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I am using Dish which has a remote that puts the picture you are
watching up on the right corner when you are using the remote to
check programs etc. Does the Voom remote do this? Thanks,

Old Geaser





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thegrod
Re: [VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.

Linkinkorn kid,
Well here's the root of the problem. Someone who works for VOOM giving an
incorrect or, at least, incomplete answer. The question, as I understand
it, was whether VOOM had a picture in the corner while you were checking out
the guide to check for other programs. That is exactly how it works. While
VOOM does not do PIP in standard viewing mode it does have a preview box
while you are checking out the IPG. Do you guys actually use VOOM at home?
----- Original Message -----
From: "linkinkorn_kid" <linkinkorn_kid@yahoo.com>
To: <VOOM@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: [VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.


>
>
> --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "ham100x" <n7tko@v...> wrote:
>
>>
>> I am using Dish which has a remote that puts the picture you are
>> watching up on the right corner when you are using the remote to
>> check programs etc. Does the Voom remote do this? Thanks,
>>
>> Old Geaser

>
> ((( Hello I work with VOOM! Im a sales rep so I can answer a lot of
> your questions for any of you ok!For starters you were wondering if
> VOOM! Have the picture in picture? Currently we don't,But were always
> added new things to our service.The upcoming months we do in fact
> have a lot of great things coming out!))))) We also have the
> website Im sure you saw already www.VOOM.com or you can always call
> 1-800-GET-VOOM we are always open 24hrs aday.(( Like I said we adding
> new things shortly to our service I do know lot of us did make
> request about the picture in picture.Do you have any other questions?
> LinkinKorn_Kid
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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>




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Jarrett Campbell
Re: [VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.

One thing I've learned over time is that technophiles (like many of us
here) tend to communicate in a way that seems very clear to us but
does not quite get understood by CSRs or sales folks when trying to
talk about technology products.

It drives me nuts when I call my local PC support line at work and I
know more about the PC than they do. I couldn't believe how difficult
it was to get details about my HDTV when buying it, from a Home
Theater specialty store, no less.

Of course, I can say the same thing about my job. Some of my
customers seem to know our products better than we do. They eat,
sleep, and breathe these things. I try to leave them behind at 5pm
every evening. It would be interesting to know the number of Voom
CSRs, sales, and install personnel that have Voom installed in their
homes. I think if I ran Voom (or any mass media outlet), I'd provide
the service to my employees as a perk of the job (but justify it by
the "education" that my employees would be getting on their own time).

I'm glad we've got Voom folks here in the forum. Hopefully, together,
we can develop a jargon and communcation language that's effective
between us. That said, I do hope that this list can continue to be a
constructive dialogue and Q&A forum. I'm sure we'll all get tired if
ever answer to every question becomes "Just wait 'til you see what
we've got coming next quarter!" :)




On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:29:26 -0800, thegrod <bruceg@htva.net> wrote:
> Linkinkorn kid,
> Well here's the root of the problem. Someone who works for VOOM giving an
> incorrect or, at least, incomplete answer.



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linkinkorn_kid
[VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.

Hello "thegrod",
This is LinkinKorn_Kid!!
The way I understand the question was if there was a way to see
another programming station in another picture so there you would be
watching two different programming at once.If so we don't have it at
this time,now with our new dvr coming out,that might have something
on there like that.Since it's not out yet,currently I don't know!
Now, If the question was if you pull up the main pop screen menu
looking for which shows are coming up what ours does is of course
make the movie or show your watching small in the righthand side and
then you will see the lettering of what showing ,but there will not
be a preview pic of whats up coming on! i hope I answered the
question.Thanks! By the way you all have excellent questions!
LinkinKorn_Kid
Laters!









