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Hi all,
First post here, although it feels like it should have been years ago, considering how many of the ice man's posts I've read over the years...
Here's what I've got:
•Wavefrontier T90
•Dish vip112k
•Twinhan vp1020a
•5x rp circular lnb's
•4x no name pll linears
•Dpp44 w/inserter (just now finding out about the legacy compatibility)
•8x1 diseqc
•Sat buddy meter
...500' roll quad shield rg6 and a few hours
Here's what I want:
•Dish 500 and hd's per my subscription
•and whatever else is fta in that piece of the sky
Here's a story:
I acquired a dish dvr a while back, decided I wanted to try it out. Convinced dish to send me a non-dvr ird when I noticed the fee for that feature. There was a direct slimline on the roof so I figured I'd hack and slash and figure something out. Made an aluminum bracket and stuck a few lnb's on it, looks ugly but I found an impressive level of signal in a few places, a lot wider swath than I expected though the reflector is pretty wide.. I quickly felt the desire to chase my childhood dreams of "all the satellites are belong to us" but a bit older now and conscious of several meter wide dishes on my roof. I'd like a good tradeoff between a satellite farm and a single 18" and I intend to get a modern pci card to go with the new dish.
Closing notes:
•what switch do I need to appease the vip211k with 3-4 legacy lnb's and what should they be pointed at?
•what pci card should I get for the "everything else"?
•disclaimer: I don't know what the terms are nowadays so forgive me if I upset anyone for asking, is there any, maybe an e* or otherwise pci card I can plug my smart card into, call customer service and get paired and activated instead of this laggy eyesore under my entertainment center? I'd like to maintain a minimalist approach here if possible.
Sorry for any proofreading issues, I'm on my phone and thanks in advance for reading!
Edit: my location is SW missouri and I've seen both eastern and western arc in the area. I could be wrong on that but I've seen dishes skew both ways so to speak
First post here, although it feels like it should have been years ago, considering how many of the ice man's posts I've read over the years...
Here's what I've got:
•Wavefrontier T90
•Dish vip112k
•Twinhan vp1020a
•5x rp circular lnb's
•4x no name pll linears
•Dpp44 w/inserter (just now finding out about the legacy compatibility)
•8x1 diseqc
•Sat buddy meter
...500' roll quad shield rg6 and a few hours
Here's what I want:
•Dish 500 and hd's per my subscription
•and whatever else is fta in that piece of the sky
Here's a story:
I acquired a dish dvr a while back, decided I wanted to try it out. Convinced dish to send me a non-dvr ird when I noticed the fee for that feature. There was a direct slimline on the roof so I figured I'd hack and slash and figure something out. Made an aluminum bracket and stuck a few lnb's on it, looks ugly but I found an impressive level of signal in a few places, a lot wider swath than I expected though the reflector is pretty wide.. I quickly felt the desire to chase my childhood dreams of "all the satellites are belong to us" but a bit older now and conscious of several meter wide dishes on my roof. I'd like a good tradeoff between a satellite farm and a single 18" and I intend to get a modern pci card to go with the new dish.
Closing notes:
•what switch do I need to appease the vip211k with 3-4 legacy lnb's and what should they be pointed at?
•what pci card should I get for the "everything else"?
•disclaimer: I don't know what the terms are nowadays so forgive me if I upset anyone for asking, is there any, maybe an e* or otherwise pci card I can plug my smart card into, call customer service and get paired and activated instead of this laggy eyesore under my entertainment center? I'd like to maintain a minimalist approach here if possible.
Sorry for any proofreading issues, I'm on my phone and thanks in advance for reading!
Edit: my location is SW missouri and I've seen both eastern and western arc in the area. I could be wrong on that but I've seen dishes skew both ways so to speak
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Is that c band on a 1.2m? I'm really interested in 125w. If I could swing that and 97w at the same time on the t90 I might need to change my pants. I don't mind cutting a hole in the toroid reflector to make it happen either 
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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....
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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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.
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Direct YouTube Link - This Week in Space 232
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Direct YouTube Link - This Week in Space 232
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Tim Cook, Elton John & King Charles: A Royal Tech Event
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Direct YouTube Link - Tim Cook, Elton John & King Charles: A Royal Tech Event
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Time for another AWESOME video from TFL Electric Vehicles!
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Direct YouTube Link - Watch the New Tesla Roadster Jump, Fly and Barrel-Roll in Mid-Air!
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Direct YouTube Link - Watch the New Tesla Roadster Jump, Fly and Barrel-Roll in Mid-Air!
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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