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Jeffrey A

Last reply Aug 25, 2022 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

OTA channel guide problem

I have Dish Hopper 3. I have a OTA adapter feeding the Hopper from my antenna. The Hopper is supposed to display these OTA channels in the program guide and it did as expected. But for the last couple months OTA channel 009-1 CBS displays the wrong information. It displays NBC. I contacted Dish support with no answers. Is there a fix for this?

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Scott Greczkowski

Aug 19, 2022

The big thing between DISH and Sling and the OTA listings is DISH is limited to the amount records that can be transmitted using the DVB satellite standard.

If they go over (or my understanding) get close to going over the Dish receivers start doing strange things.

This is nothing that can be fixed with a software update. It's built into the chipsets used by the Dish receivers.

Now sling on the other hand is not restricted by the limitation. It's internet based and they can change things at anytime without being held back by Chipset and satellite standards limitations.

No one ever imagined Dish (or anyone) would be providing guide data for 20,000 stations (or whatever the number is).

If we had a lot more people with OTA tuners then they would probably make it so guide listings come to you over the internet, but there are so few people with OTA tuners that it's not worth the investment to do that.

The android boxes do not touch the guide. It pulls that data from the Hopper but who's to say in the future that if you want a better guide you can subscribe to Scheduled Direct on your own and use that for your Dish guide.

I know I would love to see that as an option.

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pattykay

Aug 19, 2022

Scott Greczkowski said:
No one ever imagined Dish (or anyone) would be providing guide data for 20,000 stations (or whatever the number is).

10,440 Channels, as of the last available uplink:

Uplink Activity Updates » Blog Archive » 4/21/22 at 7:46am ET (v12) – 12 changes seen

"4/21/22 at 7:46am ET (v12) – 12 changes seen
...
10440 Channels"

I highly doubt Dish has added 10,000 more channels since then. Is 20,000 the upper limit that the standards will support?

Scott Greczkowski said:
If we had a lot more people with OTA tuners...

Well, if Dish had kept building OTA tuners into their receivers, we would have a lot more people with OTA tuners. So, most of the blame for that is on their (Dish's) end.

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Scott Greczkowski

Aug 20, 2022

pattykay said:
10,440 Channels, as of the last available uplink:

Uplink Activity Updates » Blog Archive » 4/21/22 at 7:46am ET (v12) – 12 changes seen
"4/21/22 at 7:46am ET (v12) – 12 changes seen
...
10440 Channels"

I highly doubt Dish has added 10,000 more channels since then. Is 20,000 the upper limit that the standards will support?

Well, if Dish had kept building OTA tuners into their receivers, we would have a lot more people with OTA tuners. So, most of the blame for that is on their (Dish's) end.

The issue was people were not using them, why spend money on something most people are not using.

I use mine all the time, and watch more OTA TV then I do of actual DISH network service. But I am not the norm.

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pattykay

Aug 21, 2022

Scott Greczkowski said:
The issue was people were not using them, why spend money on something most people are not using.

The problem is that around the same time that Dish stopped including OTA tuners in new receivers, Dish also started having more and more frequent contract disputes with local channels, to the point where it got absurdly annoying. Most markets were affected by at least one of those disputes (to make a vast understatement). More importantly, every major market was affected by at least one of these major local disputes, meaning that most people were affected. So, just when Dish customers needed the OTA tuners the most, and Dish was actively pushing those customers toward using OTA, that is when Dish made it less convenient to get OTA integrated into the receiver.

If the OTA tuner had been built-in, then there would have been nothing that Dish needed to ship to the customer. Dish could have still offered the free mudflap antennas as a courtesy. However, Dish also could have just as easily told these customers to go to the nearest big box store to buy a cheap one.

Instead of spending the money on having the OTA tuner built-in (so customers could be more easily prepared in advance of a dispute) Dish chose to spend money on shipping out OTA adapters and even rolling trucks for installers to add them in many cases. In some of these cases, the dispute was so short that by the time the customer received the OTA adapter, the dispute was already over. So, the customer really saw no benefit from the OTA adapter at all, so why keep it hooked up and actually use it? Remember, at that time customers did not yet have the option of dropping the satellite locals from their basic package to save money.

