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248 is Here in HD
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Mister Coke
While is now half of a day..
dennispap
While is now half of a day..
Not sure what you mean by half of a day. It has been almost a year.
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Not sure what you mean by half of a day. It has been almost a year.
Well we need TV land in HD before any cowboy or ride channels! TV land is showing LOTS of programs that WERE in HD when on original channels and should be on TVLand as well.
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Well we need TV land in HD before any cowboy or ride channels! TV land is showing LOTS of programs that WERE in HD when on original channels and should be on TVLand as well.

Luckily I get TV Land in HD with my other provider, Spectrum, with its TV Choice streaming package.


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Luckily I get TV Land in HD with my other provider, Spectrum, with its TV Choice streaming package.


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The problem for me is that there are NO DVR services with that fairly decent options of Streaming only from Spectrum. The deal breaker or deal maker for me is often DVR. I'll also add that Spectrum in my area is limited to DVR's with 2 tuners and no Whole Home solutions. I did the multiple DVR PAIN back before the Hoppers, and it was costly (multiple DVR fees and upgraded fees on the box because they were DVR's) and a PAIN to maintain consistency of content on each DVR so that I could whatch the same recordings on any DVR in the house. TiVo does at least have either the recording Transfer to another DVR or the Stream from one DVR to either another DVR or a client (I will not get into TE4 and how that BREAKS recording transfers involving older Series TiVo's), but no such feature with Spectrum. So, for now, Spectrum is just not a competitive option for me, but I sure wish it was because I won't even consider DirecTV today.
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The problem for me is that there are NO DVR services with that fairly decent options of Streaming only from Spectrum. The deal breaker or deal maker for me is often DVR. I'll also add that Spectrum in my area is limited to DVR's with 2 tuners and no Whole Home solutions. I did the multiple DVR PAIN back before the Hoppers, and it was costly (multiple DVR fees and upgraded fees on the box because they were DVR's) and a PAIN to maintain consistency of content on each DVR so that I could whatch the same recordings on any DVR in the house. TiVo does at least have either the recording Transfer to another DVR or the Stream from one DVR to either another DVR or a client (I will not get into TE4 and how that BREAKS recording transfers involving older Series TiVo's), but no such feature with Spectrum. So, for now, Spectrum is just not a competitive option for me, but I sure wish it was because I won't even consider DirecTV today.

What are you talking about? I get a Cloud DVR. It has a limit of 50 stored recordings, but I do have one.


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pattykay
What are you talking about? I get a Cloud DVR. It has a limit of 50 stored recordings, but I do have one.
DishSubLA apparently does not consider that a "fairly decent option."
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The problem for me is that there are NO DVR services with that fairly decent options of Streaming only from Spectrum. The deal breaker or deal maker for me is often DVR. I'll also add that Spectrum in my area is limited to DVR's with 2 tuners and no Whole Home solutions. I did the multiple DVR PAIN back before the Hoppers, and it was costly (multiple DVR fees and upgraded fees on the box because they were DVR's) and a PAIN to maintain consistency of content on each DVR so that I could whatch the same recordings on any DVR in the house. TiVo does at least have either the recording Transfer to another DVR or the Stream from one DVR to either another DVR or a client (I will not get into TE4 and how that BREAKS recording transfers involving older Series TiVo's), but no such feature with Spectrum. So, for now, Spectrum is just not a competitive option for me, but I sure wish it was because I won't even consider DirecTV today.

I should also add that my Spectrum streaming I really don't have a limit on how many shows I can record simultaneously, but like I said, it has a 50 shows recording limit. After that it just records over the oldest recordings. I did call Spectrum a few times that I'd pay more to get more recording storage, but that's all they offer at this time. And if you get the actual cable service you can still go the TiVo route. And if you still need Spectrum On-Demand, you can get a Roku and use the Spectrum app.


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What are you talking about? I get a Cloud DVR. It has a limit of 50 stored recordings, but I do have one.


