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Ok.. one more post this morning.... I was bored and trying to find something on tv... I stopped on the R&R channel (dont know why... maybe had a brain anureism) and there was a network promo on.. It had surfing and boating and all kinds of crap on it... and then the end it said 'The WATER Channel' on Dish Network there was a thing at the bottom with a dish logo and a channel number but i didnt pay no mind at the time...

Just makes you realize what CRAP E* is putting up there... Takes good channels away, doesnt have the bandwidth for HD and doesnt have the space for other good channels but DOES have space for crap like the Water Channel... Kinda ranks with BingoTV (which is blacked out for me... Im in Delaware)
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GaryPen
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BTW, for you southern gentlemen, I'm not calling him a redneck because he has an accent. I'm calling him a redneck because he was a big dumb oaf wearing overalls and a John Deer cap, even though he was supposed to be in Alaska.
Larry the Cable Guy does sports coverage now?
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Slamminc11 said:
That was Comcraps choice, not Dish's!

YEA BUT DO YOU REALY MISS IT? I KNOW I DONT. UNLESS YOUR SOME GUY THAT LIKES TO HUNT, FISH AND WHATEVER OUTHER BORING CRAP THEY HAD ON IT. WHICH BY THE WAY I AM A GUY THAT DOES THE FIRST 2, BUT WOULD RATHER BE DOING IT THEY WATCH SOME WANNABE ACTOR DESCRIBE HOW HE IS "SILENTLY" SITTING ON A POST TO SHOOT A DEER, THAT YOU NEVER SEE AFTERWARDS IF HE HIT IT OR NOT. I GUESS AS NOT TO OFFEND THE ASPCA AND THE PETA PEOPLE.
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RIRWIN1983 said:
YEA BUT DO YOU REALY MISS IT? I KNOW I DONT. UNLESS YOUR SOME GUY THAT LIKES TO HUNT, FISH AND WHATEVER OUTHER BORING CRAP THEY HAD ON IT. WHICH BY THE WAY I AM A GUY THAT DOES THE FIRST 2, BUT WOULD RATHER BE DOING IT THEY WATCH SOME WANNABE ACTOR DESCRIBE HOW HE IS "SILENTLY" SITTING ON A POST TO SHOOT A DEER, THAT YOU NEVER SEE AFTERWARDS IF HE HIT IT OR NOT. I GUESS AS NOT TO OFFEND THE ASPCA AND THE PETA PEOPLE.

A) take your cap lock off, all your yelling is making my head hurt!
B) I didn't watch OLN when hockey was around before, I didn't watch OLN when hockey was "taking a break" for a year, and I didn't watch OLN when hockey came back. There is only one hockey team I watch, and since I can see them play on Altitude Sports (and I'm having trouble caring to even watch that right now) I don't need to waste my monday or tuesday nite freaking out about what is or isn't showing on OLN.
C) If OLN was the only way to watch hockey, I mean no RSN's, no CI, only OLN, I could understand all this freaking out by everyone, but it's not. Okay, so you might miss your team play one game. Your life isn't going to end, the world isn't going to stop rotating. The gods are not going to smite you. If you were counting on JUST OLN to bring you all your hockey this year, then you aren't really a hockey fan anyway. That's just my opinion of course.
D) If any group needs to be offended, it needs to be PETA! They are as big of a joke as OLN carrying hockey is. Here is a group that says it protects animals, but kills most of the ones they "rescue". Don't get me wrong, I have never pointed a gun (literally, okay a paintball gun once) ever, but if it comes down to feeding me and my family or letting an animal live, Bambi, Thumper, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Tony, BooBoo, Bullwinckle, Bugs, Yogi, Porky, and all their mates are all goners! And I won't feel one bit bad about it or who it pissed off!
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Again, I thought Outdoor Life was more of a ,well ,Outdoor "LIFE" channel. When I worked for a TV station, we used to take Outdoor Life feeds for the sports reports all the time. This was before they had hockey, and obviously we weren't getting hunting or fishing shows. Seems like OLN had all the best coverage of the Tour De France and things like that.

So it's certainly replaceable as far as hockey, hunting, and fishing goes. But since DISH subcribers weren't even getting the hockey games, they won't be missing it. Expect a slow uproar over the coming months when cycling fans (or whatever other sports they had exclusive coverage on) realize its gone.