MikeD-C05 said:
All DISH would have to do is add the Sling tv app to its apps and people could do the rest like I already posted. I know if they get a hopper plus with a browser to add what you want , you could add the app there and this would accomplish what I am saying.

Unless of course you are using a Wally, or a Hopper 1, or a Hopper Duo, or a ViP receiver...

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MikeD-C05

Aug 21, 2022

pattykay said:
Unless of course you are using a Wally, or a Hopper 1, or a Hopper Duo, or a ViP receiver...

Well I did say that it should be for the Hopper class of receivers. The better receiver should have more than the cheaper receivers. This would encourage those who want better guide information to upgrade to a Hopper.

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pattykay

Aug 21, 2022

MikeD-C05 said:
Well I did say that it should be for the Hopper class of receivers. The better receiver should have more than the cheaper receivers. This would encourage those who want better guide information to upgrade to a Hopper.

"A rising tide lifts all boats, except the one that is taking on water." As new and better features get added to the upper-class Hopper line, some more features should trickle down to the lower models. Otherwise, Dish should just sink those lower models, and replace them with newer versions with more features. As in, more features than they had before, but still less than the higher-numbered Hoppers. As it is, Hopper 3 keeps gaining more and more, but what does Wally gain?

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MikeD-C05

Aug 22, 2022

pattykay said:
"A rising tide lifts all boats, except the one that is taking on water." As new and better features get added to the upper-class Hopper line, some more features should trickle down to the lower models. Otherwise, Dish should just sink those lower models, and replace them with newer versions with more features. As in, more features than they had before, but still less than the higher-numbered Hoppers. As it is, Hopper 3 keeps gaining more and more, but what does Wally gain?

Wallys are great for those who take them with them in their RVs or who tail gate in parking lots. They are cheap and they do give you the option to turn it into dvr and add the ota usb dongle so you an see ota stations and record 4 things at the same time: 2 sat/2ota. A lot of older people like Wallys for this purpose. Hoppers are for the those who want everything they can get from the service with all the bells and whistles.

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pattykay

Aug 22, 2022

MikeD-C05 said:
Wallys are great for those who take them with them in their RVs or who tail gate in parking lots. They are cheap and they do give you the option to turn it into dvr and add the ota usb dongle so you an see ota stations and record 4 things at the same time: 2 sat/2ota. A lot of older people like Wallys for this purpose. Hoppers are for the those who want everything they can get from the service with all the bells and whistles.

I have two counter-arguments to that:

First, Dish seems to be assuming that nobody who uses an RV has a 4K TV. If you have enough space for a TV with a fairly decent screen size (40" or more, which would also be a great size to watch while tailgating) there are more and more 4K TV options available at a relatively low price. (Such as the 43" ONN 4K TV I got at Walmart.) In fact, I would say it is getting harder and harder to find any new model TV's of that size that are not 4K. So, if pretty much any new TV you get is going to be 4K, why not use a receiver that is capable of sending that picture quality to your TV? Dish pretty much pushes the Wally on RV customers, yet does not offer a 4K Wally.

Second, most of the content that Dish does offer on their 4K channels is live sporting events. (The type of content that most people prefer to watch live.) So, why is a receiver model with DVR service (and the accompanying monthly DVR fee) necessary in order to view this content? Again, this 4K content (that people might want to watch while tailgating) should also be made available on a non-DVR receiver model.

