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Last reply Dec 17, 2018 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Univision Deportes Dropped as Dish Dispute Widens

Univision on Tuesday said that Dish Network has decided not to renew its carriage agreement for Univision Deportes Network, broadending the dispute between the two companies.

Dish dropped Univision's lifestyle cable networks in April and its main channel in June. In recent statements, Dish has indicated little interest in bringing the channels back.

Univision Deportes Dropped as Dish Dispute Widens

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comfortably_numb

Dec 15, 2018

I feel like Dish is saving a lot of money for itself by severing ties with Univision and HBO. So why is there still a $5 price increase on most of these packages?

If these programming moves were really for the benefit of us, then shouldn't they be rewarding us with a flat (0%) increase next year to show us just how "valued" we are?

Just playing devil's advocate here.

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mwdxer1

Dec 15, 2018

comfortably_numb said:
I feel like Dish is saving a lot of money for itself by severing ties with Univision and HBO. So why is there still a $5 price increase on most of these packages?

If these programming moves were really for the benefit of us, then shouldn't they be rewarding us with a flat (0%) increase next year to show us just how "valued" we are?

Just playing devil's advocate here.

If there is a $5 increase coming in 2019, I think more will jump ship. We lose channels and we may more. That is not fair. I could understand an increase if Dish kept Univision, HBO, etc and we had to pay more. The always excuse is that Dish has these disputes to keep our pricing down. Okay, if that is the case, then Dish does not have the channel, and we continue to pay more? Where is a logic in that? I read a lot about the cord cutters and they pay much less. I am hoping as more channels are available in streaming packages, I can move in that direction in time, if prices continue to go up, especially with the loss of channels.

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Claude Greiner

Dec 15, 2018

mwdxer1 said:
If there is a $5 increase coming in 2019, I think more will jump ship. We lose channels and we may more. That is not fair. I could understand an increase if Dish kept Univision, HBO, etc and we had to pay more. The always excuse is that Dish has these disputes to keep our pricing down. Okay, if that is the case, then Dish does not have the channel, and we continue to pay more? Where is a logic in that? I read a lot about the cord cutters and they pay much less. I am hoping as more channels are available in streaming packages, I can move in that direction in time, if prices continue to go up, especially with the loss of channels.

I have been saying that for years.

If your going to raise the rates anyways, just pay the price increase for the channel and pass the costs to the customer.

The smart thing Dish could do right now is say no price increases for 2019 due to the programming disputes. Thank you for being a dish customer and thank you for standing behind us while we fight to keep prices down.

But if they raise rates anyways, these disputes are nothing more than putting more money in their pockets.

So glad I don't sell dish anymore and have to be in the middle with my customers when it comes to programming disputes.

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comfortably_numb

Dec 15, 2018

Claude Greiner said:
The smart thing Dish could do right now is say no price increases for 2019 due to the programming disputes. Thank you for being a dish customer and thank you for standing behind us while we fight to keep prices down.

But if they raise rates anyways, these disputes are nothing more than putting more money in their pockets.

I'm afraid I have to agree with you. If the disputes were truly about "defending the customer," then those savings should be passed on. At least this time they should be.

My parents are jumping ship after their current billing cycle ends (December 27). Their loyalty credits are falling off and Dish won't renew them. They are going to Directv Now. My brother and I are buying them 2 Fire Sticks for Christmas to get it done.

When I called to schedule the disconnect this afternoon, the representative was very insulting and demeaning. He claimed that Dish had "invested" thousands of dollars into my parents' account over the course of the 20 years they have been customers by providing loyalty credits.

When I told him which service they were switching to he said they were making a bad decision. He then refused to terminate the account. I had to ask for a supervisor to get it done. I was shocked by the experience.

In all the years I have been a Dish customer, I've never sensed so much desperate intestinal fortitude from Retentions as I did today. And the fact he refused to disconnect service and insulted me and my family was completely unacceptable.

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mwdxer1

Dec 16, 2018

comfortably_numb said:
I'm afraid I have to agree with you. If the disputes were truly about "defending the customer," then those savings should be passed on. At least this time they should be.

My parents are jumping ship after their current billing cycle ends (December 27). Their loyalty credits are falling off and Dish won't renew them. They are going to Directv Now. My brother and I are buying them 2 Fire Sticks for Christmas to get it done.