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I am talking about the last mailer I got that offered no DVR option. Further, there are reviews of the Spectrum Streaming option witn NO DVR OPTION. Since Spectrum is an MSO, perhaps the Cloud DVR option is based upon area. If that has changed from just a few months--No LAST WEEK, then good. MSO's are notrious for having different plants (some not upgraded or others partially upgraded in different ways than other areas) equipment and even whole home options that are available in one of there service areas, but not others, and my local Spectrum has done hardly anything on the TV service for DECADES and even Spectrum employees at the office have no idea of ANY Whole Home solutions coming to our area--if EVER. I am glad you get cloud DVR from Spectrum (it is not the only thing other people in other Spectrum service areas get or have an option to get that I do not), but spectrum is not national standards like DirectTV or Dish.

In the future it would be wise to avoid such phrases as, "What are you talking about?" that only communicate ignorance due to the assumption that what is the case in ONE Spectrum service area is also true in ANOTHER Spectrum service area (I live in a metro area where a number of Spectrum service areas have quite different experiences all within just miles of each other)--and I was down at the shiny new sales office just last month and discussed all this and more and played with their adequate (but no Hopper3 by any means) 2 TUNER DVR. With Spectrum I would need a DVR (only 2 Tuners avialable in MY area) for FIVE rooms. That would be hella expensive and not very functional to what I have with Dish today, and people on the household could not handle such a Spectrum 1 DVR for each of the 5 rooms.TiVo could make better sense to use with Spectrum, but Spectrum (along with other MSO's) are making it almost impossible to get TiVo's on their systems and I don't want to deal with the Tuner Adapter nightmare!

So, next time you can start with, "In my Spectrum area, I get cloud DVR with the Streaming Only package that requires the use of apps to access programming. Maybe things have changed in your Spectrum area since you last checked, and you can get cloud DVR, too." That statement would make a person sound of HELP rather than a statement like "What are you talking about?" that befits a line one might expect from "The Taming of the Shrew"

And, finally, as crodrules suggested: a lousy 50 recordings cloud DVR is not at all a proper option to me and others in the household. That is simply the way we use the DVR in the house. We have FAR, FAR more than 50 recordings, and content on a locally recorded DVR can stay so FOREVER as long as I have a Dish account and external HDD's for archival because sometimes we can't get to a recording for MONTHS--even a full YEAR. But thanks for the attempt at to rudely inform me.
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I am talking about the last mailer I got that offered no DVR option. Further, there are reviews of the Spectrum Streaming option witn NO DVR OPTION. Since Spectrum is an MSO, perhaps the Cloud DVR option is based upon area. If that has changed from just a few months--No LAST WEEK, then good. MSO's are notrious for having different plants (some not upgraded or others partially upgraded in different ways than other areas) equipment and even whole home options that are available in one of there service areas, but not others, and my local Spectrum has done hardly anything on the TV service for DECADES and even Spectrum employees at the office have no idea of ANY Whole Home solutions coming to our area--if EVER. I am glad you get cloud DVR from Spectrum (it is not the only thing other people in other Spectrum service areas get or have an option to get that I do not), but spectrum is not national standards like DirectTV or Dish.

In the future it would be wise to avoid such phrases as, "What are you talking about?" that only communicate ignorance due to the assumption that what is the case in ONE Spectrum service area is also true in ANOTHER Spectrum service area (I live in a metro area where a number of Spectrum service areas have quite different experiences all within just miles of each other)--and I was down at the shiny new sales office just last month and discussed all this and more and played with their adequate (but no Hopper3 by any means) 2 TUNER DVR. With Spectrum I would need a DVR (only 2 Tuners avialable in MY area) for FIVE rooms. That would be hella expensive and not very functional to what I have with Dish today, and people on the household could not handle such a Spectrum 1 DVR for each of the 5 rooms.TiVo could make better sense to use with Spectrum, but Spectrum (along with other MSO's) are making it almost impossible to get TiVo's on their systems and I don't want to deal with the Tuner Adapter nightmare!

So, next time you can start with, "In my Spectrum area, I get cloud DVR with the Streaming Only package that requires the use of apps to access programming. Maybe things have changed in your Spectrum area since you last checked, and you can get cloud DVR, too." That statement would make a person sound of HELP rather than a statement like "What are you talking about?" that befits a line one might expect from "The Taming of the Shrew"

And, finally, as crodrules suggested: a lousy 50 recordings cloud DVR is not at all a proper option to me and others in the household. That is simply the way we use the DVR in the house. We have FAR, FAR more than 50 recordings, and content on a locally recorded DVR can stay so FOREVER as long as I have a Dish account and external HDD's for archival because sometimes we can't get to a recording for MONTHS--even a full YEAR. But thanks for the attempt at to rudely inform me.

