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Is it possible to only subscribe to DirecTV for say the NFL Sunday Ticket or NHL Center ICE? I am not interested in getting anything else from them. Thanks.
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Jimbo
Is it possible to only subscribe to DirecTV for say the NFL Sunday Ticket or NHL Center ICE? I am not interested in getting anything else from them. Thanks.

No, not anymore, last 10 years or so I think.
You have to carry a minimum package of at least the TC package to be able to get sporting subs.
It could be the Family package now, don't know for sure.

Jimbo
Ramy
Directv is too greedy to give good choices like this anymore.
Jimbo
Directv is too greedy to give good choices like this anymore.

I don't look at it like that.
They want to know that you will be a year long sub, not just have thier service for 4 months a year (football season comes to mind)
I really can't say I blame them.
That said, I think the 2 yr commitment is rediculous, especially after you have been with them for 2 years or more, If you order an replacement or a new rec. after your commitment is up, your commited again.

Jimbo
Ramy
Well that says that they want more money to me and they don't want to let you have their service for just a few months per year.
Jimbo
Well that says that they want more money to me and they don't want to let you have their service for just a few months per year.

Would your local cable company allow you to do this ?
Can you go to your local cable company and say, tell them you want HBO ONLY and not have to carry any other programming ?

I don't think so .....
Why would this be any different ?

Jimbo
TheForce
Supporting Founder Pub Member / Supporter
Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum
Starting November 10, today, Disney+ brings 3D movies and immersive environments to Meta Quest 3 and 3S devices. Watch select films like Marvel's The Avengers with immersive depth and scale on a screen as big as you want it.
To get started, update your Meta Quest headset to the latest software, open Disney+ and look for the 3D Collection icon in the app navigation bar to check out available 3D films.
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Ronnie-
I thought it worked well. Although in my limited time of using it last night I never could find the "environments"

Everything is updated. Ill check it again this evening.
meStevo
I thought it worked well. Although in my limited time of using it last night I never could find the "environments"

Everything is updated. Ill check it again this evening.

Didn't see them at first either, it's the button below the 3D in the D+ client, the overlapping mountain button you can see in this video:

edit: it's actually right there in this thumbnail. 3D and then Environments.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Izkdry3m25I?feature=share
navychop
OMG. I checked. There IS porn for the helmets!
Ronnie-
Didn't see them at first either, it's the button below the 3D in the D+ client, the overlapping mountain button you can see in this video:

edit: it's actually right there in this thumbnail. 3D and then Environments.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Izkdry3m25I?feature=share

I saw none of that on the side. I saw it in the preview video that you posted when I watched it on my meta 3. But not in the app.


I'll check it again.
Ronnie-
OMG. I checked. There IS porn for the helmets!
Well sh*t sir. You could have just asked about that. lol
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TheForce
I'll check it again.
Be sure you updated your Meta Quest to V2.10. and have Disney+ Premium subscription.
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Ronnie-
Be sure you updated your Meta Quest to V2.10. and have Disney+ Premium subscription.
Got it all. I watched a 3d movie to check it. All worked. But none of that other was there.

It was almost like I had the app maximized in a way that it didn't show everything. Idk
TheForce
Another good app to get is DEOVR on the Quest. They have 8K60 content. But many are behind a paywall labeled Premium. If you like VR and not just games, this is a worthwhile app to use. There are thousands of videos to watch even for free. Some are pass through which is where you can have the activity right in your room.
TheForce
But none of that other was there.
What other? The environments in VR180 3D? I brought it up but that is a selection, that might be in the settings for Disney+ app. Can't recall just now.
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
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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Games People Play - Alan Parsons Project
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PLAY The Game Tonight-Kansas
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ClarkGable
It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards
Bobby
All In Love Is Fair - Barbra Streisand
harshness
Lost in Love - Air Supply
ewindowman
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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comfortably_numb

Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3
Juan
Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3
Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?
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dishstaller
Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

Too little too late.

I can actually shed some light on the corp attitude towards call centers.

2015-2017 I was on the Viasat Dealer Council. They would fly us out to CO or CA and wine and dine us. Pretty cool but I was there to give my input because I was a top retailer and I wanted things to improve.
Anyway, at one of the meetings I brought up the fact that customers constantly complained about the overseas call centers. The VP of the company told me that I just didn't understand....those people cost something like 25% of what US employees would cost. Well, as usual when I went out to these meetings, I was loaded for bear....ie facts. I gave them an example of a customer who spent over an hour with one of these call centers and still never got her issue resolved. She called me the next morning after we opened and I had her situation fixed in 2 minutes. I told him "So you guys paid this overseas call center X amount but the customer still wasn't taken care of. I on the other hand, and a US call center probably would have as well because there wouldn't have been the language barrier, had her taken care of in 2 min. so your savings just went right out the door because a US call center would have taken care of her and MANY other customers while your overseas call center did nothing more than PISS off a customer.
Blank stares was all I got.

