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Last reply Apr 11, 2008 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

NHL Playoffs - CI, Versus, and NHLN

I'm a first time NHL Center Ice subscriber on Dish, so I'm wondering how the playoffs are going to work. I'm a SJ Sharks fan, and would like to watch every game available. If a game is on the Versus network, should we assume the CI package won't carry it? I always prefer the FSN BA feed but I'll take the game any way I can get it. I only have the top 100 pack, so I wanted to know if I should upgrade to top 250 to get Versus (I hate to pay all that $$ just for VS).
On a side note, how come I can't watch San Jose Sharks games on the NHL Network, but can watch all other games on that channel (CH 559HD, I have a 772 rcver with HD package)? I get a blackout message. My zip code is 93420, which is LA area, not SJ. Any ideas? I don't want this to be an issue in the playoffs...

Any info appreciated.

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kennya

Apr 9, 2008

GO CAPS!!!!! What sucks is I looked at the VS/Golf HD channel for Friday and the Caps vs Flyers isnt going to be aired in HD. They feel the need to show Masters Highlights for the evening instead of playoff hockey. Stuck with watching it on the regular Versus SD channel. BOOOOO, BOOOOOOOOOOO VS.

like2watch

Apr 9, 2008

Pretty sure it was CSN/FSN

Very strange. I've got a very old "5000" class receiver and got it even though it was blacked out on my other newer technology receivers. Called Dish twice and they said the provider controls it and that my old receiver shouldn't be seeing it either. Somehow they figured it out and fixed it at some point in the second period.

nrholland

Apr 10, 2008

kennya said:
GO CAPS!!!!! What sucks is I looked at the VS/Golf HD channel for Friday and the Caps vs Flyers isnt going to be aired in HD. They feel the need to show Masters Highlights for the evening instead of playoff hockey. Stuck with watching it on the regular Versus SD channel. BOOOOO, BOOOOOOOOOOO VS.

At least you get to watch it! Remember the days when there was no HD? Don't you think we're getting a little spoiled these days?

grb

Apr 10, 2008

kennya said:
GO CAPS!!!!! What sucks is I looked at the VS/Golf HD channel for Friday and the Caps vs Flyers isnt going to be aired in HD. They feel the need to show Masters Highlights for the evening instead of playoff hockey. Stuck with watching it on the regular Versus SD channel. BOOOOO, BOOOOOOOOOOO VS.

During the Pens/Senators game last night on Versus, they had a commercial for the Red Wings/Predators game tonight and at the bottom of the commercial it said "available in HD". Yet the guide says 9468 has the Masters highlights and the game is only on 151 which is SD.

I don't know which is worse -- Versus showing recorded golf highlights in HD rather than the NHL playoffs or Versus falsely advertising this game as HD available.

Versus sucks...and so does the NHL for sticking with them and extending their contract with them. Versus may be the highest bidder, but showing playoff games in HD is counter-productive for the popularity growth of the NHL. Last year the NHL indicated that all games will be reqired to be broadcast in HD starting in 2009. In the meantime, I guess, they'll just let the product go to hell in a handbasket...

kennya

Apr 10, 2008

nrholland said:
At least you get to watch it! Remember the days when there was no HD? Don't you think we're getting a little spoiled these days?

Your right, at least I get to watch it. BUT, having VS. in HD I expect to see the game in HD and not highlights of the Masters in HD. Doesnt make sense, so no, I don't feel spoiled, I feel I, and every other fan watching this game on E*, is getting the shaft.

GNASH

Apr 10, 2008

grb said:
During the Pens/Senators game last night on Versus, they had a commercial for the Red Wings/Predators game tonight and at the bottom of the commercial it said "available in HD". Yet the guide says 9468 has the Masters highlights and the game is only on 151 which is SD.

I don't know which is worse -- Versus showing recorded golf highlights in HD rather than the NHL playoffs or Versus falsely advertising this game as HD available.

