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I am still under contract with Dish but due to retirement & not much income now does anyone know k how much it would cost to get of of the contract. I have been a customer with Dish for over 10 years. I don't want to deal with them on price I just need to get out of the contract & the monthly bill.

Thanks,
Bruce
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Claude Greiner
As far as my comments about the Attorney General, I can't tell you how many times MY customers complained to the Attorney General and where let out of their contract, costing me money because the customer was allowed to cancel their services early.

So as far as I'm concerned I'll letting everyone know about this little loop hole, and if Dish wants to do anything about it, they need to grow some balls and research the issue at hand when customers complain, instead of rolling over and letting the customer win every time.

Sure I got something against Dish. They stole 2.8 million dollars from me.

As far as the Welcome pack, that's a good option also.

I haven't said anything bad about Dish for a while. All I'm doing is pointing out the obvious.

BTW, Bob Haller pointed out going to the attorney general works. Who do you think gave him the idea to do that :)
bobvick
Sure I got something against Dish. They stole 2.8 million dollars from me.
How exactly did they steal $3 million from you? Did they breach a contract?
Claude Greiner
How exactly did they steal $3 million from you? Did they breach a contract?

$40,000 per month for 60 months in residuals
bobvick
$40,000 per month for 60 months in residuals
Why didn't they pay you?
TNGTony
If and when.... AT&T is now making a play for TWC too.
JSheridan
If and when.... AT&T is now making a play for TWC too.

I didn't know that. Thanks. That could get interesting.

The Charter/TWC merger was approved in New York State last week and that usually doesn't happen until everything is greased and it's pretty much a done deal. BTW, I see that TWC just announced a rate increase. :)
Claude Greiner
Why didn't they pay you?

That's why they took my contract away, to get out of paying me my residuals.
bobvick
That's why they took my contract away, to get out of paying me my residuals.
So your contract wasn't binding? It was openended and could be dissolved at anytime? I was just wondering because if you weren't aware of that going in, it would seem you would have a case on breach of contract.
bobvick
I didn't know that. Thanks. That could get interesting.

The Charter/TWC merger was approved in New York State last week and that usually doesn't happen until everything is greased and it's pretty much a done deal. BTW, I see that TWC just announced a rate increase. :)
It's not Time Warner Cable, it's Time Warner the media company that owns HBO, Turner, etc.. two completely separate entities.
JSheridan
It's not Time Warner Cable, it's Time Warner the media company that owns HBO, Turner, etc.. two completely separate entities.

Huh? Time Warner Cable is slated to merge with Charter Cable. That's what I was talking about. Are you saying that AT&T is making a move on the media company?

http://consumerist.com/2016/01/18/t...w-york-after-state-okays-merger-with-charter/

http://consumerist.com/2015/11/03/c...plan-great-for-everyone-according-to-charter/
bobvick
Huh? Time Warner Cable is slated to merge with Charter Cable. That's what I was talking about. Are you saying that AT&T is making a move on the media company?

http://consumerist.com/2015/11/03/c...plan-great-for-everyone-according-to-charter/
Yes, there has been rumors that Time Warner Inc may be trying to find a suitor. Apple and AT&T have been mentioned as MAYBE being interested. Nothing to do with the TWC/Charter deal. Hell, the DOJ wouldn't let them and Comcast merge and AT&T-DirecTV-UVerse is bigger than Comcast in subscriber numbers.
But I see what you were talking about, it was another poster that thought it was TWC.
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Bob Haller
The PA ag got dish to drop over a grand in late fees and penalties.......

after our intellectually disabled friend, she is physically 27 years old, but mentally 8 years old. she signed a contract for dish, and anyone talking to her for more than a minute or two know she has issues......

intrerestingly a fios rep signed her up too.......

well the ag got her out of the contract. she had to move, the home where she was living got foreclosed on, its been sold at sheriffs sale..

she returned to her moms, and dish was in the neighborhood and signed her up again.......

claude graciously told me of this, or we would of never known.

i do know dish about the time of the fee hikes and all the rest screwed lots of dealers out of their resduals.

suit management at its finest
Claude Greiner
So your contract wasn't binding? It was openended and could be dissolved at anytime? I was just wondering because if you weren't aware of that going in, it would seem you would have a case on breach of contract.

The problem is that the original contract I signed in 1998 gave me some rights.

The issue is the contracts expire every 2 years, and it's a contract of adheasion.

It's 1 sided, either you sign the renewal with the new conditions or your not a dealer anymore.

They where paying me $500,000 per year to be a dealer, on top of my regular commissions.

That was their issue with me, and you know Dish will do anything they can do to save a buck.
bobvick
The problem is that the original contract I signed in 1998 gave me some rights.

The issue is the contracts expire every 2 years, and it's a contract of adheasion.

It's 1 sided, either you sign the renewal with the new conditions or your not a dealer anymore.

They where paying me $500,000 per year to be a dealer, on top of my regular commissions.

That was their issue with me, and you know Dish will do anything they can do to save a buck.

