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dkurland

Last reply May 29, 2009 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Suggestions for VIP722 HD software improvements

Hello. I've emailed the following suggestions to Dish Network, but have yet to receive anything other than a cursory "thank you" in respone. I'd like to know what other customers think of these ideas. I suspect I'm not the only one who sees that the features I'm suggesting would be improvements!

Oh... I have the VIP722 HD receiver.

1. The Purchase History should be protected by the system lock/PIN, at least optionally. When guests visit, I don't necessarily want them to be able to see what PPV movies I've ordered. This is a significant privacy issue!

2. When viewing Themes/Movies, the list is always sorted by time, and movies that are being shown multiple times (or on multiple channels) can show up many times in the list. This tends to make this feature practically unusable, and is especially problematic for PPV movies, which appear in the list every half-hour, all day long. There should be an option to sort the movies alphabetically, and to group all upcoming showings of a particular movie in a folder, as is possible with the "My Recordings" list. It would also be helpful to be able to fliter the list by parameters in addition to genre and MPAA ratings, such as HD vs. non-HD, channel, language, PPV, closed-captioning, critics' ratings, and year. It would also be nice to filter by both MPAA rating and genre in one request. Also, when searching by MPAA rating or genre, I must either choose "All" or just one particular rating, like R, or one genre, like Adventure. If I'm interested in PG-13 or R, or in Adventure or Comedy, I must perform two separate searches. This is an unnecessary hassle.

To illustrate, suppose I'm interested in English-language PG-13 or R-rated Adventure or Comedy movies, in HD format, but not PPV or VOD. I'd expect to fill out a series of search forms as follows:

Code:

Theme
 
___ All Themes [ Select Genres/Ratings ]
_X_ Movies     [ Keyword ]
___ Sports     [ Options ]
....

(the items on the right are buttons that display the following optional screens)

-----------------------------------

Code:

Select Genres     Select Ratings    Select Years
 
___ All Genres    ___ All Ratings   _X_ All Years
___ Action        ___ G             ___ 2000-09
_X_ Adventure     ___ PG            ___ 1990-99
___ Animation     _X_ PG-13         ___ 1980-89
___ Biography     _X_ R             ___ 1970-79
_X_ Comedy        ___ NC-17         ___ 1960-69
... ... ...

(Each list should permit selection of more than one item. The "All" buttons could place a check mark on each of the other items, so one could select, say, "All Ratings" and then "G" -- turning "G" off -- to easily search for everything except G-rated movies.)

-------------------------------

Code:

Search Options
 
Sort by:       ___ time       _X_ title (grouped)
HD:            _X_ only       ___ exclude
PPV / VOD:     ___ only       _X_ exclude
Foreign:       ___ only       _X_ exclude
Premium channels:   ___ only   ___ exclude
Closed-captioned:   ___ only

-----------------------------------------------

3. Although "My Recordings" can list episodes of the same show in a folder, deleting all the episodes is a cumbersome process; I must:

- select the folder,
- move to the Edit button and press Select,
- move to the button area, move to the Select All button, and press Select,
- move to the Delete button and press Select,
- move to the Yes button and press Select,
- move to the Done button and press Select,
- move again to the Done button and press Select.

That's a lot of button presses on the remote control (14, I think). Compare that to DirecTV's system, where I can move to the folder in question in the recordings list, press the "_" button on the remote twice, and then press Select to confirm that I want to delete the programs. Note, here, not just that this takes just 3 (three!!) button presses, but that "Yes" is the default whenever I ask their system to delete something. I find that preferable, since I'm confirming something I just requested. The receiver shouldn't assume I'm an idiot and made a mistake.

4. My Dish Network system is not the only TV system I encounter from day to day, and I find it difficult to remember the channel numbers assigned to my favorite channels. I could find things quicker in the Guide if there were an option to sort it alphabetically by channel name, since the various providers' numbering schemes differ and they all seem fairly arbitrary.

5. I also find it difficult to decipher some of the channel names, like HBOSG and EWAM. Wouldn't it be possible to show the full channel name somewhere when, for example, I've highlighted that channel in the Guide listing?

