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rufwork
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I just discontinued my Flex service [until the NFL starts back up], and was planning on moving my entertainment console away from the coax since the DB2 works well as an indoor antenna and we'd rather have the TV on the other side of the room now.

Beforehand, just for fun, I tuned Dish on to see if I still got anything. In addition to the home shopping stuff, I noticed the month's free previews (Bravo, SyFy, Hallmark, etc, iirc) still come in.

How long does this last? Will I also get new previews for free as a sort of enticement to come back? Is it useful to keep the receiver hooked up? I own it, so it's not going anywhere.

I did search around, and it looked for a minute like "Free to air"/FTA was the search term I wanted, but that's apparently not the case. I'm not sure what you call Dish freebees after you've stopped paying...
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gdunn2
Back in the day before Flex was started I had Dish Now. As long as the receiver was connected the free preview channels appeared each month along with Nasa and a few other shopping networks. There are more free preview channels now likely because of the economy? I think as long as your receiver stays in the stream you will continue to see the preview channels.

Gary Dunn
Lind, WA
rufwork
Back in the day before Flex was started I had Dish Now. As long as the receiver was connected the free preview channels appeared each month along with Nasa and a few other shopping networks. There are more free preview channels now likely because of the economy? I think as long as your receiver stays in the stream you will continue to see the preview channels.

Ack! This complicates things rearranging the living room a bit. I was wondering if I just got the rest of the month or new previews as well. Interesting to know I could very well get more as we go along, and thank you for the reply. I get the feeling I'll come to know Bravo and Hallmark better than I figured I would over the next week or so... I'll report back after another month or so.

Thanks!
rrob311
I still got AMC after I turned off my service and a couple others which I can't remember until I returned my receiver.
rufwork
Well, on the down low :cool:, I'm still getting all the home shopping networks, NASA, each months' free previews, and some other odd channels.

It's really sad. Often, the best thing to watch on TV remains Dish's previews even when I'm not paying for it. planet green has some great stuff on right now, and epix 1 & 2 are running some pretty good movies this weekend.

If the goal was to ensure I didn't forget how much I liked having Dish, it's working.
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I believe it has something to do with "free previews" being something like public access channels. The shopping channels, as well as some others, are not coded to a package per se, they come through when you have signal regardless of subscription type (or lack of, apparently). I believe that they code "free previews" similar to public access for however long they are to be available on that "trial" period. Its easier to give them to everyone that way.
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Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?

Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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Dos cackleberrys over easy on top of 2 corned beef hash patties fried in skillet... Chocolate milk.
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Cold morning today, only 32 degrees. Fired up the oven and made cinnamon rolls (from a tube) and a pot of coffee.
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2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

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Breakfast Quesadillas. Grilled flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped green chile, cheddar & Jack cheese and bacon. Coffee.

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Taco omelette. 3 eggs, taco meat from yesterday, diced green chilis, cheddar cheese, chopped red onion, avocado, black olives, chopped tomato, La Victoria Salsa Brava.

This one was really, really good!
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Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.
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My Mom was a huge McMillan & Wife fan.

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Mcmillan and wife was where I remember her from, R.I.P. ...
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Some of the channels start next week.

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My favorite is probably Holiday Pops.
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It's not even Halloween yet.
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I like the Jimmy Fallon channel. This will be its third year. I like that it's all fresh each year. Also fun when he pops on live from time to time.
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Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.
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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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Show and Tell - Al Wilson
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The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
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