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My Hopper 3 is in a well ventilated place in my TV stand. Open to outside airflow, etc...
It is one of the original H3's and has never needed a replacement. The top is so hot I can barely keep my hand on it. Both of the fans on the sides (the little ones) do work.
Did later units run cooler? I am concerned that given it's age, it might have a problem sooner rather than later and since it is the hub of all the TV in the home, that worries me.
Thoughts?
It is one of the original H3's and has never needed a replacement. The top is so hot I can barely keep my hand on it. Both of the fans on the sides (the little ones) do work.
Did later units run cooler? I am concerned that given it's age, it might have a problem sooner rather than later and since it is the hub of all the TV in the home, that worries me.
Thoughts?
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Thanks for your help, but unless I can have a new receiver shipped to me and install it myself, I won't allow anyone from Dish to step foot in my house ever again. The installer was rude, incompetent, and very unprofessional. He caused damaged to the siding of my home, I had to buy/replace a coax cable he left hanging and exposed which animals later chewed through, had to dig/bury the cable from one of the dishes to the house, and had to listen to the guy whine and complain the majority of the time he was at my house. He left without having my broadband working properly where I had to figure out how to fix it myself.
I could type multiple paragraphs about all of the things this guy did or didn't do and couldn't answer any questions about using the Hopper because "he doesn't watch TV". Or how the guy dropped the Hopper and box on a coffee table from a standing position and almost broke it.
Unless Dish gets their act together and stops taking away channels and not lowering my bill, I'll be cancelling service and shipping the equipment back. I don't even have decent cellular service where I live to endure the 1+ hour wait to talk to anyone about lowering my bill, nor do I have good enough internet to use their chat to discuss it because it's down the majority of the time.
^ that's with perfect weather right now and no trees whatsoever in the line of the dish.
Thanks for your help, but unless I can have a new receiver shipped to me and install it myself, I won't allow anyone from Dish to step foot in my house ever again. The installer was rude, incompetent, and very unprofessional. He caused damaged to the siding of my home, I had to buy/replace a coax cable he left hanging and exposed which animals later chewed through, had to dig/bury the cable from one of the dishes to the house, and had to listen to the guy whine and complain the majority of the time he was at my house. He left without having my broadband working properly where I had to figure out how to fix it myself.
I could type multiple paragraphs about all of the things this guy did or didn't do and couldn't answer any questions about using the Hopper because "he doesn't watch TV". Or how the guy dropped the Hopper and box on a coffee table from a standing position and almost broke it.
Unless Dish gets their act together and stops taking away channels and not lowering my bill, I'll be cancelling service and shipping the equipment back. I don't even have decent cellular service where I live to endure the 1+ hour wait to talk to anyone about lowering my bill, nor do I have good enough internet to use their chat to discuss it because it's down the majority of the time.
^ that's with perfect weather right now and no trees whatsoever in the line of the dish.
That graph looks like it's from internet service which has nothing to do with TV service.
Better cooling luck will probably be had by using a 3-5 inch 120volt axial cooling fan.
I have used the same PQfan from Home Theater Cooling for about 12 years now from my VIP622 to my present Hopper3 with no cooling problems. The PQfan is no longer available but a similar fan (5 inch diameter, 29DBA, 120V, 50cfm) should work fine.
I have it pulling warm air out of the right side of my H3 so the intake air is distributed from every possible case opening instead of being blown in at one spot.
I have used the same PQfan from Home Theater Cooling for about 12 years now from my VIP622 to my present Hopper3 with no cooling problems. The PQfan is no longer available but a similar fan (5 inch diameter, 29DBA, 120V, 50cfm) should work fine.
I have it pulling warm air out of the right side of my H3 so the intake air is distributed from every possible case opening instead of being blown in at one spot.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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:
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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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The title was to catch everyone's eye lol! But it is a thought I've been having as I dev a Roku app for a client. You see many MAAANY years ago I got really interested in cable TV channels and even chatted with a regional carrier, Insight about what it took to get a channel number. It was surprisingly easy although prohibitively expensive.
You could petition, reserve a high channel number, they monitored performance and if they liked you, you'd get lower channel number overtime and cut into ad overlays.
Roku has a similar setup. Make an app, if it has a strong, original linear component you could get channel assignment on The Roku Channel.
As mixed as my feelings are on the current media landscape, I can't help but feel a little excited interest when I scope out the apps in the Roku store.
You could petition, reserve a high channel number, they monitored performance and if they liked you, you'd get lower channel number overtime and cut into ad overlays.
Roku has a similar setup. Make an app, if it has a strong, original linear component you could get channel assignment on The Roku Channel.
As mixed as my feelings are on the current media landscape, I can't help but feel a little excited interest when I scope out the apps in the Roku store.
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'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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I remember this in the news too...
www.nbcnews.com
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
www.nbcnews.com
That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.I remember this in the news too...
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
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me either. sometimes it seems like things disappear when they start changing sh*t around
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So...DirecTV advertises the Choice package with 95+ bonus channels for Satellite customers. You don't want 90+ of the 95...
Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.
I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.
What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.
If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.
Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.
MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.
I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.
What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.
If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.
Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.
MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
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. can we say over priced garbage!!!