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Tom Bombadil

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Last reply May 28, 2006 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Current HD channels not offered by Dish

I am interested in learning what national HD channels are currently in operation but not carried by Dish.

Here's what I have so far:

INHD
INHD2
CineMax
PBS
Starz (coming soon)
The Movie Channel (TMC)

I haven't seen any confirmation that National Geographic, FOOD, or HGTV are actually up and broadcasting, but perhaps they are.

I've purposefully left off the national network feeds, WB and UPN.

Others?

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Tom Bombadil

May 27, 2006

Van's take on old movies in HD sure doesn't agree with mine.

I like watching the old movies in HD. Much, much better than watching them in SD. Sharper, better colors, wider aspect ratio (at least than the 4:3 that most old movies are aired in).

Perhaps they aren't quite as sharp and bright as a new movie, although some are excellent.

Watching older movies in HD is near the top of my list of what I want to see on HD channels. I watch Monster HD and Film Fest more than I do Showtime HD. So I would LOVE to see TCM HD. And more movie channels in the VOOM lineup.

cebbigh

May 27, 2006

Jeff_R said:
What you are probably seeing on older movies is the age of the film. Newer movies are transferred to HD fairly early on, so it looks great. Watch "Scarface" on HDNet Movies or Universal HD sometime. It's a pretty good transfer from film for an older movie. Doesn't compare to a brand new film, but it was restored very well.

The conversion can and is done, however the condition of the master has a lot to do with it.

I'm with you on this. I'm really hoping for TCM hd. I'd like to see the 4:3 kept as 4:3 with slowly changing borders like they do on Voom when presenting oldies. TCM is the only non HD channel I have on my favorites "movies" list. Some great stuff on that channel and it would only be better in HD. To see some of the old B/W Hitchcock films in HD would be great.

Tom Bombadil

May 27, 2006

M Sparks said:
Well, yes and no. As people still don't seem to understand, everyone who subscribes to a premium package on DBS isn't getting everything they're entitled to get. (Although Starz will be a complete package soon.)

All the premium multiplex channels (including HD) are "free" to subscribers, but that doesn't mean the cable or DBS provider is obligated to carry them.

...

Which is why I still don't understand people complaing that they can't buy JUST the HD premiums. The price is the same...why not get everything you pay for?

My point is that those of us who want HD movie channels, would like to get those which we are already paying for. When we pay Dish for Cinemax, TMC, and Starz, and then we pay Dish again to get HD channels, I think it is natural for us to desire and expect Dish to deliver those channels.

I think we have a better case for expecting the HD channels than those who want more of the SD channels offered by those providers (although that is a valid expectation too). We are paying extra to get HD channels. Part of that goes to VOOM and to HDNET, but part of it also goes to cover the extra expense incurred by Dish to broadcast HD channels. Thus if we are paying for Cinemax and paying for HD, why aren't we getting Cinemax HD?

As to your last question, yes, right now it seems to cost Dish the same for one HBO channel or all of them (can't say I know this for a fact). However that doesn't mean it has to be that way. It doesn't mean that E* or D* or some cable provider couldn't negotiate an HD-only deal from HBO or Showtime or whomever. Might never happen, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't ask for it.

Theoretically E* could offer something like a $60 package that included all HD channels, including those whose SD equivalent is AT180, and the premium movie channels. It could include the premium SD channels, Sirius (if E* wants to throw it in), and the educational channels. Maybe throw in CNN and TWC.

Right now they include HD for $20 in the HD Bronze. So take that $20. Add $30 for the premium channels. And another $10 for the AT180 HD channels and the throw-ins and some extra profit for E*.

Or look at it in reverse from the HD Platinum. $100 - $50 for AT180 + $10 for Nat Geo, OLN, maybe a couple more AT180 HDs, and the throw-ins.

Might be interesting to see how many people would pick up that package for $60-$65 a month.

M Sparks

May 28, 2006

Tom Bombadil said:
My point is that those of us who want HD movie channels, would like to get those which we are already paying for. When we pay Dish for Cinemax, TMC, and Starz, and then we pay Dish again to get HD channels, I think it is natural for us to desire and expect Dish to deliver those channels.

Oh, absolutely. But we all know that bandwidth has been extremely limited. I would hope/expect this will change soon.

