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Well after months of delays it is here, the DishPro Plus 44 switch! The multi dish switch billed as the swiss army knife of Dish Network switches. And from the short time I have played with it, it lives up to its billing!
I rushed home from work to find my box from DishStore.NET at my door. I quickly ripped it open to find my long awaited prize jewel inside. (well ok... I opened the box, and in the box there was a box, and inside that box was a box, and inside that box was two more boxes, and one of the boxes even had another box inside!) There was a total of 5 boxes used to ship this monster of a switch!
I also found in the box from DishStore.NET 3 Dish Pro Plus separators and a DishPro Dual LNB (I am going to convert my dish at 61.5 from Legacy to DishPro technology)
I quickly went to town getting ready to hook my new switch up.... then I realized something. For each Dish Pro Plus Separator I had I needed two coax jumpers for each one, plus since I was hooking this switch up through my existing DishPro 34 switch I needed jumpers for that as well.
So I hopped into my truck and went to Radio shack, where I purchased all 6 of their 1 Foot RG-6 cables they had in stock. My cost came to $25. I needed to go to Best Buy to get more jumpers. At Best Buy I got three 3 foot jumper cables for $4 each.
I then drove back home to get it hooked up...
Since my DP34 switch is located near one of my 921's I felt that was the best one to setup first. The manual did not really to tell you the order to hook things up, so I opted to get all the cables plugged in then plug in the power for the power inserter.
I got everything hooked up, had the satellite feeds going to the switch, and I had the feed from the outside going to the power inserter. Then I realized something, I needed one more RG6 cable to go from the power inserter to the Dish Pro Separator. I did a quick search and found a 3 foot cable (phew!) and hooked it up.
I then ran the 2 cables from the separator to the back of the 921.
Tech Tip... If you have a receiver marked Dish Pro PLUS compatible and you don't have the latest software you can run your line to the Satellite 2 Input on your receiver and you unit can get the update that way.
Then the moment of truth came, I turned on the TV and the 921... I then plugged in the power inserter for the DP+44 switch.
Was I going to be happy?
I quickly went to the menus and did a check switch.
A smile came across my face as I saw the screen say it was doing step 1 of 4. (The DP34 does 3 steps) The check switch took around 60 seconds to complete, a little longer then it did with the DP34 switch.
When it was done, I saw what a wanted to see... DPP44 was my switch listed! I was kind of shocked to see that instead of just 4 satellite locations displayed there were actually 5! I guess the DP+44 can be cascaded for a total of 5 satellite locations!
I was very happy that it worked (and it worked the first time!)
I decided to challenge the DP+44 switch and see if I could make it not work.
I decided to hook it up to one of Dish Networks biggest problem children, the DishPlayer 7200.
I ran a RG 6 cable from the switch to the DishPlayer, I then did a check switch on the DishPlayer. It identified the switch as a SW-64 (like its supposed to!) and it worked great! (Note however that the DishPlayer did not show the FSS satellite at 105 as its software can not handle the FSS satellite. This is a DishPlayer software issue, and nothing is wrong with the DP+44)
And there we have it.
I am going to play with it some more, and I am going to attempt something which I am not sure it can handle...
I am going to hook up a total of 3 DishPro Plus Receivers (2 921's and 1 721, plus a Dishplayer 7200) This will make the DP+44 output to 7 different tuners from 1 switch.
I will let you know how I made out at a later time.
So far I feel that to call the DP+44 switch the Swiss Army Knife of Dish Network switches is a fitting name. Will the unit continue to work flawlessly? If not you will hear it here.
Below are some pictures of the unit and my check switch screens. I did not take any pictures of my install outside, as I have yet to tidy up things there.
Remember if your looking for a DishPro Plus 44 switch our friends at DishStore.NET have a huge stock of DP+44 units in stock and they are ready to ship!
I rushed home from work to find my box from DishStore.NET at my door. I quickly ripped it open to find my long awaited prize jewel inside. (well ok... I opened the box, and in the box there was a box, and inside that box was a box, and inside that box was two more boxes, and one of the boxes even had another box inside!) There was a total of 5 boxes used to ship this monster of a switch!
I also found in the box from DishStore.NET 3 Dish Pro Plus separators and a DishPro Dual LNB (I am going to convert my dish at 61.5 from Legacy to DishPro technology)
I quickly went to town getting ready to hook my new switch up.... then I realized something. For each Dish Pro Plus Separator I had I needed two coax jumpers for each one, plus since I was hooking this switch up through my existing DishPro 34 switch I needed jumpers for that as well.
So I hopped into my truck and went to Radio shack, where I purchased all 6 of their 1 Foot RG-6 cables they had in stock. My cost came to $25. I needed to go to Best Buy to get more jumpers. At Best Buy I got three 3 foot jumper cables for $4 each.
I then drove back home to get it hooked up...
Since my DP34 switch is located near one of my 921's I felt that was the best one to setup first. The manual did not really to tell you the order to hook things up, so I opted to get all the cables plugged in then plug in the power for the power inserter.
I got everything hooked up, had the satellite feeds going to the switch, and I had the feed from the outside going to the power inserter. Then I realized something, I needed one more RG6 cable to go from the power inserter to the Dish Pro Separator. I did a quick search and found a 3 foot cable (phew!) and hooked it up.
I then ran the 2 cables from the separator to the back of the 921.
Tech Tip... If you have a receiver marked Dish Pro PLUS compatible and you don't have the latest software you can run your line to the Satellite 2 Input on your receiver and you unit can get the update that way.