I doubt that I'm alone in desiring these enhancements. Please let me know what you think.

Thanks for listening.

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dkurland

May 27, 2009

Hi, Ken.
Yes, I know it can be done with the DVR, but as I pointed out in my first post, it requires about 14 button presses on the remote. Compare that to DirecTV's system, where you don't even have to enter the folder in question: you can just highlight the folder in the top-level listing of recorded shows, press the "_" button twice, and respond to the "Are you sure?" prompt (just one more button-press, since "Yes" is the default). The same method can be used to delete an individual episode, either while in a folder or at the top level.

As I attempted to point out, the Slignbox web access to my DVR's recordings doesn't even show a Delete option until I'm viewing the entry for a particular episode. Am I the only one who thinks that's crazy?

Hall

May 27, 2009

dkurland said:
...DirecTV's system, where you don't even have to enter the folder in question: you can just highlight the folder in the top-level listing of recorded shows, press the "_" button twice...

Press the underscore button ? That sounds like a 'secret' feature that 99% of users don't know about. Is that keypress documented in the receiver's manual ?

Hall

May 27, 2009

dkurland said:
5. I also find it difficult to decipher some of the channel names, like HBOSG and EWAM. Wouldn't it be possible to show the full channel name somewhere when, for example, I've highlighted that channel in the Guide listing?

I've always wanted that. I also used to have DirecTV, so that's where I've seen it and liked it. I mean, pretend one didn't have internet and a way to look this up (I guess the channel lineup card would be the best bet here). What is channel 197, DOC ? What about ch 230, ICTV ? Or ch 113, FLN ? I don't need people to tell me what those channels are, of course, but tell me how one would find this out otherwise ?

FWIW, the 922 has "new" EPG and does have more "network" information. As I recall, though it was a *mock-up*, they actually used the channels "logo".

bebop

May 28, 2009

hall said:
Press the underscore button ? That sounds like a 'secret' feature that 99% of users don't know about. Is that keypress documented in the receiver's manual ?

Sounds like something my 2 year-old could easily do and leave me with no recordings on my DVR after only a couple minutes with the remote. I'm glad it takes a bit more work to delete something, at least I still have it when I need it.

bebop

May 28, 2009

dkurland said:
Hi, Ken.
Yes, I know it can be done with the DVR, but as I pointed out in my first post, it requires about 14 button presses on the remote. Compare that to DirecTV's system, where you don't even have to enter the folder in question:

As I attempted to point out, the Slignbox web access to my DVR's recordings doesn't even show a Delete option until I'm viewing the entry for a particular episode. Am I the only one who thinks that's crazy?

Look around more on dish.sling.com

Go to the "My DVR" section and click on "Manage Disk Space". Like I said, you'll appreciate it much more than the receiver and maybe even as much as you like the D* method. I'd rather click with my mouse to clean up my DVR then with my remote. You can clean your whole DVR with 3 mouse clicks if you want (and you don't have to enter the folder(s) in question.)

Let us know if you can get rid of those Perry Mason episodes just as easily now, and at the same time those 24 Matlock episodes that she recorded as well (or you can mix and match - 25 Perry Mason episodes and 10 Matlock episodes in one deletion).

Heck, you can even delete every show you've already watched with 2 mouse clicks and leave the ones you haven't watched. I just learned that tonight.

stimpson

May 28, 2009

bebop said:
Look around more on dish.sling.com

Go to the "My DVR" section and click on "Manage Disk Space". Like I said, you'll appreciate it much more than the receiver and maybe even as much as you like the D* method. I'd rather click with my mouse to clean up my DVR then with my remote. You can clean your whole DVR with 3 mouse clicks if you want (and you don't have to enter the folder(s) in question.)

Let us know if you can get rid of those Perry Mason episodes just as easily now, and at the same time those 24 Matlock episodes that she recorded as well (or you can mix and match - 25 Perry Mason episodes and 10 Matlock episodes in one deletion).

Heck, you can even delete every show you've already watched with 2 mouse clicks and leave the ones you haven't watched. I just learned that tonight.

