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Steve_in_FL

Last reply Aug 25, 2024 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Very small screen on some channels

I know this has been discussed here but I never read a solution. So on my H3 I have 2 channels, Grit and Cozy that used to be full screen but suddenly both have reduced screens, Grit went to bars on each side and top and bottom. Cozy went to bars on each side with the screen very narrow making the images look stretched tall and thin.

All other channels are perfect, I know I can set zoom or stretch but when I change channels I have to reset.

Is there any solution for this with Dish H3 ?

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Juan

Aug 24, 2024

If I remember correctly...the star on the remote control will fix that

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HipKat

Aug 24, 2024

Juan said:
If I remember correctly...the star on the remote control will fix that

You can program it to fix that by holding it down and choosing Screen Control Options but it's not set by default

When you set an SD Channel to Zoom or Partial Zoom to fill the screen (Options, #6 Format Screen or whatever it's called), in the past it stuck but now on the Hopper 3 and Hopper Duo you have to reset it everytime you tune to that channel.
Just son;t use the TV remote to change the screen formatting. It should be set to full or 16:9

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Steve_in_FL

Aug 24, 2024

HipKat said:
You can program it to fix that by holding it down and choosing Screen Control Options but it's not set by default

When you set an SD Channel to Zoom or Partial Zoom to fill the screen (Options, #6 Format Screen or whatever it's called), in the past it stuck but now on the Hopper 3 and Hopper Duo you have to reset it everytime you tune to that channel.
Just son;t use the TV remote to change the screen formatting. It should be set to full or 16:9

My 54.3 remote doesn't have a star button but you got me thinking, I press and held the double diamond button and changed it from record to format function. So now, as you say, I can easily change it to stretch, which looks decent.

You're right also in that when I change channels I have to change the format again but it's easy enough with just needing to press the dbl diamond and not go through the settings menu. And yes, I leave the TV format set to 16:9.

I would prefer Dish to get it to work automatically but I can live with this solution, thanks for all the help !

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HipKat

Aug 24, 2024

Steve_in_FL said:
My 54.3 remote doesn't have a star button but you got me thinking, I press and held the double diamond button and changed it from record to format function. So now, as you say, I can easily change it to stretch, which looks decent.

You're right also in that when I change channels I have to change the format again but it's easy enough with just needing to press the dbl diamond and not go through the settings menu. And yes, I leave the TV format set to 16:9.

I would prefer Dish to get it to work automatically but I can live with this solution, thanks for all the help !

I'm dumb I meant Diamond, not Star.
It used to work all the time but they changed it and I have no idea why

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winter60

Aug 24, 2024

I have a 54.0 remote for my Hopper 3 and Joey 3. If you go to Home on the Dish Menu and then go to Settings, then Remote, you will see the option to set the single diamond button to Format. It is that simple!

Then when you go to Cozi, simply press the diamond to change the format to Stretched. Other channels such as Grit and TV Land work best in Zoom.

I love the format on Cozi. If you set the format to Stretch, everything looks correct in that 4:3 programs are in 4:3 and 16:9 programs and ads are in 16:9. I love it that way as it displays everything in the same format as HD channels do.

On other SD channels, like TV Land, your have to use Zoom format setting to get 4:3 programs to display in full 4:3. But then 16:9 ads or programs are zoomed too large. So you really have to change the format setting based on what type of program you are watching.

If Dish Network broadcast all of the SD channels like Cozi, it would be perfect to watch all SD channels with format set to Stretch format and everything would display correctly.

I should add that you also just leave your TV format to "Full" and you should not have to monkey with the TV format at all.

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chainblu

Aug 25, 2024

I have found that the Partial Zoom setting is the best compromise in these situations.

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charlesrshell

Aug 25, 2024

HipKat said:
I'm dumb I meant Diamond, not Star.
It used to work all the time but they changed it and I have no idea why

I don't see any format selection in the diamond setting for my Joey 4. Haven't checked the Hopper Plus yet. Wife is watching an app.

tjboston5676

Aug 25, 2024

chainblu said:
I have found that the Partial Zoom setting is the best compromise in these situations.

When I do new installs I set sd channels to partial zoom on every TV. I don't even ask. It avoids them complaining about it lol

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Almighty1

Aug 25, 2024

charlesrshell said:
I don't see any format selection in the diamond setting for my Joey 4. Haven't checked the Hopper Plus yet. Wife is watching an app.

