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What audio channels to be precise?

KAB said:

What audio channels to be precise?

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i started a conversation with you. u can read it there.

brejust said:

i started a conversation with you. u can read it there.

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Which told me little or nothing.

This thread reminds me of when in the early 90s, I thought I was all slick. My local cable was just pushing everyone to switch to the "new system" which gave us 68 channels instead of 37. The catch was on the "old system" I got a small descrambler to get NESN and what is now NBC Sports Boston (then Sports Channel New England), and the cable company's employee climbed the pole outside to turn on HBO and/or Cinemax. No Showtime, The Movie Channel, or Pay-Per-View. Those were added with the "new system".

When we were forced to upgrade, they took our little descrambler and gave us a new cable box (nowhere considered a receiver back then). In order to receive the correct channel line-up and access to premium networks and Pay-Per-View (Viewer's Choice), you needed this box. Plugging the cable line directly into a cable ready TV or VCR, or a store bought cable box, would give you the "alternate line-up". Example: with the officially supported box, Nickelodeon was channel 14. Without the box, it was channel 32. I was young, so I watched a lot of Nickelodeon back then. HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and The Movie Channel were ranged from 28 to 31 respectively with the box. If you didn't subscribe, you'd see a scrambled image for about two seconds then the box would jump to a banner telling to subscribe, and the number on the box would blink. Without the box, HBO was on 48, Cinemax was on 56, Showtime was on 38, and The Movie Channel was on 61. You could tune and listen to the channel with the scrambled image. But, you couldn't subscribe. Even if you did on one TV with the box, a second TV without a box would still be scrambled.

I used to like to run the cable from the line outside to the VCR, then from the VCR to the cable box (we subscribed to HBO, thus needed the box). Doing this, the box needed to be on channel 3 or 4. I would switch the VCR tuner to one of the scrambled channels, which would cause a glitch in the box that would think either channel 3 or 4 were a premium network which we didn't subscribe to and blink. I had fun for hours screwing with my parents with that, especially during football season when the old (horrible) Patriots played on channel 4 (WBZ). I remember my father "get over here, why the (explative) is channel 4 blinking and showing me previews for movies on Pay-Per-View again? He was too tech illiterate to know to change the channel then back to fix the glitch. He used to wait about 10 minutes for the company's computer to realize the error and refresh the box.

To record off HBO or PPV, we need to run to the box, then to the VCR, then to the TV. So, one day when I was bored, I changed the wires to run the glitch again. The company had been running some system maintenance and turned on all the premiums and Pay-Per-View channels for anyone viewing without the box. I thought I found some trade secret and was trying to be all covert about it. I had free Pay-Per-View. I was going to see that year's Survivor Series for free. So on and so forth. Obviously they knew what was going on and turned it all off by the next day.

That's what the OP reminds me of in this thread. If you are receiving these audio channels, Dish knows you're receiving them. No need to be all slick and send only private messages. What was the point of creating the thread to begin with if this needs to be all covert? Just keep in mind, you're a grown adult. I'm referencing myself when I was in the fourth grade. Also, they're audio channels. You do realize that there are a million ways to listen to whatever music you want, on demand, right? I like having the SiriusXM music channels, but I can still get the music I want without them. Just some food for thought.

KAB said:

Which told me little or nothing.

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boba said:

What a waste of forum space.

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btw i never knew about start the conversation feature on here was. is it private message for two people.

The Fat Man said:

That's what the OP reminds me of in this thread. If you are receiving these audio channels, Dish knows you're receiving them. No need to be all slick and send only private messages. What was the point of creating the thread to begin with if this needs to be all covert? Just keep in mind, you're a grown adult. I'm referencing myself when I was in the fourth grade. Also, they're audio channels. You do realize that there are a million ways to listen to whatever music you want, on demand, right? I like having the SiriusXM music channels, but I can still get the music I want without them. Just some food for thought.

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yeah i know how to get music for free. or pay
just want one simple channel. lol ... i know about accuradio, newsgroups, free spotify
u know that dish owns pandora now.
but there was napster, back in days, scour exchange, direct connect, and so many other p2p.
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lol rhapsody was good.
musicmatch yahoo launchcast
i can go on and on and on for hours. bearshare.
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i wanna tell u something though, i happen upon this one audio channel and i like it. and i only might listen to 3 songs per week, so maybe 12 songs a month on this audio channel.
... also decentralized networks as well. hmm
or maybe listen to it once in blue moon.
dat is why i like the ability to add and drop packages. my moods change.
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and one final thougth.
because of this one audio channel i like, and if they remove it from current pack i have, i am going to upgrade to a different package so i can get this one audio channel. and beside i like some of the other channel that flex has too.
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so 15 channels i would watch definitely and that one audio channel.
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direct tv i had in past and never will i ever have them again this is going back at least 20 years ago too.

brejust said:

btw i never knew about start the conversation feature on here was. is it private message for two people.

