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Last reply Jun 8, 2017 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Pricing

I am looking into Dish Network possibly. My question is if I want Americas Top 250 the sports pass, and all the movie channels channel (forgive me, maybe this was Americas Everything but I don't see it advertised on their website) once all of these movie channels are no longer free for x months what will my bill be for a Hopper 3 w/2 TVs.

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Tampa8

Jun 4, 2017

Per month in the neighborhood of (for a new customer under two year deal) $97 a month package price guaranteed for two years. Includes a DVR fee of $10, $7 for Joey, $5 autopay discount for Top250. Easily found on the DISH site.

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pattykay

Jun 5, 2017

Tampa8 said:
Per month in the neighborhood of (for a new customer under two year deal) $97 a month package price guaranteed for two years. Includes a DVR fee of $10, $7 for Joey, $5 autopay discount for Top250. Easily found on the DISH site.

The new deal is even better than that. The Joey fee for new customers is going down to only $5 per month for two years.

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MikeD-C05

Jun 5, 2017

crodrules said:
The new deal is even better than that. The Joey fee for new customers is going down to only $5 per month for two years.

How will Dish ever survive if they cut their Joey fees to $5.00 each? :smug

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Tampa8

Jun 5, 2017

MikeD-C05 said:
How will Dish ever survive if they cut their Joey fees to $5.00 each?

That's not the same as having no fee which is what some want. In addition it's for two years only. BIG difference. I can say that about anytime any company reduces anything they charge. I have seen it here from people with no idea about business. If XXX can charge less for a sale or for a new sign up they can do it all the time... Sure they can.

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MikeD-C05

Jun 5, 2017

Tampa8 said:
That's not the same as having no fee which is what some want. In addition it's for two years only. BIG difference. I can say that about anytime any company reduces anything they charge. I have seen it here from people with no idea about business. If XXX can charge less for a sale or for a new sign up they can do it all the time... Sure they can.

Exactly. Because if the Fees were being used to keep the prices lower for programming , like some suggest, then why would they ever be able to give discounts on the Dvr fee of the joeys? They can afford it because the Fees are being used to add to DISH's bottom line.

The fees ,as I said in another thread , are now too high and too many and are starting to hurt DISH. People might really want the Hopper 3 ,but they see the fees attached for the Dvr fee and the additional fees for joeys and they say : no thanks. THe fees for owned receivers like the joeys, that cant even work without the hopper, should have no monthly fee if the customer buys them. DISH needs to look at doing this , so more subs can upgrade to the hopper 3 and it can attract new subs as well as retain existing subs as well.

The Dvr fee should either be reduced or added services should be added to make it worth it. After all the auto skip feature is now just about worthless to subs in most markets ,due to the deals negotiated that make you wait anywhere from 3 days to 7 dates before it kicks in. Who waits a week to watch most shows these days?

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Tampa8

Jun 6, 2017

MikeD-C05 said:
Exactly. Because if the Fees were being used to keep the prices lower for programming , like some suggest, then why would they ever be able to give discounts on the Dvr fee of the joeys? They can afford it because the Fees are being used to add to DISH's bottom line.

The fees ,as I said in another thread , are now too high and too many and are starting to hurt DISH. People might really want the Hopper 3 ,but they see the fees attached for the Dvr fee and the additional fees for joeys and they say : no thanks. THe fees for owned receivers like the joeys, that cant even work without the hopper, should have no monthly fee if the customer buys them. DISH needs to look at doing this , so more subs can upgrade to the hopper 3 and it can attract new subs as well as retain existing subs as well.

The Dvr fee should either be reduced or added services should be added to make it worth it. After all the auto skip feature is now just about worthless to subs in most markets ,due to the deals negotiated that make you wait anywhere from 3 days to 7 dates before it kicks in. Who waits a week to watch most shows these days?