Normally I like Charlie's strong arm tactics, but this one might backfire on him.
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OLN will be back. I've not seen a channel leave DISH for good except for that SBS fiasco. Well, TV Azteca too, but that's also another international channel. With the Viacom and Disney contract disputes, DISH eventually negotiated a new contract within days (2 days for Viacom). I'd put OLN's outage to be about 1 week or so. And they're not doing this alone (Time Warner as well) so DISH has more leverage than Comcast at this point.

GaryPen said:
Um. No. Dish chose to remove the channel if it wasn't going to include the NHL games.

Not exactly. OLN provides the NHL programming to cable/dbs providers that have OLN in a tier that is available to a minimum number of subs, I've heard 40%. For those providers that keep OLN in a more exclusive tier, like AT180, they insert alternate outdoor-themed programming during the NHL games. Charlie chose to drop OLN if it didn't get NHL at the AT180 tier.

Sure, OLN will make more money at AT120. But, it will only be pennies per Dish sub. The real revenue increase will come from advertising dollars based upon increased viewership.

Personally, I think that Charlie doesn't want anyone telling him what to do; he wants the NHL programming on his terms (it's a HUGE carrot to get people to upgrade to AT180); and if they don't like that, he's taking his ball and going home. Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh. :river

By the way, OLN was on AT180 for a long time, BEFORE NHL was to come on. You can't expect E* to drop their pants and bend over just because Comcast demanded OLN to demand the Pay-TV carriers to put their channel on the lowest basic digital tier. If they saw the placement of OLN on Time Warner on a Sports Tier and DISH on AT 180 before the NHL carriage, then who's the one strong-arming who? Give DISH about a week or so, a month at tops. It will not be gone for good.
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Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

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Last of the Dogmen is my favorite of hers.
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Star Wars Despecialized Edition

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Just watched Napoleon. Good night.....all of those young men dying for the egos of their leaders. Now we can kill at a distance, back then you saw the man you were killing eye to eye.
comfortably_numb
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Not sure saving $24/year is worth it unless you're a hardcore Philo user. I'll stick with monthly.

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Jimbo
Not sure saving $24/year is worth it unless you're a hardcore Philo user. I'll stick with monthly.

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$24 for the Year, would be more useful.
Howard Simmons
$24 for the Year, would be more useful.
But when you cancel you still have to watch until the plan runs out. With monthly you're done at the end of the month.
Jimbo
But when you cancel you still have to watch until the plan runs out. With monthly you're done at the end of the month.
Sorry, my point was the expense.
comfortably_numb
$24 for the Year, would be more useful.

Philo's monthly price is reasonable, IMO, because it's still the cheapest way I'm aware of to get all the linear Discovery networks AND access to the Discovery Go apps.
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Philo's monthly price is reasonable, IMO, because it's still the cheapest way I'm aware of to get all the linear Discovery networks AND access to the Discovery Go apps.
I guess if it was something I used on a regular basis, I suppose.
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In other Philo news..

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Oh boy, I can't wait! 😂
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'Rockford Files' Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order

I grow tired of all the reboots. Most I don't bother with but will depend on the actor chosen.
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long_time_Dish
Yeah, I'll check it out as well, but shan't be holding my breath...It'll be tough to equal James Garner in that role...
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...It'll be tough to equal James Garner in that role...
I can think of a few actors (including some females) who might fit the bill.

This will all depend on the storyline. I'm not sure how well it will translate. Modern TV hasn't been all that kind to PIs and even less kind to CIs (confidential informants).
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Premier is Saturday, Jan 2nd. Moving to Thursday on the 7th.
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I wonder how they're/if they're going to do something like the answering machine message opening? It was always funny...
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Continuing the Kilauea thread in the Pub here. Perhaps the Iceland one too next time there's remarkable activity.

Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.

You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.



View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4


Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.


View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
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Kīlauea seems to be returning to the "normal" eruption script, impressive fountaining from the North Vent. For once, the V2 Cam has the best overall shot:
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The lava flows have covered a good portion of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor.
Foxbat
Looks like Episode 55 is over at 09:00 HST, just under six hours. The USGS said the fountains reached 720' or 220 meters.
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The USGS Kīlaeua Webcam #1 has been showing overflows and doming from the North vent overnight. Maybe the volcanic plumbing has settled back into its two-three week cycle of fountaining?

But I do miss the little cinder cone that broke up in the last episode.
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Sorry, I should have posted these earlier:

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We're still waiting on the start of Episode 56.
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At 08:01 HST 11/05/2026, the North Vent produced what I would call a "wet burp" after the precursory "pistoning" events, small amounts of lava pouring out of the vent for a few seconds to minutes and then everything recedes. There must have been a gas bubble holding thing back because two minutes later the lava started flowing out of the vent in all directions. Then, at 08:25, it stopped. What a tease! I thought this was how Episode 56 started.