And THAT was when I realized just how incompetent most of the people are who run these companies. It WAS an enlightening experience.
comfortably_numb
Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

And TMO. If anybody's lagging behind the most, it's ATT.
fmj77
And TMO. If anybody's lagging behind the most, it's ATT.
ATT has the best service by far in my area, with Verizon being a distant second. T Mobile service is non-existent in these parts.
comfortably_numb
ATT has the best service by far in my area

I've never been to NC, but I can't think of anyplace in the Midwest or West where AT&T outperforms Verizon or T-Mobile, it seems to me they just don't have as many towers here
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Too little too late.

I can actually shed some light on the corp attitude towards call centers.

2015-2017 I was on the Viasat Dealer Council. They would fly us out to CO or CA and wine and dine us. Pretty cool but I was there to give my input because I was a top retailer and I wanted things to improve.
Anyway, at one of the meetings I brought up the fact that customers constantly complained about the overseas call centers. The VP of the company told me that I just didn't understand....those people cost something like 25% of what US employees would cost. Well, as usual when I went out to these meetings, I was loaded for bear....ie facts. I gave them an example of a customer who spent over an hour with one of these call centers and still never got her issue resolved. She called me the next morning after we opened and I had her situation fixed in 2 minutes. I told him "So you guys paid this overseas call center X amount but the customer still wasn't taken care of. I on the other hand, and a US call center probably would have as well because there wouldn't have been the language barrier, had her taken care of in 2 min. so your savings just went right out the door because a US call center would have taken care of her and MANY other customers while your overseas call center did nothing more than PISS off a customer.
Blank stares was all I got.

And THAT was when I realized just how incompetent most of the people are who run these companies. It WAS an enlightening experience.
AGREE!! DTV was the perfect example of what you said!!!
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fmj77
I've never been to NC, but I can't think of anyplace in the Midwest or West where AT&T outperforms Verizon or T-Mobile, it seems to me they just don't have as many towers here
ATT used to be non-existent as well in my area except in cities and towns. Verizon was king and also Carolina West Wireless, a small regional provider. A few years ago I started noticing that ATT's coverage had improved dramatically and since then has overtaken all the others as far as coverage is concerned.
comfortably_numb
ATT used to be non-existent as well in my area except in cities and towns. Verizon was king and also Carolina West Wireless, a small regional provider. A few years ago I started noticing that ATT's coverage had improved dramatically and since then has overtaken all the others as far as coverage is concerned.

I think Verizon had a leg up in the Midwest with their acquisition of GTE. I'm not sure who the early cell providers in the Mountain West were (US West?)
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Almighty1
I've never been to NC, but I can't think of anyplace in the Midwest or West where AT&T outperforms Verizon or T-Mobile, it seems to me they just don't have as many towers here
Same here as even in the early days, most people went the AT&T formerly known here as CellularOne because AT&T was cheaper in costs while Verizon formerly known as GTE here was supposedly better but more expensive. At least the Venture Capital Companies on Sand Hill Road chose Verizon for service reliability for a reason.
dishstaller
AGREE!! DTV was the perfect example of what you said!!!
I met a lot of reps from different companies when I attended these meetings....the WORST, most annoying people I met were from AT&T and DTV. After a few meetings I didn't even have to ask who they were with....I could tell after 2 minutes of conversation.
fmj77
I think Verizon had a leg up in the Midwest with their acquisition of GTE. I'm not sure who the early cell providers in the Mountain West were (US West?)
Verizon just acquired Carolina West back in September, so I'm hoping they improve.
Almighty1
AT&T basically went downhill as even for Internet, they were slow in offering services as AT&T WorldNet did not exist until 1994.
In 1994, the commercialization of the Internet accelerated rapidly, forcing major telecommunications giants like AT&T to compete directly with pioneering network operators like BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman).

AT&T's Early Moves. In October 1994, AT&T launched its first public World Wide Web presence (www.att.com). However, AT&T initially lagged behind rivals in offering direct, commercial Internet backbone and access services, leading it to look for external partnerships to catch up quickly.