I don't totally disagree with some things you say there. If you include surcharges as fees DISH has lower and less fees than most anyone but that doesn't mean what they have aren't high, just as the whole industry has become.
DISH is already cutting costs, existing customers can be saving hundreds, new customers save hundreds and can save $7 off fees. In addition with the much lesser expensive packages they have that some others do not like Flex, Welcome etc. there can only be so much room to cut the price, and is why you don't get the discounts I am getting if you have those.

The bottom line is three things. We agree the fees for all providers have become very high. I don't know how that can be disagreed by anyone.

Second, we disagree the fees are just because. They are part of the business plan and if no fees or substantially less fees then something else has to be increased or Surcharges like Directv and Charter etc have to be added. If DISH did not continue to improve I would be more willing to say they could do what you want. But you ignore the money that goes into R&D and other places like satellite launches where DISH does not stay stagnant. So they do plow money back into the business.

Third, DISH has a path for saving big money. You (I don't mean literally you) may not like that path but it's there and I'm using it saving $$$ every month. The discussion could be, instead of any of those current customer savings, instead of the savings new customers get, maybe instead of some other perks that have a dollar value DISH could simply lower costs or maybe do away with a fee or two. To me that's the discussion.

DWS44

Jun 6, 2017

This debate again? Do y'all just keep a copy of these love sonnets handy so you can copy/paste them to each other in every thread now?

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MikeD-C05

Jun 6, 2017

Tampa8 said:
I don't totally disagree with some things you say there. If you include surcharges as fees DISH has lower and less fees than most anyone but that doesn't mean what they have aren't high, just as the whole industry has become.
DISH is already cutting costs, existing customers can be saving hundreds, new customers save hundreds and can save $7 off fees. In addition with the much lesser expensive packages they have that some others do not like Flex, Welcome etc. there can only be so much room to cut the price, and is why you don't get the discounts I am getting if you have those.

The bottom line is three things. We agree the fees for all providers have become very high. I don't know how that can be disagreed by anyone.

Second, we disagree the fees are just because. They are part of the business plan and if no fees or substantially less fees then something else has to be increased or Surcharges like Directv and Charter etc have to be added. If DISH did not continue to improve I would be more willing to say they could do what you want. But you ignore the money that goes into R&D and other places like satellite launches where DISH does not stay stagnant. So they do plow money back into the business.

Third, DISH has a path for saving big money. You (I don't mean literally you) may not like that path but it's there and I'm using it saving $$$ every month. The discussion could be, instead of any of those current customer savings, instead of the savings new customers get, maybe instead of some other perks that have a dollar value DISH could simply lower costs or maybe do away with a fee or two. To me that's the discussion.

You have to agree that DISH not changing what they are doing is a non option right? I mean the Flex pack is nice , the Fire tv stick is nice and can take the place of at least one joey ,but not more than one at a time. I am saying that something needs to change in order to GROW DISH. Owned receivers should see no fees for additional receiver. I still say that DISH should negotiate a better deal for more than one stream at a time- like Sling Tv is doing. This would make the DISH satellite business attractive to more new subs and existing subs as well. Because what they are doing is continuing to lose subs just about every quarter and they are really changing very little in response. The Flex pack is an improvement but it is not working either to attract new subs ,as last quarter numbers showed. Something has to change and since the programming is going to keep going up , the only thing DISH can change is their own Made up , charge it because they can FEEs ,in order to attract more new subs and keep the ones they have. Or they can continue to bleed till there is nothing left but the rural areas that have little choice other than satellite.

dare2be

Jun 6, 2017

MikeD-C05 said:
You have to agree that DISH not changing what they are doing is a non option right? I mean the Flex pack is nice , the Fire tv stick is nice and can take the place of at least one joey ,but not more than one at a time. I am saying that something needs to change in order to GROW DISH.

It won't matter. The industry is so saturated/stagnant and even shrinking that growth is not possible. All that can be done is to keep the ship from sinking too fast. The biggest change will have to be what content owners charge for their content.