--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "thegrod" <bruceg@h...> wrote:Linkinkorn
kid,
>
> Well here's the root of the problem. Someone who works for VOOM

giving an
> incorrect or, at least, incomplete answer. The question, as I

understand
> it, was whether VOOM had a picture in the corner while you were

checking out
> the guide to check for other programs. That is exactly how it

works. While
> VOOM does not do PIP in standard viewing mode it does have a

preview box
> while you are checking out the IPG. Do you guys actually use VOOM

at home?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "linkinkorn_kid" <linkinkorn_kid@y...>
> To: <VOOM@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:20 AM
> Subject: [VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.
>
>
> >
> >
> > --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "ham100x" <n7tko@v...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I am using Dish which has a remote that puts the picture you are
> >> watching up on the right corner when you are using the remote to
> >> check programs etc. Does the Voom remote do this? Thanks,
> >>
> >> Old Geaser

> >
> > ((( Hello I work with VOOM! Im a sales rep so I can answer a lot

of
> > your questions for any of you ok!For starters you were wondering

if
> > VOOM! Have the picture in picture? Currently we don't,But were

always
> > added new things to our service.The upcoming months we do in fact
> > have a lot of great things coming out!))))) We also have the
> > website Im sure you saw already www.VOOM.com or you can always

call
> > 1-800-GET-VOOM we are always open 24hrs aday.(( Like I said we

adding
> > new things shortly to our service I do know lot of us did make
> > request about the picture in picture.Do you have any other

questions?
> > LinkinKorn_Kid
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >






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linkinkorn_kid
[VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.

Hello "thegrod",
This is LinkinKorn_Kid!!
The way I understand the question was if there was a way to see
another programming station in another picture so there you would be
watching two different programming at once.If so we don't have it at
this time,now with our new dvr coming out,that might have something
on there like that.Since it's not out yet,currently I don't know!
Now, If the question was if you pull up the main pop screen menu
looking for which shows are coming up what ours does is of course
make the movie or show your watching small in the righthand side and
then you will see the lettering of what showing ,but there will not
be a preview pic of whats up coming on! i hope I answered the
question.Thanks! By the way you all have excellent questions!
LinkinKorn_Kid
Laters!









--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "thegrod" <bruceg@h...> wrote:Linkinkorn
kid,
>
> Well here's the root of the problem. Someone who works for VOOM

giving an
> incorrect or, at least, incomplete answer. The question, as I

understand
> it, was whether VOOM had a picture in the corner while you were

checking out
> the guide to check for other programs. That is exactly how it

works. While
> VOOM does not do PIP in standard viewing mode it does have a

preview box
> while you are checking out the IPG. Do you guys actually use VOOM

at home?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "linkinkorn_kid" <linkinkorn_kid@y...>
> To: <VOOM@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:20 AM
> Subject: [VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.
>
>
> >
> >
> > --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "ham100x" <n7tko@v...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I am using Dish which has a remote that puts the picture you are
> >> watching up on the right corner when you are using the remote to
> >> check programs etc. Does the Voom remote do this? Thanks,
> >>
> >> Old Geaser

> >
> > ((( Hello I work with VOOM! Im a sales rep so I can answer a lot

of
> > your questions for any of you ok!For starters you were wondering

if
> > VOOM! Have the picture in picture? Currently we don't,But were

always
> > added new things to our service.The upcoming months we do in fact
> > have a lot of great things coming out!))))) We also have the
> > website Im sure you saw already www.VOOM.com or you can always

call
> > 1-800-GET-VOOM we are always open 24hrs aday.(( Like I said we

adding
> > new things shortly to our service I do know lot of us did make
> > request about the picture in picture.Do you have any other

questions?
> > LinkinKorn_Kid
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >






------------------------
linkinkorn_kid
[VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.

Hello "thegrod",
This is LinkinKorn_Kid!!
The way I understand the question was if there was a way to see
another programming station in another picture so there you would be
watching two different programming at once.If so we don't have it at
this time,now with our new dvr coming out,that might have something
on there like that.Since it's not out yet,currently I don't know!
Now, If the question was if you pull up the main pop screen menu
looking for which shows are coming up what ours does is of course
make the movie or show your watching small in the righthand side and
then you will see the lettering of what showing ,but there will not
be a preview pic of whats up coming on! i hope I answered the
question.Thanks! By the way you all have excellent questions!
LinkinKorn_Kid
Laters!









