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I drive by this 10 foot Sami dish every morning on the 10 minute road to work. Today on the way home I saw it and thought of everyone and their dish hunting. I didn't exactly want the dish itself because I already had one. So I was either looking for a good conversation, or possibly a replacement reciever for my no longer functioning Drake reciever. It took a lot of guts for me to walk up and I passed it by first before turning around and pulling up.
He was a man in his late 60s maybe. I asked if he still used it all, and he said he didn't, because they have a large mobile home (parked beside his house) with a big white dome on top. He said he frequents to the mountains a lot and found Direct TV would supply service to that type of antenna. Anyway we got into a real good conversation, and finally I asked what kind of reciever he used. He only remembered the "4" part of 4dtv before I finished the sentence! I couldn't believe it, but he said yeah i have that and the HD reciever with it. Dish has ku and cband and theres a good 100-150 feet of cable (in conduit even thru house!) Arm has a rubber boot and feedhorn has a cover. I then asked if he was willing to sell the reciever and he said sure, that he'd sell it.
Only condition was it had to be all together. I couldn't even guess a price. I was thinking in my head 300 or 350 for the 922 4dtv and 250 for HD200, so I was starting to sound doubtful I'd be able to spend that much all at once on something the wife hates. He said it's the newest stuff and is only a few years old and hardly used with 29 satellites programmed in. He only paid 1200 for it new, i think he said. (maybe theres some Norsats under the cover?) I was thrilled! Its going to be worth every penny to me! Now I have a near new 4dtv with HD (don't have a HD set yet :-( I was fixing to settle for a 920 from ebay or wait forever till skyvision got more new ones. He said he needed a couple weeks to get all the boxes and manuals out of the attic. Whoo hoo! The dish has a cool stand that mounts with four bolts into a concrete pad. Has one hole in mesh near the top, but otherwise in fine shape, especially with all the weather protective boots and covers! I'll take pictures and all sometime within the next couple weeks. I mentioned about FTA to him hoping he'd keep the dish, and he actually hesitated to think, but said he just likes Direct TV and wouldn't mind the extra room from the dish being gone. Now I have a 7.5 mesh and will have a 10 foot dish going to waste! I am tempted to use the 10 foot mesh, but I have a 8 foot 9 inch solid spun aluminum which I still feel confident would recieve the signal better. Dumb me when I first installed, didn't read up on the internet or anything, and just started touching things! Grrrrrr, I'm still kicking myself for that! Messed all that up, but I'm determined to fix it back! Unless yall think the mesh 10 footer is better?
He was a man in his late 60s maybe. I asked if he still used it all, and he said he didn't, because they have a large mobile home (parked beside his house) with a big white dome on top. He said he frequents to the mountains a lot and found Direct TV would supply service to that type of antenna. Anyway we got into a real good conversation, and finally I asked what kind of reciever he used. He only remembered the "4" part of 4dtv before I finished the sentence! I couldn't believe it, but he said yeah i have that and the HD reciever with it. Dish has ku and cband and theres a good 100-150 feet of cable (in conduit even thru house!) Arm has a rubber boot and feedhorn has a cover. I then asked if he was willing to sell the reciever and he said sure, that he'd sell it.
Only condition was it had to be all together. I couldn't even guess a price. I was thinking in my head 300 or 350 for the 922 4dtv and 250 for HD200, so I was starting to sound doubtful I'd be able to spend that much all at once on something the wife hates. He said it's the newest stuff and is only a few years old and hardly used with 29 satellites programmed in. He only paid 1200 for it new, i think he said. (maybe theres some Norsats under the cover?) I was thrilled! Its going to be worth every penny to me! Now I have a near new 4dtv with HD (don't have a HD set yet :-( I was fixing to settle for a 920 from ebay or wait forever till skyvision got more new ones. He said he needed a couple weeks to get all the boxes and manuals out of the attic. Whoo hoo! The dish has a cool stand that mounts with four bolts into a concrete pad. Has one hole in mesh near the top, but otherwise in fine shape, especially with all the weather protective boots and covers! I'll take pictures and all sometime within the next couple weeks. I mentioned about FTA to him hoping he'd keep the dish, and he actually hesitated to think, but said he just likes Direct TV and wouldn't mind the extra room from the dish being gone. Now I have a 7.5 mesh and will have a 10 foot dish going to waste! I am tempted to use the 10 foot mesh, but I have a 8 foot 9 inch solid spun aluminum which I still feel confident would recieve the signal better. Dumb me when I first installed, didn't read up on the internet or anything, and just started touching things! Grrrrrr, I'm still kicking myself for that! Messed all that up, but I'm determined to fix it back! Unless yall think the mesh 10 footer is better?
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i sure am excited! I should have just got the Absolute Digital package, which i'll probably get next month. I also have the analogs to keep up with, I still like TBS and such. I really really like the program guide, that takes the cake. Man I should have gotten one of these a long time ago! I'm kinda sad, you think NPS will let 4dtv go when IPTV comes along?
by the way I love ALTV because I missed a lot of Combat! episodes before
88 signal, 94 quality on X4 ku now. don't know how quality is more than signal, but it is.
edit to add: wanted to add, that i thought the sd pictures like discovery and such, are so, WOW with brilliance. i have a HD200 decoder, but no HDTV :-( now i need to go get a big tv :-/ (ok not anytime soon, maybe i should sell the HD200? i mean i want it, but someone else might be able to use it, are they hard to get?)