Tom Bombadil said:
As to your last question, yes, right now it seems to cost Dish the same for one HBO channel or all of them (can't say I know this for a fact). However that doesn't mean it has to be that way. It doesn't mean that E* or D* or some cable provider couldn't negotiate an HD-only deal from HBO or Showtime or whomever. Might never happen, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't ask for it.

Well first of all, it is an absolute fact...only Encore charges separate fees for each channel. But the whole point is, the programming is for the most part paid for when you pay for the first channel. When you buy a premium, most of your money is going to pay for programming rights. Except for a few very minor cases, everything on the multiplexes also plays on the main channel at one time or another. And the more expensive the programming is (a big Hollywood movie), the less likely it is to be exclusive to one of the multiplexes.

So most of the costs incurred by broadcasting the multiplexes is uplink costs, a few voice overs, and a little bit of equipment in master control. It is not in their interest to sell them separately. They are simply a marketing tool. Their costs remain constant, so why would they want to get paid less? And would that even be fair? They've been offering these channels for free for so many years...now they would essentially be charging extra.

Now, let's say a premium develops a totally different service- say "Cinemax HD Favorites" It features ONLY HD programming, which means more repetition and fewer programming costs. They can pad it out with older, cheaper films, and they don't have to pay for all those late night "thrillers" that aren't available in HD anyway. THAT they could afford to offer at a slightly reduced rate. In the case of Cinemax, it would probably increase subscribers, because HD fans might be willing to shell out an extra $5 for an all HD premium, but might not want to pay $8 or $9 for a part time HD channel and a bunch of SD channels.

Tom Bombadil said:
Right now they include HD for $20 in the HD Bronze. So take that $20. Add $30 for the premium channels. And another $10 for the AT180 HD channels and the throw-ins and some extra profit for E*.

Or look at it in reverse from the HD Platinum. $100 - $50 for AT180 + $10 for Nat Geo, OLN, maybe a couple more AT180 HDs, and the throw-ins.

Might be interesting to see how many people would pick up that package for $60-$65 a month.

You're still looking at this under the assumption that the HD pack won't include National Geographic HD. Maybe I missed something, but I haven't seen any indication that this is true. There is no such thing as OLN-HD...this is a isolated case. Now, they could just throw the NHL games to be nice- like they did with Universal during the Olympics. But I'm betting that OLN wouldn't allow it.

You have a good point if this situation comes to pass, but at this point, there's no indication that this type of packaging would be necessary.

M Sparks

May 28, 2006

Tom Bombadil said:
Van's take on old movies in HD sure doesn't agree with mine.

I think he just doesn't get it...period. Film > HD (in most cases)

I do understand that film on HD doesn't have the "wow" factor that HD video does. But technically, it's even better as long as the print is good.

An HD version of Turner Classic Movies is absolutely at the top of my wish list. You see stuff on there you just won't see anywhere else. Anybody catch "F For Fake" last week? Facinating!

In the case of TCM, I wouldn't even mind some upconverts on the more obscure stuff, as long as it's 16:9. I hate watching everything in "Zoom" mode.

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primestar31

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Last reply 14 minutes ago · posted in SatelliteGuys Classifieds

WANTED EGO Power+ 56 volt batteries, at least 6Ah, 7.5Ah preferred

Cheap, just the battery. Working or not.

Anybody got anything they'd just as soon get rid of? They look like this:

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navychop

Tuesday at 10:54 PM

I have such. Three various of various powers. And one aftermarket. Limited life, I believe.

Will look into it tomorrow.

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Neutron

14 minutes ago

All of mine are spoken for, but I would do the same in offering to buy used ones if I were in the market as new ones are so expensive.

Neutron

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Last reply 16 minutes ago · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Apple HomePod Home Automation

Does anyone here use Apple Home/HomeKit with HomePods or Apple TV to automate smart devices in their house? We have had Amazon's Alexa set up in our house for the last 10+ years and I have been waiting to switch them out to Apple for a few reasons; We are already in the Apple ecosystem with our phones, tablets, and computers. I have never liked Amazon's stance on privacy and I really like that Apple has pushed for privacy for a long time.