On the Hopper Plus, the Zoom/Stretch, etc options are gone as it's Android TV so hopefully there is a workaround for the Hopper Plus. For the Joey 4, if it's also a Android TV device, that's the reason. I don't know my Joey models. LOL.

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charlesrshell

Aug 25, 2024

Almighty1 said:
On the Hopper Plus, the Zoom/Stretch, etc options are gone as it's Android TV so hopefully there is a workaround for the Hopper Plus. For the Joey 4, if it's also a Android TV device, that's the reason. I don't know my Joey models. LOL.

Thanks

HipKat

Aug 25, 2024

winter60 said:
I have a 54.0 remote for my Hopper 3 and Joey 3. If you go to Home on the Dish Menu and then go to Settings, then Remote, you will see the option to set the single diamond button to Format. It is that simple!

Then when you go to Cozi, simply press the diamond to change the format to Stretched. Other channels such as Grit and TV Land work best in Zoom.

I love the format on Cozi. If you set the format to Stretch, everything looks correct in that 4:3 programs are in 4:3 and 16:9 programs and ads are in 16:9. I love it that way as it displays everything in the same format as HD channels do.

On other SD channels, like TV Land, your have to use Zoom format setting to get 4:3 programs to display in full 4:3. But then 16:9 ads or programs are zoomed too large. So you really have to change the format setting based on what type of program you are watching.

If Dish Network broadcast all of the SD channels like Cozi, it would be perfect to watch all SD channels with format set to Stretch format and everything would display correctly.

I should add that you also just leave your TV format to "Full" and you should not have to monkey with the TV format at all.

You can just hold down the single or double diamond buttons and the menu to program them pops up

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HipKat

Aug 25, 2024

charlesrshell said:
I don't see any format selection in the diamond setting for my Joey 4. Haven't checked the Hopper Plus yet. Wife is watching an app.

It doesn't exist on the Hopper Plus orJoey 4/Wireless Joey 4's

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teachtom

22 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Problem when I switch from Bonus View channels back to regular Dish channels

Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks

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dfergie

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Last reply 33 minutes ago · posted in What's Cooking?

What's For Lunch?

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Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
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now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...

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TRG

Monday at 3:34 PM

Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

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Monday at 4:27 PM

TRG said:
Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

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Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
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N5XZS

Last reply 44 minutes ago · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

New low power station with CP has been granted. "Albuquerque "

New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.

Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.

It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.

This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.

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N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:51 PM

Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. :hatsoff2

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 4:54 PM

N5XZS said:
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.

I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet

N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:59 PM

Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it.

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comfortably_numb

Today at 1:35 AM

According to the FCC listing, the tower is near I-40 and Juan Tabo:

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primestar31

44 minutes ago

comfortably_numb said:
According to the FCC listing, the tower is near I-40 and Juan Tabo:

FCCInfo Results

FCC Info is a Radio and Television Station Search Engine provided by Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.

www.fccinfo.com

Many of these in my DMA are on cell towers, so don't always reach very far because the towers aren't very high.

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zippyfrog

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 1:28 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Price Increase on Owned Equipment?

Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?

As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.

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zippyfrog

Today at 11:29 AM

However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...

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telstar_1

Today at 11:45 AM

Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees

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zippyfrog

Today at 12:34 PM

telstar_1 said:
Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees

Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:11 PM

These fees are why streaming has caught on so well across the country and DISH is losing subs each quarter. Soon won't be enough subs to be profitable.

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telstar_1

Today at 1:28 PM

Does cable charge box rent?

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Bruce

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 1:16 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Satellite now under 5 Million subscribers/Sling under 2 Million.

With the 1st Quarter Report just released, Dish lost another 180,000, now at 4.84 Million.

Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.

For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.

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EchoStar Corporation, the owner of the DISH Network satellite television service and the Sling TV streaming platform, continued to experience steep declines in its pay-television customer base during the first three months of 2026. The company reported a net loss of approximately 366,000 pay-TV...

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fmj77

May 11, 2026

I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but no more. Haven't seen one in a couple of years now.

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Bruce

May 11, 2026

fmj77 said:
I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but no more. Haven't seen one in a couple of years now.

Only about 3.6% of Households in the United States, still have Dish Network.

For comparison, YouTube TV has about 10%.

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Yespage

May 18, 2026

$25 a month for 1 gig, for two years with Spectrum. I'd be darned that their router was MUCH better than AT&T's. I didn't realize that what I thought was something else was the bloody router. Those buffering issues stopped when I swapped... after AT&T refused to lower my bill, after 25 years of high speed internet service. They wanted $80 or so a month for 1 gig, with no drop to a lower speed.

