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SDV coming soon?

So any word on the streets about how much longer until the SDV is up and running for those nice new HD channels? I'm guessing we shouldn't expect any new HD channels until then here in Orlando, right?

I hope they add CSTV/CBS College Sports HD, and Sci-fi HD soon....gotta have my sports and nerd shows in 1080i glory ;)
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I live in downtown...I see the construction outside of my place with all the sidewalks marked in orange marked VZ being dug up...great example is the multiple residential projects on 4th ave s where they are doing this as we speak, and most of the condo associations including here have been contacted by Verizon...When I was speaking of demographics, I was referring to the South Clearwater/Pinellas Park area ending up last....St. Petersburg is a large city for the sunbelt and of course it has pockets that are not desirable for a company like Verizon right away, the other areas in the city that consist of middle/middle-upper/$$$ class balance the cities demos out....manatee does have a higher per capita income than Pinellas, and Pasco as a whole was under construction making FIOS easier to deploy in a less dense/construction mess. Why do I have a channel guide with city and county channels on it in DT burg for this place and ads IN DOWNTOWN THAT ADVERTISE FIOS BROADBAND AND TV. Now who gets Verizon FIOS VDSL INTERNET/TV that live in a MDU is a different story
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Well those "exclusives" are not so exclusive any more thinks to our federal government. Just an fyi.
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I live in downtown...I see the construction outside of my place with all the sidewalks marked in orange marked VZ being dug up...great example is the multiple residential projects on 4th ave s where they are doing this as we speak, /quote]

on an off topic note-

Where do you live? Madison, Beacon on Third? I used to live in the Carlton Towers before they sold as condos and became Beacon on Third. 8th floor corner view of the city skyline, pier, and waterfront. Crappy building but a great place to live to be in the middle of things. Biggest downside was the constant middle of the night Bayfront helicopter flights 30 or 40 feet above my building on their way to Bayfront.
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yea, the Madison....Beacon as a condo is sad, it was a fixed up modern art deco tower with splashes of video screens everywhere. It is one of the only condo buildings that have police at all hours, vandalism on a daily basis INSIDE the building, trashed public areas including elevators, and last but not least the graffiti in and outside of the building just adds to the pain of most buyers there because a lot of the units are now worth less than the mortgage, its been one of the most depreciated towers for some reason while both Madison buildings enjoy a healthy 92%+ owned occupancy in the section I live in. I just hope these inconveniences and meetings with the condo association on FIOS and other broadband options pan out soon. Something worth noting that I found online for everyone is the channel lineup for PINELLAS COUNTY, SEMINOLE, AND ST. PETERSBURG under the drop down menu at the top. The info on paper has a few other channels and more HD, but this has to be proof that Seminole, St. Petersburg, and unincorporated Pinellas County will be enjoying FIOS first in the county. unincorporated is like swiss cheese in this county, its a billion pockets not annexed that equal close to 300k in people outside of the rest of us 700k or so that live within some city limit.

Verizon | FiOS TV

and at the top of the screen look for the pull down. Everything we see and have been told make most people that live here and do know what fiber can bring excited. I hope this all pans out soon like we have been led on to believe. This work going on downtown, the ads on central, sales saying FIOS before fall, and the techs say it doesn't take long once the lines have been installed. Both condo buildings in my complex can easily string along new technology within the walls and floors without much work involved, it has already been done once and it was fast and I only had to have one man come in and connect the service...
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yea, the Madison....Beacon as a condo is sad, it was a fixed up modern art deco tower with splashes of video screens everywhere. It is one of the only condo buildings that have police at all hours, vandalism on a daily basis INSIDE the building, trashed public areas including elevators, and last but not least the graffiti in and outside of the building just adds to the pain of most buyers there because a lot of the units are now worth less than the mortgage, its been one of the most depreciated towers for some reason while both Madison buildings enjoy a healthy 92%+ owned occupancy in the section I live in. I just hope these inconveniences and meetings with the condo association on FIOS and other broadband options pan out soon. Something worth noting that I found online for everyone is the channel lineup for PINELLAS COUNTY, SEMINOLE, AND ST. PETERSBURG under the drop down menu at the top. The info on paper has a few other channels and more HD, but this has to be proof that Seminole, St. Petersburg, and unincorporated Pinellas County will be enjoying FIOS first in the county. unincorporated is like swiss cheese in this county, its a billion pockets not annexed that equal close to 300k in people outside of the rest of us 700k or so that live within some city limit.

Verizon | FiOS TV

and at the top of the screen look for the pull down. Everything we see and have been told make most people that live here and do know what fiber can bring excited. I hope this all pans out soon like we have been led on to believe. This work going on downtown, the ads on central, sales saying FIOS before fall, and the techs say it doesn't take long once the lines have been installed. Both condo buildings in my complex can easily string along new technology within the walls and floors without much work involved, it has already been done once and it was fast and I only had to have one man come in and connect the service...
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Well, you wouldn't be the first area in the county to get it. It is available now in some areas of north Pinellas.

Every few months I check my address on there site, and always get this....
"Based on the information you entered, FiOS TV is currently unavailable. If you haven't already, you may also try to qualify by address."

