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Hi everybody; been with Dish over 20 years. We mostly stream from different sources these days. Considering dropping dish satellite if my attempt to use distribution amplifier works for couple tvs.
my order for amplifier from Amazon is coming today. ( Amazon.com: Channel Master TV Antenna Booster 4-4-Port TV Antenna Distribution Amplifier, Built-in LTE Filter, 7.5dB Gain, Compatible with Non-Amplified TV Antennas, Increases Signal Strength, Indoor/Outdoor : Electronics)
Channel master brand 4 port device.
Current setup at home:
Dish is on the upper deck.4 cables going down to the basement thru studs. Attic antenna, the cable coming down straight to the basement home run room. (The area under the stairs to hide all the cables. It has its own door and dry walled. I had satellite cables and security system installed when the house was under construction.) I added USB adapter to hopper3 for locals and sub channels.
here's what I am hoping.
connect the rg-6 antenna cable to dist. amplifier in the homerun room. attach 3 cables (currently going to 3 joey2s) to the ampl. Wishing the signal lost will be minimal.
question: the fewer ports used, the better signal from antenna is. correct? So, if I use only one port for main tv and other 3 ports not used at all the signal will be the strongest. Or, the ampl. offers 4 ports. regardless of how many tvs are connected, the signal loss is unavoidable. it is a mater of what is tolerable. confused about this!
tablo question. Can I use tablo DVR and distr. amplifier together? Or, do I need to use a different antenna ( a flat window antenna?) and connect it to tablo where the router is? either Ethernet cable or wifi between tablo and the router. a phone tablo app will let me use tablo ota recordings on different smart TVs or streaming devices such as roku and fire stick. my bedroom and kitchen TVs are old and not smart TVs. but rokus and fire sticks are connected to them.
Did some search. some think tablo is fantastic and some say it is not good at all. I realize how good the reception of local channels to flat antenna and tablo is the determining factor.
I live in the sticks and local towers from Lexington, Ky are about 20 30 miles away.
the house is 3 stories with a finished basement with a walkout door. We did not want a roof antenna. Maybe, newer attic antennas are much more powerful if I need to replace it.
I will appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.
my order for amplifier from Amazon is coming today. ( Amazon.com: Channel Master TV Antenna Booster 4-4-Port TV Antenna Distribution Amplifier, Built-in LTE Filter, 7.5dB Gain, Compatible with Non-Amplified TV Antennas, Increases Signal Strength, Indoor/Outdoor : Electronics)
Channel master brand 4 port device.
Current setup at home:
Dish is on the upper deck.4 cables going down to the basement thru studs. Attic antenna, the cable coming down straight to the basement home run room. (The area under the stairs to hide all the cables. It has its own door and dry walled. I had satellite cables and security system installed when the house was under construction.) I added USB adapter to hopper3 for locals and sub channels.
here's what I am hoping.
connect the rg-6 antenna cable to dist. amplifier in the homerun room. attach 3 cables (currently going to 3 joey2s) to the ampl. Wishing the signal lost will be minimal.
question: the fewer ports used, the better signal from antenna is. correct? So, if I use only one port for main tv and other 3 ports not used at all the signal will be the strongest. Or, the ampl. offers 4 ports. regardless of how many tvs are connected, the signal loss is unavoidable. it is a mater of what is tolerable. confused about this!
tablo question. Can I use tablo DVR and distr. amplifier together? Or, do I need to use a different antenna ( a flat window antenna?) and connect it to tablo where the router is? either Ethernet cable or wifi between tablo and the router. a phone tablo app will let me use tablo ota recordings on different smart TVs or streaming devices such as roku and fire stick. my bedroom and kitchen TVs are old and not smart TVs. but rokus and fire sticks are connected to them.
Did some search. some think tablo is fantastic and some say it is not good at all. I realize how good the reception of local channels to flat antenna and tablo is the determining factor.
I live in the sticks and local towers from Lexington, Ky are about 20 30 miles away.
the house is 3 stories with a finished basement with a walkout door. We did not want a roof antenna. Maybe, newer attic antennas are much more powerful if I need to replace it.
I will appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.
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From your description, I have one of those Channel Master four port distribution amps.
From my experience you get an equal amount of signal to each power regardless of how many devices are connected.
Also, it seems the amp only outputs to each port a signal very similar to what it is receiving on the input side.
In other words it outputs to each and every output port the same signal it receives on the input, whereas a splitter outputs whatever fraction it can divided among its outputs.
This device merely removes signal loss from the division of signal to 4 outputs and all are equally amplified up to the input signal regardless of how many are actually used.
Removing or adding a device has little effect on the signal to other ports.
Sorry the pic is upside down, this is my dist amp.
From my experience you get an equal amount of signal to each power regardless of how many devices are connected.
Also, it seems the amp only outputs to each port a signal very similar to what it is receiving on the input side.
In other words it outputs to each and every output port the same signal it receives on the input, whereas a splitter outputs whatever fraction it can divided among its outputs.
This device merely removes signal loss from the division of signal to 4 outputs and all are equally amplified up to the input signal regardless of how many are actually used.
Removing or adding a device has little effect on the signal to other ports.
Sorry the pic is upside down, this is my dist amp.
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I am using this same amp with a CM 4228 antenna and it works great. The antenna is on an outside mast and my furthest tower is 42 miles away. I have used this same antenna in several locations across the South in my attics with great results.From your description, I have one of those Channel Master four port distribution amps.
From my experience you get an equal amount of signal to each power regardless of how many devices are connected.
Also, it seems the amp only outputs to each port a signal very similar to what it is receiving on the input side.
In other words it outputs to each and every output port the same signal it receives on the input, whereas a splitter outputs whatever fraction it can divided among its outputs.
This device merely removes signal loss from the division of signal to 4 outputs and all are equally amplified up to the input signal regardless of how many are actually used.
Removing or adding a device has little effect on the signal to other ports.
Sorry the pic is upside down, this is my dist amp.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
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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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