I bought 4 of the new HomePod Mini 2 speakers to go in various rooms in our house and we have one of the new Apple TVs on preorder that will be the start of me replacing our Rokus. I have the HomePod Mini 2s set up and have an RPi that is running HomeBridge for our legacy smart devices that worked natively with Alexa but don't work with Apple Home natively. I had trouble with the older smart bulbs not keeping the brightness or light color consistent with what our routines were with Alexa despite trying every setting in HomeBridge with the bulbs just not shining very bright. I ended up replacing them with updated versions that are Matter compatible so they work in Apple Home natively. That in and of itself has been interesting to set up because I have my home network segretated with the IoT devices on their own vlan and wifi and pretty locked down. Matter requires IPv6 and due to how my home network is designed I had to do some digging with AI to figure out how to make it all work correctly.

Apple Home definitely has some shortcomings that Alexa does much better with but I am hoping Apple will continue to improve their Home products and introduce features that will bring it closer to the functionality of Alexa.

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b4pjoe

Friday at 3:44 PM

I tried HomeKit to be able to see my Ring cameras on my Apple TV as they are not supported natively on Apple devices. The best I could get was to be able to view the cameras live but I could not view any recordings. After the last major update version of HomeKit I could not even view the live cameras anymore. I gave up on it after that. If I were going to do it again I would only buy devices that can work on Apple devices natively as HomeKit didn't work well at all for me.

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Neutron

Friday at 4:01 PM

b4pjoe said:
I tried HomeKit to be able to see my Ring cameras on my Apple TV as they are not supported natively on Apple devices. The best I could get was to be able to view the cameras live but I could not view any recordings. After the last major update version of HomeKit I could not even view the live cameras anymore. I gave up on it after that. If I were going to do it again I would only buy devices that can work on Apple devices natively as HomeKit didn't work well at all for me.

That's what I started doing after seeing legacy devices work hit or miss using the HomeBridge. At least Apple is following a standard now with Matter which is unusual for Apple. Looks like HomeBridge does allow you to see the live views but I haven't seen how to view past recordings. I'd really like to ditch Ring altogether due to their stance on privacy and if I had my choice I'd go with UniFi since that's what I use for my network and I like the idea of my camera recordings being all local and not in the cloud. UniFi doorbells and cameras are quite pricey though.

I'll try to access the Ring doorbells in Apple Home for now but I'll see if it's useful any.

Foxbat

Friday at 4:20 PM

I found that the IoT devices need to see the Apple TV to be able to use it as the HomeKit Hub. Unfortunately, that means being in the same IPv4 subnet.

I was thinking of getting a HomePod Mini for my Mother-in-Law to play music and set up HomeKit scenes, as well as make FaceTime Audio calls. When Apple announced their price rises due to RAMageddon, I kicked myself as they went up 50% in cost. I'll be curious to see the HomeView in person as this might not be a bad way to get her started on automation.

She asked about it because her friends have Alexa and they use it to control lights. But like you, I feel better putting in a HomePod or HomeView that's listening for commands instead of Amazon or Google.

b4pjoe

Friday at 4:28 PM

Neutron said:
That's what I started doing after seeing legacy devices work hit or miss using the HomeBridge.

Homebridge is what I meant when I said HomeKit. Forgot the name of it.

harshness

Saturday at 10:07 AM

I find that I don't interact with my home automation system (Hubitat Elevation) as much as I thought I would.

Apple made everything more expensive and less flexible with its "our way or the highway" approach. To be sure, a Homebridge server addresses some of the major deficiencies, but it seems like it will always be a battle to keep pasting things together.

Neutron

16 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
I found that the IoT devices need to see the Apple TV to be able to use it as the HomeKit Hub. Unfortunately, that means being in the same IPv4 subnet.

I was thinking of getting a HomePod Mini for my Mother-in-Law to play music and set up HomeKit scenes, as well as make FaceTime Audio calls. When Apple announced their price rises due to RAMageddon, I kicked myself as they went up 50% in cost. I'll be curious to see the HomeView in person as this might not be a bad way to get her started on automation.

She asked about it because her friends have Alexa and they use it to control lights. But like you, I feel better putting in a HomePod or HomeView that's listening for commands instead of Amazon or Google.

