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Well, I turned in the DVR today. I got tired of incorrect guide data and their incompetence to come out to the house to replace the box like they said they would. Plus it isn't worth $15 a month.
So I get a normal cable box and low and behold the damn thing doesn't work. When the tech on the phone went to send a hit to the box the box shut off and that's all she wrote. I still can't get it to power back on. So now they are sending a tech out here to give me box #4 in a little over a month's time.
I miss Directv..... August will be here soon......
EDIT: Now on box #4. The idiot tech insisted that I needed the coax cable plugged into the TV from the cable box for it to work properly... sigh.... I ignored him and am going through the RCA inputs.
So I get a normal cable box and low and behold the damn thing doesn't work. When the tech on the phone went to send a hit to the box the box shut off and that's all she wrote. I still can't get it to power back on. So now they are sending a tech out here to give me box #4 in a little over a month's time.
I miss Directv..... August will be here soon......
EDIT: Now on box #4. The idiot tech insisted that I needed the coax cable plugged into the TV from the cable box for it to work properly... sigh.... I ignored him and am going through the RCA inputs.
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We have a pretty good system over here in College Station/Bryan 
I too hope TW buys out cox because their lineup in waco (our main dma) has a very impressive HD lineup. Hopefully after our rebuild is complete (hope the possible sale didnt screw with the timing on the rebuild but since it cox im sure they stopped all work).
But I also have verizon dsl... cox offers very nice speeds now but their uptime was bad in the past when I had them.... I hear the uptime is alot better now but with fios in the pipeline for us I think I can stick with dsl.
I too hope TW buys out cox because their lineup in waco (our main dma) has a very impressive HD lineup. Hopefully after our rebuild is complete (hope the possible sale didnt screw with the timing on the rebuild but since it cox im sure they stopped all work).
But I also have verizon dsl... cox offers very nice speeds now but their uptime was bad in the past when I had them.... I hear the uptime is alot better now but with fios in the pipeline for us I think I can stick with dsl.
I took my SA8300 back today. I'm down to analog cable and FTA now.
Cox's cheapest digital cable package + HD + the DVR cost me an additional $60/mo. For the extra $60 I gained InHD1/2 and a couple discovery channels as far as channels I would actually watch were concerned.
BUD seems to be the promised land for lots of HD and I plan on going that route. I haven't seen much in the way of DVRs for the big dish platform but I can live with the Tivo's SD recordings
. It's hard to believe how much more usefull the Tivo is compared to the SA8300!
Cox's cheapest digital cable package + HD + the DVR cost me an additional $60/mo. For the extra $60 I gained InHD1/2 and a couple discovery channels as far as channels I would actually watch were concerned.
BUD seems to be the promised land for lots of HD and I plan on going that route. I haven't seen much in the way of DVRs for the big dish platform but I can live with the Tivo's SD recordings
. It's hard to believe how much more usefull the Tivo is compared to the SA8300!
Man, this is a shame to hear... I was just on the phone to Cox in New Orleans thinking about ditching D* to save some money. I have a SD tivo and a HD stb. The price seems good, but here in N.O. they don't even carry all 4 major networks in HD! Can you believe that? I would have thought that those would have been first on the list, considering all of the locals broadcast in HD OTA already. My buddy has Cox DVR already, and he seems to like it, but then he never had a D* tivo 
Guess I'll just wait for D*'s big announcement (but it had better be good!)
Guess I'll just wait for D*'s big announcement (but it had better be good!)
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Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.
In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.
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In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.
Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News
Comcast Corporation reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, showing continued erosion in its domestic residential broadband internet and video customer bases as competitive pressures intensified across the connectivity market. The company recorded a net loss of 144,000 domestic...
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Charter lost 77,000 TV subscribers, the bigger news, it lost 233,000 broadband subscribers.
You would believe both companies would of learned from what happened with their TV services, which was ignore that cord cutting was a thing, allowed competition ( streaming) to get a foothold in the industry.
Now, in today's world, there are more households in the United States without a paid live TV than those with.
Both companies charge too much, delayed upgrades, all because they believed no one would leave them, only game in town, competition started with the 5G services, than Fiber, enough said, Cord Cutting 2.0 is here.
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You would believe both companies would of learned from what happened with their TV services, which was ignore that cord cutting was a thing, allowed competition ( streaming) to get a foothold in the industry.
Now, in today's world, there are more households in the United States without a paid live TV than those with.
Both companies charge too much, delayed upgrades, all because they believed no one would leave them, only game in town, competition started with the 5G services, than Fiber, enough said, Cord Cutting 2.0 is here.
Spectrum Loses 233,000 Internet and 77,000 TV Customers in Third Quarter As Cord Cutting 2.0 Grows | Cord Cutters News
Charter Communications reported a further erosion of its core broadband base in the third quarter of 2026, with Spectrum losing 233,000 Internet customers on a pro forma basis that incorporates the recently completed Cox acquisition. Residential accounts accounted for nearly all of the decline...
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One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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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Good...simple humor. Enjoy
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