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would they be considered high speed cables? I only ask because I have an extra one from install and have a Sony sound base arriving tomorrow and enter to use the hdmi arc to hook it up to tv
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remotetveic
My Dish installed took all the cables with him and didn't even offer me any of the cables within the box.
M
My Dish installed took all the cables with him and didn't even offer me any of the cables within the box.
He probably took them so he could sell them to the next customer who needed "super-fast" HDMI cables.
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bspei
When I had my hopper installed, the installer wanted to sell my an optical cable to go from the hopper to the tv. Said we would have better sound. If I understand it correctly both the tv and hopper are outputs only.
DustNavy
I've heard a ton of stories of installers up selling cables. TV salesmen in big box stores like Best Buy do the same thing. The idea they try to put in people's heads is that new equipment requires expensive new cables.

Here's the thing about HDMI cables, they are just a connector, the source and tv can't tell what kind of cable you are using. Also, "high speed" hdmi cables have been the standard for almost 10 years, and any other cable has been obsolete just as long. "Low speed" hdmi cables can't pass 1080p video, they max out at 720p and 1080i. It would be hard to find one of those now. 2006's high speed and 2016's high speed haven't changed at all.

If you do get the idea of wanting new cables, look at AmazonBasics. They "update" their cables for every standard upgrade and keep that nice $5-$7 price point. Much better than the $80 Best Buy tries to sell.
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drwatson618
My tech had my cables with the box of receives we was taking. When he went upstairs, I moved them. Maybe I'll up sell them to some customers.
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Foxbat
My installers tried the up-sell to "premium High-Speed HDMI" cables on me, too. I bought the cables I needed for my entertainment center from Monoprice not that long ago, and my big deal was I needed length. The nylon mesh exterior on the cable is nice as it doesn't bind up or kink. I'm not running new HDMI cables unless we move and the entertainment center needs to be torn down and reassembled.

So I ended up giving one of the Dish cables to a friend and kept the other one for my "Pipe Full-o-Fun Kit #7" bag that I take whenever we travel. It's got all sorts of goodies that come in handy to connect things to other things, HDMI being one of them.

Other than that (and the other issues I outlined in the "I have a Hopper 3" thread) I'm super happy with the job they did. We had wet, heavy system snow a few weeks back and the old 1000.4 EA Dish would have been down for the count. The new Hybrid 1000.2 EA Dish gave us a signal throughout, with only sporadic signal loss on a few channels and even then, not for very long. The rain we've had so far doesn't even phase it, but Spring is Coming...
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ewindowman
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Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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nelson61
Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
Scott Greczkowski
Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
Can't remember where or who I saw predict this. :D

It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
Bruce
It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.
Scott Greczkowski
Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.
I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.
Bruce
I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.
Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.
Bruce
Bruce
Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
If Musk really wants to buy Boost, he might get a great price once Dish Wireless is out of Chapter 11.

Boost just lost 182,000 subs in the 3rd quarter-

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Is Dish like Iran in one way...they both will totally collapse by end of week :)
Foxbat
Other than the price, my experience with Boost is not that different than what I experienced with my years with Cricket. I will be curious to see what happens if SpaceX takes the reins.
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Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.
dish has new sats dtv does not
Scott Greczkowski
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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!

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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Shooz - Styx
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dishstaller
Too Much Time on My Hands - Styx
sdfntx
Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
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long_time_Dish
No Time - The Guess Who
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TIME Won't Let Me-The Outsiders
dishstaller
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dishstaller
Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.
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dfergie
I loved it when Rodney was on the Tonight Show...
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Foxbat
Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.
Thanks, I wasn't sure if you had the wrong Subject or the wrong YouTube link.
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osu1991
Was a Don Rickles fan. I've dvr'd most of his appearances on Carson from the antenna tv replays.

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dishstaller
More Dangerfield rapid fire on Carson.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scEQFHQHHhU
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dishdude
Rodney Dangerfield is great. One of his best one liners - "My wife likes to talk to me during sex, last night she called me from Florida!"

Jackie Gleason is another one of the greats.


View: https://youtu.be/ciUV77AzIB4
dfergie
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in Movie Talk
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primestar31

Wait, didn't this one come out a few years ago? It was all in Japanese. It was also VERY good!

OK, looked it up, that was Godzilla Minus One
Bruce
Wait, didn't this one come out a few years ago? It was all in Japanese. It was also VERY good!

OK, looked it up, that was Godzilla Minus One
At theaters, only in Japanese, on Disc and Netflix, available in English.
Foxbat
New trailer has dropped:
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long_time_Dish
Looks good! I'm interested...