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I am not sure if my experience warrants a post of its own so mods feel free to delete or move if you feel the need. This forum has been invaluable to me over the years as I have made decisions related to satellite TV so I wanted to share my experience with DISH.
I am in the last month of my 2 year contract. I saw the 35th anniversary 2 year price lock for new customers. I wanted to know if I could have a similar deal. I really think this deal is a sweet deal for new customers! I reached out to DIRT to see if they could do something but the best they could do was give me a $15 discount for 10 months. This didn't wow me in any way.
This week we lost our local ABC network due to a contract dispute with DISH. My wife has some favorites that she has to watch on this network. I place the blame for this dispute on my local network and not DISH, but I still don't have the station and the wife is not happy so I have to get this fixed fast.
In light of losing a critical station and being in the last month of my contract I decided to switch to DirectTV so I called DISH to cancel.
One aspect of being a new customer is getting the feeling that my business is wanted. So many times the company that has my business will offer weak discounts to get me to stay while the competitor is offering $200 gift cards, 3 months of premium movies, a year of NFL etc. to get my business.
This is where DISH really stepped up. DISH asked me what it would take to keep me. I basically said I wanted to have the anniversary special with two Joeys which would be $65 a month. Of course they couldn't do that but they did better. They bumped me up to 120+, gave me 3 months of sport pack, and a $40 monthly credit for 12 months which brings my bill to $50.99 a month for a hopper and 2 joeys. I didn't get the same deal as a new customer but in may ways the deal is better. I didn't have to sign a contract extension so that is nice as well.
As I was on the phone with the retention guy I said this still doesn't solve the problem with my local station. I told him I can get the station on my antenna so he gave me the OTA adapter for free. Amazing!
I was never rude to any of the DISH reps I spoke with, in fact, I told them I have really enjoyed DISH and never have had any issues.
In the end, I am super impressed and pleased with DISH.
I am in the last month of my 2 year contract. I saw the 35th anniversary 2 year price lock for new customers. I wanted to know if I could have a similar deal. I really think this deal is a sweet deal for new customers! I reached out to DIRT to see if they could do something but the best they could do was give me a $15 discount for 10 months. This didn't wow me in any way.
This week we lost our local ABC network due to a contract dispute with DISH. My wife has some favorites that she has to watch on this network. I place the blame for this dispute on my local network and not DISH, but I still don't have the station and the wife is not happy so I have to get this fixed fast.
In light of losing a critical station and being in the last month of my contract I decided to switch to DirectTV so I called DISH to cancel.
One aspect of being a new customer is getting the feeling that my business is wanted. So many times the company that has my business will offer weak discounts to get me to stay while the competitor is offering $200 gift cards, 3 months of premium movies, a year of NFL etc. to get my business.
This is where DISH really stepped up. DISH asked me what it would take to keep me. I basically said I wanted to have the anniversary special with two Joeys which would be $65 a month. Of course they couldn't do that but they did better. They bumped me up to 120+, gave me 3 months of sport pack, and a $40 monthly credit for 12 months which brings my bill to $50.99 a month for a hopper and 2 joeys. I didn't get the same deal as a new customer but in may ways the deal is better. I didn't have to sign a contract extension so that is nice as well.
As I was on the phone with the retention guy I said this still doesn't solve the problem with my local station. I told him I can get the station on my antenna so he gave me the OTA adapter for free. Amazing!
I was never rude to any of the DISH reps I spoke with, in fact, I told them I have really enjoyed DISH and never have had any issues.
In the end, I am super impressed and pleased with DISH.
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No, but they do give them to customers who actually cancel their service, and then accept the win-back offer.
I had an old Wireless Joey replaced by a Wireless Joey 4 (Android TV) - still have a Hopper 3 without the Hopper Plus. What do I have to do to get the EPG to show channel logos instead of "Dish"? This is annoying as hell and it's been this way for over a month…
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Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs
My health Insurance renewal for 2027 just came in. Going from $827 a month to $1,187 a month. Deductible going up a $1k to $9,350. Max out of pocket also going up $1k to $11,000. Doctor co-pay of $40. Urgent Care co-pay $50. ER 50% coinsurance after deductible. That's all in network. Out of network is double, should it be needed.
Have to think about this. I'm really tempted to just go without now. I only go to the doctor once or twice a year. I pay out of pocket for Tirzepitide and can do without the Rosuvastatin (crestor) now. Really tired of spending over $10k a year and getting nothing out of it.
After years with Blue Cross I switched last year to Ambetter as my Blue Cross premium was going from $1200 to $1800 for a Silver plan and the Bronze plan was still going to be $1300 at BCBS. Ambetter was $827 for the same coverage with a Bronze plan. Didn't think it would jump this much so soon.
I'm guessing a Silver plan is probably over $2,000 a month for 2027.
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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!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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
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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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After having continuing trouble with my eight+ year old Dell Inspiron laptop I am looking to hopefully catch a good deal on new one. My options to buy is Costco and Sam's Club. It seems like a lot of new laptops are 2 in 1 which I do not need. I use the laptop to mainly surf the web and keep up with my finances, money and bills. I would like to have at least a 15" screen and having a touchscreen is a plus. The keyboard would need to lighted also. I don't game any. It would have to be Windows instead of and not Mac. The brands I see the most are Asus, Dell and HP. My two last laptops has been Dell's. Of these brands are there any standouts over the other brands. My budget (hopefully) is $600+-. Also while researching I noticed that do not have ethernet ports.
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Please post your remote make/model here and any details of your issue. We are looking to collect as many examples as possible. I may reach out to you for your receiver number, but please do not post it here.
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
Brittany
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
Brittany
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Yea, I've only been a CIO for the last 30 years!
Trust me, when something important breaks, they get to own it!
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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Anyone watching IPTV on Amiko 4k s52 UHD ?
I put a bunch of *.m3u files in the root of my USB KEY but Amiko won't try to play them?
No INSTRUCTIONS for this.
Dan
I put a bunch of *.m3u files in the root of my USB KEY but Amiko won't try to play them?
No INSTRUCTIONS for this.
Dan
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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when was the last time they innovated something
I'd probably say when they came up with their M-series of processors with integrated memory. That allowed Apple to get away from the inefficient Intel CPUs that were limiting their notebook computers.when was the last time they innovated something