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This was a case of upgrade all my "owned" equipments.
Over the years, as a big Dish follower, I "invested" quite bit in Dish equipment: three 921s (one was replaced with 942 under warranty few weeks ago by Dish), two 811s and one 721. When Dish first announced "upgrade program", I was excited. Then, I found out the whole "lease" cloud on top of that, which really didn't make sense to do that at all.... I decided to wait to see if any other option coming to the play. Soon, the "retail upgrade" was unofficially announced. I called dish and hoping for some good news. Well, out of my surprises, that was not a "sweet" deal either. I was told the cost for 622 will be $699+$99 install with $200 credit. Plus, there will be 18 months of programming commitment, and out of all the equipment that I have, Dish only upgrade two 921s. That certainly "killed" all of my high hopes for reasonable upgrade. I was unhappy and just about to fire up a email to CEO at Dish to vent my frustrations........
Then, it comes the price reduction for 622! So I figured that basically covered my $200 credit, plus I don't have to pay $99 install. Not a bad deal if you look that way. I can always sell the 921s for whatever it worth. With that in mind, I called my long time trustworth "supplier" Dishdepot. I decided just replace all six units with 622s and I got a great deal on 622s plus with option to trad-in all my boxes for a resonable credit. Early this week, all six 622s arriverred. Now is the busy time to get things ready and call the Dish to get them activated. (BTW, at same time, I also got all the HDMI/HDMI and HDMI/DVI cables to make all the installation more unified with different configurations of TV sets. Their pisce and service are excellent).
First evening, I connected four out of six 622s and went through all software upgrade, got on the phone. A brief hold on line, I got a lady on the phone. She was somewhat nice initially, went through the first unit activation. Then, the trouble started as I asked why I did not see the mpeg-4 channels. She asked me if I had D1000, I told here that I don't need one since I had SuperDish 121 and 61.5. Of cause, she disagree. Even worth, now she told me that since I am activating 622 without D1000, she is going to put additional $6/month change on my account! What kind of s$%t she is pulling out her a@#!!!!! I was mad. After few round of exchange words, I told her just forget it and I will deal with someone else. Then hang up and dialed again.....
That was a long hold on the phone this time around. After few transfer, I did get a very plesent lady on the line. She seems very knowledge for what she is doing (that is what CSR supposed to be). After few minutes, she had all the informations about the receivers that I want to activation and ones that will come off my accounts. And ensured me that new channels will be available, plus due to the package change, I will save $5/month. I was happy, only to find out that Dish's computer was down at the time, activation was failed. But, she is very nice and told me that she will keep trying, but it might take few hours before activation got through. Well, there was really nothing I can do at this point. It was way into the night, I might as well get myself ready for bed. (wife and kid had already given up the waiting and went to bed
Half hour later, all four 622s came to live!
Second evening, I got other two 622s ready and called Dish for activation. This time, a very nice gentelman took my call. Again, great knoledge and service. Within few minutes. Those are came to live. While I was checking for all the channels, I figured just ask him about "retail upgrade" since he seems very helpful and knowledge. This propably counts for the biggest surprise out of all the communication that I had with Dish fince day one: He looked up my account, put me on hold for a few inutes to talk with surpervisor, then came back and told me that Dish has approved for me to send in 921s and 942 (three in total) for $200/ea credit. He gave me the RA#s and instructed me to wait for empty boxes from Dish in few days. Thecredit will be on my account within 30 days upon recieving the units by Dish!!!! I don't what happened that I was treaded so nice by Dish, maybe my "bigger spender" status finally kicked in
That really concluded a sweet upgrade project for me!
So far so good as far as the 622 performence. Only two of them had rebooted one when I click the "select" to wake up the unit from standby........
Just want to share this experiences with all of you.
Over the years, as a big Dish follower, I "invested" quite bit in Dish equipment: three 921s (one was replaced with 942 under warranty few weeks ago by Dish), two 811s and one 721. When Dish first announced "upgrade program", I was excited. Then, I found out the whole "lease" cloud on top of that, which really didn't make sense to do that at all.... I decided to wait to see if any other option coming to the play. Soon, the "retail upgrade" was unofficially announced. I called dish and hoping for some good news. Well, out of my surprises, that was not a "sweet" deal either. I was told the cost for 622 will be $699+$99 install with $200 credit. Plus, there will be 18 months of programming commitment, and out of all the equipment that I have, Dish only upgrade two 921s. That certainly "killed" all of my high hopes for reasonable upgrade. I was unhappy and just about to fire up a email to CEO at Dish to vent my frustrations........
Then, it comes the price reduction for 622! So I figured that basically covered my $200 credit, plus I don't have to pay $99 install. Not a bad deal if you look that way. I can always sell the 921s for whatever it worth. With that in mind, I called my long time trustworth "supplier" Dishdepot. I decided just replace all six units with 622s and I got a great deal on 622s plus with option to trad-in all my boxes for a resonable credit. Early this week, all six 622s arriverred. Now is the busy time to get things ready and call the Dish to get them activated. (BTW, at same time, I also got all the HDMI/HDMI and HDMI/DVI cables to make all the installation more unified with different configurations of TV sets. Their pisce and service are excellent).