You must have read old reviews. They added the limited 50 recording Cloud DVR everywhere they have the streaming plan since then. Read newer reviews and you'd know that. And with the Cloud DVR, you can record many shows at the same time. If you go straight cable with them, you can always go TiVo. May I add that I wasn't being rude, I was just asking a question.


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I also interpreted edisonprime's post as simply asking a question, not being rude. I read the "What are you talking about?" as being more like "Could you please elaborate?" rather than as an accusatory "You don't know what you're talking about." So, the complaints about rudeness are a bit out-of-line. Otherwise, good post, DishSubLA. :thumbup It is important to remember that options from the same cable company may vary widely in different service areas. However, it is also important to remember that perhaps not everyone reading this forum would know that, since this is the Dish Network section, not the cable section of the forum. So, a little more patience, and understanding the need to explain such things, may be in order. Thanks.
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Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
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Some of the channels start next week.

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My favorite is probably Holiday Pops.
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
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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!

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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Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
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Show Don't Tell - Rush
harshness
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
sdfntx
On with the Show - The Rolling Stones
gms49ers
The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
osu1991
Pub Member / Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
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Bobby
Rest in peace.
sdfntx
Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.
FTA4PA
R.I.P.
dishstaller
My Mom was a huge McMillan & Wife fan.

RIP
dishstaller
Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter
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Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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TRG
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dishdude
It's probably been 2 decades since I've listened to an AM radio station. Very rarely listen to FM any more.
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Very rarely listen to FM any more
That goes for a lot of people. I've been advertising on radio for more than a decade now and am very familiar with this subject. While it is still a valuable tool, it has far less impact than it did just a few years ago. The best reaction I get is from a local Country music station....they play a mix of older and newer music and have a very big footprint.
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That goes for a lot of people. I've been advertising on radio for more than a decade now and am very familiar with this subject. While it is still a valuable tool, it has far less impact than it did just a few years ago. The best reaction I get is from a local Country music station....they play a mix of older and newer music and have a very big footprint.
Do you do any Ad's on Satellite ?

If Not, why not, because it's not Local ?
dishstaller
Do you do any Ad's on Satellite ?

If Not, why not, because it's not Local ?
No, just regular FM stations. One is the country station I mentioned and the other is a Talk Radio station which used to get fantastic results but honestly, since the death of Rush Limbaugh, talk radio just doesn't do as well. There were two guys who had an early morning show which was hugely popular here in the southeast but one of them retired a couple years ago and the show just doesn't garner the same numbers as it used to.
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Haven't listened AM or FM in years
harshness
If Not, why not, because it's not Local ?
You knew the answer before you asked it.

I can't recall having encountered a local ad on Sirius, and I don't imagine it is any different on XM.
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Gary Toma
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
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National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
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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
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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
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dtv757
For those dazn nba channels are they sat only or sat & streaming
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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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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​
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HD​
264​
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1449​
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SD mpeg4​
144​
-1​
194​
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SD mpeg2​
434​
1​
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RB​
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Audio​
89​
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Push​
26​
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Slate​
19​
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1​
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TEST Streams​
National​
Spot Beams​
Count​
Change​
Count​
Change​
4K​
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HD​
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1​
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SD mpeg4​
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SD mpeg2​
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RB​
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Engr Work​
38​
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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
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Weekly Analysis for 10/28/2026:
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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
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
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JSheridan
Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
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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Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Jimbo
Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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Mister B
Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
can't forget the little blue m&m's
charlesrshell
can't forget the little blue m&m's
That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
My gf is 29 years younger than me :shh
Almighty1
Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
He does not have the resources aka $$$ compared to Elon Musk as in reality, Elon can eat Charlie for lunch or even mop the floor with Charlie if he wanted to.
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ment to 20 yrs dam phone
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BradleyD
Dish should use both satellite and internet like they do now for all channels. Use either or or both.... like now but subscribers could choose something like internet only, or sat only, or both.
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Dish should use both satellite and internet like they do now for all channels. Use either or or both.... like now but subscribers could choose something like internet only, or sat only, or both.
They have sling tv wich sucks ass it needs a major upgrade
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