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AkaDoubleG
AkaDoubleG
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Advice for Dish owned equipment dream set up?

I am a new member of Satellite Guys and I am really enjoying some of the great advice and chatter on here. I am a longtime Dish customer and I currently own my Hopper 3 and 2 Wally's. I have the DP42 and received some great advice about adding the DPP44 to the mix to have the capability of running the best of Dish new and old tech. I have purchased a 211K and should receive it soon. I am planning on potentially getting a 222K as well and a new Joey when they come out soon. I have seen some old threads on here about how many devices you can own on an account and the potential of being a Hybrid customer by also having a Dish Outdoors account? Once I get the 211K set up I might turn off my Wally's for a bit. I would love the flexibility to turn on and off the devices I want to use from time to time and the luxury of owning my own equipment. I would really appreciate some advice. Thank you.
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I have a few follow up questions for the community. So right now I have my DPH42 with line 1 going to my Hopper 3 and line 2 to is going to my VIP211K with an EHD. Before I was able to use my Holland Splitter off of line 2 to feed both of my Wally's before I removed them from the mix and just use the VIP211K now. Are you able to do that with VIP 211K's and a splitter? I would prefer not using the coax out of the 211K because that is only SD? I know I could add a DPP44 before the DPH42 to get another 211K running, but just wanted to see if the splitter would work without adding the DPP44.
I was just curious if you can run a 211K and a 211Z off a splitter together since they are both single tuner VIP receivers?
I have seen a lot of chatter on here over the past few years about if you can or can't use an EHD on a VIP222K? I had chatted with a Dish rep and they said you could, but I have seen numerous old posts on here saying you can't. For me the 222K seems like a really cool receiver with 2 tuners for satellite and with adding the MT2 getting OTA. The EHD is a big deal for me because I like to record and be able to pause live tv. It seems like the 222k is like the 722K without the DVR fees?
Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings.
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AkaDoubleG said:
I have a few follow up questions for the community. So right now I have my DPH42 with line 1 going to my Hopper 3 and line 2 to is going to my VIP211K with an EHD. Before I was able to use my Holland Splitter off of line 2 to feed both of my Wally's before I removed them from the mix and just use the VIP211K now. Are you able to do that with VIP 211K's and a splitter? I would prefer not using the coax out of the 211K because that is only SD? I know I could add a DPP44 before the DPH42 to get another 211K running, but just wanted to see if the splitter would work without adding the DPP44.
I was just curious if you can run a 211K and a 211Z off a splitter together since they are both single tuner VIP receivers?
I have seen a lot of chatter on here over the past few years about if you can or can't use an EHD on a VIP222K? I had chatted with a Dish rep and they said you could, but I have seen numerous old posts on here saying you can't. For me the 222K seems like a really cool receiver with 2 tuners for satellite and with adding the MT2 getting OTA. The EHD is a big deal for me because I like to record and be able to pause live tv. It seems like the 222k is like the 722K without the DVR fees?
Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings.
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No the external hdd won't work, also do you still have/ use the Wally's?
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AkaDoubleG said:
I was just curious if you can run a 211K and a 211Z off a splitter together since they are both single tuner VIP receivers?
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If you are talking about the splitter that splits out high and low bandstacked bands to feed to a dual tuner receiver, then no, I don't think that works. You can always try and see if it does now!

I did learn of a gnarly way of feeding two 211's and 1 dual tuner receiver (such as the 222) via only 2 lines down from a DPP LNB. You hook two splitters on, one for each line from the LNB. Then you feed the lower band output of each splitter to the 211's, and both higher bands to the 222.
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I have seen a lot of chatter on here over the past few years about if you can or can't use an EHD on a VIP222K?
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I never had a 222, but from everything I've read here, you cannot add an EHD to a 222.
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It seems like the 222k is like the 722K without the DVR fees?
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Yup.
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No the external hdd won't work, also do you still have/ use the Wally's?
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I do still have them. I called Dish and had them turned off. I plan on keeping them in case I ever set up the DPP44 along with my DPH42 so I can run them at the same time or in case Dish ever stops supporting the VIP211K.
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If you are talking about the splitter that splits out high and low bandstacked bands to feed to a dual tuner receiver, then no, I don't think that works. You can always try and see if it does now!

I did learn of a gnarly way of feeding two 211's and 1 dual tuner receiver (such as the 222) via only 2 lines down from a DPP LNB. You hook two splitters on, one for each line from the LNB. Then you feed the lower band output of each splitter to the 211's, and both higher bands to the 222.

I never had a 222, but from everything I've read here, you cannot add an EHD to a 222.

Yup.
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The Holland Splitter I was using for my 2 Wally's I think only supports single tuners? I actually don't own a 211z yet, I saw Dish Outdoors had them on sale this week for $50. Running a 211K and 211z together is a curiosity for me.
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It seems like the 222k is like the 722K without the DVR fees?
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Yes, and also without the DVR functionality. In fact, when Dish ran out of 222k's, they started sending out neutered 722k's as replacements (whenever someone who already had a 322, a 222, or a 222k needed a replacement) and simply rebranded those 722k's as 222k's. The question is whether those DVR-disabled "222k" (722k) receivers can ever have the DVR re-enabled. In other words, did Dish remove the internal hard drive, and if so, would installing a compatible 500GB hard drive restore DVR functionality, including the ability to add external hard drives? If so, and if Dish could actually activate and authorize such a receiver, I assume that Dish would then start charging the DVR fee just like any other 722.
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Club TWiT: Unpacking 'You Can See Everything' - Deception, Empathy, and the Art of the Documentary

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Brutal review of Netflix's series Below

Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Paramount+

Season 2 order already in hand:

'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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I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
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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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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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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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MikeD-C05 said:
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
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Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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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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There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
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Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
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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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Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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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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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.
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star trek GIF by HULU


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You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
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Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
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Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
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