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What does this DTA thing do? Please help!

Am I going crazy? Is Comcast trying to drive me insane? -- Last week my TVGuide channel (#2) magically switched to Home Shopping Network. Just what I wanted - another shopping channel..arggggg
I have 6 TVs in my home, and can only afford 1 cable box, so the other 5 are on just basic analog cable which is fine by me - EXCEPT FOR now we don't know what's on TV! - Mind you, I switched from DishNetwork to Comcast to save $$$ over the next year (My husband is in construction - need I say more?).
Anyways, my household is upset about this, so I emailed Comcast, and they sent back a nice email right away telling me that now I need Digital Transport Adapters on my analog TVs. 2 are free , the rest are 1.99/month. Even $6 a month is a lot to me right now.
I have no idea what these things are and I am wondering how they will help my situation if Comcast totally deleted this channel (I called 800COMCAST and they said they totally did away with the TVG Network).. Any thoughts? -- Here is my frustrating chat with the CSR - IS IT JUST ME???
[FONT=&quot]chat id : 6521b6a3-bcd6-4d55-ab25-d9550d8d137f[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Problem : digital transport adapter - what is this?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > digital transport adapter - what is this?[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Hello Kathryn_, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Sunshine. Please give me one moment to review your information.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > How are you today? I will be glad to assist you on your concern.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > hi- I sent an email complaint this morning and they said to contact live chat. I ammmm upset that they took away the tv guide channle because I have 5 TVs on analog with no way of knowing whats on TV now.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > so they siad to get the digital transport adapter- what is that and what does it do?[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Thank you for the information.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > A DTA lets the analog TV display the digital signals. It is very small and plugs directly into any cable ready TV. It also comes with a new, simple remote. Having a DTA simply allows our customers to continue viewing all of their favorite cable channels, using the digital signals.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > I don't understand how that will get me the TV Guide channel because I called comcast yesterday and he told me the channel has been deleted.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Kathryn, let me check the channel for tv guide in your area. I will also check the availability of that channel.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > May I have the service address, please.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > 1*** **** Street ********, CA *****[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Thank you.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > FYI- The comcast rep told me that the channel (#2) was completely deleted. But when I turn on channel 2 it is now the Home Shopping Network, arggg![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Do not worry I will look into this matter.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > I see here that channel 2 is tv guide channel.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > thanks I will try and be patient, lol
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[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > You are most welcome.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > I am glad I was able to assist you on this one effectively.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Do you have other concerns for today? I will be glad to assist you further.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Wait![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Okay[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > I know it SAYS thay it's the TV Guide channel but it is really now the HSN channel and I have searched every channel there is no TVGuide anymore and the phone guy said they deleted it..thats what I am saying[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > It has been like that for almost a week[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > May I ask your cable package please.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > when I say phone guy I mean 1-800COMCAST guy[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > digital starter[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Yes, I get you.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Thank you.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > As what I can see here from our link, channel 2 is tv guide channel.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > I will give you the link as well.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > https://www.comcast.com/Customers/Clu/ChannelLineup.ashx[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > what is the digital transport adapter, and would that help me at all if there no longer is the tv guide channel?[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > DTA is a digital transport adapter.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > It may retrieve the channels that you used to have.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > ? -- The think is - (Please believe me,I am not imagining this) - on the 1 TV that does have digital cable box when I put on channel 2 and click info it does tell me HSN and gives me info about what they are selling, so this has got to be the new line up or something. And the email says that these DTA will solve my problem , I just don't get how if the channel is not there at all. Can you explain? Do you know what I am trying to say?[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > *The thing is-[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Yes, I understand you, Kathryn.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > HSN is in channel 70.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > According to our website.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > I suggest that you will get the dta box then let us see if it is still showing HSN in channel 2.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > no- I am checking.. 70 is QVC , 2 is HSN[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > Oh, we have a different listings.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kathryn_[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > ok, nevermind I willjust call again[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunshine[/FONT][FONT=&quot] > You are a very important customer and it appears you have left the chat. To ensure we provide the best support possible, I will close this window now and ask that you initiate a new chat so that we can provide you with support of your Comcast Services. Thank you.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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My advice is go to Titantv.com and you can get a listing of what's on Comcast in your area if you have a printer hooked up to your computer print the listings and you're good to go.[the DTA does what the CSR says it does btw]
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bicker
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I'm sorry for your financial situation. You can blame those of us who have been pressuring Comcast to increase the amount of digital service that they offer to us. We've pushed them to reclaim a lot of the bandwidth that they've previously devoted to providing you the analog service that you prefer, and redeploy it to serving our needs instead. Actually, Comcast has been lagging behind in this regard -- all their competitors had done so earlier. So essentially, with Comcast now finally heeding our demands for more digital service, that will typically bring an end to the availability of analog cable service in a specific area. It is unfortunate that folks like you end up holding the short stick.

