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1. I still do not believe in Rex Ryan as a head coach of a Super Bowl champion, but I have to admit he cracks me up. He keeps the upper hand on the NY media, which very few managers/coaches have been able to do without sucking up to them. Rex is defiant at every step.
2. The Vikings should play outdoors all the time. Make it happen, Zig-man!
3. The Giants punt coverage...jeesh. The Sal Alosi chorus line does a better job.
4. I love Jason Terry. What a fantastic player. Drives teams crazy. Right on the verge of superstardom.
5. Tom Brady is a generational talent...but he needs like four haircuts.
6. What up Orlando? Looked very strange on the court last night against Atlanta.
7. Ray Hudson, the soccer analyst on GolTV English version, is amazing to listen to. Every telecast, especially those involving Real Madrid or Barcelona, is a treat.
8. Last night David Backes of the Blues and one of the Canucks are going to the boards and the Canucks player is high sticked. Turns out on replay his own stick went into the boards and he butt-ended himself in the face, but the refs assumed it was Backes's stick, so he got the penalty. There were three minutes left in the game and Vancouver was up one, they scored on the power play and effectively ended the game.
The St Louis announcers (John Kelly and Darren Pang) are two of the best and they handled the entire situation with objectivity and class. They said it was bad luck, people have to remember the Blues sometimes get bad calls that also go their way...and such is life. I can think of MANY hockey and basketball announcers who would have gone ballistic in that situation and blamed everything on the refs. And perhaps even a few posters...you know who you are!
9. May sound silly, but I love how Jack Edwards describes hockey fights like it's a heavyweight championship bout (and another right...and ANOTHER right!). Funny as heck, and he gets just as excited when a Bruin is getting hit as when one is doing the hitting.
But Edwards is one of those announcers who would have gone ballistic about a bad call that looks like it decides a game. I'm looking at you too, Mickey Redmond and Jeff Rimer.
10. ......aaaaaaaaaaaand Potvin still sucks. He just does.
11. Anyone who thinks there was the remotest chance Zach Greinke was going to come to the Yankees (or the Red Sox or the Phillies or the Mets) is not paying close enough attention.
12. Anyone see the NFL Films show on Vernon Davis? Amazing. From showing him do super-human things at the combine to his relationship with Singletary to his involvement with the US curling team, every second was interesting.
13. How about the Lombardi show on HBO? Anyone? Buehler? Anyone? MUCH more to the man than what I thought going in.
14. Wow, there are so many weak teams in the NBA. The Knicks ran off like 12 or 14 in a row by beating a lot of them...and the Knicks are one of the weak teams!
15. Anyone root for their country of ancestry when they play the USA in any sport? Not me. I would even root for Lebron against Italy in basketball. Four years ago the US played Italy in the World Cup, and I was outraged that the guy I was dating at the time said he was rooting for Italy. 'I'm Italian' he said, which , even though I'm full blooded, I followed with 'WELL I'M AMERICAN!!!' That one didn't last long.
16. Gonna miss being in Cabo at a beach bar on New Years Day
getting a bunch of Australians and everyone else in the bar going crazy for the Buckeyes. That was fun.
17. Well my wedding dress came back for first fitting and it's MUCH more low cut than when I first tried it on months ago. Cleavage is one thing, but this made me look like an Amsterdam hooker in the window. I think not. For the insane amount this dress is costing, it better be exactly right.
18. Up to around 430 wedding guests. The over/under is 500, and don't bet on the under just yet. Changed banquet facilities twice because we keep outgrowing them. Twelve limos. Twelve freaking limos. Four bazillion flowers and counting. There are two towns on the Amalfi Coast where the last one out is going to have to turn out the lights before they head to America. Five brothers walking me down the aisle. Still haven't figured out the logistics on that one. I'm gonna have a long train and I see us all going down like a bunch of Fraziers. At my brother's house last week, three sisters-in-law, me and my mom planning things...AGAIN...and my little niece says 'why are weddings so complicated?' Amen to that!!!