MikeD-C05

Jun 6, 2017

dare2be said:
It won't matter. The industry is so saturated/stagnant and even shrinking that growth is not possible. All that can be done is to keep the ship from sinking too fast. The biggest change will have to be what content owners charge for their content.

You are probably right. It will make no difference . I give up for now trying to put out ideas that might save DISH. But if even one or two of my ideas get used by them , I would feel like it was worth it.

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Scherrman

Jun 6, 2017

MikeD-C05 said:
You are probably right. It will make no difference . I give up for now trying to put out ideas that might save DISH. But if even one or two of my ideas get used by them , I would feel like it was worth it.

I don't think you have bad ideas. I think many of them are not realistic. It's crazy to think that a huge company hasn't thought of many of the same things we come with. Some of them may be good ideas but can't work and some may be good ideas and just get turned down. They have numerous people who work for them that all they do is try to find ways to gain more customers, market share, profits and just overall brand awareness. For any of us to sit here as back seat drivers and assume they are just happy staying the course then we would be very foolish.

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MikeD-C05

Jun 6, 2017

Scherrman said:
I don't think you have bad ideas. I think many of them are not realistic. It's crazy to think that a huge company hasn't thought of many of the same things we come with. Some of them may be good ideas but can't work and some may be good ideas and just get turned down. They have numerous people who work for them that all they do is try to find ways to gain more customers, market share, profits and just overall brand awareness. For any of us to sit here as back seat drivers and assume they are just happy staying the course then we would be very foolish.

Well actions speak louder than words. I have seen very little being done to change their situation.

And in the past DISH has used many of our ideas on this very web board . The idea for Hd for life I myself ,as well as others here floated here first, before it became an actual policy for DISH. Another example was when DISH decided to charge more for a second hopper, after telling us it would stay at $7.00. After the outrage on this web board was expressed , DISH decided to give subs with two hoppers a $5.00 credit each month to make up for the increase for a number of months.

So when I put out ideas on this board I'm not just putting it out for us. I'm also hoping that someone with DISH will take some of the ideas and turn them in to policy. Remember Some of your best ideas come from your customers . It would be foolish to not listen to their complaints as well as their ideas ,that would make their DISH product and service a better value for the very customers themselves. Especially if you are interested in retaining existing subs and attracting new ones as well, as I know DISH must surely be.

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Tampa8

Jun 6, 2017

DWS44 said:
This debate again? Do y'all just keep a copy of these love sonnets handy so you can copy/paste them to each other in every thread now?

In all seriousness, it's because Mike is the opposite of a troll. His posts are meant to be constructive, he is consistent and doesn't make it personal. It's a real way to get ideas out there. Rarely do I keep going back and forth with someone just being negative or with zero facts and made up stuff. (I have at times then regretted it - lol)

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Claude Greiner

Jun 7, 2017

When you got Directv doing 4 Tv's for 1 flat price you need to lower the joey cost

Scherrman

Jun 7, 2017

Claude Greiner said:
When you got Directv doing 4 Tv's for 1 flat price you need to lower the joey cost

What are the costs when compared side by side? What is the most comparable system and package to a Hopper 3 with 3 Joeys and the Top 200? I have no idea what Direct's fees are so that's why I ask.

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Scherrman

Jun 7, 2017

MikeD-C05 said:
Well actions speak louder than words. I have seen very little being done to change their situation.

And in the past DISH has used many of our ideas on this very web board . The idea for Hd for life I myself ,as well as others here floated here first, before it became an actual policy for DISH. Another example was when DISH decided to charge more for a second hopper, after telling us it would stay at $7.00. After the outrage on this web board was expressed , DISH decided to give subs with two hoppers a $5.00 credit each month to make up for the increase for a number of months.

So when I put out ideas on this board I'm not just putting it out for us. I'm also hoping that someone with DISH will take some of the ideas and turn them in to policy. Remember Some of your best ideas come from your customers . It would be foolish to not listen to their complaints as well as their ideas ,that would make their DISH product and service a better value for the very customers themselves. Especially if you are interested in retaining existing subs and attracting new ones as well, as I know DISH must surely be.

