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Need help from Hawaii experts and moving experts

I'm a recent lurker who's decided to become a first time poster here because I could really use any advice, tips, suggestions and warnings anyone here can provide.

I'm moving from Los Angeles, CA to Maui, HI in the very near future and am not sure what to expect from my satellite service if I keep DISH. I know Hawaii has limited HD offerings at this time (has anything changed with the recent flood of HD channels?) and I am not interested in putting a giant satellite dish in my yard.

That being said, I LOVE my 722...it is by far the best DVR I have ever had...and I do not want to give it up.

Will I be able to move with my 722 to Hawaii as I would anywhere else in the U.S. since it appears from the DISH website that DISH does not provide HD receivers in HI?

Is the HD programming I can get with the normal rooftop dish/OTA antenna (if any) comparable to what is offered by other providers with similar set-ups (including cable)? I have seen what is listed on the DISH website, but I'm unclear if that requires the additional antenna or not and whether it is compatible with my 722.

Any general information that I am overlooking would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to decide whether it is worth staying in my contract and waiting to see what happens over the long term with future satellite launches, or if I should find another provider until DISH gets rolling in HI. I would hate to have to give up the 722 though...I love that machine.

Thanks in advance!

JJ
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I would keep your LA address when you move to Maui. You can use the 722 in Hawaii but you will get limited HD. Dish will not even activate the channels even if you can receive them.

You will need three dishes in Hawaii to get satellites 110,119,129. You should be able to get all HD that you got in LA plus your LA locals in HD.
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I was wondering if keeping the Los Angeles address would work. I could then pickup my Hawaii locals OTA.

Would the 3 dishes I have to get be the normal rooftop dishes like the one I use now or would they be some of the giant monstrosities that I have seen some people have to use outside CONUS?
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Hawaii

30" meter dishes work fine on Oahu to get 120,119,110. Not sure about Maui
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CharlesO
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If you are going to keep the LA address for DishHD I would recommend the following:
24" for 119
36" for 110
1.2m for 129

As for OTA, the Maui stations are repeaters for the Honolulu stations and will mostly "Flash Cut" from analog to digital in Feb. '09. None of the stations is currently broadcasting digitally on Maui.

If you wish to stay with Dish but want the Hawaii HD Pack, you can use the 722 but will be limited to 8 channels(ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, HD Theater, HDNet, HDN Movies, Univ. HD and NFL Net HD) HBO and SHO HD are also available. Dish does offer the Honolulu stations in HD (ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS and MyNet) minus NBC. If on the SD side you are only using AT100 or AT200 the dish for 110 can be as small as 30", but if you want AT250 36" is needed.

For Directv you can get all the HD channels that available on the mainland but requires using 2 1.2m dishes. Directv also offers the Honolulu HD stations but only ABC, CBS, FOX and PBS.

On Maui, Oceanic Time Warner Cable is available island-wide and offers a HD package of 25 channels plus offers the HD channels from Honolulu of ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and PBS. Oceanic prices can be steep in that they require Digital Cable for a HD box plus have implemented SDV so a TivoHD box will only get the locals(via CableCARD).

Hope this helps you out.

Charles
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That is a huge help! Thank you for all the info. It looks like I've got to decide how much I really like my 722.
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Scott Greczkowski
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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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Dancing in the Street - Van Halen
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Bakers Street - Gerry Rafferty
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long_time_Dish said:
Bakers Street - Gerry Rafferty
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Let me fix that for you:
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
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JSheridan
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All DMA's now Western Arc

I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Strega said:
Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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Jimbo said:
Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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Mister B said:
I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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can't forget the little blue m&m's
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can't forget the little blue m&m's
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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Because he didn't have a fleet of reusable rockets. Starlink works because SpaceX is able to launch hundreds (thousands?) of their Starlink satellites for what a single geostationary Internet satellite costs to build and launch on a disposable launcher.
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But how is it reusable if it's disposable
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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My gf is 29 years younger than me :shh
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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He does not have the resources aka $$$ compared to Elon Musk as in reality, Elon can eat Charlie for lunch or even mop the floor with Charlie if he wanted to.
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osu1991
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Dune (2020)

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Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?
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long_time_DNC said:
Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?
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There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.
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klang said:
There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.
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Correct. I've read all of them (yes, it took awhile, better part of a year, in my spare time). And they can't really consider or classify a series about the Bene Gesserit as a prequel. Sure, I suppose they can call it that, if they want to, because it begins before the time of Paul Atredies, but it's still a stretch. It's a Dune-related novel, not a prequel as we generally think of prequels...
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Well, it looks good! I just hope they stayed close to the trilogy, but it doesn't look like it.
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MacBreak Weekly 1048

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AqVr7wezCQ


Direct YouTube Link - MacBreak Weekly 1048
TWIT's Website
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Pros Try AI-Cloned Engineering Tools

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Linux 7.3 Optimizes Gaming VRAM on 8GB GPUs #shorts

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!


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New colors of the HomePod Mini 2! Blue, pink and green!

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House Passes AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act

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House Passes AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act

(Washington, DC) - The U.S. House has passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, marking a major step forward for broadcasters and listeners who have pushed to keep AM radio available in new cars and
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It's probably been 2 decades since I've listened to an AM radio station. Very rarely listen to FM any more.
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I am 1 that wants the AM to Stay ....
That said, since '08 I have had Sat radio available to me ... I think I have turned on AM 3 or 4 times, just to see if its still there.

Fwiw, if theres a Major disaster or bad weather or whatever, the chances of me finding out about it by going to the AM side of the radio is SLIM and None.
Even FM, I haven't really had on since '13ish, I may turn it on from time to time, just to see if its still there.
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Jimbo said:
Fwiw, if theres a Major disaster or bad weather or whatever, the chances of me finding out about it by going to the AM side of the radio is SLIM and None.
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Automation has seen to that. You can't get evening drive traffic reports where I live, much less disaster reports.
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Very rarely listen to FM any more
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That goes for a lot of people. I've been advertising on radio for more than a decade now and am very familiar with this subject. While it is still a valuable tool, it has far less impact than it did just a few years ago. The best reaction I get is from a local Country music station....they play a mix of older and newer music and have a very big footprint.
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That goes for a lot of people. I've been advertising on radio for more than a decade now and am very familiar with this subject. While it is still a valuable tool, it has far less impact than it did just a few years ago. The best reaction I get is from a local Country music station....they play a mix of older and newer music and have a very big footprint.
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Do you do any Ad's on Satellite ?

If Not, why not, because it's not Local ?
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Do you do any Ad's on Satellite ?

If Not, why not, because it's not Local ?
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No, just regular FM stations. One is the country station I mentioned and the other is a Talk Radio station which used to get fantastic results but honestly, since the death of Rush Limbaugh, talk radio just doesn't do as well. There were two guys who had an early morning show which was hugely popular here in the southeast but one of them retired a couple years ago and the show just doesn't garner the same numbers as it used to.
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Last reply · posted in The Phone & Tablet Zone

Apple Event September 2026

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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Can't remember if I've posted this yet..


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IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.
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But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.
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Can't remember if I've posted this yet..


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most carriers do. that's why they send updates that slow phones down!! i buy unlocked phones no effect to me
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IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.
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But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.
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hope you have apple care a screen job is 1000.00 :oops:. can we say over priced garbage!!!
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Gone are the days when Apple "perfects" what debuted years earlier on an Android phone.
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harshness said:
Gone are the days when Apple "perfects" what debuted years earlier on an Android phone.
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Or better yet, innovate something "completely revolutionary!"
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