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Channel 293, It's squeezed into a 4x3
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Bobby
Dish can't give you what doesn't exist. H&I is an SD only channel from the source.


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Dish can't give you what doesn't exist. H&I is an SD only channel from the source.


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Yes, as stated somewhat differently from a previous poster, Wikipedia, the ultimate source of often NOT updated info. Wikipedia still has KVME channel 20.1 cited as Jewelry Television and H&I incorrectly at 20.2 even though H&I moved to 20.1 well over a YEAR ago. This is why I often has to cite definitions from the OED because Wikipedia is a WIKI, and is its biggest weakness with far too many either outdated or flat out WRONG articles. So I would say that we can't confirm that H&I is NOT offered in HD.

However, even with Wikipedia's incorrect info on KVME, I can't say for certain it is HD. Perhaps I am mistaken, but it did look HD, but it is probably a lot like its sister station MeTV: many programs are SD sources/prints/copies and look AWFUL, while other programs are clearly in HD and look very good. So, you may be correct about H&I being offered in SD only. I will have to watch more closely next time.

I can say that H&I on KVME 20 Bishop (Los Angeles DMA) does air programming in 16:9 fron a 16:9 source properly filling the screen of HDTV's, while sometimes airing 4:3 copies of programs but still broadcast in 16:9 with the H&I logo overlapping a portion of the 16:9 black screen area. Most of the programming I have seen looks of good quality, but I guess I can't state with high confidence that it is HD until I watch more carefully in the future.

It would be great if we could get someone who really knows if H&I does offer HD, and the HD feed may be ONLY via Fiber for all we know, not satellite, but that would not prevent Dish from receiving any channel's feed by Fiber, as Dish does receive some of its content via Fiber.
DialgaChampion
Anyone know if the Star Trek shows are aired in their entirety, or are scenes cut out for more commercial time like on BBC America?

Also are the original versions of TOS and TNG being aired, or are they the remastered versions?
styxfix
Anyone know if the Star Trek shows are aired in their entirety, or are scenes cut out for more commercial time like on BBC America?

Also are the original versions of TOS and TNG being aired, or are they the remastered versions?
These are the original uncut versions of Star Trek and they really look good in HD. My local channel has HD feeds of H&I MeTV and Decades.
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Anyone know if the Star Trek shows are aired in their entirety, or are scenes cut out for more commercial time like on BBC America?

Also are the original versions of TOS and TNG being aired, or are they the remastered versions?
I remember watching a TNG episode on BBC and annoyingly noticed scenes were deleted, probably to make room for more commercials. Recently I watched that same episode on H&I and pleasantly saw that those scenes were there. So I would say H&I shows them in their uncut format.
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Anyone know if the Star Trek shows are aired in their entirety, or are scenes cut out for more commercial time like on BBC America?

Also are the original versions of TOS and TNG being aired, or are they the remastered versions?
I believe, as is the case with sister service MeTV, TOS are the remastered versions, and likely edited for additional commercials--although H&I may not cut out as much as other channels only because they have less commercial time sold to fill the block--but this is quite likely as MeTV also removes portions of almost all of its classic shows to add commercials and fit the block evenly, but MeTV likely has more commercials. On the other hand, MeTV/H&I, being sister stations, are likely using the same edit (cost savings), and it could be the awful edits for syndication CBS inc. sent out to local stations some years ago. I don't watch ST OS on either MeTV or H&I because MeTV does have edits, and I can't stand the material missing. More on how they edit SCENES to make it look as if un-edited, later.

TNG is most likley un-edited on H&I (BBC Am has larger audience numbers so they had greed for MORE commercials)--but I can't say for certain--because by this time non-major broadcast stations and networks (like the UPN) were airing network programming with a lot more commercials than the big nets of the era. I can tell you for certain that by the time Voyager was airing, that show was 40 minutes of programming and 20 minutes of commercials, etc. for the one-hour block That pretty much fits today's commercial cable and Digi-Net channels, but anything much less is gonna find some program material cut OUT, but don't think 20 minutes of commercials is enough for some channels because they may indeed cut something from the only 40 minute Voyager, as well.