Dish has been trying for a very long time to get more into wireless and streaming data. They've made advances in technology that allow customers to watch HD in every room while having access to all their programming and recordings. They made it possible for customers to watch their service from anywhere in the world that has internet. They even came out with a streaming service at a low cost that doesn't require a contract. Trust me, they've been trying to change with the times and they've been doing for much longer than you think. The problem is they haven't been able to find a way to make it work for them yet. They also prefer to do it themselves instead of working with another company.

I will admit that you're right about using feedback from customers, Dish does listen and does make some changes based on what they see on here.

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pattykay

Jun 8, 2017

MikeD-C05 said:
How will Dish ever survive if they cut their Joey fees to $5.00 each?

Combined with the discount on the DVR fee, that is like getting one Joey for free. That is a step in the right direction, and it is exactly what I say Dish should do for existing customers who upgrade to the "Hopper Lite" if it doesn't have a TV2 output.

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dishstaller

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TVs are really getting big these days

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

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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.

dishstaller

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36 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Retro looking camcorder

Saw this in Sams yesterday. I thought this was a really cool idea. Having a new grandbaby I almost bought one. I saw a lot of these back in the day.

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osu1991

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Last reply 53 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

USA Healthcare Costs are Ridiculous

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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b4pjoe

Yesterday at 10:12 PM

My wife and I use the same Medicare Advantage plan from United Healthcare. (Yes I have heard the horror stories about Medicare Advantage plans but we have used it for the last 5 years). We are both pretty healthy so it works for us. It costs $0.00 per month for both of us and it pays part of our Medicare part B premium. Next year it will be paying $170 per month of the $220 monthly part B premium for both of us. We also each get $90 per quarter to use on OTC products. $0.00 copay for Dr. visits and $55 copay for specialists. Includes dental and hearing coverage. Never have had an issue with it although I don't really use mine other than for the dental, Part B payments and the OTC benefit as I am a veteran and use the VA for all of my medical needs. I just had a kidney that had a cancer mass removed last month and they allowed me to use a non VA surgeon at a non VA hospital through the VA Community Care program. For all of the doctors visits, exams, tests, surgery, hospital stay, meds etc…was around $60,000 and the the VA paid for it entirely. I did have to pay $16 for the Oxycodone pain pills when I left the hospital that I got from my local CVS instead of waiting for a week for the VA to ship them to me from the VA pharmacy.

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 11:46 PM

b4pjoe said:
$0.00 copay for Dr. visits

And THAT is one of the big issues causing a lot of the problems. If the minimum copay for Dr. visits was at least $100 then a LOT of folks would opt out of those visits. If it cost the individual nothing then why should they care. All of my older family members are constantly going to doctor visits.....to them it is an adventure.....an outing that allows them a reason to go out to eat at a restaurant. IF they had to pay one cent out of their own pockets a lot of that crap would stop asap.

Sorry...rant off.

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meStevo

Yesterday at 11:57 PM

dishstaller said:
And THAT is one of the big issues causing a lot of the problems. If the minimum copay for Dr. visits was at least $100 then a LOT of folks would opt out of those visits. If it cost the individual nothing then why should they care. All of my older family members are constantly going to doctor visits.....to them it is an adventure.....an outing that allows them a reason to go out to eat at a restaurant. IF they had to pay one cent out of their own pockets a lot of that crap would stop asap.

Sorry...rant off.

You're not wrong that some people treat free visits like a social outing. But it has to be a balance. Put a $100 barrier on a doctor visit and people don't just skip the pointless ones, they skip the important ones too. Then the stuff that would've been a cheap catch at a checkup shows up later in the ER, sicker and way more expensive. The shift we need is from sick care to actual healthcare.

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dishstaller

Today at 9:08 AM

meStevo said:
But it has to be a balance.

Unfortunately, humans tend to suck at finding a balance in just about anything.

reubenray said:
They go to the Doctor for everything.

