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ptech
Last reply · posted in Old VOOM Customer Comments Archive
Whmmmm, Got my VOOM bill for April in the mail today. It's due the 10th, I think I'll wait until the 1st to pay it, how about you?

A lot of people have been complaining about picture quality the last few weeks and although I have brought this up recently, most people ignored it and I'm really suprised that the GREAT GUYS who host this forum have not remembered this and posted a thread.

I believe that most of your problems are directly related to the Spring Equinox and it's effects on our satellites. Several studies have been done on the effects on our Satellites during the Spring and Fall equinoxes Here's one from the Satellite Times back in 1998 http://celestrak.com/columns/v04n09/

Most of us from back in the C-Band days remember this well. Usually our pictures got real snowy or looked scrambled. But were dealing with DIGITAL SIGNALS and remember, either you have them or you don't, bet this goes away in a few weeks and everyone will be posting " YEAH, THEIR DONE TWEAKING" but not really.

Only other thing I can say is that I have FOUR receivers and the only thing I complain about is TNTHD, but you all already know about that.

Maybe I'll pay my bill early because VOOM will survive :D :D :D and remember, this PQ issue will come up again this fall.

I love my VOOM
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ptech
JaydeeD said:
Well i hardly ever post, but stupidity always fires me up


Damn, I don't even know where to start but that's what I really like about forums. There's always a couple of people who think they are Smarter than the rest. Even when someone is only offering a possible answer they step up and dump all their BS on everyone else. That's ok French Fry man, I'll forgive you for your stupidity and arrogance and if your not the potato cutter but the owner, thanks, your fries taste great.

JaydeeD said:
The equinox affects the dish ONLY for a 5 to 15 minute time frame when the sun is directly in line with the satellite that the dish is pointed at, and since the sun puts out much more microwave radiation than the satellite in question, starts by fuzzing it and as the sun moves into position totally overrides the signal, and then as it continues to move goes back to bein fuzzy, then the problem is all gone

Check your stats, this can effect satellite reception for over an hour and it's actually spelled "being" not bein, thought it was a typo but you used it several times. Thank god for spell check

JaydeeD said:
So it is NOT the problem with the PQ lately, the picture was pretty good (but still not perfect), they changed to the new encoders and immediately it was BAD BAD BAD.

But what about those of us not having any problems what so ever? We have the same equipment as you do so with your stunning brilliance, answer that.

JaydeeD said:
This bein said I am still a loyal Voomer, and always will be. I have had Voom since the very beginning, and have faith they will get thier heads out of thier asses. But for right now I think they are focused more on just surviving

Now finally we agree on something, VOOM is trying to survive and
i hope they do.
J
Just for the record, I know how to spell "being" but I type the way I talk, and I pronounce it "bee-in" so thats the way I type it. Its a common way to convey informality, as I am sure you know

Don't know what TV you got, I have a 36" CRT which shows every flaw
Also way on the west coast so possibly more affected by any change in signal quality

You are correct, Sun fade can last for up to an hour depending on size of dish, I have never seen it on Voom, although it has to happen, I probably have never been watching at the right time, However having been a C-Band Dealer and owner for over 10 years, the average outage I experienced on C-band was about 15 minutes, so that is what I quoted, however I can see smaller dishes having a longer interval

Anyway, no harm, no foul, was just trying (almost typed tryin....LOL......cause thats the way I say it, but don't wanna offend you) to set the record straight that the new PQ problems are not Equinox related

There have been maybe 2 people that said everything is still hunky-dory with thier PQ, and actually it does appear better to me today, but many more people that can see the exact thing I am seein(g) (I must hate G's...LOL)

I see pixelization on fast movement worse than before, I see strange streaking mostly on scene transitions, and a wierd thing I can't even describe on scene fades, kinda like the pixels can't decide what to be, so they get all fuzzy and start dancin(g). They must be feeding the Voom pixels some good drugs maybe?

