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and let me say I love Dish, but the only downfall for me personally is the lack of Comcast Sports Houston, The Mountain and the departure of ESPNU, News and ABC Family in HD along with little to no On Demand programming. On top of that Comcast offers a bundled discount of $15 off for those that have their internet service which I do.
Plus, even on top of having to pay the last six months of my contract with Dish at $17.50/ month I'm getting a pretty nice deal with Comcast.
With that said, what's the best way to go about cancelling my account (when I get to that point, I'm not their yet)? Chat, phone?
Finally, I have no way to get on the roof of my apartments and remove the LNB. Will this be a problem?
Your help would be appreciated. I love these here forums and enjoy Dish Network a ton.
Plus, even on top of having to pay the last six months of my contract with Dish at $17.50/ month I'm getting a pretty nice deal with Comcast.
With that said, what's the best way to go about cancelling my account (when I get to that point, I'm not their yet)? Chat, phone?
Finally, I have no way to get on the roof of my apartments and remove the LNB. Will this be a problem?
Your help would be appreciated. I love these here forums and enjoy Dish Network a ton.
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I cancelled a few weeks ago as well. The fact that satellite TV was a great place to get your local sports teams when it first began was one of the reasons I started with Dish 13 years ago. They were first with HD and kept adding it, far surpassing what my crappy cable company had. However, over the years, the cable caught up with Dish with respect to HD (at least channels I cared about), but I stuck with Dish because I loved the DVRs and was used to the whole deal.
However, when Dish dumped SNY I had to bail. Dish had no YES, they dumped MSG, and then SNY. They did not have the MLB network, and when they had SNY it was hit or miss for HD service. With cable, I get all 3 NYC sports RSN stations, in HD all of the time, plus the MLB network, and much better On Demand stuff (like Howard Stern, etc)
It really hurt to leave, but they gave me no choice, being a life long Mets fan. I am now reading that they want to be the "movie leader", and are basically forfeiting Sports to DTV. Big mistake, I think, as getting movies is now one of the easiest things in the world to do. You get them on the internet, downloaded to your TV, iPad, etc. Who needs Dish?
CONTENT is the key, and live sports is an exclusive content. "Movies" can be sourced from unlimited places. Oh well.
Just my opinion.
On topic, I called!
However, when Dish dumped SNY I had to bail. Dish had no YES, they dumped MSG, and then SNY. They did not have the MLB network, and when they had SNY it was hit or miss for HD service. With cable, I get all 3 NYC sports RSN stations, in HD all of the time, plus the MLB network, and much better On Demand stuff (like Howard Stern, etc)
It really hurt to leave, but they gave me no choice, being a life long Mets fan. I am now reading that they want to be the "movie leader", and are basically forfeiting Sports to DTV. Big mistake, I think, as getting movies is now one of the easiest things in the world to do. You get them on the internet, downloaded to your TV, iPad, etc. Who needs Dish?
CONTENT is the key, and live sports is an exclusive content. "Movies" can be sourced from unlimited places. Oh well.
Just my opinion.
On topic, I called!
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I feel your pain. My story is almost identical to yours, I really did have some angst leaving Dish after 10+ years. There has been a bit of a learning curve going back to cable (especially with the crappy program guide), but I haven't missed a Mets game since switching and SNY is HD full time.
I cancelled a few weeks ago as well. The fact that satellite TV was a great place to get your local sports teams when it first began was one of the reasons I started with Dish 13 years ago. They were first with HD and kept adding it, far surpassing what my crappy cable company had. However, over the years, the cable caught up with Dish with respect to HD (at least channels I cared about), but I stuck with Dish because I loved the DVRs and was used to the whole deal.
However, when Dish dumped SNY I had to bail. Dish had no YES, they dumped MSG, and then SNY. They did not have the MLB network, and when they had SNY it was hit or miss for HD service. With cable, I get all 3 NYC sports RSN stations, in HD all of the time, plus the MLB network, and much better On Demand stuff (like Howard Stern, etc)
It really hurt to leave, but they gave me no choice, being a life long Mets fan. I am now reading that they want to be the "movie leader", and are basically forfeiting Sports to DTV. Big mistake, I think, as getting movies is now one of the easiest things in the world to do. You get them on the internet, downloaded to your TV, iPad, etc. Who needs Dish?
CONTENT is the key, and live sports is an exclusive content. "Movies" can be sourced from unlimited places. Oh well.
Just my opinion.
On topic, I called!
I feel your pain. My story is almost identical to yours, I really did have some angst leaving Dish after 10+ years. There has been a bit of a learning curve going back to cable (especially with the crappy program guide), but I haven't missed a Mets game since switching and SNY is HD full time.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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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.
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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I saw that, wasn't sure if PHP was employed by XenForo or not.
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Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
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Yup thats what xenforo is written in, php.
But all patched now.
But all patched now.
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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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Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
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USA and SyFy content is on Peacock, you can the rest of those channels via Philo, only $25 a month.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Booredatwork.com
Time for another AWESOME video from BoredAtWork!
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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Marques Brownlee
Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_4ELeWAgMwo
Direct YouTube Link - ASMR iPhone Duo Unboxing
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Direct YouTube Link - ASMR iPhone Duo Unboxing
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
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