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I am new here, but I have visited the site to learn information in the past and am very knowledgeable about technology. I just joined today so I could express my thoughts about the Hopper system and to share/get ideas about setting it up.
My family currently has a 722k Duo set up in our home theater room. We have the receiver set up to output both TV1 (downscaled to SD on channel 60) and TV2 (SD on channel 62) over coax into our home distribution. So in a way we currently have whole-home DVR, but only one of our TVs is displaying HD and we can only watch two programs at once. The Hopper/Joey system seems like a great way to get HD to other TVs and allow us to watch more programs at once, but for us it is not very cost-effective at all. Here's a rundown of what we have and what it would cost to upgrade:
722k home theater: Free
DVR: $6
Living room (distribution over coax): Free
Bedroom 1 (distribution over coax): Free
Bedroom 2 (distribution over coax): Free
Office (distribution over coax): Free
Exercise room (distribution over coax): Free
Total: $6
Hopper home theater: free
DVR: $6
Whole-house: $4
Joey living room HD: $7
Hopper Bedroom 1 SD (plan to upgrade to HDTV): $7
Joey Bedroom 2 SD: $7
Joey Office SD: $7
Joey Exercise room SD: $7
Total: $45
Upfront cost: $299
As I was thinking about this I came up with an idea. I'm not even completely sure it would work. But first, I need a question answered. Does anyone know if it is possible for OTA signals and MoCA to coexist on the same coax line?
If it can, here is my idea. If we get 1 Hopper and 2 Joeys we can have a very complex set up, but it would work for our needs. We can put the Hopper in the home theater and put a Joey in the living room to get HD. If we put the second Joey in the home theater room, we can take the SD output, take it through a modulator, and take the RF out to our home distribution.
This way it still works for our entire house and would only cost $18 extra instead of $39 extra. Since the TVs in our home theater room and living room are our two main televisions, those are really the only two that need HD. Since all the other TVs are currently SD anyway, this could potentially work very well. We would just need to get an extra Joey when we upgrade one of the current televisions to an HDTV.
Another option would be to have 1 Hopper and 1 Joey, and modulate the SD output from the Hopper and distribute that similarly. This configuration would only cost $11 more.
Well, this is what I've come up with after brainstorming. Let me know your thoughts, if it might work for you, or if you have any other suggestions. Again, I'm not completely sure this would work just yet, but is just an idea.
My family currently has a 722k Duo set up in our home theater room. We have the receiver set up to output both TV1 (downscaled to SD on channel 60) and TV2 (SD on channel 62) over coax into our home distribution. So in a way we currently have whole-home DVR, but only one of our TVs is displaying HD and we can only watch two programs at once. The Hopper/Joey system seems like a great way to get HD to other TVs and allow us to watch more programs at once, but for us it is not very cost-effective at all. Here's a rundown of what we have and what it would cost to upgrade:
722k home theater: Free
DVR: $6
Living room (distribution over coax): Free
Bedroom 1 (distribution over coax): Free
Bedroom 2 (distribution over coax): Free
Office (distribution over coax): Free
Exercise room (distribution over coax): Free
Total: $6
Hopper home theater: free
DVR: $6
Whole-house: $4
Joey living room HD: $7
Hopper Bedroom 1 SD (plan to upgrade to HDTV): $7
Joey Bedroom 2 SD: $7
Joey Office SD: $7
Joey Exercise room SD: $7
Total: $45
Upfront cost: $299
As I was thinking about this I came up with an idea. I'm not even completely sure it would work. But first, I need a question answered. Does anyone know if it is possible for OTA signals and MoCA to coexist on the same coax line?
If it can, here is my idea. If we get 1 Hopper and 2 Joeys we can have a very complex set up, but it would work for our needs. We can put the Hopper in the home theater and put a Joey in the living room to get HD. If we put the second Joey in the home theater room, we can take the SD output, take it through a modulator, and take the RF out to our home distribution.
This way it still works for our entire house and would only cost $18 extra instead of $39 extra. Since the TVs in our home theater room and living room are our two main televisions, those are really the only two that need HD. Since all the other TVs are currently SD anyway, this could potentially work very well. We would just need to get an extra Joey when we upgrade one of the current televisions to an HDTV.
Another option would be to have 1 Hopper and 1 Joey, and modulate the SD output from the Hopper and distribute that similarly. This configuration would only cost $11 more.
Well, this is what I've come up with after brainstorming. Let me know your thoughts, if it might work for you, or if you have any other suggestions. Again, I'm not completely sure this would work just yet, but is just an idea.
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
Even though it didn't work out for the Hoosiers, this event recorded and I was able to watch it in full 4K HDR.
Timer is set to Record the Series. Thanks, Bobby!
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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'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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Unless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.
I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner.
You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
I would think that all the packaging would already be accounted for ... they weigh the container, subtract that from the scale, then add the product , so its weighing the Product onlyUnless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.
I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner.
You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8XjBdqOb-0
Direct YouTube Link - iPhone Duo Day at The Apple Store Los Angeles!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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I remember this in the news too...
www.nbcnews.com
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
www.nbcnews.com
That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.I remember this in the news too...
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Glenn's Pick of the Week: The Vevor Automatic Tape Dispenser
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View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yn1fIBkbJDQ
Direct YouTube Link - Glenn's Pick of the Week: The Vevor Automatic Tape Dispenser
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
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I haven't posted in almost 17 years. Over the air, sat, offline, anything-but-the-internet is still one of my avid pursuits. Been playing with offline tv viewing and offline web browsing. I have great appreciations for this site still being here. It's so hard to find public communities that haven't sold out to social media company.
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Welcome back, as you can see we branched off into a bunch of things since Satellite is what it is now, so lots to talk about here. 