Thats it for now

I see it now, if I would have just looked at your siggy, I would know what TV you got, anyway pretty big TV, no reason for you not to see what everyone else is seein(g)
DarrellP
But what about those of us not having any problems what so ever? We have the same equipment as you do
All I can say is either I want YOUR TV or you can keep YOUR EYES! Apparently you don't watch any SD channels? Maybe you have lazy eye and can't catch all the garbage that shows up during fast movement or scene changes on HD????

Come over to my house, I'll show you how crappy Voom looks.
ptech
DarrellP said:
All I can say is either I want YOUR TV or you can keep YOUR EYES! Apparently you don't watch any SD channels? Maybe you have lazy eye and can't catch all the garbage that shows up during fast movement or scene changes on HD????

Come over to my house, I'll show you how crappy Voom looks.

No, you come over to my house, my picture is better. Fortunately 4 out of 5 of us have great vision and we watch way to much TV but's that's what we spoiled ourselves with. Trust me, seeing all the complaints from members, I've spent more time looking for problems but only once did I have a pixel problem on TNTHD.

If VOOM succeeds and gives us all the HD we want, we might never leave home again, ;)

I feel honored conversing with the Famous DarrellP :D
DarrellP
ptech said:
I feel honored conversing with the Famous DarrellP :D
I feel so humbled now, thank you. :p
dishstaller
Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum
Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Foxbat
Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…
dishstaller
Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.
navychop
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Foxbat
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

🙄
Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…😉
K
Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

I still have one of those although I've been trying to wean myself off it.
JSheridan
Among my many email accounts I still have a .netscape.net which AOL assimilated a while back.
dfergie
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Best episode ever.
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Best episode ever.
I actually think the very first episode was One of the Best ...
S1 E1 Yankee White
Where it all started in what was it, 2003 ?

edit:
Sorry, I got the shows mixed up, were talking Origins ...
I've liked Most of them once we've gotten past the 1st 3-4, getting to know who was who took a bit in the beginning.
It's a bit harder seeing we already Know the person, then go back and see how they became that person.
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KAB
Mark Harmon is coming back as Gibbs in Origins, for the full season. Just saw, Dinozzo too, on NCIS . That will be an interesting writing project.
dfergie
Really good one with OG Gibbs bookending it...
R
Really good one with OG Gibbs bookending it...
Will the OG Gibbs be on NCIS or will Tony be on NCIS Origins?
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
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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Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss
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Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC
Bobby
Kiss - The Art Of Noise
long_time_Dish
Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond
TheRatPatrol
Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
dfergie
I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
H
Last reply · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support
I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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Titanium
Have you tested using external power? Over the years, have found unpowered polarity switching to be unreliable. Especially problematic when used with DiSEqC motors or switch stacking.
H
No I have not. I just got it the other day and it is connected to six receivers working just fine. What I do is non power mini multi-switches work best with LNBF's and with LNB's
H
It also has a IPS and a OPS switch on the side of it with a power led light showing when is on. It seems to be very nice build switch
Bobby
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.

As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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Bobby
MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Wednesday 10-14, 5PM PDT, Channel 148-02.
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MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.
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CFB, Notre Dame at BYU, Saturday 10-27, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.
Bobby
NASCAR, Freeway Insurance 500, Sunday 10-18, 12PM PDT, Channel 148-04.
Bobby
CFB, Ohio State at Indiana, Saturday 10-17, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Saturday 10-17, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.
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Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
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.
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Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.
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Scott Greczkowski
I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. :) We are rocking now!

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Foxbat
Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.
I rebooted my MacBook Air and it's zipping right along. Sorry, but it was taking over 20 seconds to load pages, with the pulsing blue bars so it was munching on something.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
Foxbat
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
dishstaller
Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

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Jimbo
Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.
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navychop
I would not be caught Dead on one of them

Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.
dishstaller
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
Jimbo
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system :)
I'm glad to see ...
dishstaller
with a Seat belt as last resort.
According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.
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· posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network
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