Versus sucks...and so does the NHL for sticking with them and extending their contract with them. Versus may be the highest bidder, but showing playoff games in HD is counter-productive for the popularity growth of the NHL. Last year the NHL indicated that all games will be reqired to be broadcast in HD starting in 2009. In the meantime, I guess, they'll just let the product go to hell in a handbasket...

Your issue on this one is NOT with Versus, rather it IS with Dish Network. Versus is broadcasting the game in HD. The problem is that Dish is sharing the channel with Golf Channel and since it is Golf's time, Versus will not be aired. You need to be complaining to and about Dish on this one.

Geoff

fireshoes

Apr 10, 2008

GNASH said:
Your issue on this one is NOT with Versus, rather it IS with Dish Network. Versus is broadcasting the game in HD. The problem is that Dish is sharing the channel with Golf Channel and since it is Golf's time, Versus will not be aired. You need to be complaining to and about Dish on this one.

Geoff

Wrong. Golf Channel HD / Versus HD - broadcasting 1080i Two SD channels combined for HD coverage. Vs. offers NHL regular season, playoffs and two Stanley Cup games, Professional Bull Riding, World Extreme Cage Fighting, and IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations) World Championships, and select NCAA college football games, while Golf Channel HD has early round coverage of most PGA tournaments, select LPGA and Champions Tour events. Available on Comcast, Dish Network, Cablevision, select TWC systems, DirecTV, AT&T U-verse.

kennya

Apr 11, 2008

Ok, did anyone happen to switch over the the VS/Golf HD channel during the Dallas vs Anaheim game? It was on! Not sure if the whole game was aired or if they switched to it after one of the highlight shows. So, if they do the same tonight for the Caps/Flyers game, how in the heck am I supposed to record it? I guess I have to record all the Masters highlight shows until the game is supposed to be over. But I think my 722 doesnt like to do that, so I guess I need to check the settings.

nrholland

Apr 11, 2008

kennya said:
Your right, at least I get to watch it. BUT, having VS. in HD I expect to see the game in HD and not highlights of the Masters in HD. Doesnt make sense, so no, I don't feel spoiled, I feel I, and every other fan watching this game on E*, is getting the shaft.

Well, I definately agree that they should show it in HD instead of Masters highlights. Now if the Masters was live as well as the hockey, they'd probably show the Masters. Unfortunately, hockey is only a regional sport in the U.S. You should hear Andrew Ciciliono (whatever his last name is) bad-mouthing hockey on Fox Sports Radio. They think no one in the U.S. cares about hockey. Couldn't be further from the truth! I hate Fox Sports Radio.

like2watch

Apr 11, 2008

I was lied to. From our local newspaper:

Dish Network subscribers missed the entire first period. Dish accepted blame for the situation, issuing a statement apologizing to Sharks fans and blaming a "technical issue." It appears to involve the setup that governs which parts of the country see each game; a company official confirmed that for at least 10 minutes, the CSN Bay Area feed mistakenly went to every market in the country except the Bay Area.

The bigger problem was that subscribers were getting the runaround from customer service. According to many readers, Dish representatives alternately blamed a rights dispute, a blackout, and the Sharks themselves.
"I would say they were told that because we hadn't identified what the problem was yet," Dish spokesman Parker McConachie said. "If they were calling into our call centers, we made mistakes."

like2watch said:
Very strange. I've got a very old "5000" class receiver and got it even though it was blacked out on my other newer technology receivers. Called Dish twice and they said the provider controls it and that my old receiver shouldn't be seeing it either. Somehow they figured it out and fixed it at some point in the second period.

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Last reply Today at 2:45 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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

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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

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:

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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

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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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It's not even where it folds!

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SuperDish_Fan23

Last reply Today at 12:04 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Its crazy how the ViP922 is so rare for no reason.

Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!

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Strega

Yesterday at 2:34 PM

That's not really unusual. Cable companies like to the provide the box too. The phone company provided the phones in until the government forced them to allow third-party phones.

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 7:02 PM

Strega said:
That's not really unusual. Cable companies like to the provide the box too. The phone company provided the phones in until the government forced them to allow third-party phones.