When I called to schedule the disconnect this afternoon, the representative was very insulting and demeaning. He claimed that Dish had "invested" thousands of dollars into my parents' account over the course of the 20 years they have been customers by providing loyalty credits.

When I told him which service they were switching to he said they were making a bad decision. He then refused to terminate the account. I had to ask for a supervisor to get it done. I was shocked by the experience.

In all the years I have been a Dish customer, I've never sensed so much desperate intestinal fortitude from Retentions as I did today. And the fact he refused to disconnect service and insulted me and my family was completely unacceptable.

I had one service years ago that I streamed on a computer, before the streaming sticks. I tried to cancel the service after the first year only to find, they did not cancel it after telling me they did. I tried a second time and paid another month. After that I was billed again. I called my credit card company and told them about the issue. They tried to cancel the service for me on their end and got the same result. How the issue was solved, was for the credit card company to issue me a new card & number so they could no longer bill me. That worked and the credit card company even reversed the last month of the service for me. Sometimes a consumer has to go to extreme measures.

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pattykay

Dec 16, 2018

mwdxer1 said:
I had one service years ago that I streamed on a computer, before the streaming sticks. I tried to cancel the service after the first year only to find, they did not cancel it after telling me they did. I tried a second time and paid another month. After that I was billed again. I called my credit card company and told them about the issue. They tried to cancel the service for me on their end and got the same result. How the issue was solved, was for the credit card company to issue me a new card & number so they could no longer bill me. That worked and the credit card company even reversed the last month of the service for me. Sometimes a consumer has to go to extreme measures.

I had to cancel my Bell Expressvu account the same way. Of course, in my case, I was getting that service through a broker, and my broker had been sued and put out of business. Add to that the fact that Bell did a Smart Card swap at that time. My old Smart Card had expired, and I had no way to get a new replacement for it, so I was not even receiving the service that Bell continued to charge me for.

Claude Greiner

Dec 16, 2018

crodrules said:
I had to cancel my Bell Expressvu account the same way. Of course, in my case, I was getting that service through a broker, and my broker had been sued and put out of business. Add to that the fact that Bell did a Smart Card swap at that time. My old Smart Card had expired, and I had no way to get a new replacement for it, so I was not even receiving the service that Bell continued to charge me for.

Which one?

I remember going through Tv M and dealing with Cathy.

Eventually I remember her just giving me the account to manage on my own.

I remember my credit card expiring and just forgetting about the account.

It got too expensive anyways. I used to have the theme packs and after the exchange rate it was $22/mo.

Once it went to the $80/mo packages it was no longer affordable.

I remember getting it for the Space channel and for some other reason that I refused to subscribe to Directv at the time.

I remember getting Directv in 2009, paid for it for 3 years before I had to dump dish (because they dumped me) and made it my primary source for tv in my house.

pattykay

Dec 16, 2018

Claude Greiner said:
Which one?

Can-Am Satellite. I think they did business as Largo Communications, or something like that. It has been too many years for me to remember the exact name now. I tried calling another broker (Freeway Support International) to see if they could move the receiver to a new account and get me a new Smart Card to get it reactivated, but there was nothing they could do, either. I would have had to start over again with a whole new receiver. I had just gone through that with Largo, right before they went out business, when my old standard-def receiver died and I had to purchase a "new" receiver (which turned out to be an older model HD receiver which was also about to die due to the upcoming Smart Card swap) to replace it. I was not about to purchase another receiver with no assurance that it would continue to work for any significant period of time, so I stopped fooling with Canadian satellite services completely, and never looked back.

Claude Greiner

Dec 16, 2018

Yup, I remember can am, freeway and Tvm.

I don't think Tvm ever got busted, but saw the writing on the wall and quietly stopped operations.

Speaking of grey market, Dish really didn't care back in the early days. They only started enforcing things when they realized that people where account stacking and they could crack down and hopefully turn 1 account into 2-3 accounts.

The only thing Dish didn't consider is their audits irritated a lot of people and they cancelled Dish all together and went with Directv

mwdxer1

Dec 16, 2018

crodrules said:
I had to cancel my Bell Expressvu account the same way. Of course, in my case, I was getting that service through a broker, and my broker had been sued and put out of business. Add to that the fact that Bell did a Smart Card swap at that time. My old Smart Card had expired, and I had no way to get a new replacement for it, so I was not even receiving the service that Bell continued to charge me for.