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Yup. More than one other person can be on a single Conversation, if needed.

brejust said:

because of this one audio channel i like, and if they remove it from current pack i have, i am going to upgrade to a different package so i can get this one audio channel. and beside i like some of the other channel that flex has too.

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I hear you. I have only 2 or 3 channels that keep me on AT250. I also sub to SiriusXM for one channel only. Wish there were true a la carte.

Dish does not own Pandora. Sirius XM does.

brejust said:

yeah i know how to get music for free. or pay
just want one simple channel. lol ... i know about accuradio, newsgroups, free spotify
u know that dish owns pandora now.
but there was napster, back in days, scour exchange, direct connect, and so many other p2p.
.................
lol rhapsody was good.
musicmatch yahoo launchcast
i can go on and on and on for hours. bearshare.
00000
i wanna tell u something though, i happen upon this one audio channel and i like it. and i only might listen to 3 songs per week, so maybe 12 songs a month on this audio channel.
... also decentralized networks as well. hmm
or maybe listen to it once in blue moon.
dat is why i like the ability to add and drop packages. my moods change.
.......
and one final thougth.
because of this one audio channel i like, and if they remove it from current pack i have, i am going to upgrade to a different package so i can get this one audio channel. and beside i like some of the other channel that flex has too.
...
so 15 channels i would watch definitely and that one audio channel.
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direct tv i had in past and never will i ever have them again this is going back at least 20 years ago too.

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Again, you're interest in said channel isn't what I question. I question your need to treat this like classified information. If you have this channel, and think you aren't supposed to have it, either Dish is giving it as a free preview, is giving it as a replacement for a dispute, or added it as part of a package of which you subscribe. It's like how the Movie Pack subs used to have Starz Cinema, but then it changed to Starz Kids & Family. We don't get the rest of the Starz suite.

Basically, if you have it, Dish knows you have it. So, no need for the covert thread that gives a nugget of info explaining your purpose for the thread, then a plethora of PMs telling interested members. Some gormless employee at Dish didn't mistakenly turn on this audio channel, and it went unnoticed by everyone else in the company.

TheKrell said:

Yup. More than one other person can be on a single Conversation, if needed.


I hear you. I have only 2 or 3 channels that keep me on AT250. I also sub to SiriusXM for one channel only. Wish there were true a la carte.

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oh that is
exactly.

TheKrell said:

Yup. More than one other person can be on a single Conversation, if needed.


I hear you. I have only 2 or 3 channels that keep me on AT250. I also sub to SiriusXM for one channel only. Wish there were true a la carte.

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i tend to watch certain programs. if i can not find it on tv, i will stream it online.
i like to watch new movies also.
from time to time i watch my old dvds.

TheKrell said:

Yup. More than one other person can be on a single Conversation, if needed.


I hear you. I have only 2 or 3 channels that keep me on AT250. I also sub to SiriusXM for one channel only. Wish there were true a la carte.

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i am going to do my side note first, they have close to 300 streaming services out there. hmm

Cord cutters feel weight of subscription fatigue as video, TV streaming options multiply base on this article. There's now more than 300 streaming services to choose from – up from 200-plus a year ago – and consumers may be feeling overwhelmed, says Kevin Westcott, Deloitte's vice chairman for U.S. telecom, media and entertainment.


i just checked youtube tv. and they dont have locals. but they have some good stuff. unless local now means locals.

i notice one channel they have natgeowild and so many other channels. for 40 bucks, that would be a good supplement for me in future along with dish. if u do check out youtube tv, insert your zipcode. u might find something there that fits your needs and still keep dish.

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one thing came into mine amc for 5 bucks extra hmm.
they showed a local now, whatever that means....
Cloud DVR with no storage limits
Never run out of storage space. Stream your library wherever you go. Record simultaneously. hmm
that alone seems good.
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for movies i use showtime and i watch all the current new movies that come out. redbox i would consider using that but they actually have a local video store near me that offers new movies as well, dvd. hmm
redbox is like one mile one way and then 3 miles another way.