Since money seems to be a big concern with your family, you should look into the service level we have recently switched to in order to save money: Digital Economy. Digital Economy is about $30 per month for a small set of cable channels: A&E, AMC, Animal Planet, BET, Cartoon Network, CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, Disney, E!, Food Network, Fox News, Nickelodeon, Lifetime, Spike TV, USA, Weather Channel. Digital Economy comes with one cable box (or CableCARD) so that provides us all those channels on one outlet. With Digital Economy service, though, I'm not even entitled to any DTAs. (They're only good for the service level one level higher than mine, Digital Starter, and above. The old service level called Expanded Basic is also "higher" than Digital Economy, so you would get DTAs with that service level -- essentially Expanded Basic is just Digital Starter without a digital cable box.) On the other outlets, without cable box, CableCARD or DTAs, we just get the local over-the-air broadcast channels.

I know you have more televisions than that, but the way we figured it, to save money, we can just rely on the one outlet for all the cable programming we care to watch, and just watch local channels (or DVDs, MRV, etc.) on the other televisions.
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To answer your question with more specific information so you can better understand your options I'll start with why they made this change.

Your seeing one of the many analog channels that are being removed completely and offered in digital format only. At some point in the near or long term future (depending on your market) Comcast and most cable companies for that matter will switch everything to digital thus requiring every TV set to have a cable box or a TV with a cablecard based tuner/tru2way tuner. For homes that have many analog sets without cable boxes they plan to rollout a digital to analog converter that will be installed outside of your home which can convert everything at your home instead of the headend thus allowing things to work like they always have. This however is very expensive and is a long ways away.

I'm giving you this information above so you can be prepared for anything that may be coming to your market in the future. I'm giving you information about what Comcast "HAS" done and not what options they "COULD" use.

The reason this is being done is for one reason and one simple word. This word is "bandwidth" and its something cable companies are lacking with the massive surge of HDTV channels along with those higher speed internet options they must offer to compete with other upcoming and available options.

Simply put a lineup of 70 analog channels takes takes up just under "HALF" of the total available bandwidth for all services on an 850Mhz cable network. Simply put you breakdown a network into 6Mhz chunks which are used to hold data/video etc.

1 analog channel uses 6Mhz of space.
5-15 digital channels can fit using 6Mhz of space using MPEG2 compression. The more channels per 6Mhz space the lower the quality per channel.

1-4 HD channels can fit using 6Mhz of space. Most companies have two MPEG2 HD channels per 6Mhz of space. However some cable companies can put 4 720p HD channels using MPEG4 into one 6Mhz space with little quality loss.

Just imagine what Comcast can do in the future for the high profit higher end customers with all of that additional bandwidth for ultrafast internet along with high bitrate 1080p HD channels in the hundreds. This is the only way to future proof their network without running fiber to the home at a very high cost per home. Keep in mind that in five to ten years those high profit higher end customers will be the norm and not the exception.

Also with tru2way once they fully make this switch in say five years from now you most likely will be ready to replace those TV sets for new ones that will feature tru2way ability which allows you to plug in the cable into the back of the TV set and call the cable company to authorize your TV set. This will download the cable companies program guide onto your TV set and allow you to view "ALL" the channels available on your cable company including HD and VOD programs. No cablecard or tech will be required to boot.