I used to have Star Choice. I had a friend in Alberta that I bought an HD receiver through him. Since he had a large enough package he could have up to 5 receivers without any extra fee. I had his package until be passed away nearly a year ago. the Dish is still up and the receiver gets what is in open key, which is only 2-3 channels. The old 4DTV receivers got the same open key stuff, since we could not sub to a Canadian company directly from the U.S. I thought about a broker after my friend passed away, but in checking the cost alone for a decent bunch of channels, too expensive. I doubt since the old receiver was tied to my friends old account, I do not think I could authorize it anyway. Add to that with the new channels on Anik G1, where everyone is migrating to, in a few years I may not be able to sub to much. Plus we have much more variety with Dish. A better deal and more channels.

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reddice

Dec 17, 2018

Finally got my parents and uncle connected online aka now "cordshavers" and they love it. Watching what they want when they want it and no ads. We even got the HBO add-on from Amazon and my uncle likes it better he can watch any movie there on-demand. Now my mother is considering dropping Dish as the price increase, less channels and no sports "she likes baseball" and going with a cordcutting streaming service.

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply 15 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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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RaiderPower

Today at 12:33 PM

Take It Easy On Me - Little River Band

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Today at 2:42 PM

Take It Easy - The Eagles

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sdfntx

Today at 4:54 PM

Take It as It Comes - Steve Winwood

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long_time_Dish

Today at 5:26 PM

Take The Money and Run - Steve Miller Band

EatMyVolts

15 minutes ago

Run Joe -- Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

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mheisen

Last reply 19 minutes ago · 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

Today 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

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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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meStevo

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 28 minutes ago · posted in TV Shows

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Starting a thread klang !

After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.

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KAB

Oct 17, 2025

Not in a hurry to watch it this time.

klang

Oct 21, 2025

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

Anyone else wonder if there might be something else going on with Callum? Seems to me he has too much access to Russian intelligence.

meStevo

Oct 15, 2026

One episode into season 4 that dropped today...

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meStevo

32 minutes ago

Renewed for season 5.

klang

28 minutes ago

Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!

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Neutron

Supporting Founder

Last reply 42 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

RIP Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart died yesterday, October 28th at the age of 86. We lost yet another great actor.

Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and ‘X-Men’ Superhero, Dies at 86

He’s forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.”

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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dfergie

Today at 4:45 PM

This hits hard, R.I.P. ...

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Foxbat

Today at 5:04 PM

Rest in Peace…

Bobby

Today at 5:20 PM

Rest in peace. Long live Jean Luc Picard…

long_time_Dish

Today at 5:22 PM

Rest in peace. Wow, so many good roles, but Jean Luc Picard will always be my favorite...

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meStevo

42 minutes ago

Yeah, this one is tough. RIP.

View: https://www.threads.com/@tismarkart/post/DfF4ONpkYPG

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Gary Toma

Staff member Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply 52 minutes ago · posted in DIRECTV Technical Resources Forum

DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 10/28/2026

The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:

National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)

Additional tabs provide:

OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders

Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8

Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

DIRECTV_TPN_Map_261028.xlsx 1,878 KB

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KyL416

Monday at 1:50 PM

Both, and they just made it official with a multiyear deal that also includes TV Everywhere authentication for the DAZN app, and commercial distribution.

DIRECTV, the premier provider of digital television entertainment in the United States, and DAZN, the world's leading sports entertainment platform, today announced a new multi-year distribution agreement for local telecasts of Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, and San Antonio Spurs games for DIRECTV streaming, satellite, and U-verse customers in each team's respective NBA-designated home territories.

These DAZN telecasts will be available to DIRECTV customers who subscribe to the Choice or higher packages and to U-verse TV customers who subscribe to the U200 or higher package. Each of DAZN's team services provides live pregame, postgame, and in-game coverage for the respective team.

In the coming weeks, customers who receive access to these teams via DIRECTV will also be able to login to the DAZN platform at no additional cost using their DIRECTV login credentials.

This agreement also provides distribution rights to each of the five NBA teams to all of DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS' thousands of sports bars, restaurants, fitness clubs, and other commercial venues located within each team's respective region.