I of course am signed up to be notified.
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and all of north pinellas is either unincorporated like parts of tarpon springs, all of palm harbor, oldsmar areas outside the actual city, and some parts of northern countryside which is a good 1/3 of the county population in unincorporated...and then pockets all over and that lessens as you move south. Is this actually true that a lot of the south county regions will have some of the fiber running through the sewer system like some utilities do in areas zoned as underground, I wonder if this will include more than just that...anyone? I would see that speeding up deployment instead of digging around this dense county and the ancient utility corridor they already have a hard time just maintaining, or is this fiber going down the same regions as the FDOT, Government, L3, Time Warner, and Verizon Business new fiber has been following?
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Siri AI Is Apple’s Smarter, More Personal Voice Assistant!

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NCAA Softball

Anybody been following the Tournaments? I've been watching all weekend on the various ESPN's...
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Not a good inning… Kavan coming on could be the nail.
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Better team won tonight…
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Well crap. That wasn't fun. Oh well on to the CFL opener on cbs sportsnet.
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"In the end, there can be only one" - Duncan MacCleod of the clan MacCleod
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Last weekend I got in on a MLB game top of the 8th 1-1, first thought was extra innings... :D and it actually went extra after the 9th.
Catching a little of the AUSL, something to watch when I can't get into anything else.
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Auto Racing 2026

New thread or keep this one?

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Caught up to the 500... err... k in St. Louis. What a race! Andretti Motorsport were doing very well with Ericsson and Kirkwood, meanwhile Power was moving up the grid. Veekay started cautiously. He was working the tires just right, becoming more lethal later in the stint. Rasmussen was racing likewise, not nearly as insane as he has in the past. Palou was leading the race, in a shocker to all. Caio Collet was having a wonderful ride, making Ferucci potentially sweat a bit. Rain came, rain went, rain came, rain went. Generally mild sprinkles, but enough to pause racing on an oval.

Palou would kind of send Siegel into the wall. Siegel really didn't do much wrong. As he noted, you have to turn at some point. Palou had acres of room below and Siegel might have had his ticket out of Indycar stamped. Dixon was doing the fuel thing and got busted twice by yellows, not pitting before the flag came out. Then the most critical happened... Palou ran out of gas on pit lane, effectively giving Newgarden the race lead and win. Newgarden had a very early pit, so he was able to slide in, get service and go. Meanwhile, everyone else was confused and stuck behind Palou for a bit. Once people figured what was happening, Newgarden had a major advantage of several seconds. Newgarden wouldn't look back and when it went green again, he'd hold the lead for the win.

Massive credit to Juncos Hollinger who bested Penske in getting Veekay out before Malukas in a transition that was oddly bizarre. I haven't had time to check, but I'm wondering if Veekay was about to run out of fuel or cut a tire. He was charging late in a stint, got up to fifth, and then tailed back for a few laps to 10th or 11th. It looked like it was over. Went into the pits, and after the pitting sequence was over, Veekay was well inside the top ten again. It was weird. And he charged, getting up to fourth. He made a late move on Rasmussen, but Rasmussen held his position with some great driving. In fact, there was a ton of incredible racing passing, not passing all race long. Veekay would finish 4th. A podium would have been awesome, but it is a great outcome for a guy who hopefully will get a break with a big team. We saw what Veekay could do with a Honda last season with fuel save, imagine replacing Simpson on Ganassi and having speed to go with fuel saving. His 6th at Indy and 4th at St. Louis get him up to 13th in the points standings and only 5 points outside of the top 10.

Ericsson finished second, resigned to finishing behind the current best in the world guy on a short oval. Rasmussen got the final step on the podium, a nice rebound to what has been an otherwise bad year for him, and a good reward to ECR who just extended his contract.
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They raced USAC cars at Daytona once. Once! People died. Aj Foyt said 'f this', and left after the first go around. AJ freaking Foyt thought it was crazy! And cars weren't nearly as fast as they are now.

I think they tried Talladega once too.
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LeMans qualifying on going. WEC has d9ne a great job expanding the automotive company entries. Even without Porsche, a large nunber of manufacturers.
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Channels on DIRECTV Satellite and not on Stream/Internet

So...DirecTV advertises the Choice package with 95+ bonus channels for Satellite customers. You don't want 90+ of the 95...

Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.

I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.

What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.

If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.

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Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.

MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
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107 LIVE4K3 and 108 LIVE4K4 are now testing on the stream server
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I see in the 4K Channels Guide that the Telemundo WC games will be airing in 4K. I believe this is the first time ever we will have Spanish-language broadcasts in 4K (in the USA). Did not happen during the last World Cup in Qatar 2022.
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4K telemundo working !

406 still SD here in Norfolk Va 📡
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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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Apple Intelligence: Siri AI Revolutionizes Your Devices! #shorts

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Tech News Weekly 441

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Home Theater Audio: JBL SCL-6 Speaker Custom Build! #shorts

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Problem when I switch from Bonus View channels back to regular Dish channels

Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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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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Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life. 🍺

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Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life. 🍺

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Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.
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Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.
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I've been retired since October. It was very strange at first. But I'm loving it now.
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Creamy flat chicken enchiladas with green chile, beans and rice.

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Layered Spicy Dorito / chili cheese Frito pie casserole…real sugar Pepsi
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I had a very unusual but delicious 1/4lb hotdog with cream cheese, raspberry preserves and chopped Hatch green chile. It is an unlikely combination but it works.


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