If my poor sweetheart survives this, he'll survive anything.
19. Ranger fans getting carried away as usual because of a few wins...I guess they're no different from fans of any other team in any sport. But some have started talking about Staal and Girardi being the best shut down d-men in the league. Clearly they need to watch more hockey than just the Rangers.
20. I'm probably the last person to be a cheerleader for my teams on here, which is ironic because I'm probably the only poster here who actually WAS a cheerleader in high school!
Happy Holidays to all!!!
Sandra
2. The Vikings should play outdoors all the time. Make it happen, Zig-man!
3. The Giants punt coverage...jeesh. The Sal Alosi chorus line does a better job.
4. I love Jason Terry. What a fantastic player. Drives teams crazy. Right on the verge of superstardom.
5. Tom Brady is a generational talent...but he needs like four haircuts.
6. What up Orlando? Looked very strange on the court last night against Atlanta.
7. Ray Hudson, the soccer analyst on GolTV English version, is amazing to listen to. Every telecast, especially those involving Real Madrid or Barcelona, is a treat.
8. Last night David Backes of the Blues and one of the Canucks are going to the boards and the Canucks player is high sticked. Turns out on replay his own stick went into the boards and he butt-ended himself in the face, but the refs assumed it was Backes's stick, so he got the penalty. There were three minutes left in the game and Vancouver was up one, they scored on the power play and effectively ended the game.
The St Louis announcers (John Kelly and Darren Pang) are two of the best and they handled the entire situation with objectivity and class. They said it was bad luck, people have to remember the Blues sometimes get bad calls that also go their way...and such is life. I can think of MANY hockey and basketball announcers who would have gone ballistic in that situation and blamed everything on the refs. And perhaps even a few posters...you know who you are!
9. May sound silly, but I love how Jack Edwards describes hockey fights like it's a heavyweight championship bout (and another right...and ANOTHER right!). Funny as heck, and he gets just as excited when a Bruin is getting hit as when one is doing the hitting.
But Edwards is one of those announcers who would have gone ballistic about a bad call that looks like it decides a game. I'm looking at you too, Mickey Redmond and Jeff Rimer.
10. ......aaaaaaaaaaaand Potvin still sucks. He just does.
11. Anyone who thinks there was the remotest chance Zach Greinke was going to come to the Yankees (or the Red Sox or the Phillies or the Mets) is not paying close enough attention.
12. Anyone see the NFL Films show on Vernon Davis? Amazing. From showing him do super-human things at the combine to his relationship with Singletary to his involvement with the US curling team, every second was interesting.
13. How about the Lombardi show on HBO? Anyone? Buehler? Anyone? MUCH more to the man than what I thought going in.
14. Wow, there are so many weak teams in the NBA. The Knicks ran off like 12 or 14 in a row by beating a lot of them...and the Knicks are one of the weak teams!
15. Anyone root for their country of ancestry when they play the USA in any sport? Not me. I would even root for Lebron against Italy in basketball. Four years ago the US played Italy in the World Cup, and I was outraged that the guy I was dating at the time said he was rooting for Italy. 'I'm Italian' he said, which , even though I'm full blooded, I followed with 'WELL I'M AMERICAN!!!' That one didn't last long.
16. Gonna miss being in Cabo at a beach bar on New Years Day
getting a bunch of Australians and everyone else in the bar going crazy for the Buckeyes. That was fun.
17. Well my wedding dress came back for first fitting and it's MUCH more low cut than when I first tried it on months ago. Cleavage is one thing, but this made me look like an Amsterdam hooker in the window. I think not. For the insane amount this dress is costing, it better be exactly right.