I see a LOT of that. And yes...they DO go to the doctor for EVERYTHING.

I was sick a couple months ago, either light flu or cold. First thing my Mom asked me when I told her was "You need to go to the doctor". I said WHY......I know what to do....it'll last a few days and I'll be fine.

The biggest problem with paying nothing out of pocket is that people quickly don't want to pay a penny for anything. Had an older customer in the store the other day. He mentioned that he had just come from CVS and I guess he wanted to rant. He said he went to pick up his prescription and "they changed my plan and wanted $4, they used to be free...I told them to stick them somewhere and walked out". BTW, he was in the store buying a new remote. So he HAD money for a remote but not $4 for this medicine that somebody somewhere thought he needed.

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navychop

Today at 9:15 AM

$50! Do I hear $50?

Must we go down to $25?

Jimbo

Today at 9:28 AM

dishstaller said:
Unfortunately, humans tend to suck at finding a balance in just about anything.

I see a LOT of that. And yes...they DO go to the doctor for EVERYTHING.

I was sick a couple months ago, either light flu or cold. First thing my Mom asked me when I told her was "You need to go to the doctor". I said WHY......I know what to do....it'll last a few days and I'll be fine.

The biggest problem with paying nothing out of pocket is that people quickly don't want to pay a penny for anything. Had an older customer in the store the other day. He mentioned that he had just come from CVS and I guess he wanted to rant. He said he went to pick up his prescription and "they changed my plan and wanted $4, they used to be free...I told them to stick them somewhere and walked out". BTW, he was in the store buying a new remote. So he HAD money for a remote but not $4 for this medicine that somebody somewhere thought he needed.

My prescription before Medicare took over was $30 for 90 days, Medicare took over, now it was $375 last January and $150ish after that 90 days worth.

Jimbo

59 minutes ago

dishstaller said:
Unfortunately, humans tend to suck at finding a balance in just about anything.

I see a LOT of that. And yes...they DO go to the doctor for EVERYTHING.

I was sick a couple months ago, either light flu or cold. First thing my Mom asked me when I told her was "You need to go to the doctor". I said WHY......I know what to do....it'll last a few days and I'll be fine.

The biggest problem with paying nothing out of pocket is that people quickly don't want to pay a penny for anything. Had an older customer in the store the other day. He mentioned that he had just come from CVS and I guess he wanted to rant. He said he went to pick up his prescription and "they changed my plan and wanted $4, they used to be free...I told them to stick them somewhere and walked out". BTW, he was in the store buying a new remote. So he HAD money for a remote but not $4 for this medicine that somebody somewhere thought he needed.

Priorities ...

dishstaller

53 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
Priorities ...

I guess so. Obviously he didn't really need those pills....or at least HE didn't think so.

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JJinVista

Last reply Today at 9:22 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

4K Hopper 3 Playback Reverts to 1/4 size display after Fast Forward

I've had a H3 receiver for years but just recently began watching and recording 4k content. I'm consistently having the display revert to the upper left quarter of the screen after fast forwarding or pausing the playback of 4k recordings.

Some research I've done blames it on the Hopper as not having the processing power to quickly shift between the FF or pause playback formats and it leaves the playback device in a mode thinking that it's no longer receiving a 4k stream. So it displays the 1/4 image.

I've found that I can quickly recover back to a full screen 4k display by using the remote sequence Pause / Info / Resume.

I've tested this on two different monitors, but they're both LGs, so maybe it's the TVs, and not the Hopper? Is this a known problem? Anyone else experience this?

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navychop

Today at 9:22 AM

I had similar problems when I had an H3. Not sure what triggered it. I don't think it was for 4K though, as I don't follow sports and what else has Dish put on in "4K?"

Sony UHD TV and Sony UHD player (no 1/4 there).

I think I was cycling power to work around it.

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Ramy

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Last reply Today at 9:15 AM · posted in The Sports Section

2026-27 NCAA College Football

Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.