Then the moment of truth came, I turned on the TV and the 921... I then plugged in the power inserter for the DP+44 switch.
Was I going to be happy?
I quickly went to the menus and did a check switch.
A smile came across my face as I saw the screen say it was doing step 1 of 4. (The DP34 does 3 steps) The check switch took around 60 seconds to complete, a little longer then it did with the DP34 switch.
When it was done, I saw what a wanted to see... DPP44 was my switch listed! I was kind of shocked to see that instead of just 4 satellite locations displayed there were actually 5! I guess the DP+44 can be cascaded for a total of 5 satellite locations!
I was very happy that it worked (and it worked the first time!)
I decided to challenge the DP+44 switch and see if I could make it not work.
I decided to hook it up to one of Dish Networks biggest problem children, the DishPlayer 7200.
I ran a RG 6 cable from the switch to the DishPlayer, I then did a check switch on the DishPlayer. It identified the switch as a SW-64 (like its supposed to!) and it worked great! (Note however that the DishPlayer did not show the FSS satellite at 105 as its software can not handle the FSS satellite. This is a DishPlayer software issue, and nothing is wrong with the DP+44)
And there we have it.
I am going to play with it some more, and I am going to attempt something which I am not sure it can handle...
I am going to hook up a total of 3 DishPro Plus Receivers (2 921's and 1 721, plus a Dishplayer 7200) This will make the DP+44 output to 7 different tuners from 1 switch.
I will let you know how I made out at a later time.
So far I feel that to call the DP+44 switch the Swiss Army Knife of Dish Network switches is a fitting name. Will the unit continue to work flawlessly? If not you will hear it here.
Below are some pictures of the unit and my check switch screens. I did not take any pictures of my install outside, as I have yet to tidy up things there.
Remember if your looking for a DishPro Plus 44 switch our friends at DishStore.NET have a huge stock of DP+44 units in stock and they are ready to ship!
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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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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Mahomes is the biggest cry baby I have ever seen. He thinks he's privileged or something.
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So is Kelce.Mahomes is the biggest cry baby I have ever seen. He thinks he's privileged or something.
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Not sure saving $24/year is worth it unless you're a hardcore Philo user. I'll stick with monthly.
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X5Yp6dbu76U
Direct YouTube Link - Ginux: A Rust Operating System Kernel Built in 11 Days #shorts
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Direct YouTube Link - Ginux: A Rust Operating System Kernel Built in 11 Days #shorts
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Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs
My health Insurance renewal for 2027 just came in. Going from $827 a month to $1,187 a month. Deductible going up a $1k to $9,350. Max out of pocket also going up $1k to $11,000. Doctor co-pay of $40. Urgent Care co-pay $50. ER 50% coinsurance after deductible. That's all in network. Out of network is double, should it be needed.
Have to think about this. I'm really tempted to just go without now. I only go to the doctor once or twice a year. I pay out of pocket for Tirzepitide and can do without the Rosuvastatin (crestor) now. Really tired of spending over $10k a year and getting nothing out of it.
After years with Blue Cross I switched last year to Ambetter as my Blue Cross premium was going from $1200 to $1800 for a Silver plan and the Bronze plan was still going to be $1300 at BCBS. Ambetter was $827 for the same coverage with a Bronze plan. Didn't think it would jump this much so soon.
I'm guessing a Silver plan is probably over $2,000 a month for 2027.
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Such a scam. Healthcare.gov shows me cheaper individual plans available for 2027 from ambetter that ambetter doesn't show on their website. Looked it up. I've spent $68,000 in premiums the last 5 years and got nothing out of it except a few doctors visits and labs.
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An AI pilot programme is attempting to cut down on ‘wasteful’ medical procedures, and patients are paying the price
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During the summer I was hospitalized prior to having a pacemaker inserted. Shortly after discharge I received a letter from United Healthcare denying the level of coverage during the hospitalization. The denial text was written by a AI that sounded like a third grader. The hospital appealed immediately and it was eventually overturned.AI is now deciding who gets healthcare in 6 US states – and it's already harming patients | BBC Science Focus Magazine
An AI pilot programme is attempting to cut down on ‘wasteful’ medical procedures, and patients are paying the price
I was bewildered with all the new DISH TV "Bonus View" channels, so I put together a web page table with all the info I could find. It's at:
https://anythingpeaceful.org/dishtv/DISH_TV_Bonus_View_Channels.html
Here's a partial screenshot of the table, as sorted by Channel Name. (You can click on a column header to sort.)
If you have any corrections or suggestions, please post here.
https://anythingpeaceful.org/dishtv/DISH_TV_Bonus_View_Channels.html
Here's a partial screenshot of the table, as sorted by Channel Name. (You can click on a column header to sort.)
If you have any corrections or suggestions, please post here.
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Two new Bonus View channels Added today:
And two Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
Thanks to Pat for the heads up.
And two Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
Thanks to Pat for the heads up.
T
One Bonus View channel added today. And one correction (on my part):
One Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
BTW, not a Bonus View item, but there was a temporary channel 304 Spooktacular added, I imagine just for the Halloween season.
Thanks again to Pat for the many tips.
One Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
BTW, not a Bonus View item, but there was a temporary channel 304 Spooktacular added, I imagine just for the Halloween season.
Thanks again to Pat for the many tips.
T
Three new Bonus View channels today:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
As always, thanks to Pat for the tips.
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
As always, thanks to Pat for the tips.
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Direct YouTube Link - Geely E5 (EX5) First Drive: Meet The Toyota RAV4 of China!
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