So, basically with that one sided, take it or leave it contract, they ended up changing the terms from previous years so that retailers had to basically do what Dish wanted or not play the game, and at the same time they took away your incentive bonus and any residuals that you might have received (or were receiving) from previous agreements?
I guess they used you retailers for the big growth part of their "product life cycle" and once they got to maturity, made their terms unconscionable for many dealers? Just want the big RSPs now?

Does DirecTV do the same with the contracts of adhesion? Has anything changed with AT&T?
Claude Greiner
So, basically with that one sided, take it or leave it contract, they ended up changing the terms from previous years so that retailers had to basically do what Dish wanted or not play the game, and at the same time they took away your incentive bonus and any residuals that you might have received (or were receiving) from previous agreements?
I guess they used you retailers for the big growth part of their "product life cycle" and once they got to maturity, made their terms unconscionable for many dealers? Just want the big RSPs now?

Does DirecTV do the same with the contracts of adhesion? Has anything changed with AT&T?

I haven't had to renew my directv since I signed on in 2010
K
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Last reply · posted in TV Shows
'Rockford Files' Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order

I grow tired of all the reboots. Most I don't bother with but will depend on the actor chosen.
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long_time_Dish
Yeah, I'll check it out as well, but shan't be holding my breath...It'll be tough to equal James Garner in that role...
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harshness
...It'll be tough to equal James Garner in that role...
I can think of a few actors (including some females) who might fit the bill.

This will all depend on the storyline. I'm not sure how well it will translate. Modern TV hasn't been all that kind to PIs and even less kind to CIs (confidential informants).
K
Premier is Saturday, Jan 2nd. Moving to Thursday on the 7th.
long_time_Dish

I wonder how they're/if they're going to do something like the answering machine message opening? It was always funny...
meStevo
Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Continuing the Kilauea thread in the Pub here. Perhaps the Iceland one too next time there's remarkable activity.

Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.

You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.



View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4


Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.


View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
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Foxbat
Kīlauea seems to be returning to the "normal" eruption script, impressive fountaining from the North Vent. For once, the V2 Cam has the best overall shot:
IMG_1535.webp
The lava flows have covered a good portion of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor.
Foxbat
Looks like Episode 55 is over at 09:00 HST, just under six hours. The USGS said the fountains reached 720' or 220 meters.
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Foxbat
The USGS Kīlaeua Webcam #1 has been showing overflows and doming from the North vent overnight. Maybe the volcanic plumbing has settled back into its two-three week cycle of fountaining?

But I do miss the little cinder cone that broke up in the last episode.
Foxbat
Sorry, I should have posted these earlier:

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We're still waiting on the start of Episode 56.
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At 08:01 HST 11/05/2026, the North Vent produced what I would call a "wet burp" after the precursory "pistoning" events, small amounts of lava pouring out of the vent for a few seconds to minutes and then everything recedes. There must have been a gas bubble holding thing back because two minutes later the lava started flowing out of the vent in all directions. Then, at 08:25, it stopped. What a tease! I thought this was how Episode 56 started.

About 12 minutes later at 08:38, the North vent once again started overflowing and picked up steam at 08:42. By 09:00, slight doming could be seen in the pool of lava in the vent. Surely this is it!

But, 09:50 and things wind down again. By 09:57 HST there's just fumes coming out of the vent. Phooey.

But then 10:00 comes and the heavy lava flows kick in again. This time seems like the real deal. At 10:30 HST there's little spurts of lava flying up in the air over the vent, but more from gas than a steady fountain of lava. This looks promising!

11:30 HST and the color of the lava is definitely hotter, and the intensity has picked up to a definite dome and precursor to fountaining. The USGS calls Episode 56 as officially starting at 12:10 HST:

Alert Level: WATCH, Color Code: ORANGE 2026-11-05 22:29:12 UTC
HVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice

Volcano: Kilauea (VNUM #332010)

Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE

Issued: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 12:29 PM HST
Source: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Notice Number: 2026/H514
Location: N 19 deg 25 min W 155 deg 17 min
Elevation: 4091 ft (1247 m)
Area: Hawaii

Summary: Episode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 12:10 PM HST on November 5, 2026.

Volcanic Activity:
Episode 56 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 12:10 PM HST on November 5, 2026.

Lava fountain heights are relatively low at about 100 ft (30 meters), but will likely increase. Ground-level sensors near the eruptive vents indicate that winds are blowing from the northeast direction, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed to the southwest direction from Halemaʻumaʻu.
osu1991
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M
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
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. :mad:

Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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dishstaller
I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
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I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
I am not sure about that but I do know that you could manually add additional channels just by entering the actual RF channel number and the older receivers would add the virtual channels to your list
dishstaller
I am not sure about that but I do know that you could manually add additional channels just by entering the actual RF channel number and the older receivers would add the virtual channels to your list
Like I said.....that has been many years ago. Swapped my 722K for a Hopper in 2012.