--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "thegrod" <bruceg@h...> wrote:Linkinkorn
kid,
>
> Well here's the root of the problem. Someone who works for VOOM

giving an
> incorrect or, at least, incomplete answer. The question, as I

understand
> it, was whether VOOM had a picture in the corner while you were

checking out
> the guide to check for other programs. That is exactly how it

works. While
> VOOM does not do PIP in standard viewing mode it does have a

preview box
> while you are checking out the IPG. Do you guys actually use VOOM

at home?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "linkinkorn_kid" <linkinkorn_kid@y...>
> To: <VOOM@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:20 AM
> Subject: [VOOM] Re: A question on remote use.
>
>
> >
> >
> > --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "ham100x" <n7tko@v...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I am using Dish which has a remote that puts the picture you are
> >> watching up on the right corner when you are using the remote to
> >> check programs etc. Does the Voom remote do this? Thanks,
> >>
> >> Old Geaser

> >
> > ((( Hello I work with VOOM! Im a sales rep so I can answer a lot

of
> > your questions for any of you ok!For starters you were wondering

if
> > VOOM! Have the picture in picture? Currently we don't,But were

always
> > added new things to our service.The upcoming months we do in fact
> > have a lot of great things coming out!))))) We also have the
> > website Im sure you saw already www.VOOM.com or you can always

call
> > 1-800-GET-VOOM we are always open 24hrs aday.(( Like I said we

adding
> > new things shortly to our service I do know lot of us did make
> > request about the picture in picture.Do you have any other

questions?
> > LinkinKorn_Kid
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >






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K
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'Rockford Files' Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order

I grow tired of all the reboots. Most I don't bother with but will depend on the actor chosen.
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January? OK.

I'm sure I will check it out. Not getting my hopes up but I did enjoy the actor in SEAL Team. Never saw any of his earlier work.
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Yeah, I'll check it out as well, but shan't be holding my breath...It'll be tough to equal James Garner in that role...
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...It'll be tough to equal James Garner in that role...
I can think of a few actors (including some females) who might fit the bill.

This will all depend on the storyline. I'm not sure how well it will translate. Modern TV hasn't been all that kind to PIs and even less kind to CIs (confidential informants).
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Premier is Saturday, Jan 2nd. Moving to Thursday on the 7th.
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M
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.

Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd​ scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.

It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list. :mad:

Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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dishstaller
I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
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I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
I am not sure about that but I do know that you could manually add additional channels just by entering the actual RF channel number and the older receivers would add the virtual channels to your list
dishstaller
I am not sure about that but I do know that you could manually add additional channels just by entering the actual RF channel number and the older receivers would add the virtual channels to your list
Like I said.....that has been many years ago. Swapped my 722K for a Hopper in 2012.

It does seem like I remember having to delete the existing channels when we did a rescan. Back then our local stations KEPT monkeying around with things and it was non-stop complaints from customers about their channels not coming in. Got so bad that I stopped selling OR installing OTAs....something I had been doing since 1984 so you know it HAD to be pretty bad.
M
You made one of my points for me with this comment, Dishstaller:

"... local stations KEPT monkeying around with things and it was non-stop complaints from customers about their channels not coming in ..."
dennispap
I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
I remember that also on my 722.
dishstaller
I remember that also on my 722.
Thanks.....has been too many years to remember clearly.
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Bobby
Keep in mind that the 722 had a built in OTA tuner and the 722K had a plug in module for OTA. The Hoppers and Wallys use an add on USB OTA dongle. I believe they are entirely different.
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osu1991
Finished the 2nd episode tonight. I'm really liking it so far.