also WAF went up big time! I didn't have to ask, but she volunteered that the picture was nice (we're used to Direct TV from when we go visit father-in-law) and shes one of those that can tolerate a OTA signal with broken rabbit ears (thanks kids) and she actually got excited on some shows she now gets to see. We never had cable or little dish here because wife wouldn't pay that much for tv, so before now it was Fox News and Bill O' Reilly or nothing. (sometimes movies on TBS and TNT -- hated the showtime and thought i subbed behind her back
) (and ABC on cband, cause i can't stand our ugly OTA reception and i didn't have an AB switch or whatnot) So now shes a user of the system again. When I had the Drake 1624 U ESR she used that ok, cute watching her change sats. Then the tuner burned out (when you turned it on it'd show 255 signal and within seconds it would count down to 9) and i had to use the backup Chaparral Monterrey, which she refused to use, too hard for her to use. I had to do something!
ok, well now I'm going to Halloween Festival at daughters school, see ya'll later!
i sure am excited! I should have just got the Absolute Digital package, which i'll probably get next month. I also have the analogs to keep up with, I still like TBS and such. I really really like the program guide, that takes the cake. Man I should have gotten one of these a long time ago! I'm kinda sad, you think NPS will let 4dtv go when IPTV comes along?
by the way I love ALTV because I missed a lot of Combat! episodes before
88 signal, 94 quality on X4 ku now. don't know how quality is more than signal, but it is.
edit to add: wanted to add, that i thought the sd pictures like discovery and such, are so, WOW with brilliance. i have a HD200 decoder, but no HDTV :-( now i need to go get a big tv :-/ (ok not anytime soon, maybe i should sell the HD200? i mean i want it, but someone else might be able to use it, are they hard to get?)
also WAF went up big time! I didn't have to ask, but she volunteered that the picture was nice (we're used to Direct TV from when we go visit father-in-law) and shes one of those that can tolerate a OTA signal with broken rabbit ears (thanks kids) and she actually got excited on some shows she now gets to see. We never had cable or little dish here because wife wouldn't pay that much for tv, so before now it was Fox News and Bill O' Reilly or nothing. (sometimes movies on TBS and TNT -- hated the showtime and thought i subbed behind her back
) (and ABC on cband, cause i can't stand our ugly OTA reception and i didn't have an AB switch or whatnot) So now shes a user of the system again. When I had the Drake 1624 U ESR she used that ok, cute watching her change sats. Then the tuner burned out (when you turned it on it'd show 255 signal and within seconds it would count down to 9) and i had to use the backup Chaparral Monterrey, which she refused to use, too hard for her to use. I had to do something! ok, well now I'm going to Halloween Festival at daughters school, see ya'll later!
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That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads
https://www.directv.com/insider/mysports-changes-the-game/
https://streamtv.directv.com/mysports/ (You might have to logout or open a private window to see the details)
As of now this is only available for streaming customers in select markets. Existing streaming customers can switch to it for $69.99, but they are not eligible for the $20 off for 3 months discount. More genre-specific packages will launch during the first half of the year.
https://streamtv.directv.com/mysports/ (You might have to logout or open a private window to see the details)
As of now this is only available for streaming customers in select markets. Existing streaming customers can switch to it for $69.99, but they are not eligible for the $20 off for 3 months discount. More genre-specific packages will launch during the first half of the year.
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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....
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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According to this article on The Verge, Videostrong Technologies based in Shenzen, China, placed a backdoor into 1.3 million of their devices and used this to deploy a botnet:
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One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
A manufacturer intentionally hijacked its Android TV devices.
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Someone's, need to neuter the red China's junk they keeps spewing out... 
How about they just neuter China ...Someone's, need to neuter the red China's junk they keeps spewing out...
Only, If they can make a coup on the Chinese government! 
Looks like this was just the latest in Android TV-based botnets. From last year on The Register:
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Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators
: Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too
Looks like this was just the latest in Android TV-based botnets. From last year on The Register:
Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators
: Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too
"It's unlikely the suit will see any of the accused held to account, as they're in China and the Middle Kingdom seldom allows extraditions to the USA."
Just like all the other scams happening, they're overseas and beyond our juris-my-diction.
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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All 3 Circle City broadcasting local channels 6-ABC, 8-CW & 23-MNTV in Indianapolis, IN are being added to both sat & stream, if not already there:
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Circle City Broadcasting stations return to DIRECTV | TheDesk.net
The deal restores WRTV, the Indianapolis ABC affiliate, and two other stations that have been unavailable on DIRECTV's platform since 2019.
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Didn't see a thread like this so I figured why not start one. This is about natural supplements. If you aren't into supplements, fine, but please let those of us who do want to discuss this discuss it.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
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I bought the fixed color version of these bulbs for my store several years ago...work great and no more replacing ballast. Finally had one go out and when I went back to Amazon I saw that now they come in selectable versions so no more guess work as to what color light would do best in a certain area. They are now double OR single ended...used to be strictly one way or the other. If any of you are looking at replacing the old style 4 or 8 ft bulbs, you might want to give these a try. The 8 footers are BRIGHT. I put 5 in my shooting/target shed and you can get a decent tan if you are in there long enough.
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Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x58r9TBois
Direct YouTube Link - Meta VR Glasses: What Vision Pro 2 COULD Have Been!
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x58r9TBois
Direct YouTube Link - Meta VR Glasses: What Vision Pro 2 COULD Have Been!
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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when was the last time they innovated something
I'd probably say when they came up with their M-series of processors with integrated memory. That allowed Apple to get away from the inefficient Intel CPUs that were limiting their notebook computers.when was the last time they innovated something
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Apple's Q4 2026 Earnings Report
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Direct YouTube Link - Apple's Q4 2026 Earnings Report
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
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