Yes, the Western Electric phones that says "Bell System Property, NOT FOR SALE, Western Electric".

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AZ.

Yesterday at 9:10 PM

Almighty1 said:
Yes, the Western Electric phones that says "Bell System Property, NOT FOR SALE, Western Electric".

someone is showing their age

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 9:38 PM

AZ. said:
someone is showing their age

LOL. It depends if the person saw it during the years when they were actually still available which is 1968 to 1983 meaning the person could be 43-58 years old or they can even be a few years old if they learned to read and write at a young age and actually saw a telephone with that label somewhere recently just like even here in San Francisco, payphone still exist physically in public places but whether they can be used or not is a different issue. It still looks like this even today:

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 10:03 PM

I opened my Radio Shack in Sept 1984 and right about that time they did the whole deregulation thing with the phone companies. I bought TONS of those phones that had been refurbished with a new outer shell. You could throw one of those out of a 3 story high window and it would still work.
That was an interesting time in history. I would have older customers come in and ask about phones.....they were terrified that they were going to get into trouble hooking up a second phone without the phone company knowing about it. One of the funniest episodes of WKRP was the one where Johnny thought the cops were showing up because they had an unregistered phone. I guess younger folks can't conceive of a time when you were limited to the number of phones you could have in your house....and limited to the length of the cord

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navychop

Yesterday at 11:01 PM

AZ. said:
someone is showing their age

You should hear his stories about when rocks were soft and pterodactyls were the new kid on the block!

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dishstaller

Today at 12:04 AM

dishstaller said:
One of the funniest episodes of WKRP was the one where Johnny thought the cops were showing up because they had an unregistered phone.

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Last reply Today at 12:02 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Country singer John Anderson died today

He was 71 yrs old. One of my favorite songs is Seminole Wind....the violin is killer.

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FTA4PA

Yesterday at 10:53 PM

Rest In Peace

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mikew

Yesterday at 11:01 PM

I Wish I Could Have Been There is an amazing song. Rest in peace Mr Anderson.

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Yesterday at 11:03 PM

Rest in peace.

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Yesterday at 11:04 PM

Hope you're out there Swingin', John.

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dishstaller

Today at 12:02 AM

mikew said:
I Wish I Could Have Been There is an amazing song.

That's one of those songs that hits a little too close to home for me. I like the song but just can't listen to it. It's kinda like that song "Daddy never was the Cadillac kind".....reminds me too much of my Grandfather who died Feb 18, 1995.

niembre

Last reply Yesterday at 11:21 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

OTA no working after Update

My OTA is not working anymore. This started after the latest update. I have the OTA dongle with a OTA antenna that I've been using for years. My hopper does not recognize the dongle anymore and when I go to the OTA setting, it has a screen that says to plug a dongle into the USB. I tried unplugging and plugging back, in the same usb port and other ports. The Hopper does not recognize it. Anyone have same issue?

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Scott Greczkowski

Sep 24, 2026

Did you people having this issue contact Brittany yet? Shes trying to keep track of things and it would be good for you to contact her as maybe she can get this somewhere and get fixed.

Now while unofficial, I am hearing this issue wasn't caused by DISH's software team, but was caused by a chipset driver update that seemes to have hosed some older USB devices. If this is indeed the case I can see why DISH didn't know and why they are slow in fixing it as they need the chipset company to fix its drivers and release them to DISH so they can be pushed out to all.

DISH does not hate you guys nor do they want you to buy new USB dongles. I am rather sure they didn't even know this was an issue until they saw it posted.

Again contact Brittany if you are having this issue, so she has your info and hopefully she can do something for you to keep you happy.

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bookworm370

Sep 25, 2026

Scott Greczkowski said:
Did you people having this issue contact Brittany yet? Shes trying to keep track of things and it would be good for you to contact her as maybe she can get this somewhere and get fixed.