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mwdxer1

Aug 23, 2022

All of my local translators as well as the Class A KPWT (Weigel) all have good OTA guides according to what they tell me, but none of my tuners go out more than a few hours, other than the Recast, and they get the guide info elsewhere. If the stations have the 10 day to 2 week guide, then why don't we see it on most TVs.? One TV only gives the current program and the next. The TV manufacturer much not have a memory chip that will store days of the guide.
I have had nothing but trouble trying to get a good accurate guide from anywhere other than Titan online. Either the box goes with some 3rd company that does not cover everything, or the unit doesn't have the memory to use the complete OTA guide the TV station puts out. It is very frustrating. In contacting Tablo, that evewn charges for the guide, they don't carry all of the channels either. TV Guide is terrible compared to Titan. They offer little here. According to what the Portland stations tell, their guide works. But how in the World can I get it?

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MikeD-C05

Aug 23, 2022

pattykay said:
I have two counter-arguments to that:

First, Dish seems to be assuming that nobody who uses an RV has a 4K TV. If you have enough space for a TV with a fairly decent screen size (40" or more, which would also be a great size to watch while tailgating) there are more and more 4K TV options available at a relatively low price. (Such as the 43" ONN 4K TV I got at Walmart.) In fact, I would say it is getting harder and harder to find any new model TV's of that size that are not 4K. So, if pretty much any new TV you get is going to be 4K, why not use a receiver that is capable of sending that picture quality to your TV? Dish pretty much pushes the Wally on RV customers, yet does not offer a 4K Wally.

Second, most of the content that Dish does offer on their 4K channels is live sporting events. (The type of content that most people prefer to watch live.) So, why is a receiver model with DVR service (and the accompanying monthly DVR fee) necessary in order to view this content? Again, this 4K content (that people might want to watch while tailgating) should also be made available on a non-DVR receiver model.

Well you don't have to make your Wally a dvr either. So you can watch it all live if you want, so if you are a tail gater that would work for you ,as long as you get Satellite locals. A lot of sports are still on local broadcast tv stations. If you want 4k- DISH is telling you that you need a Hopper 3 upgrade. It's the way they do their business model. You want more ,you get the newer better receiver with the Higher DVR fee.

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sam_gordon

Aug 23, 2022

mwdxer1 said:
All of my local translators as well as the Class A KPWT (Weigel) all have good OTA guides according to what they tell me, but none of my tuners go out more than a few hours, other than the Recast, and they get the guide info elsewhere. If the stations have the 10 day to 2 week guide, then why don't we see it on most TVs.? One TV only gives the current program and the next. The TV manufacturer much not have a memory chip that will store days of the guide.
I have had nothing but trouble trying to get a good accurate guide from anywhere other than Titan online. Either the box goes with some 3rd company that does not cover everything, or the unit doesn't have the memory to use the complete OTA guide the TV station puts out. It is very frustrating. In contacting Tablo, that evewn charges for the guide, they don't carry all of the channels either. TV Guide is terrible compared to Titan. They offer little here. According to what the Portland stations tell, their guide works. But how in the World can I get it?

What is KPWT's definition of "good" in regards to the guide? I can see 2-3 days being "good" with 10-14 days being "exceptional".

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pattykay

Aug 23, 2022

MikeD-C05 said:
Well you don't have to make your Wally a dvr either. So you can watch it all live if you want, so if you are a tail gater that would work for you ,as long as you get Satellite locals. A lot of sports are still on local broadcast tv stations. If you want 4k- DISH is telling you that you need a Hopper 3 upgrade. It's the way they do their business model. You want more ,you get the newer better receiver with the Higher DVR fee.

Don't get me started on that. Even if the 4K event Dish is covering is also being broadcast on a local channel, Dish doesn't include the 4K version in the Locals Only package (nor in any other cheap package that either includes locals or can get the Locals add-on pack). You need to subscribe to an America's Top package to get the 4K feed. I can maybe see Dish requiring either a DVR fee or a higher package to be allowed access to 4K sporting events (that are already being broadcast in HD in the package you are already paying for) but requiring both? That seems like double-dipping to me. It is a price gouge and a cash grab.

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MikeD-C05

Aug 25, 2022

Today on my phone I saw a DISH add for the Hopper plus and you can add up to 10,000 + apps to it and watch it all through one input on your tv. So it's out for new subs who get the hopper 3 I guess. Says you just call on the microphone on your remote what you want to watch and it will take you there. No picture of the hopper plus though.

