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Purpose: The short-short introduction for this thread is that, using college basketball television information (with permission!) from Matt Sarz' College Sports on TV site, I will be documenting exactly which college basketball games I get this year and which are blacked out (click the link for my excel spreadsheet) living in Southern Illinois with the Silver 200 package and the Multi-Sports Pack.
Introduction: I'm a lifetime college basketball fan but a brand new DISH subscriber. I've had cable since I graduated college in 2002, so this is a new experience for me. I've never had the opportunity to get many of the regional sports networks around the country, relying instead on the much more restrictive set of three Fox College Sports channels in the past.
I have searched these forums more than once looking for clues on how many extra college basketball games I'd be able to get with the Multi-Sports pack. Well, now I'll know in complete detail, and you'll know too. Depending on how this goes, I hope to continue doing this each year.
Spreadsheet Guide: The spreadsheet I'll be using is separated into worksheets along the bottom of the Excel file.
1. The first tab, "TV Channels", goes over the possible channels which might show a college basketball game throughout the year. I've dividied this into the group of channels I get with my DISH Network setup along with channel numbers and into channels I do not get with DISH with an explanation of what they are and where they are located.
2. Week 1, Week, 2, .... Week 18: Each succeeding tab takes the information found on Matt Sarz' College Sports on TV site and adds columns for DISH Availability, the channel number(s) the game is available on, and whether or not the game was blacked out where I love in Southern Illinois. Note: I may add a notes/HD section which tells people if the game was available in SD, HD, or both if people want that.
Miscellaneous:
1. If I miss a night or two here and there, I would appreciate it if people following this thread could help me fill in the blanks. In those cases, I'll either ask ahead of time if I know I won't be around or I'll ask after the fact if something comes up.
2. If someone who has DirecTV and their Sports Package would like to participate I'm all for it. I realize sometimes there tend to be E*/D* "wars" here and that is NOT my intention. I just think it would be interesting if college basketball fans knew ahead of time what kinds of trends emerge here as far as blackouts go for both providers.
3. I have been going back and forth this year over whether or not to get ESPN Full Court. I have cable internet, and with it I am lucky enough to get ESPN360.com, which broadcasts all Full Court games online. In addition, many of the games on Full Court may be available through the Multi-Sport pack. My lack of tuners (only 2 in a 722k) to watch games on has me leaning in the direction of NOT getting ESPN Full Court this year. If anyone who IS getting Full Court wants to help with blackout information, I'd be happy to have you.
4. Why am I doing this? I figure a lot of people are probably asking this question. The answer is I really, really like college basketball and I'll be watching these games anyway, I'm interested in how sports are presented on TV, and it'll be interesting to see if I can identify certain "rules" of college sports blackouts on the Multi-Sports Pack.
UPDATE: Spreadsheet last uploaded the evening of November 5, 2009.
Introduction: I'm a lifetime college basketball fan but a brand new DISH subscriber. I've had cable since I graduated college in 2002, so this is a new experience for me. I've never had the opportunity to get many of the regional sports networks around the country, relying instead on the much more restrictive set of three Fox College Sports channels in the past.
I have searched these forums more than once looking for clues on how many extra college basketball games I'd be able to get with the Multi-Sports pack. Well, now I'll know in complete detail, and you'll know too. Depending on how this goes, I hope to continue doing this each year.
Spreadsheet Guide: The spreadsheet I'll be using is separated into worksheets along the bottom of the Excel file.
1. The first tab, "TV Channels", goes over the possible channels which might show a college basketball game throughout the year. I've dividied this into the group of channels I get with my DISH Network setup along with channel numbers and into channels I do not get with DISH with an explanation of what they are and where they are located.
2. Week 1, Week, 2, .... Week 18: Each succeeding tab takes the information found on Matt Sarz' College Sports on TV site and adds columns for DISH Availability, the channel number(s) the game is available on, and whether or not the game was blacked out where I love in Southern Illinois. Note: I may add a notes/HD section which tells people if the game was available in SD, HD, or both if people want that.
Miscellaneous:
1. If I miss a night or two here and there, I would appreciate it if people following this thread could help me fill in the blanks. In those cases, I'll either ask ahead of time if I know I won't be around or I'll ask after the fact if something comes up.
2. If someone who has DirecTV and their Sports Package would like to participate I'm all for it. I realize sometimes there tend to be E*/D* "wars" here and that is NOT my intention. I just think it would be interesting if college basketball fans knew ahead of time what kinds of trends emerge here as far as blackouts go for both providers.
3. I have been going back and forth this year over whether or not to get ESPN Full Court. I have cable internet, and with it I am lucky enough to get ESPN360.com, which broadcasts all Full Court games online. In addition, many of the games on Full Court may be available through the Multi-Sport pack. My lack of tuners (only 2 in a 722k) to watch games on has me leaning in the direction of NOT getting ESPN Full Court this year. If anyone who IS getting Full Court wants to help with blackout information, I'd be happy to have you.
4. Why am I doing this? I figure a lot of people are probably asking this question. The answer is I really, really like college basketball and I'll be watching these games anyway, I'm interested in how sports are presented on TV, and it'll be interesting to see if I can identify certain "rules" of college sports blackouts on the Multi-Sports Pack.
UPDATE: Spreadsheet last uploaded the evening of November 5, 2009.
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Perfect! Free out-of-market ABC games for football.
Apparently 360 doesn't use the TV half time shows though?
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Nope. You get some stuff produced by ESPN. 360 doesn't show commercials either.
Perfect! Free out-of-market ABC games for football.
Nope. You get some stuff produced by ESPN. 360 doesn't show commercials either.
Yeah but it just goes dead black. I think I'd rather have the commercials than a state of nothingness.
They probably cant show highlights or something and that's why it has its own halftime content?
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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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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank 
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Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phoneHello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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a good surge protector will help to.Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
Seems like I remember that now, with my V9 I manually entered anyway on 105, easier for me to pick the channel later
IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
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