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doctor J

Yesterday at 7:25 AM

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Oct 28 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Oct 28 2026 vs Oct 21 2026:

No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Changes to the use of defined transponders:

1 Transponder cleared of all Streams::
Net 15 TID 12 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D12@103ca, TPN 13

2 Previously unused Transponders with current APG records::
Net 0 TID 28 Beam NAT + PR is a National Transponder on D16@101, TPN 29
Net 10 TID 126 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D11@99cb, TPN 3

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams	National		Spot Beams
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K	4
HD	264		1449
SD mpeg4	144	-1	194
SD mpeg2	434	1
RB
Audio	89
Push	26
Slate	19		1

TEST Streams	National		Spot Beams
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K
HD			1
SD mpeg4
SD mpeg2
RB
Engr Work	38

The PID count Excel workbook provides much more count detail.

Newly updated tables of Streams on each transponder are available in the DataDigesters TPN Grids

More details of changes in individual channels will follow in the Weekly Analysis
and Gary Toma's Domestic TPN Map Excel files
A few remaps
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

doctor J

Yesterday at 7:26 AM

Weekly Analysis for 10/28/2026:

Weekly_Analysis_261028.xlsx 16 KB

KyL416

Yesterday at 8:31 AM

ElectionHQ mixes testing with BBC News, CNBC, CNN, FBN, FNC, MSNOW, NewsMax and NewsNation

Some more reshuffles

Updating the TMSIDs for KSBI and KQCW to use the cable feeds with Thunder games instead of the OTA feeds

An additional commercial PPV channel is now on 9530

coolman302003

52 minutes ago

Monday 11/2 is a full slate for NBA League Pass as all 30 teams are playing and 14 out of 15 total games are on NBALP. Only one national TV game on Peacock/NBCSN (Thunder @ Cavs).

DirecTV is even having to use several MLB EI channels (from 745-748) and a NHL CI (770) channel to fit all of them in the guide close together. 5 games at 7:30 ET, 3 games at 8 ET, 2 games at 8:30 ET, 1 game at 9 ET, 3 games at 10 ET. Luckily NHL CI is light on Monday (3 games on CI).

DirecTV is providing both broadcast feeds for all League Pass games except Hornets, Magic, Bucks & Raptors that night. These are all teams that have local broadcasts via a OTA channel which is on spotbeams and have streaming deals (DTC) that are not exclusive DAZN teams which DirecTV just signed a deal with (à la Spurs, Grizzlies, Cavs, Pacers & T'Wolves). Its also very common that we don't get Raptors broadcast very often from TSN or Sportsnet Ontario on League Pass.

11/2/26 (MON) EASTERN	7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM
Peacock/NBCSN	Thunder @ Cavaliers
NBA League Pass	None	Pistons (745) @ Hornets	Kings (755) @ Mavericks (756)	Celtics (760) @ Rockets (761)	Trail Blazers (764) @ Nuggets (765)	Suns (769) @ Warriors (770)
		Hawks (746) @ Pacers (747)	Pelicans (757) @ Grizzlies (758)	Jazz (762) @ Spurs (763)		Raptors @ Clippers (766)
		Nets (748) @ Knicks (751)	Bucks @ T'Wolves (759)			Heat (767) @ Lakers (768)
		Wizards (752) @ Magic
		Bulls (753) @ 76ers (754)
		*No Hornets, Magic local broadcasts	*No Bucks local broadcast			*No Raptors local broadcast

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Bobby

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 5:04 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish 4K Event Listings (No Discussion)

This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.

As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.

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Bobby

Friday at 2:55 PM

MLB, Rays at Brewers, Saturday 10-24, 5PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

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Bobby

Friday at 2:57 PM

MLB, Brewers at Rays, Monday 10-26, 5PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

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Bobby

Friday at 2:59 PM

MLB, Brewers at Rays, Tuesday 10-27, 5PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

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Bobby

Monday at 5:13 PM

CFB, Florida vs Georgia, Saturday 10-31, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.

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Bobby

Today at 5:04 PM

CFB, Wisconsin at Iowa, Saturday 10-31, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona St at BYU, Saturday 10-31, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 4:49 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJy0WnejlF4

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WHEcmortfK0?feature=share

dishstaller

Today at 10:27 AM

Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

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dfergie

Today at 3:44 PM

I loved it when Rodney was on the Tonight Show...