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dishstaller

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Might want to watch this before you buy a new vehicle battery

Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.

I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.

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harshness

Today at 11:33 AM

When you need a battery, you need a battery.

If you can wait, new technologies are on the not-too-distant horizon.

You're probably doing something wrong if you're only getting a year out of an AGM battery. Heat and infrequent charging both significantly reduce lifetime.

Jimbo

Today at 11:56 AM

I've been getting at least 5 years from my AGM batteries ... but they ARE expensive.
Around $280 up here.

TRG

36 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
I've been getting at least 5 years from my AGM batteries ... but they ARE expensive.
Around $280 up here.

The original AGM battery in my truck was 7 years old when I replaced it. It was still going strong at the time but I didn't want to push my luck. In my experience batteries in today's tech heavy vehicles die suddenly without warning. Especially in extreme heat or cold conditions.

Jimbo

25 minutes ago

TRG said:
The original AGM battery in my truck was 7 years old when I replaced it. It was still going strong at the time but I didn't want to push my luck. In my experience batteries in today's tech heavy vehicles die suddenly without warning. Especially in extreme heat or cold conditions.

I've had the same luck ....
The 1st one was into 5th year and I replaced it, didn't show much bad, just didn't know if I should keep going with it when we were coming into Winter Weather (at the time).

I did have 1 AGM that Ford replaced as I was losing something in the vehicle, might have been the interior lights, iirc ...
That was quite awhile ago ...

dishstaller

11 minutes ago

harshness said:
You're probably doing something wrong if you're only getting a year out of an AGM battery. Heat and infrequent charging both significantly reduce lifetime.

Huh? How can I be doing something wrong.....I took out the original battery, that was 6 yrs old and put in a new one.....kinda hard to screw that up. I figure it was just a bad battery....it happens.

The biggest takeaway I got from this video was the Walmart batteries only had something like 85% of battery life left even though they were brand NEW. The ones from O'Reilly all tested 100% of life left.

Jimbo

2 minutes ago

dishstaller said:
Huh? How can I be doing something wrong.....I took out the original battery, that was 6 yrs old and put in a new one.....kinda hard to screw that up. I figure it was just a bad battery....it happens.

The biggest takeaway I got from this video was the Walmart batteries only had something like 85% of battery life left even though they were brand NEW. The ones from O'Reilly all tested 100% of life left.

And the Walmart ones mostly had very little warranty.

My last AGM (using now) I got from O Rielly's, its the Super Start ... I got the Platnium, they had several to choose from.

TRG

1 minute ago

dishstaller said:
Huh? How can I be doing something wrong.....I took out the original battery, that was 6 yrs old and put in a new one.....kinda hard to screw that up. I figure it was just a bad battery....it happens.

The biggest takeaway I got from this video was the Walmart batteries only had something like 85% of battery life left even though they were brand NEW. The ones from O'Reilly all tested 100% of life left.

I've been buying my batteries from AutoZone. I avoid Walmart whenever possible.

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Apple Event September 2026

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Oct 7, 2026

Heard a story from one of the Apple influencers on YT that the 18PM has a bug where it stops connecting to AT&T service. Doesn't affect Verizon or T-Mobile. Apple is replacing the phones. Anyone else hear of this? Defective Modem?

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harshness

Oct 8, 2026

TheForce said:
Defective Modem?

It seems the phone gets locked into Sat mode. A software patch is coming to avoid that pitfall, but it comes too late for those who already fell in.

Apple confirms iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T cellular issues, affected devices require hardware replacement - 9to5Mac

Apple has confirmed an issue causing a “small number” of iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on AT&T to lose cellular...

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Oct 10, 2026

Can't remember if I've posted this yet..

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 11:47 AM

If you ponied up for an iPhone Duo, keep it away from anything other than your soft, fleshy fingertips. No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter. And don't bend it more than it needs to. Zack has destroyed $2,000 of Apple hardware to get those views, which should cover his expenses.

