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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Another poor response from Dish concerning when we might get ESPN2-HD and ESPNU. D* already carries ESPNU and I'm willing to bet they will carry ESPN2-HD before E* does. I will give E* till August. If they do not add these channels then I will become a D* subscriber. If they do add these channels, I will re-subscribe to the HD package.

Dear Mr. XXXX,

Thank you for your e-mail. Specific information regarding your request
for ESPN 2 HD and ESPN U is not currently available.

(Well Duh! Why do you think I wrote you?)

We would like to add that channel, to make viewers like you happy, but we do not know if or when this will happen. We will gladly forward your request to our Programming Department for further consideration.

("We would like to add that channel, to make viewers like you happy" - but you won't...)

We thank you for your input as we continually review our options in
order to provide a compelling lineup for our viewers.

(Compelling channels? To whom? Try giving us the programming we ask for.)

Please stay tuned for consumer Charlie Chats that are broadcast monthly on Channel 101 or logon to our website for future programming announcements.

(No Thanks. If Charley actually answered any serious questions I might be "compelled" to watch.)

As a current customer, you may also use our website to view your current
or previous billing statements, add services, or make payments to your
account. Please use the link
https://customersupport.dishnetwork.com/customercare/UserManagement/logi
n.jsp to visit our Online Customer Support Center.

(Currently, I am not willing to utilize this service but I will forward it on to my financial advisor for future consideration. BTW, nice way of sneaking in a plug)

Your business is greatly appreciated and we thank you for allowing us to
be of assistance to you.

(What? You mean you actually helped me? I guess I missed it.)

If you have any further questions or concerns,
please refer to www.dishnetwork.com or reply to this email.

(No thanks, obviously a waste of time)

Sincerely,

Douglas G.
DISH Network eCare
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Scott Greczkowski
I doubt you will see these channels by August. They are waiting for MPEG4 before they add any new HD.

However I believe that late fall these channels could be available.
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Scott Greczkowski said:
I doubt you will see these channels by August. They are waiting for MPEG4 before they add any new HD.

However I believe that late fall these channels could be available.

I can understand the HD part but adding ESPNU seems like it would be fairly easy to do so since they already carry ESPN(+HD) and ESPN2. Adding it to the sports package would be acceptable and I would subscribe to it. More and more, E* seems to be descending to the mind set level of cable. Granted, E*'s service is better and there are very few outages but the frustation level is approaching that of Cable. Makes you wonder what Charley does in the course of a day if he is not listening to his customers. Not sure D* would be any better but they do seem to be carrying channels that E* is dragging their feet on and has already fired the first shot in the mpeg4 conversion via your announced rumor.

(Please consider this a rumor until verified, but SatelliteGuys has learned from two seperate sources that DirecTV is planning on giving away it's HD equipment INCLUDING their new upcoming MPEG4 HD DVR's for FREE with a two year commitment.)


In September when college Football gets going in full swing, it is a crap shoot whether E* will carry ESPNU. What about CSTV? Another opportunity missed by E*? I should have said by the end of August. Come Sept 1st, if these channels are not added by then I will switch to D*.
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Personally, I am happy that DISH has not added this channel just yet. To do so with this or other HD channels at this time would force DISH in to D* mode of HD lite. I would rather have the quality kept and add HD channles later when MPEG 4 is available and capacity will not strain bandwith. quality before quantity.
Tom Bombadil
I would be very, very surprised if E* added ESPN2-HD by August. I'm not even going to hold my breath on the chance of seeing it sometime this fall (technically, by Dec 21st).

I'm just hoping that the mpeg4 conversion goes well and that stable mpeg4 receivers, including a DVR, can be released this year, so that we can see some nice HD channel additions by Jan/Feb of next year.
Peter Parker
Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
No idea what improvements might be involved.
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That's a lot of information to ingest. However, I don't have the Hopper Plus and my 54 remote is doing crazy things to the Hopper 3. Several times each evening when I press the skip forward button several times to advance through a commercial, it switches the receiver either onto live TV or into suspension. Other buttons will also cause this randomly, I haven't established any patterns I can describe. I use "recall" to go back to my recorded program in progress.

Needless to say, something in the newer Hopper 3 softwares has caused the remote functioning to ......................malfunction. Evidently, it applies to third party remotes as well as DISH's own remotes.
GRB1959
That's a lot of information to ingest. However, I don't have the Hopper Plus and my 54 remote is doing crazy things to the Hopper 3. Several times each evening when I press the skip forward button several times to advance through a commercial, it switches the receiver either onto live TV or into suspension. Other buttons will also cause this randomly, I haven't established any patterns I can describe. I use "recall" to go back to my recorded program in progress.

