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KWarner

Last reply Jun 8, 2011 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Stuck In Uverse Hell- Thinking of Going Back to Dish, Need Feedback

Hi,

I have been a Dish customer for over 15 years. Account is currently on hold while I tried out Uverse. My HD quality sucks on Uverse, their customer service is the worst I've ever experienced and the DVR is terrible. The whole house DVR system is hated by wife/kids. I'm not very fond of it either. However, I LOVE MLB Network and On Demand, YES Network is great too. I read on here a while back that there is some talk of HBO on Demand coming to Dish. Any update on that? Does anyone think that Dish will EVER add MLB? I know YES will never happen. How are the current On Demand selections on Dish? they were adding a lot when I switched. My internet is fast enough to stream HD (the one good thing I will keep with Uverse) so I'm very interested in on demand stuff.

Finally, I have a 722 with EHD. What is everyone's opinion on the 922. Should I go for it for $200 or am I just as well off with $99 sling promo. I truly would appreciate some informed opinions. I would love some "insider" thoughts from the Dish guys who hang out here as well as loyal forum members. I really wanted to like Uverse, but it just isn't very good. I am very interested in thoughts/opinions on MLB and HBO on Demand eventual availability. No need to say "soon". I get the joke. Sorry for length, but I really need some help here before my wife/kids throw the Uverse DVR through the window!

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KWarner

Jun 8, 2011

This is all very helpful, please keep it coming. For what it's worth my 722 has been the most stable DVR I have ever owned. I loved it, especially with the seamless (in my case anyway) intergration with the EHD. Dodger King- You are right he is never on any shows. I believe this is "drum solo" week on Letterman. But check info it is tonight or Thursday now that I think about it.

JEFFinINDY

Jun 8, 2011

Luckily I haven't had the "over full" issue - that would really suck. I'd probably switch providers if my DVR ever erased all my programs for any reason other than hardware failure.

Jhon69

Jun 8, 2011

KWarner said:
This is all very helpful, please keep it coming. For what it's worth my 722 has been the most stable DVR I have ever owned. I loved it, especially with the seamless (in my case anyway) intergration with the EHD. Dodger King- You are right he is never on any shows. I believe this is "drum solo" week on Letterman. But check info it is tonight or Thursday now that I think about it.

Now are you talking about just a 722? not the "k",with the 722k when you get the MT2(OTA Dual Over The Air Tuner Module) with it, you can record up to 4 programs at once (2 OTA+2Satellite) while watching a previously recorded program.It's what I use because I could not see paying$200. upfront for something(922) I was going to lease,then there is the $4. extra on the DVR fee making it $10. a month.

So far I really like it!.

KWarner

Jun 8, 2011

Is the MT2 hardware I can add to an existing 722 or is it a whole different DVR? Right now I have a regular 722.

Thanks

KAB

Jun 8, 2011

KWarner said:
Is the MT2 hardware I can add to an existing 722 or is it a whole different DVR? Right now I have a regular 722.

Thanks

No. Only the 722K.

Frank Jr.

Jun 8, 2011

KWarner take heed to what Scott has posted. The 722k is a good box. Your postings about uverse are 100% accurate. I had it installed in my mothers house for a while and the only thing great about uverse I can say is their SD picture quality is good. I was amazed how terrible their customer service is. I could go on and on about uverse but I would not be telling you anything you don't already know. I don't know how many receivers you will need but if you go back with Dish watch out for the dual tuner/ DVR fee for the additional boxes after the first one. Directv has a great product as well. Just compare the programming between the two.

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iJustine

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iJustine

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New PROLED MacBook Pro!

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"MysteryMan"

Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply 14 minutes ago · posted in Computers and Gadgets

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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EarDemon

Oct 13, 2026

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.

WhiteBeard

Oct 13, 2026

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.

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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EarDemon

Oct 14, 2026

WhiteBeard said:
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

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.

harshness

Oct 15, 2026

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.

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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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

harshness said:
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?

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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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

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.

harshness

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
Because it's what I prefer.

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.

HipKat

Oct 16, 2026

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.

I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style

"MysteryMan"

14 minutes ago

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16 minutes ago · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Windows Weekly 1007

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply 40 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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

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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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harshness

Today at 9:54 AM

Show and Tell - Al Wilson

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Today at 10:24 AM

On with the Show - The Rolling Stones

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Today at 10:41 AM

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Today at 11:20 AM

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Van

Last reply 45 minutes ago · posted in What's Cooking?

Whats for breakfast?

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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dfergie

Oct 17, 2026

Dos cackleberrys over easy on top of 2 corned beef hash patties fried in skillet... Chocolate milk.

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TRG

Oct 17, 2026

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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TRG

Thursday at 4:10 PM

2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

TRG

Sunday at 1:40 PM

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

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45 minutes ago

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