Still hate weekly releases though, especially the way Disney and HBO do it waiting until 8pm to premiere it.
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Apparently I'm not a big enough nerd🤓 since I did not read every Marvel Comic Book ever published. If I had, I might be comparing the comics' version of events compared to what's transpiring in "Visionquest". So, I am enjoying the series a lot, not weighed down by previous expectations, knowing only the Avengers MCU movies and the "Wandavision" / "Agatha All Along" TV series.

I found the Mr Know-it-All channel from his discussion about "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" and he's been gleefully picking these episodes apart, referencing the Marvel comics from the 1939 on. Turns out A.I. has been around since before World War II, at least in the comics. (Robots before that, yes, yes.) This show is going back into the archives.
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I'm expecting the finale to basically bring Vision into play for the Doomsday movie next month.
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annoying they went with single episodes for the last two after releasing two a week for the first 3 weeks
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annoying they went with single episodes for the last two after releasing two a week for the first 3 weeks
I thought they were effectively releasing a longer episode 7 and 8 instead of shorter episodes 7 & 8 this week and 9 & 10 next week. It felt like they were packing more into this episode.

edit: But you're right, the run time of the first three pairs of episodes was 100 minutes on average. Episode 7 clocks in at 65 minutes. 😕
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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....
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The following is from Reddit. -
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gemini.webp

There appears to be a new DIRECTV Gemini OTT box, the C81KW-650.

The FCC listing is partially available, and a Geekbench entry confirms it uses an Amlogic S905X5, a solid SoC for a set-top box.

I also see 4GB of RAM, and the manufacturer is SEI Robotics.

DIRECTV C81KW OTT Box - Android TV Guide

Ok found a picture of the Box too on Reddit:


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/DirectvStream/comments/1twlex0/comment/opzeqi1/
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I know a few people who have gotten one and I am told like most modern streaming boxes this one also has HDR on all the time.
Tom Speer
I know a few people who have gotten one and I am told like most modern streaming boxes this one also has HDR on all the time.
I only noticed that as a problem on TVs that handle HDR poorly. They don't have enough peak brightness or enough dimming zones. For instance, TCL makes three lines of TV, sort of like the old Sears model of Good, Better, Best. On my 4 or 5 year end low price model, HDR looked awful (My neighbor likes the TV now). The midrange model from the next model year ithat I have at my Lake home now looks pretty good in HDR all the time. The midrange TCL QM7 model from last year at my other home looks spectacular, as I remember. I haven't seen it for 6 months.

If I had a TV that does HDR poorly, I would configure the Gemini to disable all HDR.
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I only noticed that as a problem on TVs that handle HDR poorly. They don't have enough peak brightness or enough dimming zones. For instance, TCL makes three lines of TV, sort of like the old Sears model of Good, Better, Best. On my 4 or 5 year end low price mode, HDR looked awful (My neighbor likes the TV now). The midrannge model from the next model year ithat I have at my Lake home now looks pretty good in HDR all the time. The midrange TCL QM7 model from last year at my other home looks spectacular, as I remember. I haven't seen it for 6 months.

If I had a TV that does HDR poorly, I would configure the Gemini to disble all HDR.
I agree with that. The 2 LGs that we have Gemini's on looks far better with HDR enabled then it does with HDR off.
R
I know a few people who have gotten one and I am told like most modern streaming boxes this one also has HDR on all the time.
That would be a deal-breaker for me. The Rokus default to having it on all the time but it's easy enough to change that to native. If the content is HDR it goes on. Otherwise, no.
R
I don't mind HDR being on as long as its adaptive. I don't need HDR on non-HDR content

Also, God only knows how much it'll cost to get this per month. 10 bucks a month for 3 TVs in my apartment is not worth it if I can just use my android boxes and appletv to watch
b4pjoe
I don't mind HDR being on as long as its adaptive. I don't need HDR on non-HDR content

Also, God only knows how much it'll cost to get this per month. 10 bucks a month for 3 TVs in my apartment is not worth it if I can just use my android boxes and appletv to watch
It is not adaptive. HDR is either always on or off. No in between. However with my Gemini on satellite everything looks much better with HDR on.
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