Having built and operated the original ARPANET, BBN formed its commercial Internet service provider (ISP) division, BBN Planet, in 1994. By the end of that year, BBN acquired regional networks like SURAnet, making it the largest provider of corporate and institutional Internet access in the United States.

Long-distance rival MCI moved faster than AT&T into commercial Internet infrastructure. Alongside Sprint, IBM, and UUNet, MCI operated one of the primary commercial Internet backbones as the government-funded NSFNET prepared for decommissioning in 1995.

Because AT&T needed immediate enterprise-grade Internet capabilities to counter MCI and Sprint, AT&T forged a major alliance with BBN Planet in mid-1995.

According to The New York Times, AT&T guaranteed BBN Planet at least $120 million in revenue over three years to supply Internet access and security services to AT&T's corporate clients, while also purchasing a minority stake in the company.

While the BBN partnership gave AT&T an immediate foothold in corporate Internet services, AT&T soon built out its own massive consumer and enterprise infrastructure, launching dial-up service AT&T WorldNet in 1996. So basically AT&T would use BBNPlanet's backbone and BBNPlanet would then use MCI's backbone for anything they didn't handle directly.

Meanwhile, GTE acquired BBN in 1997, eventually merging it into what became Verizon's network assets.

Found this online:

Only thing was I thought AT&T split into 13 Regional Bell Operating Companies and not 7 like it says.
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Bobby
Only thing was I thought AT&T split into 13 Regional Bell Operating Companies and not 7 like it says.
The 13 Regional Bell companies were pre-divestiture.
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"MysteryMan"
Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in Computers and Gadgets
I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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harshness
The Bleeping Computer front page is littered with Microsoft reports this morning. Some are happy, some are scary, and some are ridiculous.
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EarDemon
KB5132061 failing to install with error 0x800f0993 seems to be somewhat common. Happened to me one out of my four computers, my main laptop.

Finally got it to install succussfully by running the following commands as admin

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow
net stop bits

Delete the entire content of Windows\SoftwareDistribution

net start bits

Restart computer
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Foxbat
Wow. I guess it's good that incantation still works. I would have figured that Microsoft would have come up with a better solution to patch management by now. I think I learned that back in the W2000 or XP days…
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HipKat
Wow. I guess it's good that incantation still works. I would have figured that Microsoft would have come up with a better solution to patch management by now. I think I learned that back in the W2000 or XP days…
I'll be running it this weekend. I had to boot into Windows the other day, and it froze after booting with a Python error. A hard reset, and it booted fine, but I've had Wiondows freeze a few times over the last few months during boot.

Those commands are something I've always kept for times like this, after I run Samsung Magician, should it not find the issue.
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harshness
... but I've had Wiondows freeze a few times over the last few months during boot.
I highly recommend running a default Memtest86 test (four passes, all tests) on the machine. Note that it may take all night.
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Last reply · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network
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dishstaller
Answer: Nope
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AZ.
AZ.
Answer: Nope
Get rid of him, hes killing my stock.
dishstaller
hes killing my stock.
He's what built the stock in the first place. We could very well see his resignation being the pin that pops the AI stock bubble....and YES.....it IS a bubble.
dishstaller
Interestingly enough....BTC is crashing this morning as well. . . down 3.5%
jsmit86
Answer: Nope
You beat me to it! 🤣
dishstaller
Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Phone & Tablet Zone
We were up in Pigeon Forge, TN a month ago and we couldn't get anything on our phones to work on mobile data...the Ookla speed test app couldn't even do a speed test. I have an older 13 and went into my settings and turned off the 5G, making it use LTE exclusively....did a speed test of over 300mbps so obviously the 5G bands were overwhelmed. Anyway, tried to do the same thing on my Wife's 15 and the cellular data options tab simply wasn't there. Any of you run into this? We've on Verizon
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lakebum431
Works fine on my 17 Pro. Just tested it.
dishstaller
Works fine on my 17 Pro. Just tested it.
Crazy huh? I tried everything....no go..
lakebum431
Was the option not available or would it not switch over?
J
Last reply · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion
Hi guys, is anyone getting any quality on transponder 4135 L 30000 I'm not getting any quality few weeks now.
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Satfaca
No problem here (in central Europe) with a 10-footer. Do note that 9.4 dB required for the lock.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.

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J
Satfaca thanks for your reply, but what C band lnb are you using just to get an idea.
Satfaca
Nothing unusual, classic Titanium C138.