A HomePod/Mini/2 also acts as a hub for the IoT devices that are compatible with Apple Home, or HomeBridge for those that aren't directly compatible. I have my HomePod Mini 2s all set with static IPs via DHCP reservation in my secured wifi network and my Matter compatible outlets and bulbs in the IoT wifi network and now have firewall rules that allow communication just between these IPs. Same with the IPv6 I had to enable on both networks since Matter requires this. We have a new Apple TV on preorder that will hopefully be here next week as well. I've almost fixed the issues the new bulbs are experiencing in that the bulbs aren't remembering the last setting when it was powered on so when one of my automations runs it's not setting the bulb brightness or color temp correctly until I manually test the scene again. These are Govee bulbs. The legacy smart outlets aren't following the automation schedule either so I will be replacing them with Matter compatible ones.

I see a few shortcomings in Apple Home that hopefully Apple will address in future updates.

Bruce

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Last reply 26 minutes ago · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

How things have changed

I was reading this article

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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Bruce

Today at 5:36 AM

According to industry figures reported by Sports Media Watch, this year's World Series averaged 11.69 million viewers on FOX, down 26% from the 15.71 million average the 2025 series delivered.

Jimbo

Today at 8:00 AM

Bruce said:
According to industry figures reported by Sports Media Watch, this year's World Series averaged 11.69 million viewers on FOX, down 26% from the 15.71 million average the 2025 series delivered.

That thier own stupidity ...

They make it hard to find the game when its on FOX 1 game, then FS1, then on Tru or some other little ity biyy channel that people rerely watch and can't find. (I don't know if FOX is TRU or not, but thats what I'm saying, they put games on obscure channels and expect people to easily find it and watch.

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Bruce

Today at 8:17 AM

Jimbo said:
That thier own stupidity ...

They make it hard to find the game when its on FOX 1 game, then FS1, then on Tru or some other little ity biyy channel that people rerely watch and can't find. (I don't know if FOX is TRU or not, but thats what I'm saying, they put games on obscure channels and expect people to easily find it and watch.

Every WS game was on the main Fox Broadcast Channel, what are you referring to?

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AZ.

Today at 8:25 AM

Bruce said:
Every WS game was on the main Fox Broadcast Channel, what are you referring to?

Throughout the playoffs most games were not over the air. They were on FS1 or TrueTV, HBO, TBS....So without a sports package you need FS1, and the others you need a old school TV package. If I had to guess, close to 75% of playoff games were not on free local TV.

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Jimbo

Today at 8:37 AM

Bruce said:
Every WS game was on the main Fox Broadcast Channel, what are you referring to?

Playoffs ...

Technically, they are right, the actual World Series was all on Fox.

They have been talking about shortening the Season ... IF they ever do, they would need to have the Playoffs OVER before the NFL Starts ... which is 1st or 2nd week in September.

Between College and the NFL, the World Series loses viewers because Football is starting .... unless YOUR Team is in it.

I would consider my self the Avg baseball fan ... My teams were Out of it after the 1st round of playoffs, which shouldn't even be a thing, except we can make more MONEY ... lets add another 2 or 3 rounds to the playoffs.

Its a farce that they let half the league in the playoffs, when I grew up, there was real competitiveness in the playoffs, only a few teams made the Playoffs ... you had 4 divisions, winners were in, thats it ... (it was something like that).
Now its a participation sport, if you have a winning record, you can probably get in ...

Foxbat

42 minutes ago

I would say the drop in World Series viewing numbers was more relevant to the teams playing than some seismic shift away from traditional OTA or Cable to Streaming. In the Midwest and Florida, sure there was interest, but probably not in the rest of the country.

Plus, there were a number of political ads between innings and that may have turned some baseball fans off. But that's Broadcast TV and if not political ads, it would have been gambling or beer ads.

Jimbo

26 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
I would say the drop in World Series viewing numbers was more relevant to the teams playing than some seismic shift away from traditional OTA or Cable to Streaming. In the Midwest and Florida, sure there was interest, but probably not in the rest of the country.

Plus, there were a number of political ads between innings and that may have turned some baseball fans off. But that's Broadcast TV and if not political ads, it would have been gambling or beer ads.

To some degree thats true ...
Problem is, in order to have Large numbers, you have to have LA and NY in it most years ????

Milwaukee isn't that far from Chicago, so the WS would have had the #3 population city involved to some extent, even if they were rooting against them

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Apple Event September 2026

Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.

