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1) Am I correct in assuming that for a two receiver setup I will need only two cables from the Superdish? In other words, I assume the switches are built in.
2) Suppose at some point I decide to get a two tuner DVR. Will I need a third cable from the Superdish?
3) I intend to replace an old receiver with an 811 when it becomes available. By buying the 811, Will I get the Superdish free even without signing up for either the AT50 pack for a year or the HD pack for a year? I will not be connecting the 811 to an HD ready TV yet, so I don't need the HD pack. (I just like the feature pack on the 811, and I'd like to get the OTA digital stations, as the pictures are much better than their analog counterparts even in SD, judging from my 6000.) I probably wouldn't have any problem committing to AT50 (or 100 or 150) for a year, but I'm just curious about this.
4) I still have big concerns about my site, and about what a "professional" installer will do (or not do). (No offense meant to those of you installers who really are professionals.) I'm about convinced that the only viable location is from my detached garage roof or from a pole (at least a 6 footer) right next to the garage. There's a sidewalk between that location and my house, so there's no way the cables can be trenched underground. Has anyone seen what installers do in such a case? I can and have created overhead drops in previous satellite installations; will installers do so? Would that be considered a special installation so that it's no longer free? Frankly, if that's the case I'll be ticked if I can't twist the guy's arm to just leave the SuperDish there and "say" it was installed. Or maybe he could install and aim it and I could do the cabling work? It would just grate me to have to pay a lot for an installer to do cabling that I'm perfectly capable of doing, and have done numerous times before. There shouldn't even be any internal switches to worry about with a two receiver installation.
5) Last question. Are Superdish and the 811 both scheduled to become available on 11/1?
2) Suppose at some point I decide to get a two tuner DVR. Will I need a third cable from the Superdish?
3) I intend to replace an old receiver with an 811 when it becomes available. By buying the 811, Will I get the Superdish free even without signing up for either the AT50 pack for a year or the HD pack for a year? I will not be connecting the 811 to an HD ready TV yet, so I don't need the HD pack. (I just like the feature pack on the 811, and I'd like to get the OTA digital stations, as the pictures are much better than their analog counterparts even in SD, judging from my 6000.) I probably wouldn't have any problem committing to AT50 (or 100 or 150) for a year, but I'm just curious about this.
4) I still have big concerns about my site, and about what a "professional" installer will do (or not do). (No offense meant to those of you installers who really are professionals.) I'm about convinced that the only viable location is from my detached garage roof or from a pole (at least a 6 footer) right next to the garage. There's a sidewalk between that location and my house, so there's no way the cables can be trenched underground. Has anyone seen what installers do in such a case? I can and have created overhead drops in previous satellite installations; will installers do so? Would that be considered a special installation so that it's no longer free? Frankly, if that's the case I'll be ticked if I can't twist the guy's arm to just leave the SuperDish there and "say" it was installed. Or maybe he could install and aim it and I could do the cabling work? It would just grate me to have to pay a lot for an installer to do cabling that I'm perfectly capable of doing, and have done numerous times before. There shouldn't even be any internal switches to worry about with a two receiver installation.
5) Last question. Are Superdish and the 811 both scheduled to become available on 11/1?
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1) Switches are NOT built in. You will need three cables. You can mount your switch adjacent to the dish, however, which would only require two cables coming into the house. This isn't exactly preferred, and if you were to do this, at least put the switch in a waterproof enclosure. (Dish says the switches are rated for outdoor use, but...)
2) Today (or immediately after you get a SuperDish), yes, you'll need three cables from the SWITCH to your receivers - two to the 2-tuner, and one to the single-tuner. Tomorrow (meaning next year, when the DP+44 switch is available), you'll be able to feed a dual-tuner receiver with a single cable, utilizing an adapter at the receiver end to split out into the two receiver inputs.
3) Currently, no. The deal for free SuperDish is a 1 year commitment to AT50 (or better), and either locals or the HD pak. This is not to say there won't be bundles that include both an 811 and a SuperDish - but those haven't been announced yet, and no one knows the price of such a bundle.
4) It's not that tough to run conduit underneath the sidewalk - you just dig a hole on either side, then hammer the conduit through the dirt underneath the sidewalk. Beyond that, I don't know what an installer would or would not do. It sounds like your best bet is to have him mount and aim the dish, and you handle the wiring.
5) So they say...
2) Today (or immediately after you get a SuperDish), yes, you'll need three cables from the SWITCH to your receivers - two to the 2-tuner, and one to the single-tuner. Tomorrow (meaning next year, when the DP+44 switch is available), you'll be able to feed a dual-tuner receiver with a single cable, utilizing an adapter at the receiver end to split out into the two receiver inputs.
3) Currently, no. The deal for free SuperDish is a 1 year commitment to AT50 (or better), and either locals or the HD pak. This is not to say there won't be bundles that include both an 811 and a SuperDish - but those haven't been announced yet, and no one knows the price of such a bundle.
4) It's not that tough to run conduit underneath the sidewalk - you just dig a hole on either side, then hammer the conduit through the dirt underneath the sidewalk. Beyond that, I don't know what an installer would or would not do. It sounds like your best bet is to have him mount and aim the dish, and you handle the wiring.
5) So they say...
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Much better than the critics would want you to believe. Only problem, the last guy was pretty obvious a couple of episodes in.
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Amazon Sets 'The Lord of the Rings' TV Series In Mega Deal With Multi-Season Commitment
$250 Million just for the rights to make something
The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
$250 Million just for the rights to make something
The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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I saw that, wasn't sure if PHP was employed by XenForo or not.
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PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
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Yup thats what xenforo is written in, php.
But all patched now.
But all patched now.
More specifically, these:
A more scholarly story is here:
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A more scholarly story is here:
PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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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....
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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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
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USA and SyFy content is on Peacock, you can receive the rest of those channels via Philo, only $25 a month.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
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I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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