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ctoddt

Last reply Sep 26, 2004 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

I'll move twice in the next six months, what would you do?

Sorry for the long story, but I appreciate your input.

I am a 10 month E* subscriber. Got the 811 for free to go with my 50" Mistubishi. I have about 3 months left on a 1 year commitment. Right now I also have cable, but I sold my house and will be moving into an apartment. We are building a house so when it is done we will move again.

Now I would like to go to one source: cable, E*, or D*. In the apartment I will have 2 TVs, in the house I will have at least 3. My dad has a couple of spare receivers, really old. Can I add them?

I am interested in the best way to bump up the receivers with minimal out of pocket expense. I'd also like to get into a PVR at some point. Thought someone might have some nuggets of wisdom.

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SimpleSimon

Sep 25, 2004

Well, I don't know what communist state you might be living in to prevent you from doing your own thing. Some state do require installers to be licenseed to do work at ther people's houses - maybe that's it?

And in your new house YOU own the wires - at least if you follow my advice to pre-wire the place. If you decide to get cable at some point - you tell the installer where to plug his wire into YOUR wires. And you tell him if he touches anything else you cut off his hands.

If you go with the DishMover program, they'll install new dish gear for free (I think).

There are many different types of E* 'outdoor' equipment. Legacy vs. DishPro is important - look for the DP logo on the LNBF(s). How many dishes do you have? Are there any external switches? What kind? What do the LNBF(s) look like? Go here: http://www.switchinfo.info/lnbs.html for pictures and info. Also use your Point Dish and Check Switch screens to gather info.

2150MHz (or higher) is the certification level of the RG-6 cable. The standard term is cable "swept to 2150MHz". E* uses signals at that frequency. D* slightly less, digital cable the same or less than that. Note that 2150MHz = 2.15GHz. I just got some RG-6/U that was marked as 2.3 GHz. That's a higher rating, so it's fine.

Stryf3

Sep 26, 2004

I would get a club dish card and use it to get a referal. This gives you one free move. If you are maried you can sign up in your wife's name once you get to the new house and get the receivers you want with no out of pocket expense, and no minimum obligation.

The only other way I know of to get a free move is to sign up for E*'s monthly warranty plan.

btw With Club dish referals you also get a $5 discount each month for a year for each one you do with a maximum of 12 in 12 months. Of course this works out to a $60 monthly discount if you can rack up enough of them!

<edit>Keep in mind in your new house, most of the new receivers (with the exception of your 811)are dual tuner receivers and will feed 2 rooms. So the room where the receiver is placed will need to have 2 cables comming from the dish and one going out to the remote room.

ctoddt

Sep 26, 2004

Stryf3 said:
I would get a club dish card and use it to get a referal. This gives you one free move. If you are maried you can sign up in your wife's name once you get to the new house and get the receivers you want with no out of pocket expense, and no minimum obligation.

I'm not sure what you mean by a dish card to get a referral. Do you mean ME get a card and 'refer' my wife? I'm missing something, cause that still doesn't make sense to me.

Are you sure signing up under the wifey will work?

chaddux

Sep 26, 2004

I believe that is what he meant. The problem is that if you refer your wife, you would have to cancel your existing account so you wouldnt get the $60 discount. Of course, you don't need a card to get the current free installation, free equipment special.

Stryf3

Sep 26, 2004

no, If you get a Club DIsh card and refer someone else, you'll get a free move. It won't get you any extra receivers in the apartment, but when you move you can then cancel and not break your contract, and sign up in your wife's name.

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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Strega

Friday at 10:01 PM

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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Jimbo

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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.

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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Mister B

Saturday at 7:35 AM

Jimbo said:
Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.

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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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 10:40 AM

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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charlesrshell

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slow_poke_pete said:
can't forget the little blue m&m's

That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!

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telstar_1

Yesterday at 8:12 PM

Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 9:01 PM

telstar_1 said:
Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink

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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telstar_1

Today at 12:08 AM

But how is it reusable if it's disposable

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slow_poke_pete

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charlesrshell said:
That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!

My gf is 29 years younger than me :shh

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Almighty1

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telstar_1 said:
Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink

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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Last reply 49 minutes ago · posted in Movie Talk

Dune (2020)

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long_time_Dish

Jun 4, 2024

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?

klang

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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?

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.

long_time_Dish

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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.

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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long_time_Dish

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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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