18. Up to around 430 wedding guests. The over/under is 500, and don't bet on the under just yet. Changed banquet facilities twice because we keep outgrowing them. Twelve limos. Twelve freaking limos. Four bazillion flowers and counting. There are two towns on the Amalfi Coast where the last one out is going to have to turn out the lights before they head to America. Five brothers walking me down the aisle. Still haven't figured out the logistics on that one. I'm gonna have a long train and I see us all going down like a bunch of Fraziers. At my brother's house last week, three sisters-in-law, me and my mom planning things...AGAIN...and my little niece says 'why are weddings so complicated?' Amen to that!!!
If my poor sweetheart survives this, he'll survive anything.
19. Ranger fans getting carried away as usual because of a few wins...I guess they're no different from fans of any other team in any sport. But some have started talking about Staal and Girardi being the best shut down d-men in the league. Clearly they need to watch more hockey than just the Rangers.
20. I'm probably the last person to be a cheerleader for my teams on here, which is ironic because I'm probably the only poster here who actually WAS a cheerleader in high school!
Happy Holidays to all!!!
Sandra
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Thanks to Fitch Ratings ( who gives the ratings on Credit and debt, as approved by the SEC, so they have accurate numbers) we have the totals.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
DIRECTV's video subscriber base is the third-largest traditional multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD) in the U.S. with about 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 1Q26.
The last time it was reported, it was 8.8M at the end of 2Q25, so only a 600,000 loss for 3 quarters, which is a major improvement, since for many years before that, it was losing 500,000 a quarter, 2 Million a year.
It is now losing less than Dish/Sling combined, I believe the Genre Packs are helping to retain and get subscribers.
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Recently came back to DirectTV Satellite service and have two boxes, Gemini and a main HR54.
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
DirecTV is charging me two "TV access fees" of $10 each, but can only watch TV on the one without the server. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I feel like this was discussed in another thread, but I can't find it. I have T-Mobile and my last iPhone upgrade was in 2020. I want to get a new iPhone, but what is the best way to go about doing it? Should I order the iPhone from T-Mobile directly, or should I buy from the Apple Store? I feel like there are pros/cons to each option.
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I have a Hopper with Sling. (Don't know exact model.) A couple nights ago, I went into the DVR screen, and noted that it was recording three programs. Yet I was able to view live TV (that was not one of the channels being recorded.) Did something change? In the past, it would only let me watch one of the channels being recorded, or any recording in the DVR menu. Maybe it was streaming, although there was no indication of that?
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
Apologies if this has been covered; I searched and didn't find anything.
Thanks.
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Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YJjxjYvmQ8s
Direct YouTube Link - Good Bye, Tim! Last WWDC
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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YJjxjYvmQ8s
Direct YouTube Link - Good Bye, Tim! Last WWDC
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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WANTED DirecTV LCC
Anyone have a DirecTV Local Channel Connector that you'd like to get rid of at a reasonable price? DirecTV is currently in a contract dispute with owner of my local ABC affiliate.
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I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
Could be out of them I guess ... I'd keep trying, every 3-4 days.I did that. The response was that the LCC is not available. Escalated the issue to a tech support person with the same results.
If they are not out of them as them WHY you can't get one, seeing Your in a Dispute. Thats what they are for.
I would make them give you a real answer, don't let them off the hook.
I had one, and it worked well, but I believe I gave it to another D* friend (also had a AM21), I know I gave them away ...
According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
I'm not sure your going to find any Refurbished ones as D* doesn't ask for them back.According to the tech support guy, they don't have any in stock. He said I should receive an email when and if they have them. I even told him I would accept a refurbished unit.
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, premieres on HBO Max on 8/21. I will be warching
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View: https://youtu.be/fNwwt25mheo
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'Game of Thrones' spinoff 'House of the Dragon' fires up release date at HBO, drops new character pics
The wait’s felt a little like watching for a dragon egg to hatch, but HBO’s hugely anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series finally has a release date. House of the Dragon will debut the first of its initial 10-episode season this summer, the network revealed today in a series of tweets that...
View: https://youtu.be/fNwwt25mheo
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