The approximate length of a ST OS episode from the 60's was around 52-54 minutes. That length just won't allow anywhere near enough time for all the commercials for today's commercial cable channels or Digi-Nets. Also, TNG airs on MeTV in HD, and one can safely say that the same HD master is used for H&I, but H&I may NOT have an HD feed.

It has been my observation that my local H&I does truly broadcast in HD. The program content--while looking much better than on SD channels--is likely NOT HD as it looks worse than the same show on my local HD MeTV, such as Star Trek OS which looks GREAT on MeTV and somewhat fuzzy on H&I with noticeable digital artifacts. If you are a distance away, H&I up-scaled by the broadcaster does look quite good, but if you look closely at a close distance, it seems to fail as HD.

And beware of the the EDIT. It is not about cutting out entire scenes anymore (althogh that still does occur frequently enough). Now they practice the art of carefully editing a scene so it looks as if it were not edited for more commercials. The most egregious example of this was CBS (by this time ST OS was moved from under the Paramount umbrella to CBS inc.) remastered Star Trek TOS edited for syndicated broadcast. While the editing preserved every scene, they--sometimes with clumsy technique--regularly edited OUT parts of scenes giving the effect of the episode being un-edited while allowing more time for commercials that locals had as their SOP.

IMHO the only way your are gonna see Star Trek OS, and likely TNG, un-edited is if you watch it on a streaming service or buy the Blu-rays because they are just too long for today's commercials blocks on channels like commercial cable and MeTV and H&I, etc. Even the major broadcast nets today would have to make special consideration (less commercials or a long block for more than one episode) to air old shows from mid 1990's and before in their entirety to fit an even block of time.

Even the 1970's Columbos that were originally aired in a 90 minute block (a few episodes were longer and aired in a 2 hour block), that air on MeTV in a 2 HOUR block, still have material edited OUT to fit all the commercials into a even block of time.

There was a truly masterful edit aired on MeTV of a scene in a Columbo about the high IQ man who killed his victim using a record player. In the final scene when the killer is named by Columbo, the killer asks if Columbo if he ever considered another line of work, to which Columbo responds. "Oh, no sir. No . . ." and the music plays and Columbo's faces fills the screen and the episode ends. It looks and sounds like the ORIGINAL edit at original broadcast, but it is NOT! In the ORGINAL edit, after the killer asks Columbo if he ever considered another line of work, several minutes of material were cut out with the killer asking Columbo IQ test problems and Columbo cleverly answering them and the killer being impressed thinking Columbo having a high IQ, but Columbo explaining that his intelligence was all hard, extra work to keep up with far more intelligent people and the two continued their conversation, and then the "Oh, no, sir, No . . ." that ends the final scene of the episode.

The point is don't think that just because a SCENE is present means that they did not cut out portions of that scene in a very skillful way to make it seem as if no material were sacrificed for more commercials.

Only Sundance airs 1970's Columbo in its entirety, but at the cost of an UN-even block of air time, so Sundance airs an additional episode immediately after so they can end on an even block of time: kind of like how Comedy Central used to air Absolutely Fabulous with nothing cut out.

It's all pretty sad.
Scott Greczkowski
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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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PEOPLE Are Strange-The Doors
harshness
Still Loving You - Scorpions
Bobby
PEOPLE Are Strange-The Doors

You're Still A Young Man - Tower Of Power
No Match, back to:
People Are Strange - The Doors




Isn't Life Strange - The Moody Blues
FTA4PA
Strange Days - Nazareth
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Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin
dishstaller
Dancing in the Street - Van Halen
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TRG
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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Jimbo
I am 1 that wants the AM to Stay ....
That said, since '08 I have had Sat radio available to me ... I think I have turned on AM 3 or 4 times, just to see if its still there.

Fwiw, if theres a Major disaster or bad weather or whatever, the chances of me finding out about it by going to the AM side of the radio is SLIM and None.
Even FM, I haven't really had on since '13ish, I may turn it on from time to time, just to see if its still there.
harshness
Fwiw, if theres a Major disaster or bad weather or whatever, the chances of me finding out about it by going to the AM side of the radio is SLIM and None.
Automation has seen to that. You can't get evening drive traffic reports where I live, much less disaster reports.
dishstaller
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.
TheForce
Supporting Founder Pub Member / Supporter
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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comfortably_numb
Can't remember if I've posted this yet..


