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Before I start 2 things. One, this is going to be my 500 post since joining this site in April. I didn't think I'd be here considering where DbsForums was a year ago. Second, everyone have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Ok back to business.
1) What do you think about the BCS going to ESPN? I really don't like it because ESPN has enough bowl games. Just end the bowl games on Jan. 1 and get rid of the BCS. I mean I know people are going to say the BCS is great but it seems like every year there's controversy and some of the BCS haven't been good.
2) With that being said, I do like some of the bowls during Christmas week. It gives people something to watch and some of the bowl games are actually good.
3) This is off topic but what do you think of Black Friday. Do you shop, have leftovers, watch college football etc. ?
4) Have you noticed that Thanksgiving night has lost some of it's luster as far as showing different shows. Now, all the networks and cable show new episodes of shows that are usually on Thurs. I remember growing up all the networks would show Christmas shows or movies or movies about Christmas.
5) Will the Lions go winless this year?
6) Speaking of the Lions, KEEP THE LIONS GAME ON THANKSGIVING!!! It's tradition, although I will say that Ford Field doesn't have the cache or pinache of the Silverdome.
7) Would the Yankees have major egg on their face if they didn't get CC Sabathia?
8) Can you believe that USC is a 20 point favorite over Norte Dame? If it's not a 20 pt. favorite, it's more. I mean could you believe that. I mean it's Norte Dame.
9) Btw, either HD MM or Jimbo alerted me that one of them had a great reciepe for Chicken Pizzitola and I saw it and looked beyond tasty.
10) Will the Giants go to the Super Bowl this year?
11) This for the Browns fans out there. Will Romeo Crennel be fired at the end of the year?
12) Got to love ESPN. They are now charging you to see some of there programming. In other words, if you like Around the Horn or PTI instead of watching it for free on ESPN, you have to sign up to be an ESPN Insider and pay 6.95 a month or 39.95 a year to watch there programming. So you have that or ESPN360 which nobody has. Between this and the BCS, ESPN is making money hand over fist.
13) What's your favorite holiday movie? A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life etc. and why is it that they show it only once or twice. I mean you'd think they'd want to show them at the end of Oct. or the beginning of Nov. They have commercials for Christmas that started back in Oct.
14) Do you think Norv Turner will be fired? I mean how much bad luck do the Chargers go through before the coach gets nailed.
15) Once again, Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
Ok back to business.
1) What do you think about the BCS going to ESPN? I really don't like it because ESPN has enough bowl games. Just end the bowl games on Jan. 1 and get rid of the BCS. I mean I know people are going to say the BCS is great but it seems like every year there's controversy and some of the BCS haven't been good.
2) With that being said, I do like some of the bowls during Christmas week. It gives people something to watch and some of the bowl games are actually good.
3) This is off topic but what do you think of Black Friday. Do you shop, have leftovers, watch college football etc. ?
4) Have you noticed that Thanksgiving night has lost some of it's luster as far as showing different shows. Now, all the networks and cable show new episodes of shows that are usually on Thurs. I remember growing up all the networks would show Christmas shows or movies or movies about Christmas.
5) Will the Lions go winless this year?
6) Speaking of the Lions, KEEP THE LIONS GAME ON THANKSGIVING!!! It's tradition, although I will say that Ford Field doesn't have the cache or pinache of the Silverdome.
7) Would the Yankees have major egg on their face if they didn't get CC Sabathia?
8) Can you believe that USC is a 20 point favorite over Norte Dame? If it's not a 20 pt. favorite, it's more. I mean could you believe that. I mean it's Norte Dame.
9) Btw, either HD MM or Jimbo alerted me that one of them had a great reciepe for Chicken Pizzitola and I saw it and looked beyond tasty.
10) Will the Giants go to the Super Bowl this year?
11) This for the Browns fans out there. Will Romeo Crennel be fired at the end of the year?
12) Got to love ESPN. They are now charging you to see some of there programming. In other words, if you like Around the Horn or PTI instead of watching it for free on ESPN, you have to sign up to be an ESPN Insider and pay 6.95 a month or 39.95 a year to watch there programming. So you have that or ESPN360 which nobody has. Between this and the BCS, ESPN is making money hand over fist.
13) What's your favorite holiday movie? A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life etc. and why is it that they show it only once or twice. I mean you'd think they'd want to show them at the end of Oct. or the beginning of Nov. They have commercials for Christmas that started back in Oct.
