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Last reply · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion
At one time radioshack and a few other retailers sold a small 5 foot wide dish for a fixed position. It was a solid dish.

Since it was a fixed position, I assume one could get most programming off one satellite.

I think this was around 92-96. Just to clarify, I know for sure it was c-band and not primestar. (Pstar didnt use a 5 foot dish).

So which "bird" had a bunch of programming on it?

One other question, back then when you bought programming, did all providers have the same channels, or did some not have as many?

What I mean is, out of all the VC2 channels there were back then, were they provider based, or did every provider allow you to subscribe to all of them?
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back in the day there were numerous C-Band companies that you could subscribe to. So you could have 3 channels with say NPS and 4 channels with Turner (there was a C-Band company called Turner....nothing to do with Ted Turner or his company) ;)
madmadworld
the old days there were nearly 2 million of us then
http://www.sbca.com/high-speed-news/1998/nov13-98.htm

most big installers sold programing in a pyramid thing too.
T4Runner
I've got a five foot solid prime focus dish that I finally replaced with another 7.5ft mesh. Mainly because of the satellite transition to S2 making it impossible to get those channels. It worked quite well on most satellites, but took me a couple months of tweaking and fine tuning to get there. For whatever reason, 91W and REELZ came in great but no other S2 channel that I remember. That dish was given to me by a member and he said the owner told him it was called an ECHOSTAR dish. It had a tendency to pick up two satellites at once though... Like 99W and 101W or 101W and 103W.
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Here was Superstars G5 pack dated 10/13/97
http://web.archive.org/web/19971013231028/http://www.superstar.com/HTML/g5.htm

10.95 a month (more savings if you got a years worth)
A&E Entertainment CNBC CNN Discovery
ESPN* ESPN2* Family Channel Headline News
The Nashville Network TNT* USA Network WGN
WTBS
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12.50 a month and you chose 12 channels
http://web.archive.org/web/19971013231042/http://www.superstar.com/HTML/selectvw.htm

Choose 12 Channel Selections
Arts & Entertainment, American Movie Classics, BET, Bravo, Cartoon Network, Country Music Television, CNBC, CNNI/CNNfn, CNNSI, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, E! Entertainment, ESPN*, ESPN2*, ESPNNEWS, Family Channel, FOX-NET*, FOX-KDVR*, fXM, Game Show Network, HGTV, The History Channel, Independent Film Channel, KTLA, Lifetime, MSNBC, MTV/VH1, MuchMusic, Nickelodeon, Prime, Romance Classics, Sci-Fi Channel, TBS, Turner Classic Movies, The Nashville Network, TNT†, The Travel Channel, USA Network, The Weather Channel, WGN, WPIX, WSBK

CNN/Headline News (2 selections)
PT East† plus Fox-NET† (3 selections)
PT West† plus Fox-NET† (3 selections)
Denver 5† (5 selections)
Kraven
back in the day there were numerous C-Band companies that you could subscribe to. So you could have 3 channels with say NPS and 4 channels with Turner (there was a C-Band company called Turner....nothing to do with Ted Turner or his company) ;)

I miss the good ol' days.
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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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 ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in Movie Talk
Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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K
Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


View: https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2111074303185989663?s=20
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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhZm0qkz0o
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