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osu1991

Saturday at 11:05 PM

..I hate playing in Ames.

Jimbo

Saturday at 11:33 PM

osu1991 said:
..I hate playing in Ames.

I hate playing in LA ... :oldmad

Buckeyes had 2 weeks off and came out and looked absolutely terrible ... broke in a new Freshman Qb, but that wasn't the worst part ... undiscipline play, at last count they had 10 penalties.
Freshman in the end of the game trying to play catch up, had a lot of Over throws ... Bucks lose ...

#1 Miami struggled but pulled away in the end beating North Carolina by 3 ...

Tuesday the CFP brings out thier Playoff Top 12 again ... Buckeyes should drop from #2 to about #22 (they won't) had they had thier Starting QB, it would have been a different game ...

They could lose the rest of thier games at this point.

Foxbat

Yesterday at 7:38 PM

osu1991 said:
..I hate playing in Ames.

My in-Laws came from Iowa, she was a graduate of ISU. Unranked Iowa teams beat the #24 and #25 teams on Halloween.

And I heard that your QB made a poor choice after scoring the tying touchdown, leading to a fifteen yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff. The Cyclones were then able to take advantage of the resulting field position to get close enough to score the winning field goal.

In a NCAA Football season of bizarre endings, this has to rank right up there.

osu1991

Yesterday at 7:47 PM

Foxbat said:
My in-Laws came from Iowa, she was a graduate of ISU. Unranked Iowa teams beat the #24 and #25 teams on Halloween.

And I heard that your QB made a poor choice after scoring the tying touchdown, leading to a fifteen yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff. The Cyclones were then able to take advantage of the resulting field position to get close enough to score the winning field goal.

In a NCAA Football season of bizarre endings, this has to rank right up there.

Yep, but wasn't the QB. Was WR. Offense had a great game but defense didn't show up at all. I don't think they were even in the State.

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Today at 9:02 AM · posted in Ham Radio 2.0

Selling Radios Online? The FCC Changed the Rules

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Ray_Clum

Last reply Today at 8:29 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Wireless Joey4 (Android TV)

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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bnewt

Yesterday at 8:13 PM

That kind of crap annoys me to no end.
That is one reason I haven't switched to h3and the same wireless joey 4
Hope you get it resolved.

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KAB

Today at 7:27 AM

Just so you know, my WJ4 (with no Hopper+) shows all the logos. I can't think of why yours isn't. I'll do some digging in the settings.

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Scott Greczkowski

Today at 8:29 AM

They "should" appear after a few days. If not reboot the hopper and joey. Sometimes it needs a kick.

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MorCowbell

Last reply Today at 7:49 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Saved OTA list on Dish can't be appended

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?

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 9:59 PM

I hear complaints from customers each and every day. I chose not to install OTAs with a doggle for a reason.

BTW, I like your user name

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rvvaquero

Today at 7:49 AM

MorCowbell said:
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.

So, you want the ability to, for example, scan while your antenna is pointed to the east and save those channels to your list. Then, you want to scan again with the antenna pointed to the west, and add some of those channels to the list also while retaining the original channels you added from the east?

How would that work? If you move the antenna and some of your channels are no longer are accessible, there's no point in having them on the list. Unless, you want to re-point the antenna each time you switched from an east channel to a west channel and vice versa.

I suppose you could have one of those remote controlled antenna mast like we had back in the 60's. In that case, I can see your point. I think DISH has just designed the system to fit what the vast majority of users actually have. I'm guessing your situation is a pretty narrow use case scenario. I'm just really happy to be able to have my locals without having to pay the $17 month for them.

I just wish DISH would fix the remote control issue that the last few software downloads screwed up. I use the 54 remote and my Hopper is jumping around from off to on, from live to recording.......................like a Kangaroo.

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TFLEV

Today at 7:02 AM · posted in TFLEV

The New Toyota C-HR Is NOTHING Like the Old One..Especially In One Way!

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