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Foxbat

Friday at 4:53 PM

Well, Munro and Associates are now a go-to for mobile device teardowns! Who knew? They have an idea what may be causing the iPhone Duo's inside folding screen to fail 40% up from the bottom:

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Saturday at 3:45 AM

samsung made the screen apple designed the hinge for the duo. this has got to be the best advertising campaign for samsung :biggrin

TheForce

Yesterday at 10:32 AM

Report on my iphone 18 PM
Working well with about 3-4 days battery life. New BT and Wifi range is much better than the 15 I had. It doesn't seem any faster but probably is. The Camera shooting video has amazing image stabilization.
Only observed issue is once in awhile, the screen loses touch sensitivity and requires a soft reboot and delete the many open apps to fix. This happens about once a week since buying it.

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Foxbat

33 minutes ago

TheForce said:
Only observed issue is once in awhile, the screen loses touch sensitivity and requires a soft reboot and delete the many open apps to fix.

I think your new 18 Pro is fine as this seems to be an iOS 27 bug. My iPhone 17 has similar issues.

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garyreno

Last reply 41 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Updated to H715 on a Hopper 3 from H713

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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Almighty1

Saturday at 3:03 PM

Just did the update check manually about an hour ago with Hopper 3 on H713 and Hopper Plus on P15403.
Noticed something new when I clicked on the Update Software, it presented a pop-up as follows:
"Update software 1573
Update later Update now Cancel" with those three buttons which did not exist before.

After updating the H715 - I guess there must be major bugs as both H709 and H714 were skipped.

So here are the issue(s):

Issue #1
It did fix the problem with H713 which was:
"One of the problems I am seeing is that the Available Joey Software section no longer is showing the Android TV versions even after a manual software reset twice and the nightly reboot. Until it does, nether Technician Android TV download and Hopper Plus is able to check, download and update the Android TV software."

This was a major problem with H703.

H710 removed that dependency so H711 and H712 were working without that dependency but H713 brought it back which is fixed in H715 as no P versions or Android TV versions are shown in the Available Joey Software on the main Diagnostics screen.
However, with that said, the TECHNICIAN SETTINGS, Download ATV (Android TV) Files is not working correctly as the Download ATV Files shows:
"Download ATV Files 3000
Download in progress. This operation will be
complete when the files are downloaded

Joey 4 : P554- Failed
Joey 4 : P55403- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P654- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P65403- Complete
HopperPlus : P154- Complete
HopperPlus : P15403- Failed

OK"
From what I can tell, each of them goes through the Downloading followed by the Processing stages first before it goes into the Failed or Complete stage. It seemed to be going in a loop earlier as it will start downloading from the first item being the Joey 4 each time before it eventually stopped. This is the first time ever since 2023 that I had ever seen it Failed.

With that said, the dependency appears to still be required for the Hopper Plus to check, download and update the Android TV software as it says Failed, No Target when going to "Device Preferences", About, "Software Update"

Issue #2
Still cannot cast to Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus(Software P15317) with the Hopper Plus "Google Chromecast Built-In" feature" as it shows up as a casting device when the Hopper Plus is online and disappears when the Hopper 3 and Hopper Plus does it's nightly reboots but times out when one tries to cast to it and always shows up as Not available in the Google Home app on Android phone. No one else anywhere on the internet had confirmed whether it is working for them or not. Per brittanygarden in DM on October 16, 2026:
"We've been working with Google on this. We have a fix on the Google side projected for Q4. I know we're in Q4 now, but I will try to get a narrowed down timeline for you."

brittanygarden and Rick Durham

jsmit86 and naptime - If you are able to use H715, does the issue mentioned below still exist?

https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/th...ftware-version-713-is-out.423921/post-5108817

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jsmit86

Yesterday at 9:54 AM

Almighty1 said:
Just did the update check manually about an hour ago with Hopper 3 on H713 and Hopper Plus on P15403.
Noticed something new when I clicked on the Update Software, it presented a pop-up as follows:
"Update software 1573
Update later Update now Cancel" with those three buttons which did not exist before.

After updating the H715 - I guess there must be major bugs as both H709 and H714 were skipped.