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfL5seXJyWU
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Foxbat
IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.
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But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.
S

most carriers do. that's why they send updates that slow phones down!! i buy unlocked phones no effect to me
S
IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.
​

But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.

hope you have apple care a screen job is 1000.00 :oops:. can we say over priced garbage!!!
harshness
Gone are the days when Apple "perfects" what debuted years earlier on an Android phone.
comfortably_numb
Gone are the days when Apple "perfects" what debuted years earlier on an Android phone.

Or better yet, innovate something "completely revolutionary!"
SkyWatcher57
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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank :rolleyes:
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(((Garyd)))
Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank :rolleyes:
Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phone
Gary
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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank :rolleyes:
a good surge protector will help to.
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SkyWatcher57
Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phone
Gary
Hi Gary, still working on getting you those
Hi Gary, just saw this, ok, I'll grab some pics tomorrow and post them. thx
Still working getting you those pictures, nice weekends means yard work and fall prep, thanks
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k4otl
Anybody know how to add "hidden" audio channels like for 101 W Ku or 105W C band on these recvr's? I've exported the database file but don't have anything that will read or edit it.
cyberham
For 105W C, you scan in the Westwood tp normally. Then select the audio channel you want. Not necessary to manually enter. On 101W, you must manually enter.
k4otl
For 105W C, you scan in the Westwood tp normally. Then select the audio channel you want. Not necessary to manually enter. On 101W, you must manually enter.
Seems like I remember that now, with my V9 I manually entered anyway on 105, easier for me to pick the channel later :)
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IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
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Have you tried a new power brick on your Amiko?

YOU WERE RIGHT. IT IS WORKING NOW WITH 2X AMPS !!

DAN
primestar31
Have you tried a new power brick on your Amiko?

YOU WERE RIGHT. IT IS WORKING NOW WITH 2X AMPS !!

DAN
That's great!

Many people have all sorts of power bricks laying around. Provided the plug fits, and it's the right polarity and same voltage and the same OR higher amps, why not try another one IF the device you want to try it on doesn't seem to work right.
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JFOK
That's great!

Many people have all sorts of power bricks laying around. Provided the plug fits, and it's the right polarity and same voltage and the same OR higher amps, why not try another one IF the device you want to try it on doesn't seem to work right.
primestar31,

Could you explain to me what a power brick is ?
Thanks,

John
primestar31
primestar31,

Could you explain to me what a power brick is ?
Thanks,

John
Some people just call them power supplies (which really isn't a good fit in this case), some call them "wall adapters" but it's an external power supply or AC adapter that converts (AC) from a wall outlet into low-voltage (DC) that an electronic device needs to run.
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[Give us a summary of what you receive with a 6-footer. I'm very curious.]

Right now on C band getting 105w, a Mexican channel with 95% quality and I am near Detroit! I'm recording a TECHNO MUSIC FESTIVAL today from Mexico ..if you can believe it.....and yes that SHED is partly in the path so I'm puzzled. There are also christian channels on 105w.
cyberham
...Right now on C band getting 105w, a Mexican channel with 95% quality...
105W has some very strong transponders. I received more than four transponders using a 41-inch dish recently. See here.
k4otl
[Give us a summary of what you receive with a 6-footer. I'm very curious.]

Right now on C band getting 105w, a Mexican channel with 95% quality and I am near Detroit! I'm recording a TECHNO MUSIC FESTIVAL today from Mexico ..if you can believe it.....and yes that SHED is partly in the path so I'm puzzled. There are also christian channels on 105w.
The Westwood One Mux on 105W would likely be receivable, has some good music channels on there. It does scan in, but it's more convenient to manually enter the PIDs, check out Lyngsat for the channels: EchoStar 105/SES 11 at 105.0°W - LyngSat

I use a 10 footer (only C-band dish I have), but it's very strong.