Foxbat

Today at 3:52 PM

dishstaller said:
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.

osu1991

Today at 4:49 PM

Was a Don Rickles fan. I've dvr'd most of his appearances on Carson from the antenna tv replays.

"MysteryMan"

Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 3:48 PM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Windows 10/11 Download

I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.

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EarDemon

Oct 13, 2026

If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

WhiteBeard

Oct 13, 2026

EarDemon said:
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

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EarDemon

Oct 14, 2026

WhiteBeard said:
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.

harshness

Oct 15, 2026

EarDemon said:
I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows.

What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

harshness said:
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?

Because it's what I prefer. I know I've said this a few times, I use Open Shell to give me the cascading start menu a la WIN 95 and NT4.0. The only reason I went from Windows Vista to 7 back in the day was because of Classic Shell. I cannot stand anything other than the OG start menu from 30+ years ago. I'm using ExplorerPatcher to give me Windows 10 UI elements of the taskbar and right click context menus.

If you could take a look at how I set up Windows 95, you'd find many similarities to how I use 11.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

harshness

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
Because it's what I prefer.

I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.

HipKat

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style

"MysteryMan"

Yesterday at 2:25 PM

2026-10 Preview Update Builds: 26300.9818 and 26200.9818 (KB5127936) has been released. Moderate time needed for those choosing to perform a manual download/install/restart. Quality improvements only. No new operating system features.

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JSheridan

Today at 3:48 PM

Actually it looks like there are a lot of features new or updated, although most are on a gradual rollout schedule.

KB5127936 Windows 11 Cumulative Update Preview build 26200.9818 (25H2) and 26300.9818 (26H2) - Oct. 28

Microsoft Support: This cumulative update for Windows 11, versions 26H2 and 25H2 (KB5127936), includes production-quality improvements. Announcements and messages This section provides key notifications related to this release, including announcements, change logs, and end-of-support notices...

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MartyDe

Last reply Today at 3:20 PM · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

ATSC 3 converter boxes

Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.

Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York

Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available

www.tvtechnology.com

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navychop

Oct 20, 2026

DEATH TO NEXGEN!

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primestar31

Oct 21, 2026

navychop said:
DEATH TO NEXGEN!

It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

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Mister B

Oct 22, 2026

What bothers me is the total waste of broadcasting spectrum in this very crowded market. It has been almost three years now since KFOX converted their broadcast tower to ATSC 3.0 and moved all of their channels to other towers causing noticeable degradation of the picture quality.
I have a Sony TV with 3.0 capabilities but still use the 1.0 version of locals due to the fact that one or all of the 3.0 channels are often missing or unwatchable. In this city of 800K I doubt that more than a few hundred even know about ATSC 3.0.
The only thing that could motivate me to be interested in 3.0 would be if all of the minor networks (diginets) could be in at least 720P rather than blurry ultra-compressed 480i.
Three years is long enough to waste one of the few available RF frequencies in the area for this trial.
It is time to either move on with this experiment or call it quits.

navychop

Oct 22, 2026

Mister B said:
It is time to either move on with this experiment or call it quits.

QFT. Of course, my preference involves a curb and some kicking.

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slow_poke_pete

Tuesday at 5:37 PM

primestar31 said:
It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET PART OF IT. NO ONE WANTS A BOX CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET EITHER.

navychop

Tuesday at 9:47 PM

Cough, cough. COVID vaccine implants.

:oldlaugh

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 6:39 PM

navychop said:
Cough, cough. COVID vaccine implants.

That would be handy. Download the latest RNA snippets that can be updated over 5G and no more shots! You're a Genius!

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Redbullsnation

Today at 3:20 PM

I want it and I have to have it.

I can neuter the phoning home with adguard home so it won't be doing that in my castle but I prefer without Internet so that my TVs in the house don't turn into e-waste

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dishstaller

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Today at 2:43 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

New report states 29% of vehicles being traded in are under water

It states the average amount they are under water is OVER $7,000. :eek

Personally, I tend to be the type that drives a vehicle for a lot of years....do my own oil changes and other fluid changes. Just replaced the spark plugs and a couple coils. Youtube is great for things like this.

Nearly 3 In 10 New-Car Trade-Ins Are Underwater, Edmunds Finds | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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