So here are the issue(s):

Issue #1
It did fix the problem with H713 which was:
"One of the problems I am seeing is that the Available Joey Software section no longer is showing the Android TV versions even after a manual software reset twice and the nightly reboot. Until it does, nether Technician Android TV download and Hopper Plus is able to check, download and update the Android TV software."

This was a major problem with H703.

H710 removed that dependency so H711 and H712 were working without that dependency but H713 brought it back which is fixed in H715 as no P versions or Android TV versions are shown in the Available Joey Software on the main Diagnostics screen.
However, with that said, the TECHNICIAN SETTINGS, Download ATV (Android TV) Files is not working correctly as the Download ATV Files shows:
"Download ATV Files 3000
Download in progress. This operation will be
complete when the files are downloaded

Joey 4 : P554- Failed
Joey 4 : P55403- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P654- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P65403- Complete
HopperPlus : P154- Complete
HopperPlus : P15403- Failed

OK"
From what I can tell, each of them goes through the Downloading followed by the Processing stages first before it goes into the Failed or Complete stage. It seemed to be going in a loop earlier as it will start downloading from the first item being the Joey 4 each time before it eventually stopped. This is the first time ever since 2023 that I had ever seen it Failed.

With that said, the dependency appears to still be required for the Hopper Plus to check, download and update the Android TV software as it says Failed, No Target when going to "Device Preferences", About, "Software Update"

Issue #2
Still cannot cast to Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus(Software P15317) with the Hopper Plus "Google Chromecast Built-In" feature" as it shows up as a casting device when the Hopper Plus is online and disappears when the Hopper 3 and Hopper Plus does it's nightly reboots but times out when one tries to cast to it and always shows up as Not available in the Google Home app on Android phone. No one else anywhere on the internet had confirmed whether it is working for them or not. Per brittanygarden in DM on October 16, 2026:
"We've been working with Google on this. We have a fix on the Google side projected for Q4. I know we're in Q4 now, but I will try to get a narrowed down timeline for you."

brittanygarden and Rick Durham

jsmit86 and naptime - If you are able to use H715, does the issue mentioned below still exist?

https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/th...ftware-version-713-is-out.423921/post-5108817

I have not been updated to 715 yet. I am on a QE "Beta" or Test version that did fix the audio issue. The last communication I had with the team mentioned that the full release of that fix was likely in December.
It would be nice to know if 715 does solve that issue of no audio when Dolby is ON, during 4K HDR events.

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 5:12 PM

jsmit86 said:
I have not been updated to 715 yet. I am on a QE "Beta" or Test version that did fix the audio issue. The last communication I had with the team mentioned that the full release of that fix was likely in December.
It would be nice to know if 715 does solve that issue of no audio when Dolby is ON, during 4K HDR events.

Interesting, is QE "Beta" or Test version different than the H708 you had mentioned that they rolled you back to or is that a newer version after that?

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jsmit86

41 minutes ago

Almighty1 said:
Interesting, is QE "Beta" or Test version different than the H708 you had mentioned that they rolled you back to or is that a newer version after that?

I think it is, but I am not aware of specific differences.
My original communication of the issue was very detailed, and they had the team work on it and felt they knew what was causing the issue.
The rollback to 708 confirmed that 708 did not have that problem.
I got an email in late October asking if I would be open to checking if a beta version had the problem. I agreed to the test, and it did not have the dolby problem.

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Bruce

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Last reply 47 minutes ago · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 3rd Quarter 2026 Edition

Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.

In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.

Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News

Comcast Corporation reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, showing continued erosion in its domestic residential broadband internet and video customer bases as competitive pressures intensified across the connectivity market. The company recorded a net loss of 144,000 domestic...

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Foxbat

Friday at 4:26 PM

Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

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savarese04

Saturday at 1:58 PM

Foxbat said:
Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 7:53 AM

savarese04 said:
similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

Chances are, they told you about how hard and long it would take for them to place that fiber to your area ... Poles needed to be placed and what not ...

ncted

Yesterday at 8:54 AM

Jimbo said:
Chances are, they told you about how hard and long it would take for them to place that fiber to your area ... Poles needed to be placed and what not ...