14) Do you think Norv Turner will be fired? I mean how much bad luck do the Chargers go through before the coach gets nailed.
15) Once again, Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
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Every other division has a playoff....so why not D I??
D-IAA has a playoff
DII has a playoff (which by the way my Minn Duluth Bulldogs knocked off #1 Grand Valley State last week to make it to the semi's.....)
DIII has playoffs
as noted above, take the top 8 or 12 teams and have a playoff system setup
top 4 get byes
D-IAA has a playoff
DII has a playoff (which by the way my Minn Duluth Bulldogs knocked off #1 Grand Valley State last week to make it to the semi's.....)
DIII has playoffs
as noted above, take the top 8 or 12 teams and have a playoff system setup
top 4 get byes
Ice,
I like your top 12 idea thats where I originally started with my playoff ideas.
My thoughts were 12-16 teams, this way if your anywhere's near good your not left out and there's no real complaining because 13-16-20 are about all the same.
My original idea starts the playoffs on Dec 1st and ends on Jan 1
Since no one wants 16 teams, at least in the beginning, I'm starting to like another scenario.
Go ahead and have the bowls, all end by Jan 1st, like it use to.
Take the winners of the BSC bowl games, the highest seed gets a home game in the first round, have a playoff with the winners till only one is left standing.
As for the complaint about teams playing too many games ....
Only 2 teams play the most, once any playoff starts, not all of them.
fwiw, my locals HS team this past week won the State Championship ..
Congrats Sylvania Southview Ohio Division 2 Champs.
They played 15 games and NO it was NOT too many games for them and they still managed to get thier homework done
Jimbo
I like your top 12 idea thats where I originally started with my playoff ideas.
My thoughts were 12-16 teams, this way if your anywhere's near good your not left out and there's no real complaining because 13-16-20 are about all the same.
My original idea starts the playoffs on Dec 1st and ends on Jan 1
Since no one wants 16 teams, at least in the beginning, I'm starting to like another scenario.
Go ahead and have the bowls, all end by Jan 1st, like it use to.
Take the winners of the BSC bowl games, the highest seed gets a home game in the first round, have a playoff with the winners till only one is left standing.
As for the complaint about teams playing too many games ....
Only 2 teams play the most, once any playoff starts, not all of them.
fwiw, my locals HS team this past week won the State Championship ..
Congrats Sylvania Southview Ohio Division 2 Champs.
They played 15 games and NO it was NOT too many games for them and they still managed to get thier homework done
Jimbo
Um, the honeymoon between you and Sam may be over!!!...
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Since the Reds have there thread we should too!
Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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Thanks to Fitch Ratings ( who gives the ratings on Credit and debt, as approved by the SEC, so they have accurate numbers) we have the totals.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
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Recently came back to DirectTV Satellite service and have two boxes, Gemini and a main HR54.
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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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....
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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I feel like this was discussed in another thread, but I can't find it. I have T-Mobile and my last iPhone upgrade was in 2020. I want to get a new iPhone, but what is the best way to go about doing it? Should I order the iPhone from T-Mobile directly, or should I buy from the Apple Store? I feel like there are pros/cons to each option.
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I have a Hopper with Sling. (Don't know exact model.) A couple nights ago, I went into the DVR screen, and noted that it was recording three programs. Yet I was able to view live TV (that was not one of the channels being recorded.) Did something change? In the past, it would only let me watch one of the channels being recorded, or any recording in the DVR menu. Maybe it was streaming, although there was no indication of that?
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
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iJustine
Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YJjxjYvmQ8s
Direct YouTube Link - Good Bye, Tim! Last WWDC
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YJjxjYvmQ8s
Direct YouTube Link - Good Bye, Tim! Last WWDC
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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WANTED DirecTV LCC
Anyone have a DirecTV Local Channel Connector that you'd like to get rid of at a reasonable price? DirecTV is currently in a contract dispute with owner of my local ABC affiliate.
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I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
Could be out of them I guess ... I'd keep trying, every 3-4 days.I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
If they are not out of them as them WHY you can't get one, seeing Your in a Dispute. Thats what they are for.
I would make them give you a real answer, don't let them off the hook.
I had one, and it worked well, but I believe I gave it to another D* friend (also had a AM21), I know I gave them away ...
According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
I'm not sure your going to find any Refurbished ones as D* doesn't ask for them back.According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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