I know this is far more information than you needed or even wanted but I felt it would benefit you and others reading this to know what the overall plan is for the cable companies to transition themselves to all digital networks.
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ChrisK114
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Basiccally what a DTA does is convert your analog signals to a digital signal on your analog TV without you having to get full digital service. It gives you the ability to get the basic level of service with a digital signal. It is a small box that you run your cable thru. You will need a remote but it won't give you guide info and such like full digital cable service will. The DTA is free and doesn't have a rental charge. You can go to comcast.com and hit the digital transition option at the top left hand corner to see a video of the DTA in action.
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NVIDIA Told me How to Benchmark RTX Spark

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Bruce
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Paramount +

For the naysayers who did not think this service would make it, just added another 4.9M subscribers and that was after the removal of 1.2M Russia subscribers.

This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.

Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.

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Just noticed, CBS shows on Paramount+ are now same day premieres vs next day, which is how they used to be.

Also in 4K/HDR/DV.

I wonder how providers feel about this, they pay an expensive per sub fee for CBS, who is giving another positive reason to drop Paid Live TV and subscribe to P+.
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Bruce said:
Just noticed, CBS shows on Paramount+ are now same day premieres vs next day, which is how they used to be.

Also in 4K/HDR/DV.

I wonder how providers feel about this, they pay an expensive per sub fee for CBS, who is giving another positive reason to drop Paid Live TV and subscribe to P+.
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So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal. :confused:
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Jimbo said:
So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal. :confused:
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Paramount+ has always had the CBS shows on the CBS local channel and yes with commercials. What they are doing now is releasing the OnDemand versions of the show which I believe they don't release until after the shows air on the west coast. And they will be commercial free if you subscribe to the ad free version of Paramount+.
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b4pjoe said:
Paramount+ has always had the CBS shows on the CBS local channel and yes with commercials. What they are doing now is releasing the OnDemand versions of the show which I believe they don't release until after the shows air on the west coast. And they will be commercial free if you subscribe to the ad free version of Paramount+.
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So, the New season won't be on the same day commercial free ???

Looks like the On Demand will Still be the Next Day ...

If you have the Top tier, you could get the LIVE Network feed same as any Cable or OTA would.
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Key facts

  • Premiere date: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026
  • Release schedule: Weekly on Tuesdays
  • Network: CBS
  • Streaming: Paramount+*
  • Series created by: Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill
*New episodes of NCIS stream live on Paramount+ as they air on CBS for subscribers of the Paramount+ Premium plan. Episodes stream on demand on Paramount+ on the day after they air on CBS for all subscribers.
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Jimbo said:
So, the New season won't be on the same day commercial free ???

Looks like the On Demand will Still be the Next Day ...

If you have the Top tier, you could get the LIVE Network feed same as any Cable or OTA would.
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Key facts

  • Premiere date: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026
  • Release schedule: Weekly on Tuesdays
  • Network: CBS
  • Streaming: Paramount+*
  • Series created by: Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill
*New episodes of NCIS stream live on Paramount+ as they air on CBS for subscribers of the Paramount+ Premium plan. Episodes stream on demand on Paramount+ on the day after they air on CBS for all subscribers.
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Watching it on the CBS local on Paramount+ is the exact same as watching it on your CBS local on your current cable/satellite/mvpd/vMVPD service. The OnDemand versions of it can be released on the same day that it airs but usually it is after the show airs on the west coast so if you have a show at 7:00 pm in your time zone and it airs 3 hours later on the west coast at 10:00 pm your time then they could release it at 11:00 pm your time if it was a one hour show. I really have not checked to see what time I can see the ad free OnDemand shows on Paramount+. I know today that last nights FBI and CIA show did not pop into the Up Next row on my Apple TV until this afternoon. I guess it may have been in Paramount+ since last night but I never checked it.
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b4pjoe said:
Watching it on the CBS local on Paramount+ is the exact same as watching it on your CBS local on your current cable/satellite/mvpd/vMVPD service. The OnDemand versions of it can be released on the same day that it airs but usually it is after the show airs on the west coast so if you have a show at 7:00 pm in your time zone and it airs 3 hours later on the west coast at 10:00 pm your time then they could release it at 11:00 pm your time if it was a one hour show. I really have not checked to see what time I can see the ad free OnDemand shows on Paramount+. I know today that last nights FBI and CIA show did not pop into the Up Next row on my Apple TV until this afternoon. I guess it may have been in Paramount+ since last night but I never checked it.
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I think I read 3am est the next day, somewhere.
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jamieh1
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Directv curated multi view now live

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.
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It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.
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KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.
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But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.
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KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.
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How soon will it be available on Apple TV? Thanks
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But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.
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It's on my Air's.
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"MysteryMan"
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Windows 10/11 Download

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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If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.
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EarDemon said:
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.
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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. ☹️
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WhiteBeard said:
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything. ☹️
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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.

