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Last reply Jun 29, 2018 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

$10 HBO Ending ?

I see on mydish page that my $10 HBO deal will be ending. Anyone have theirs ending as well ?

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bobvick

Jun 27, 2018

I found something today they will make $15 not seem so bad, in a 1986 issue of SatelliteTV Week I found there was an ad from HBO. It was 12.95 or HBO or Cinemax (only E&W feed of each at that time) or $19.95 for both. Doesn't make $15 for 8 feeds and VOD/HBO Go seem so bad 32 years later. FYI, that $12.95 would have had the same spending power as $29.37 today.

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The Fat Man

Jun 27, 2018

bobvick said:
I found something today they will make $15 not seem so bad, in a 1986 issue of SatelliteTV Week I found there was an ad from HBO. It was 12.95 or HBO or Cinemax (only E&W feed of each at that time) or $19.95 for both. Doesn't make $15 for 8 feeds and VOD/HBO Go seem so bad 32 years later. FYI, that $12.95 would have had the same spending power as $29.37 today.

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Back in the 80s, HBO and Cinemax were changed to a snowy picture with just the audio, if the customer didn't subscribe on our cable system. However, our RSNs and Disney Channel were scrambled. We had one of those boxes to unscramble the RSNs, but it didn't unscramble Disney. I always wondered how they worked.

Juan

Jun 27, 2018

The Fat Man said:
Back in the 80s, HBO and Cinemax were changed to a snowy picture with just the audio, if the customer didn't subscribe on our cable system. However, our RSNs and Disney Channel were scrambled. We had one of those boxes to unscramble the RSNs, but it didn't unscramble Disney. I always wondered how they worked.

Back in the early 80's..they had the old manual click type tv tuners...with a pair of pliers you could hang the tuner between channels 3 and 4..HBO would come in free unscrambled

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The Fat Man

Jun 27, 2018

Juan said:
Back in the early 80's..they had the old manual click type tv tuners...with a pair of pliers you could hang the tuner between channels 3 and 4..HBO would come in free unscrambled

Sent from my SM-G950U using the SatelliteGuys app!

I tried to get Cinemax unscrambled, and heard of methods. But, I was a kid and heard that I needed to climb the pole outside to do it, so I never tried. But I do remember those tuners. We had the "wood" Gerald tuner with the A/B cable inputs, but we never had anything for cable B. I would hook my Nintendo or VCR to it just figure out what it did. Those were the days when I could plug the cable line directly into the TV and still get HBO through the TV.

I never had a channel 3/4 switch. I do remember being able to change our console TV to channel 2, 3, or 4, and the channel numbers on the tuner would change. For instance, HBO was channel 14 on the cable tuner. If I switched the TV to channel 4, HBO would be on 15 on the cable tuner. If I switched the TV to channel 2, HBO would be on channel 13 on the cable tuner. So channel 3 on the TV was our default for the "normal" channel lineup on the cable tuner.

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comfortably_numb

Jun 27, 2018

The Fat Man said:
I tried to get Cinemax unscrambled, and heard of methods. But, I was a kid and heard that I needed to climb the pole outside to do it, so I never tried.

Depending on the method of encryption, sometimes adding filters or removing traps was all that was needed. But NO ONE in my family EVER did that.

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Bobby

Jun 27, 2018

comfortably_numb said:
Depending on the method of encryption, sometimes adding filters or removing traps was all that was needed. But NO ONE in my family EVER did that.

I remember the silver bullet the cable folk put on your coax. Take the bullet out and voila!

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Foxbat

Jun 27, 2018

The early Sony Trinatron had a Voltage Controlled Oscillator and our cable system put Showtime and HBO just below Channel 7 in the upper half of the VHF band. Each channel button had a three-position switch and a 10-turn potentiometer for fine tuning control. All you needed to do was go below Ch. 7 and they would come in, nice and clear. That lasted 4-5 months before Cablevision caught on and added the in-line traps. The 1970s...

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comfortably_numb

Jun 27, 2018

Bobby said:
I remember the silver bullet the cable folk put on your coax. Take the bullet out and voila!

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Yep, never removed one of those either

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mwdxer1

Jun 28, 2018

I remember as a kid we lived in an apt building and a neighbor kid decided that everyone in the building was going to have free HBO, so he took all of the filters to each apt. I don't know if Cox Cable ever caught on as we moved shortly after that.

PHXHoward

Jun 29, 2018

We had something that looked a lot like this with a long cord going to the cable box. This was when I was eight and pretty much only watched pro wrestling and MTV on cable.

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Finished season 3 last night. Still one of my favorite shows.

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mheisen

Last reply Today at 3:43 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Hopper 3 with Hopper plus internet connection problems

Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 2:50 PM

mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?

I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?

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mheisen

Yesterday at 6:11 PM

Almighty1 said:
I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?

I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 6:33 PM

mheisen said:
I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.

Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.

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slow_poke_pete

Today at 3:38 AM

Almighty1 said:
Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.

Might be worth just to ditch the hopper plus. No issues here on h713

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slow_poke_pete

Today at 3:43 AM

mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?

Buy a roku and dump the hopper plus you'll be better off. If you have a smart tv you don't need either one. No hopper plus here and no issues!!!

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