It does seem like I remember having to delete the existing channels when we did a rescan. Back then our local stations KEPT monkeying around with things and it was non-stop complaints from customers about their channels not coming in. Got so bad that I stopped selling OR installing OTAs....something I had been doing since 1984 so you know it HAD to be pretty bad.
M
You made one of my points for me with this comment, Dishstaller:

"... local stations KEPT monkeying around with things and it was non-stop complaints from customers about their channels not coming in ..."
dennispap
I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
I remember that also on my 722.
dishstaller
I remember that also on my 722.
Thanks.....has been too many years to remember clearly.
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Bobby
Keep in mind that the 722 had a built in OTA tuner and the 722K had a plug in module for OTA. The Hoppers and Wallys use an add on USB OTA dongle. I believe they are entirely different.
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osu1991
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osu1991
Finished the 2nd episode tonight. I'm really liking it so far.

Still hate weekly releases though, especially the way Disney and HBO do it waiting until 8pm to premiere it.
Foxbat
Apparently I'm not a big enough nerd🤓 since I did not read every Marvel Comic Book ever published. If I had, I might be comparing the comics' version of events compared to what's transpiring in "Visionquest". So, I am enjoying the series a lot, not weighed down by previous expectations, knowing only the Avengers MCU movies and the "Wandavision" / "Agatha All Along" TV series.

I found the Mr Know-it-All channel from his discussion about "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" and he's been gleefully picking these episodes apart, referencing the Marvel comics from the 1939 on. Turns out A.I. has been around since before World War II, at least in the comics. (Robots before that, yes, yes.) This show is going back into the archives.
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I'm expecting the finale to basically bring Vision into play for the Doomsday movie next month.
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osu1991
annoying they went with single episodes for the last two after releasing two a week for the first 3 weeks
Foxbat
annoying they went with single episodes for the last two after releasing two a week for the first 3 weeks
I thought they were effectively releasing a longer episode 7 and 8 instead of shorter episodes 7 & 8 this week and 9 & 10 next week. It felt like they were packing more into this episode.

edit: But you're right, the run time of the first three pairs of episodes was 100 minutes on average. Episode 7 clocks in at 65 minutes. 😕
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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I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
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Shooz - Styx
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Too Much Time on My Hands - Styx
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Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
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No Time - The Guess Who
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in DIRECTV General Forum
The following is from Reddit. -
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/DirectvStream/s/orzHBkmqQW


gemini.webp

There appears to be a new DIRECTV Gemini OTT box, the C81KW-650.

The FCC listing is partially available, and a Geekbench entry confirms it uses an Amlogic S905X5, a solid SoC for a set-top box.

I also see 4GB of RAM, and the manufacturer is SEI Robotics.

DIRECTV C81KW OTT Box - Android TV Guide

Ok found a picture of the Box too on Reddit:


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/DirectvStream/comments/1twlex0/comment/opzeqi1/
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Scott Greczkowski
I know a few people who have gotten one and I am told like most modern streaming boxes this one also has HDR on all the time.
Tom Speer
I know a few people who have gotten one and I am told like most modern streaming boxes this one also has HDR on all the time.
I only noticed that as a problem on TVs that handle HDR poorly. They don't have enough peak brightness or enough dimming zones. For instance, TCL makes three lines of TV, sort of like the old Sears model of Good, Better, Best. On my 4 or 5 year end low price model, HDR looked awful (My neighbor likes the TV now). The midrange model from the next model year ithat I have at my Lake home now looks pretty good in HDR all the time. The midrange TCL QM7 model from last year at my other home looks spectacular, as I remember. I haven't seen it for 6 months.

If I had a TV that does HDR poorly, I would configure the Gemini to disable all HDR.
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b4pjoe
I only noticed that as a problem on TVs that handle HDR poorly. They don't have enough peak brightness or enough dimming zones. For instance, TCL makes three lines of TV, sort of like the old Sears model of Good, Better, Best. On my 4 or 5 year end low price mode, HDR looked awful (My neighbor likes the TV now). The midrannge model from the next model year ithat I have at my Lake home now looks pretty good in HDR all the time. The midrange TCL QM7 model from last year at my other home looks spectacular, as I remember. I haven't seen it for 6 months.

If I had a TV that does HDR poorly, I would configure the Gemini to disble all HDR.
I agree with that. The 2 LGs that we have Gemini's on looks far better with HDR enabled then it does with HDR off.
R
I know a few people who have gotten one and I am told like most modern streaming boxes this one also has HDR on all the time.
That would be a deal-breaker for me. The Rokus default to having it on all the time but it's easy enough to change that to native. If the content is HDR it goes on. Otherwise, no.
R
I don't mind HDR being on as long as its adaptive. I don't need HDR on non-HDR content

Also, God only knows how much it'll cost to get this per month. 10 bucks a month for 3 TVs in my apartment is not worth it if I can just use my android boxes and appletv to watch
b4pjoe
I don't mind HDR being on as long as its adaptive. I don't need HDR on non-HDR content

Also, God only knows how much it'll cost to get this per month. 10 bucks a month for 3 TVs in my apartment is not worth it if I can just use my android boxes and appletv to watch
It is not adaptive. HDR is either always on or off. No in between. However with my Gemini on satellite everything looks much better with HDR on.
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