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telstar_1

Jun 2, 2026

I despise that most of all. I'm going to talk to a remote?

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tsunami2311

Friday at 11:03 PM

Yespage said:
$25 a month for 1 gig, for two years with Spectrum. I'd be darned that their router was MUCH better than AT&T's. I didn't realize that what I thought was something else was the bloody router. Those buffering issues stopped when I swapped... after AT&T refused to lower my bill, after 25 years of high speed internet service. They wanted $80 or so a month for 1 gig, with no drop to a lower speed.

1gbit up and down here from att start out great was suppose to be $60 for life of service, with years time it went back up to $80 I complained about they gave us $49 for year which about to end, I Wonder what prices will be when it "up" I in no way like ATT fiber service there DNS that are hardcode and unchange able in the router are some WORSE DNS I ever used. you know how much of pain it is to change DNS setting on EVERY single wireless device...

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mwdxer1

Saturday at 3:08 AM

Bruce said:
Only about 3.6% of Households in the United States, still have Dish Network.

For comparison, YouTube TV has about 10%.

I dropped Dish a couple years back after having them for 25 years. The pricing got higher and after we got high speed internet, I watched it less and less. It got to the point all I watched was TCM for classic movies. Many of them are on You Tube now and a Premium subscription is $14 a month. A far cry of the $100 a month was paying with AT180, Supers, and locals. I get locals OTA anyway. I took down the dish several months ago and tossed it. I owned all my my equipment, so nothing to return. Do I miss a traditional cable type service? No way. If I want one I have all of the free live streaming with Roku, the Fire Stick, as well as Google TV. Right now as I type this, I am watching episodes of "The Midnight Special" from 1976 on You Tube, ad free. Dish was fine for many years. I do not regret buying the equipment and installing it myself (No installers in 1999). I enjoyed Dish for many years. My thoughts, Dish & Direct will be forced to merge in time, or they both will be gone. Even cable companies are getting out of TV. Some are only selling the internet and phone packages.

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tanman

Sunday at 12:01 PM

telstar_1 said:
I despise that most of all. I'm going to talk to a remote?

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nelson61

Monday at 8:20 PM

A lot of it flows back to the 4 big networks.
Cable and satellite are their money tree.

But, in reality, each market need 1 or perhaps 2 news feeds - not 4 or more

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:16 PM

nelson61 said:
A lot of it flows back to the 4 big networks.
Cable and satellite are their money tree.

But, in reality, each market need 1 or perhaps 2 news feeds - not 4 or more

In my area we get 2 news feeds spread over 4 local stations.
ABC/NBC (TEGNA)
Same news cast simulcast over both channels.

CBS/Fox (Sinclair)
Same news casters at 5pm, 6pm, 10pm.
Fox shows an hour at 9pm but same news casters.

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lordodogg

Last reply Today at 12:54 PM · posted in DIRECTV General Forum

HR44 rebooted overnight?

Hello again, haven't posted here in a while.

This morning, around 6:30am, I woke up and found the front panel lights on my HR44 on (I leave it off all the time as it is co-located with one of my Geminis).

Immediately thinking that either a reboot or power outage occurred, I checked the software version, and found that it's still the same release that was sent out last month.

I then ruled out a power outage by checking the clocks on my appliances and seeing that they're still correct (they reset when there's an outage, somewhat similar to the "blinking 12" on VCRs).

I then confirmed a reboot by checking the Upcoming Recordings (fka To-Do List) and seeing that the number was much lower than before (it always resets after a reboot).

I am definitely guessing what happened (and it may very well be actually what happened) is that the "Reset Required" prompt may have come up sometime overnight, and it eventually timed out and rebooted automatically. IIRC that prompt comes up when new software "plugins" have to be installed.

Would like to hear your thoughts, especially since I probably haven't talked to some of you reading this in a while (was a former CE member, left almost a year ago).

Thank you all in advance!

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Tom Speer

May 20, 2026

My HR54 blue light is on this morning. I think you ae right about the plugins. They are tweaking things in the customer National release. What version does your HR44 Genie have now? I think you are probably on the same varsion as the CE group today.

lordodogg

May 20, 2026

I believe mine says 0x1D7F

Tom Speer

May 20, 2026

That is what I have.

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lordodogg

Today at 12:54 PM

Happened again today & have new software, 0x1d88

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