD reruns from the 90s and 2000s showing dark rooms there was a hint of it up close, but not sitting in the room at a normal distance. He recently added the DISH Plus unit to his hopper with sling, that puts out everything in up-converted 4k, except actual 4k that plays as is. The picture looked even better and he is happy as can be.

All the arguments about who had the Best Picture between Directv and DISH came back to me from the past. Directv was sharper, but had artifacts in the picture supposedly and DISH was softer, but less artifacts in the picture. The TVs we had back then were not as good as this OLED TVs of today. Might not of mattered back then if we had these type of TVs back then. But 4k upconverted outputs using the Plus unit - does help the picture as well. :smug

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tornado

Yesterday at 3:06 PM

Rambling about picture quality.

Satellite channels with the Joey 4 look better on the old 65 LG oled than with the Hopper 3 on the newer Sony 77 oled.

I don't have a Hopper Plus.

Maybe the satellite picture quality with the Hopper Plus would be better than the Hopper 3 satellite box?

Trying streaming from Dish Anywhere app to see if the stream is better than sat.

Picture using Dish Anywhere on my latest Apple TV 4K box on the channel I'm watching started out alternating between fuzzy and clear.

The picture stabilized after a few minutes.

I have an old Apple TV HD connected to and big older TV.

I had to remove Dish Anywhere application and reinstall it to get it working on the old TV with the Apple TV HD.

I hooked up a Google box to a non oled 43 inch LG 4K set.

The Google box Dish Anywhere combination looks and works great.

Wonder what the picture quality will be with a wireless Joey 4 for the satellite chanels?

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Scott Greczkowski

Yesterday at 3:43 PM

tornado said:
Wonder what the picture quality will be with a wireless Joey 4 for the satellite chanels?

Same as wired.

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tornado

Yesterday at 4:24 PM

Scott Greczkowski said:
Same as wired.

This is wonderful.
I am late to the party.
I ordered a Wireless Joey 4.
Watched a video on YouTube about how to set it up.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WcBR9haQtI

Thanks for the video on how to set it up!
Hope it works.
I don't want a tech visit
Will try as soon as it is shipped to me.
I want to try this out.

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