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I 'm been thinking of switching to Direct from Dish. One reason is so my wife can have YES, to counter balance my NESN BO Sox. And I can have Fox Business in HD. In anything actually.
So I called Directstartv..1-866-831-8086..on a internet ad. They are their #1 marketers for D*. To find out a few things. I asked [her] if I can hook a external hard drive to their top line HD DVR for more archiving. She said no but you can down load it to a computer through the USB and then load into a External. I said that was not acceptable.
She then said, "well OK then just swap out the hard drive on the DVR for a larger one"......... The silence was me climbing back onto my chair.....I said you allow that? She said "sure". What does it do to the warranty, I asked? "Well it voids the manufacturer's but Direct will still stand behind it if you have the $5mo. protection plan which also covers yadi yadi ...." I said I never even imagined that was acceptable. She said "if you want I can confirm that with a supervisor?" I said go for it. She came back a few minutes later and said "Yes, its fine, just like I told you. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, any computer store or shop can do it for you".
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So there you have it folks. I may be a D* kind of guy real soon. With a
1TB DVR,..
So I called Directstartv..1-866-831-8086..on a internet ad. They are their #1 marketers for D*. To find out a few things. I asked [her] if I can hook a external hard drive to their top line HD DVR for more archiving. She said no but you can down load it to a computer through the USB and then load into a External. I said that was not acceptable.
She then said, "well OK then just swap out the hard drive on the DVR for a larger one"......... The silence was me climbing back onto my chair.....I said you allow that? She said "sure". What does it do to the warranty, I asked? "Well it voids the manufacturer's but Direct will still stand behind it if you have the $5mo. protection plan which also covers yadi yadi ...." I said I never even imagined that was acceptable. She said "if you want I can confirm that with a supervisor?" I said go for it. She came back a few minutes later and said "Yes, its fine, just like I told you. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, any computer store or shop can do it for you".
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So there you have it folks. I may be a D* kind of guy real soon. With a
1TB DVR,..
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1st I would go to Direct directly.
2nd I didn't believe her. I got the feeling she would have said it spits 5 dollar bills if she thought it would get me to sign up.
3rd Nowhere in the Direct home pages does it say ANYTHING about external hardware. So I figured I would call a number that popped up and ask.
So Dfergi et al... your saying its not like Dish in that its a extension but rather its in place of the DVR drive. OK. eSTAT? that really fast? Well faster rate than USB. Right? My computer skills are at early cave man levels.
No way no how is there a Dish type set up. She did say there was a USB port.
Oh, You got to hear this.... Early on I asked what the interface was between the computer and DVR to archive or transfer.. After a moments hesitation I added "you know the cable connection" she told me that the interface between the computer and DVR to archive was HDMI. I knew I had a live one right then and there. So I said I didn't think most computers had HDMI ports. I suggested a USB maybe . "Oh, sorry,.. thats it, USB."
Dang, here I thought I was gunna have me a monster 1TB DVR...
I still have question that the D* site doesn't answer.. Like OTA F connections I don't see on the HR21. It took a bit of digging in the manual sections just to get a picture of the back panel. I read somewhere here in one of the threads about a HR21A?21 for OTA direct into the DVR. No mention of that anywhere in D* site.
Any how. Thanks for the info... I'm going home (to the other place
) now.. I'll be back..
2nd I didn't believe her. I got the feeling she would have said it spits 5 dollar bills if she thought it would get me to sign up.
3rd Nowhere in the Direct home pages does it say ANYTHING about external hardware. So I figured I would call a number that popped up and ask.
So Dfergi et al... your saying its not like Dish in that its a extension but rather its in place of the DVR drive. OK. eSTAT? that really fast? Well faster rate than USB. Right? My computer skills are at early cave man levels.
No way no how is there a Dish type set up. She did say there was a USB port.
Oh, You got to hear this.... Early on I asked what the interface was between the computer and DVR to archive or transfer.. After a moments hesitation I added "you know the cable connection" she told me that the interface between the computer and DVR to archive was HDMI. I knew I had a live one right then and there. So I said I didn't think most computers had HDMI ports. I suggested a USB maybe . "Oh, sorry,.. thats it, USB."
Dang, here I thought I was gunna have me a monster 1TB DVR...
I still have question that the D* site doesn't answer.. Like OTA F connections I don't see on the HR21. It took a bit of digging in the manual sections just to get a picture of the back panel. I read somewhere here in one of the threads about a HR21A?21 for OTA direct into the DVR. No mention of that anywhere in D* site.
Any how. Thanks for the info... I'm going home (to the other
place) now.. I'll be back..
Thank you...
Where can I find a link or a decent explanation about adding and operation of a external Drive with Direct..? I find D* a lot less informative than Dish. Unless I just can't find it...
If I archive what I have on my Dish 622 into a EHD through the USB I will never be able to see that again if I switch to Direct. Right? Even if I hook it up with STATA It will reformat the drive and erase everything ? Yes??? Say No
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Thank you...
Where can I find a link or a decent explanation about adding and operation of a external Drive with Direct..? I find D* a lot less informative than Dish. Unless I just can't find it...
If I archive what I have on my Dish 622 into a EHD through the USB I will never be able to see that again if I switch to Direct. Right? Even if I hook it up with STATA It will reformat the drive and erase everything ? Yes??? Say No
Yes, you'll not be able to watch the content you recorded on E* by switch the drive over, sorry.
For eSATA info here's a couple good threads:
eSATA - Has been enabled, but.... - DBSTalk.Com
Working eSata Setups: - DBSTalk.Com
Thank you ..very fine..
Way over my head but maybe I can muddle through it and come up with a combination that will work with out fizz wapping something.
My concern is not so much the sort of plug and play nature which seems to be the case, but rather if something fails to work or croaks.
Gotta give Dish credit for making this feature simpler for simple fools.
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
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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.
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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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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
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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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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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