That's some great info. Thanks.:up

PHXHoward

May 29, 2009

Locking high number channels does not work well at all. Locking a high number channel keeps it out of the results list but then the map down channel shows up as a locked program when trying to manage conflicts.

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garyreno

Last reply A moment ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Updated to H715 on a Hopper 3 from H713

After a strange reboot last night in the middle of viewing, this morning several more reboots and about a half an hour download.

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Almighty1

A moment ago

Just did the update check manually about an hour ago with Hopper 3 on H713 and Hopper Plus on P15403.
Noticed something new when I clicked on the Update Software, it presented a pop-up as follows:
"Update software 1573
Update later Update now Cancel" with those three buttons which did not exist before.

After updating the H715 - I guess there must be major bugs as both H709 and H714 were skipped.

So here are the issue(s):

Issue #1
It did fix the problem with H713 which was:
"One of the problems I am seeing is that the Available Joey Software section no longer is showing the Android TV versions even after a manual software reset twice and the nightly reboot. Until it does, nether Technician Android TV download and Hopper Plus is able to check, download and update the Android TV software."

This was a major problem with H703.

H710 removed that dependency so H711 and H712 were working without that dependency but H713 brought it back which is fixed in H715.
However, with that said, the TECHNICIAN SETTINGS, Download ATV (Android TV) Files is not working correctly as the Download ATV Files shows:
"Download ATV Files 3000
Download in progress. This operation will be
complete when the files are downloaded

Joey 4 : P554- Failed
Joey 4 : P55403- Failed
Wireless Joey 4

654- Failed
Wireless Joey 4

65403- Complete
HopperPlus

154- Complete
HopperPlus

15403- Failed

OK"
From what I can tell, each of them goes through the Downloading followed by the Processing stages first before it goes into the Failed or Complete stage. It seemed to be going in a loop earlier as it will start downloading from the first item being the Joey 4 each time before it eventually stopped. This is the first time ever since 2023 that I had ever seen it Failed.

Issue #2
Still cannot cast to Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus(Software P15317) with the Hopper Plus "Google Chromecast Built-In" feature" as it shows up as a casting device when the Hopper Plus is online and disappears when the Hopper 3 and Hopper Plus does it's nightly reboots but times out when one tries to cast to it and always shows up as Not available in the Google Home app on Android phone. No one else anywhere on the internet had confirmed whether it is working for them or not. Per brittanygarden in DM on October 16, 2026:
"We've been working with Google on this. We have a fix on the Google side projected for Q4. I know we're in Q4 now, but I will try to get a narrowed down timeline for you."

brittanygarden and Rick Durham

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Bruce

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 31 minutes ago · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 3rd Quarter 2026 Edition

Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.

In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.

Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News

Comcast Corporation reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, showing continued erosion in its domestic residential broadband internet and video customer bases as competitive pressures intensified across the connectivity market. The company recorded a net loss of 144,000 domestic...

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ncted

Yesterday at 12:06 PM

All my parents had to do to get a discount on Spectrum Internet is say the words "Verizon Home Internet," and they cut the price by $30/month.

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NYDutch

Yesterday at 12:38 PM

ncted said:
All my parents had to do to get a discount on Spectrum Internet is say the words "Verizon Home Internet," and they cut the price by $30/month.

I don't think they'll go below the current $30 price since it's part of a deal they have with the non- profit that owns the apartment building.

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ncted

Yesterday at 12:46 PM

NYDutch said:
I don't think they'll go below the current $30 price since it's part of a deal they have with the non- profit that owns the apartment building.

Yeah, I was just saying Spectrum suddenly wants to keep what customers they can.

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Tom Speer

Yesterday at 1:26 PM

Optimum, which bought up our previous cable company, Suddenlink (originally COX), replac ed all of their coax disdribution with Fiber several years ago. They ran new fiber links to the house, but installed RFOG (RF over glass) devices on the outside of the house, which makes the house coax system look like a cable system. They used DOCSIS modems and of course we had the same assymetric bandwidth of cable internet. When I called them a couple years ago, and said I had installed a connection to the local Fiber provideer, MetroNet, They panicked and offered me the 300 MBit "Fiber powered" cable service for $20 per month. They were bleeding customers. I cancelled my Metronet and went with the $20 deal for a year, even though I didn't like the old cable technology.