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.
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harshness
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EarDemon said:
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.
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What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.
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harshness said:
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?
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Because it's what I prefer. I know I've said this a few times, I use Open Shell to give me the cascading start menu a la WIN 95 and NT4.0. The only reason I went from Windows Vista to 7 back in the day was because of Classic Shell. I cannot stand anything other than the OG start menu from 30+ years ago. I'm using ExplorerPatcher to give me Windows 10 UI elements of the taskbar and right click context menus.

If you could take a look at how I set up Windows 95, you'd find many similarities to how I use 11.
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I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.
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harshness
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EarDemon said:
Because it's what I prefer.
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I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.
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HipKat
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EarDemon said:
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.
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I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style
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Former member 209992
Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center

Site is slooooow

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.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
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Scott Greczkowski said:
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
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WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
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zipping right along here
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WTF… …What the 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 you :biggrin
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slow_poke_pete said:
wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you :biggrin
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I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:
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Foxbat said:
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:
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OMG to freaking funny :biggrin
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Dish Offers

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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Just checked my account and it shows mgm+ at 8.00 per month, but that has red line drawn thru it and shows 0.00 per month. But it doesn't say how long this lasts,...... 1 month, 3 months, forever. I called customer service to get an answer, and they said nothing like that exists. Should I add the offer or not? Already paying them too much, but want to take advantage of something free.
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Lots of offers on the hopper account app . On the website there are only a few.
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ewindowman said:
Lots of offers on the hopper account app . On the website there are only a few.
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Never had time to use the Hopper 3 account app yet. I also have a Hopper Plus so it's not the same as the Hopper 3 standalone. Will try it when I have more time, need to beat the taxes extension filing deadline first as I am still working on entering the data into the tax software.
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This is what I see when it comes to offers on My Account on the Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com:

AMC+ 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
AMC+ Free for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)
AMC+ 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Cine y Entretenimie 50% off for 3 months

DOGTV 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

DISH Movie Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)

DOGTV 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
DOGTV 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Gallery First Month Free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Heartland Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)

Mexico y Mas 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

MGM+ $0.00/Month not saying how long (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Multi-Sport Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Netflix Standard with Ads, $7.99/month credit toward Netflix Standard with Ads ($.99) month with 24 month DISH commitment
(Only on My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Outdoor Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Paramount+ with SHOWTIME 50% off for three months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)
Paramount+ with SHOWTIME 2 months free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Playboy TV 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Republica Dominicana 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

STARZ 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
STARZ $1.99/month for 2 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)

Sudamerica y Mas 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

UP Faith & Family 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
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bnewt said:
Just checked my account and it shows mgm+ at 8.00 per month, but that has red line drawn thru it and shows 0.00 per month. But it doesn't say how long this lasts,...... 1 month, 3 months, forever. I called customer service to get an answer, and they said nothing like that exists. Should I add the offer or not? Already paying them too much, but want to take advantage of something free.
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look again mine says free for 1 month
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slow_poke_pete said:
look again mine says free for 1 month
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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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Almighty1 said:
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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wonder why it says that
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Song Name Game Part 3!

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Purchased Joey 4 avtivate

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
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jannah
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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. 🙂
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jannah said:
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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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.
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Solid signal has provided the wrong number on their website to activate Dish boxes for years now.
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I don't know if things are different with Dish but when I first rejoined DirecTV a few years ago Solid Signal was able to create my account and activate the equipment I got from them on a self-install without a truck roll.
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Solid signal has provided the wrong number on their website to activate Dish boxes for years now.
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1-800-333-3474. billing or tech support should be able to do it!!!
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jannah said:
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
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just call dish and iggy the number from solid signal!!
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