About 12 minutes later at 08:38, the North vent once again started overflowing and picked up steam at 08:42. By 09:00, slight doming could be seen in the pool of lava in the vent. Surely this is it!

But, 09:50 and things wind down again. By 09:57 HST there's just fumes coming out of the vent. Phooey.

But then 10:00 comes and the heavy lava flows kick in again. This time seems like the real deal. At 10:30 HST there's little spurts of lava flying up in the air over the vent, but more from gas than a steady fountain of lava. This looks promising!

11:30 HST and the color of the lava is definitely hotter, and the intensity has picked up to a definite dome and precursor to fountaining. The USGS calls Episode 56 as officially starting at 12:10 HST:

Alert Level: WATCH, Color Code: ORANGE 2026-11-05 22:29:12 UTC
HVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice

Volcano: Kilauea (VNUM #332010)

Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE

Issued: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 12:29 PM HST
Source: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Notice Number: 2026/H514
Location: N 19 deg 25 min W 155 deg 17 min
Elevation: 4091 ft (1247 m)
Area: Hawaii

Summary: Episode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 12:10 PM HST on November 5, 2026.

Volcanic Activity:
Episode 56 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 12:10 PM HST on November 5, 2026.

Lava fountain heights are relatively low at about 100 ft (30 meters), but will likely increase. Ground-level sensors near the eruptive vents indicate that winds are blowing from the northeast direction, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed to the southwest direction from Halemaʻumaʻu.
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.

Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd​ scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.

It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list. :mad:

Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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dishstaller
I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
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I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
I am not sure about that but I do know that you could manually add additional channels just by entering the actual RF channel number and the older receivers would add the virtual channels to your list
dishstaller
I am not sure about that but I do know that you could manually add additional channels just by entering the actual RF channel number and the older receivers would add the virtual channels to your list
Like I said.....that has been many years ago. Swapped my 722K for a Hopper in 2012.

It does seem like I remember having to delete the existing channels when we did a rescan. Back then our local stations KEPT monkeying around with things and it was non-stop complaints from customers about their channels not coming in. Got so bad that I stopped selling OR installing OTAs....something I had been doing since 1984 so you know it HAD to be pretty bad.
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You made one of my points for me with this comment, Dishstaller:

"... local stations KEPT monkeying around with things and it was non-stop complaints from customers about their channels not coming in ..."
dennispap
I could very well be wrong....it has been a LOT of years but back when I had a 722K it seemed like when you went back to the scan screen that you could just scan again and it would ADD those channels to the previous list or you could delete the previous results and only add the channels from the new scan.
I remember that also on my 722.
dishstaller
I remember that also on my 722.
Thanks.....has been too many years to remember clearly.
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Keep in mind that the 722 had a built in OTA tuner and the 722K had a plug in module for OTA. The Hoppers and Wallys use an add on USB OTA dongle. I believe they are entirely different.
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osu1991
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osu1991
Finished the 2nd episode tonight. I'm really liking it so far.

Still hate weekly releases though, especially the way Disney and HBO do it waiting until 8pm to premiere it.
Foxbat
Apparently I'm not a big enough nerd🤓 since I did not read every Marvel Comic Book ever published. If I had, I might be comparing the comics' version of events compared to what's transpiring in "Visionquest". So, I am enjoying the series a lot, not weighed down by previous expectations, knowing only the Avengers MCU movies and the "Wandavision" / "Agatha All Along" TV series.

I found the Mr Know-it-All channel from his discussion about "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" and he's been gleefully picking these episodes apart, referencing the Marvel comics from the 1939 on. Turns out A.I. has been around since before World War II, at least in the comics. (Robots before that, yes, yes.) This show is going back into the archives.
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I'm expecting the finale to basically bring Vision into play for the Doomsday movie next month.
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osu1991
annoying they went with single episodes for the last two after releasing two a week for the first 3 weeks
Foxbat
annoying they went with single episodes for the last two after releasing two a week for the first 3 weeks
I thought they were effectively releasing a longer episode 7 and 8 instead of shorter episodes 7 & 8 this week and 9 & 10 next week. It felt like they were packing more into this episode.

edit: But you're right, the run time of the first three pairs of episodes was 100 minutes on average. Episode 7 clocks in at 65 minutes. 😕