Then T-moble Fiber struck a deal with Metronet Fiber where T-mobile would take over the marketing, billing and customer relations for residential Customers. They offered a "Founders Deal" for 2 Gigabit service, symmetric speeds, for $70 per month for new customers. That included all taxes and fees and was guaranteed for 10 years. I couldn't resist. That deal is no longer offered, but I am set for 9 more years.

Now the successor to the old local telephone company, Brightspeed has also installed a modern Fiber system in the neighborhood, but won't be getting my business. But their Fiber technology is also superior to Optimums cable based system.

With Fiber competition, the cable companies are eventually doomed.

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 4:26 PM

Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

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savarese04

Today at 1:58 PM

Foxbat said:
Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

ncted

31 minutes ago

savarese04 said:
similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

"Business Intelligence" is more of an oxymoron than Military Intelligence.

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ewindowman

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 38 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th

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Monday at 12:22 PM

Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.

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Scott Greczkowski

Monday at 1:25 PM

nelson61 said:
Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.

Can't remember where or who I saw predict this.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.

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Bruce

Tuesday at 10:17 AM

Scott Greczkowski said:
It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.

Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.

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Scott Greczkowski

Tuesday at 10:22 AM

Bruce said:
Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.

I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.

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Bruce

Tuesday at 11:30 AM

Scott Greczkowski said:
I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.

Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 2:54 AM

Bruce said:
Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.

dish has new sats dtv does not

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renjy651

Yesterday at 6:37 AM

slow_poke_pete said:
dish has new sats dtv does not

Hate to say this no one is ordering Satellite TV. Both DISH and Direct no new customers.
After 25 years with centurylink DSL 80 speed i changed to Xfinity 300 speed for $50 wow lightning fast for streaming. Still have DISH 27 years with them. Americas 250 package for $103. What you think of superbox or vseebox for streaming is it legal?
Still dish is easy to operate and change channels. What will Charlie Ergen do with new super satellites with loosing customers with satellites and boost?

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 8:31 AM

renjy651 said:
What you think of superbox or vseebox for streaming is it legal?

NO.

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 11:52 AM

renjy651 said:
Hate to say this no one is ordering Satellite TV. Both DISH and Direct no new customers.
After 25 years with centurylink DSL 80 speed i changed to Xfinity 300 speed for $50 wow lightning fast for streaming. Still have DISH 27 years with them. Americas 250 package for $103. What you think of superbox or vseebox for streaming is it legal?
Still dish is easy to operate and change channels. What will Charlie Ergen do with new super satellites with loosing customers with satellites and boost?

While I agree but dish just launched a new sat. That can be used as an asset for Elon. Maybe he will repurpose em for his cell service. And if he wants tv to. God knows why he would but I think he will get a great deal on the contracts in place and equipment!!! I could think of better things to spend my money on. And to be honest Elon has nothing to offer me have blazing fast internet and ill never buy an ev. The veesee box and the super box are illegal.

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38 minutes ago

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AT&T, T-Mobile Are Reportedly Ready To Boot Boost Mobile If SpaceX Buys It

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Last reply Today at 2:02 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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Videos like this can make you appreciate the things we take for granted.

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Bobby

Wednesday at 10:10 PM

dishstaller said:
Videos like this can make you appreciate the things we take for granted.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a2cgQidHQJI

That brought tears to my eyes.

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dishstaller

Wednesday at 10:12 PM

Bobby said:
That brought tears to my eyes.

Really...REALLY hate to do this to you Bobby, but....

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Wednesday at 10:15 PM

Okay....if you think you can take it....this one brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it and did again just now.

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dishstaller

Thursday at 11:32 PM

This came up in my suggestions probably because of the video I posted. I had NO idea exactly what being color blind actually was. Now I understand why that man was so blown away with seeing the trees......a lot of color blind people see green as brown, so grass, trees, etc all look brown.