Now while unofficial, I am hearing this issue wasn't caused by DISH's software team, but was caused by a chipset driver update that seemes to have hosed some older USB devices. If this is indeed the case I can see why DISH didn't know and why they are slow in fixing it as they need the chipset company to fix its drivers and release them to DISH so they can be pushed out to all.

DISH does not hate you guys nor do they want you to buy new USB dongles. I am rather sure they didn't even know this was an issue until they saw it posted.

Again contact Brittany if you are having this issue, so she has your info and hopefully she can do something for you to keep you happy.

Thanks, but until they do, can't Dish just revert to the old driver that worked? Then test the new driver when delivered,d before pushing it again.

But then what does an old CIO know! I've only reamed quite a few buttholes from my people that didn't do that!

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slow_poke_pete

Sep 27, 2026

bookworm370 said:
Thanks, but until they do, can't Dish just revert to the old driver that worked? Then test the new driver when delivered,d before pushing it again.

But then what does an old CIO know! I've only reamed quite a few buttholes from my people that didn't do that!

dish can't revert back to older drivers or updates. although just one reason not to buy the ota dongle!!!

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ppappas

Sep 30, 2026

slow_poke_pete said:
dish can't revert back to older drivers or updates. although just one reason not to buy the ota dongle!!!

They can absolutely put the old driver back if they wanted. This is an embedded software environment in which they have total control. All they have to do if build a new version of firmware with the old OTA driver and test it of course. They just don't want to spend the resources doing so. If they are not going to continue supporting the single tuner adapter, then they have to say so.

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Almighty1

Oct 1, 2026

ppappas said:
They can absolutely put the old driver back if they wanted. This is an embedded software environment in which they have total control. All they have to do if build a new version of firmware with the old OTA driver and test it of course. They just don't want to spend the resources doing so. If they are not going to continue supporting the single tuner adapter, then they have to say so.

Unless of course they didn't keep a copy of the old drivers and can no longer get it. Then there is always the their support for the product is EOL after a x amount of time so it will make the consumer have to buy the current product offering.

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Briant73

Yesterday at 9:19 PM

Anyone heard any updates on this, I'm still having the issue so thought I'd check in.

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 9:48 PM

Briant73 said:
Anyone heard any updates on this, I'm still having the issue so thought I'd check in.

No updates but if you can get DISH Technical Operations to roll you back to H710 or earlier even though H708 would be best because it also eliminates another problem like in this comment, you will also no longer have the problem as long as you don't update manually or forced to any new version until the problem is fixed as the problem started in H711 and still exist in H712 and H713.

https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/th...ftware-version-713-is-out.423921/post-5108817

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 9:57 PM

Installed an off-air antenna a couple days ago for a customer who had just cancelled his Dish service. He had a dual off-air adapter and gave it to me. Cool. I'll keep it on the truck....might come in handy. Got to admit I don't watch anything as far as live tv goes anymore. Even if we have severe weather, our local channels will have a live feed on Youtube.

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navychop

Yesterday at 11:21 PM

In other news, it was announced that the software fix for the two tin cans and a string will not be forthcoming. A hardware fix is required. However, that fix will let you receive stations from a gazillion miles away.

Truck roll charges may apply. Two year commitment required.

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MartyDe

Last reply Yesterday at 10:37 PM · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

ATSC 3 converter boxes

Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.

Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York

Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available

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navychop

Tuesday at 12:03 PM

DEATH TO NEXGEN!

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TRG

Tuesday at 12:12 PM

17 years ago the US turned off analog OTA signals in favor of digital broadcasting. Now the push is ATSC 3 "Nextgen TV". But nobody seems to be able to agree on DRM implementation protocols. People don't want to hook their TV up to the internet in order to watch over the air TV. At least I don't. With all the data they collect about your viewing habits the box should be given away at no cost.

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navychop

Tuesday at 12:27 PM

Comb your hair.

primestar31

Yesterday at 7:29 PM

navychop said:
DEATH TO NEXGEN!

It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

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navychop

Yesterday at 10:37 PM

I truly hope you are right.

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