Needless to say, something in the newer Hopper 3 softwares has caused the remote functioning to ......................malfunction. Evidently, it applies to third party remotes as well as DISH's own remotes.

This is exactly the same issue I was having as I had the Hopper 3 and 54 remote without the Hopper Plus and the symptoms were virtually identical to yours.
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ERSanders
We have had a corolary problem in this and the prior s/w. Using several different 40.0 remotes (yeah, we're old), when one pauses a live or recorded show it becomes a crap shoot whether it will step foreward the 30" as requested, jump to the end, or restart the episode. Tried the famous 60" reboot to no avail and have decided to live with it vs. a receiver swap risk.
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I think there's a change to the "skip forward 30 seconds". With CBS that does not have auto-skip, if you stack up a bunch of 30 second forwards it seems to stop when the kangaroo signaling the end of the commercial break appears.
long_time_Dish
Also posted this in the 3rd party remote thread.

My Hopper 3 updated itself to H713 last week and the IR issue is worse now. On H711, I could be on an SD channel for several hours and the IR side of my H3 would still be responsive without my having to tap the View button on my Pronto Pro every 15 minutes. Now, if I stay even on an SD channel without tapping the View button at least once an hour, it becomes unresponsive to my Pronto Pro without tapping the View button at least 5-20 times, just like on the HD and 4K channels. So, H713 actually made the issue worse. :(

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· posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I've been having intermittent problems with Amazon Prime video programs loading using the H3 guide listing. I can get to the program I want to watch, but when I try to view it, it starts to load and then stalls. Eventually, a screen pops up saying "something went wrong, try again later". I've tried rebooting the hopper without success. Sometimes switching the HDMI input on my LG TV works, but not always. I don't have this problem on my phone or computer, so it is not a network or router issue.

I did a quick google search and found that this is a common problem associated with overloading or corruption of the data cache in the Amazon app and the solution is to clear the cache. Easy to do on a computer or phone, but I don't know how to do this on the H3. If anyone a solution or suggestion, I'd appreciate some help. Thanks.
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dfergie
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Sweet tea…
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Tuna salad sandwich on toasted honey whole wheat bread with a handful of kettle chips. Water.
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Breakfast for lunch. Crispy corned beef hash, home fries, two over easy eggs and sourdough toast.

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Grabbed a burrito on the run. Beef, pinto beans, green chile and cheese. Stewart's cream soda.

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Beef, bean green chile, cheese homemade burritos here... Water
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Scott Greczkowski
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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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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - David Cook
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Was raining yesterday so I went to Sams up in Dothan to stock up on some things. Haven't been there in quite a while. I was amazed at how large most of the TVs were. When I walked in they had a 100 in Vizio (I think it was Vizio) that was marked down to something like $1,200. The first rows of TVs were all in the 80 in + sizes. The next couple of rows had the "smaller" models....those 75 and under. I was amazed at how small the 75s looked when lined up with the larger screens.
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osu1991
Q-LED and Mini LED panels have improved the picture quality and the tv's are so thin and nearly without bezels now. I've thought about replacing the 75in 4k DV/HDR LED Sony in my living room with a newer 86in. That's as big as I can go without construction changes. I watch the 75in 4k DV/HDR Q-LED in my bedroom and the difference between the two is very noticeable. There's nothing wrong with the living room tv though and I don't now that I actually watch enough anymore to really justify it. I could move it out to the patio but the 65in Q-LED out there looks really good and I'd have to change the mount to accomdate a larger tv out there.
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Foxbat
I'm at a limit for TV sizes at this time. My Father-in-Law crafted a custom entertainment center for our family room and we were restricted from going too big based on the side cabinets and central bridge fitting in the width of the room. It turns out to be where a 55" screen with bezels fits but no 65" bezel-less screen can fit. I think there was a brief period where 58" screens where a thing, but no more.

So, no huge screens for the Foxbat's…
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TRG
I'm at a limit for TV sizes at this time. My Father-in-Law crafted a custom entertainment center for our family room and we were restricted from going too big based on the side cabinets and central bridge fitting in the width of the room. It turns out to be where a 55" screen with bezels fits but no 65" bezel-less screen can fit. I think there was a brief period where 58" screens where a thing, but no more.

So, no huge screens for the Foxbat's…

55" is plenty big.
dishstaller
55" is plenty big.
And to think....I was SO proud of myself when I bought a 27 in TV in the late 80s. Everyone just had a 25 in so I was really in high cotton.
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· posted in The Chit Chat Club
I've pretty much done most things in Ireland and I'm thinking about the other side of the Irish sea. I'm thinking about traveling to Wales this summer. My second choice would be Scotland. I don't want anything to do with London except maybe landing in Heathrow and then escaping quickly.

Any tips or experiences to share?
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