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 11:56 AM

Foxbat said:
No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter

And definitely no medieval chain armor!

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comfortably_numb said:
medieval chain armor

Aka "mail" or "maille".

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The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
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:eek

It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.

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Monday at 9:47 AM

If it weren't for the sky-high electricity prices...

Of course, the real scare with Winter coming is the insane cost of heating oil.

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GM Is Coming for Tesla, Rivian, and China, on Your Phone and in the Car

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It is a lot like asserting that the Corvette was designed by Chevrolet when most of it came from the Cadillac CTS-V.

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Paramount+

Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

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Jimbo

Wednesday at 6:34 PM

klang said:
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

I use to watch that with my Dad back in the (60's ?) was that the 60's ?

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klang

Wednesday at 6:38 PM

Jimbo said:
I use to watch that with my Dad back in the (60's ?) was that the 60's ?

Mid 60's. I watched it too.

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Wednesday at 6:51 PM

I loved all the Irwin Allen productions.

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Wednesday at 7:15 PM

klang said:
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

When?

Foxbat

Wednesday at 9:01 PM

klang said:
Mid 60's. I watched it too.

I had built models of the Seaview and the Flying Sub as a kid.

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KAB

Today at 8:24 AM

TRG said:
I loved all the Irwin Allen productions.

I thought Voyage was decent (for the first two seasons). The rest, not so much. All other shows were pretty lame, IMO. Especially Land of the Giants.

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KAB

Today at 8:30 AM

klang said:
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

Barbara Even, LOL (cast of original film from article).

harshness

55 minutes ago

I remember hiding behind the couch from the many sea monsters.

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) - Had never heard of this but some of you might find this news story helpful

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Another "might" with weed is gynecomastia (significant male breast enlargement).

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klang

Oct 11, 2026

klang said:
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.

Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.

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MikeD-C05

Oct 11, 2026

klang said:
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.

Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.

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harshness

Oct 13, 2026

MikeD-C05 said:
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.

Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?

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MikeD-C05

Oct 18, 2026

harshness said:
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?

There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.

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harshness

Oct 18, 2026

MikeD-C05 said:
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.

Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.

MikeD-C05

Monday at 1:35 PM

harshness said:
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.

I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.

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osu1991

Monday at 1:59 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.

Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping

MikeD-C05

Yesterday at 12:25 PM

osu1991 said:
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though

Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 4:30 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin

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long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...

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primestar31

Yesterday at 11:00 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

Just sayin...

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MikeD-C05

Today at 11:17 AM

Jimbo said:
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...

For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television

All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television

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harshness

Today at 11:53 AM

Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.

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TRG

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Last reply Today at 11:46 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Yesterday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Yesterday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Today at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

Today at 11:46 AM

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

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jamieh1

Last reply Today at 11:44 AM · posted in DIRECTV Programming Forum

Directv curated multi view now live

The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.

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KyL416

Oct 13, 2026

It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

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b4pjoe

Oct 13, 2026

KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.

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TheRatPatrol

Oct 15, 2026

KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

How soon will it be available on Apple TV? Thanks

I WANT MORE

Oct 16, 2026

b4pjoe said:
But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.

It's on my Air's.

b4pjoe

Oct 16, 2026

I WANT MORE said:
It's on my Air's.

The post read: "currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen". It didn't mention the Air. I suppose when it said Geminis it meant both but I had no way of knowing that.

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dtv757

Monday at 6:19 AM

Hopefully soon for fire stick too

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TheRatPatrol

Today at 11:44 AM

Anyone know when build your own multi-view will be coming to the Apple TV?

Anyone who currently has build your own multi-view on Roku or Gemini, how is it working out?

dishstaller

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Last reply Today at 11:13 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

It's amazing how fast a standard traffic stop can turn into a shootout

This went from 0 to 60 in a second.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_gDzN2BYvY

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FTA4PA

Today at 11:13 AM

Well at least they won't have to be dealing with him again.

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