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Juan

Today at 1:56 PM

Its a shame nobody told him orange was blue and red was purple etc etc etc

telstar_1

Today at 2:02 PM

Often people who have organic vision or hearing activated as adults after never having had it cannot practically utilize it because their brains never developed the massive neural network needed to make sense of any of it.

Well, he sees in color, just differently. Can't he just enjoy that? My granny had anachromatic color blindness, meaning pretty much like a b&w tv

b4pjoe

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Last reply Today at 1:50 PM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal

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harshness

Jun 25, 2026

Given that Tubi is one of the hottest FAST services out there, I don't expect it to go anywhere. Building up intolerance for ads takes a while, and as long as the advertisers are willing to foot the bill, why not?

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Neutron

Yesterday at 3:04 PM

Another reason I'm glad we are swapping or Rokus out for Apple TVs. I was already planning on ditching the Rokus earlier this year and had been waiting on Apple to announce the new one last month. Our Rokus have had issues the last year or so with freezing video and reboots, and one with an HDCP issue randomly.

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 3:06 PM

harshness said:
Building up intolerance for ads takes a while, and as long as the advertisers are willing to foot the bill, why not?

That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads :facepalm

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TRG

Yesterday at 9:50 PM

Neutron said:
Another reason I'm glad we are swapping or Rokus out for Apple TVs. I was already planning on ditching the Rokus earlier this year and had been waiting on Apple to announce the new one last month. Our Rokus have had issues the last year or so with freezing video and reboots, and one with an HDCP issue randomly.

Hmmm... I don't have any of those problems with my Roku devices. I have 3 of them.

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navychop

Yesterday at 10:36 PM

I suspect Fox will make me consider 2-3 more Apple TV STB purchases.

Jimbo

Today at 9:55 AM

TRG said:
Hmmm... I don't have any of those problems with my Roku devices. I have 3 of them.

I have the Roku's, 2 or 3, I just rarely use them ... I prefer the Google/Android Sony set up.

People tell me that the Apps on the TV will end thier usefulness as they age ... They are doing ok for me so far ... I also have the TV take the App Updates whenever possible ... then again, I don't know how often App updates come to it.

So, so far, I'm doing ok, but if they start to get sluggish, I'll eventually change to a Roku ... I don't want to, but eventually ... (Or buy another new TV :eeek

reubenray

Today at 12:50 PM

navychop said:
I suspect Fox will make me consider 2-3 more Apple TV STB purchases.

As long as my Roku Ultra works I will use it. I use it for all of my streaming apps except for Prime. I read that Prime works best with Android TV's.

navychop

Today at 1:03 PM

Hmmm. Not watching much Prime, but it would be on our Apple TV STB.

You know of any drawbacks using Ultra and Prime?

osu1991

Today at 1:11 PM

navychop said:
Hmmm. Not watching much Prime, but it would be on our Apple TV STB.

You know of any drawbacks using Ultra and Prime?

Prime seems to have a problem passing the DV/HDR metadata to Roku and Apple devices, but no problem with their Fire devices.

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Juan

Today at 1:50 PM

dishstaller said:
That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads

The ads are boring and repetitive...same ad over and over...bring back 1970s ads..might not be as big an issue

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Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply Today at 12:48 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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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long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 9:21 PM

Really Wanna Know You - Gary Wright

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Today at 2:43 AM

Don't WANNA KNOW-Maroon 5

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Today at 9:51 AM

I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

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Bobby

Today at 11:11 AM

Oh What A Night For Dancing - Barry White

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Today at 12:48 PM

It's a Good Night for Singing - Jerry Jeff Walker

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply Today at 12:47 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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Bobby

Yesterday at 11:49 AM

Regular$5.459
Premium$5.899
Diesel$7.999
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 11:59 AM

Billboard along I-10 had reg at $3.81 and diesel at $5.54

Bobby

Today at 11:10 AM

Regular$5.399
Premium$5.899
Diesel$7.999
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

osu1991

Today at 11:49 AM

$3.55

reubenray

Today at 12:47 PM

$3.45 in Jane, MO.

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