First evening, I connected four out of six 622s and went through all software upgrade, got on the phone. A brief hold on line, I got a lady on the phone. She was somewhat nice initially, went through the first unit activation. Then, the trouble started as I asked why I did not see the mpeg-4 channels. She asked me if I had D1000, I told here that I don't need one since I had SuperDish 121 and 61.5. Of cause, she disagree. Even worth, now she told me that since I am activating 622 without D1000, she is going to put additional $6/month change on my account! What kind of s$%t she is pulling out her a@#!!!!! I was mad. After few round of exchange words, I told her just forget it and I will deal with someone else. Then hang up and dialed again.....
That was a long hold on the phone this time around. After few transfer, I did get a very plesent lady on the line. She seems very knowledge for what she is doing (that is what CSR supposed to be). After few minutes, she had all the informations about the receivers that I want to activation and ones that will come off my accounts. And ensured me that new channels will be available, plus due to the package change, I will save $5/month. I was happy, only to find out that Dish's computer was down at the time, activation was failed. But, she is very nice and told me that she will keep trying, but it might take few hours before activation got through. Well, there was really nothing I can do at this point. It was way into the night, I might as well get myself ready for bed. (wife and kid had already given up the waiting and went to bed
Half hour later, all four 622s came to live!Second evening, I got other two 622s ready and called Dish for activation. This time, a very nice gentelman took my call. Again, great knoledge and service. Within few minutes. Those are came to live. While I was checking for all the channels, I figured just ask him about "retail upgrade" since he seems very helpful and knowledge. This propably counts for the biggest surprise out of all the communication that I had with Dish fince day one: He looked up my account, put me on hold for a few inutes to talk with surpervisor, then came back and told me that Dish has approved for me to send in 921s and 942 (three in total) for $200/ea credit. He gave me the RA#s and instructed me to wait for empty boxes from Dish in few days. Thecredit will be on my account within 30 days upon recieving the units by Dish!!!! I don't what happened that I was treaded so nice by Dish, maybe my "bigger spender" status finally kicked in
That really concluded a sweet upgrade project for me!
So far so good as far as the 622 performence. Only two of them had rebooted one when I click the "select" to wake up the unit from standby........
Just want to share this experiences with all of you.
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I was reading this article
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
Cable TV ‘cord-cutters’ became the majority in 2022
The steady decline of cable and broadcast television, and the rise of streaming services, reached a sort of inflection point over the past year. Last summer, for the first time, streaming ser…
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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Wireless Joey 4. Yesterday, I noticed a little green dot on a small black field in the upper right hand corner of the screen, regardless of channel, recordings, etc. A restart got rid of it, but I am curious as to what It meant and what I did to get it there.
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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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I have a DX100 American Electrola Radio, AM FM SW. It is a receiver only, which quit working many years ago. Several years ago the seller had stated that capacitors would need replaced because they go bad.
In this particular xxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUbXgNT8Oo they mentioned the backup battery being the problem.
Several years back when asking about having the capacitors replaced one former repairman said send it back to the factory, well there is not any. Another response several years ago from a person who repaired circuit boards for industry said they could repair it if they had a schematic, again I do not have.
This radio was built in Pittsburgh, PA out of as many American parts as they could find. Your thoughts on getting the radio to work?
In this particular xxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUbXgNT8Oo they mentioned the backup battery being the problem.
Several years back when asking about having the capacitors replaced one former repairman said send it back to the factory, well there is not any. Another response several years ago from a person who repaired circuit boards for industry said they could repair it if they had a schematic, again I do not have.
This radio was built in Pittsburgh, PA out of as many American parts as they could find. Your thoughts on getting the radio to work?
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After a strange reboot last night in the middle of viewing, this morning several more reboots and about a half an hour download.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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With Streaming, they should all be able to be on at night, no issue with TV slots
(Everybody can be on Peacock ...
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Could. Yes.With Streaming, they should all be able to be on at night, no issue with TV slots
(Everybody can be on Peacock ...
But you know as well as I that they are not going A: put all of their prime matchups on at the same time. And B: take their main games off of the main channels.
You had bama vs lsu, and Georgia vs Ole Miss to choose from.
Considering Georgia had beaten Bama and Ole Miss had beaten LSU, I can see that why they chose that game for the night matchup (without the benefit of hindsight as to how the game's Saturday would play out).
You also had Tennessee vs Kentucky to fit in the mix.
Someone had to be at 2:30. Which imo is honestly my preferred slot for bama games no matter who they are playing or where.
None of them was going to be a streaming only game, and none where going on an "alternate" channel.
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Breakfast for lunch. Crispy corned beef hash, home fries, two over easy eggs and sourdough toast.
Grabbed a burrito on the run. Beef, pinto beans, green chile and cheese. Stewart's cream soda.