Or the people who own the poles closest to the house won't let AT&T attach.

dishstaller

Yesterday at 9:18 AM

savarese04 said:
similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

If you know the folks who have fiber, strike a deal with them and pay for a Wavlink AX3000. I've installed these for customers and they will light up abut 10 acres. One customer is linking her security camera to it and the cam is about 1,000 ft from the radio. These are also usable as repeaters so you could install one at your house for that purpose. Heck, offer to pay 75% of their monthly bill if that's what it takes.

Jimbo

Yesterday at 9:36 AM

ncted said:
Or the people who own the poles closest to the house won't let AT&T attach.

People that Own the poles ?
That would be ATT Or the Power Company depending on the situation ... easily figured out by looking at the Tag on All Poles.

navychop

Yesterday at 10:09 AM

ncted said:
Or the people who own the poles closest to the house won't let AT&T attach.

Might not be an option, due to easements. I can't see governments allowing public property (easements) for exclusive use by just one company.

I $uppo$e there'$ a way….

ncted

52 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
People that Own the poles ?
That would be ATT Or the Power Company depending on the situation ... easily figured out by looking at the Tag on All Poles.

Sorry, Companies or whoever. Power company, cable company, competing phone companies, governments. AT&T sued Nashville a while back because of how pole attachment works there.

Jimbo

47 minutes ago

ncted said:
Sorry, Companies or whoever. Power company, cable company, competing phone companies, governments. AT&T sued Nashville a while back because of how pole attachment works there.

Really ?
The poles always have a tag on them showing who owns them, up here its either the Power Company or the Phone company ...

edit:
Utility and telephone poles in Nashville, Tennessee are owned primarily by two entities: [1]

Nashville Electric Service (NES): Owns approximately 80% of the utility and telephone poles across its Davidson County service area.
- AT&T: Owns the remaining 20% of the poles (roughly 104,000 poles). [1, 2, 3]

Other telecom and cable providers, such as Comcast or Google Fiber, do not typically own the physical poles; instead, they rent attachment space on NES- or AT&T-owned poles through pole-attachment agreements. [1, 2]

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KAB

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Last reply Today at 9:16 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Green Dot on WJ4?

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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Redneck_Randy

Today at 8:34 AM

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The little green dot inside a small black field in the upper right-hand corner of your screen is an Android privacy indicator confirming that the voice remote's microphone is actively listening. Because the Joey 4 runs on an Android

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bnewt

Today at 9:16 AM

That's no good

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Ramy

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Last reply Today at 9:12 AM · posted in The Sports Section

2026-27 NCAA College Football

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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Ronnie-

Yesterday at 3:11 PM

The game time was just a product of so many top 25 matchups. I think they said it was the most in one day since the 1930s.

Not everyone can play at night and get a tv slot.

Of course Lane is gonna complain. It's what he does.

Roll tide.

Jimbo

Yesterday at 3:23 PM

Ronnie- said:
The game time was just a product of so many top 25 matchups. I think they said it was the most in one day since the 1930s.

Not everyone can play at night and get a tv slot.

Of course Lane is gonna complain. It's what he does.

Roll tide.

With Streaming, they should all be able to be on at night, no issue with TV slots

(Everybody can be on Peacock ... :argue

)

Ronnie-

Yesterday at 3:28 PM

Jimbo said:
With Streaming, they should all be able to be on at night, no issue with TV slots

(Everybody can be on Peacock ... )

Could. Yes.

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.

Jimbo

Yesterday at 3:58 PM

Ronnie- said:
Could. Yes.

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.

Of course ... but they Could.

Did you realize how early that Utah vs BYU game was Saturday ... I believe it was 12 Noon EST, they are in Mountain time zone, which means they started thier game a 10 AM.

Ronnie-

Yesterday at 4:20 PM

Jimbo said:
Of course ... but they Could.

Yes. I even said so. But for reasons I gave, they won't. Wouldn't make sense for them too and they would lose money. A lot of these people that watch one of these games, watch more than one.

They want those eyeballs on as many games as possible. It just makes financial sense.

Jimbo said:
Did you realize how early that Utah vs BYU game was Saturday ... I believe it was 12 Noon EST, they are in Mountain time zone, which means they started thier game a 10 AM.

It was early. Sure.

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TFLEV

Today at 7:52 AM · posted in TFLEV

2027 Jeep Recon Review - So Fun…So Flawed!

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