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Last reply Oct 9, 2006 · posted in Video Game Reviews & Discussions

PS3 made very poor impression at Tokyo Game Show - shares fell immediately

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Sony shares fall on PlayStation concerns

By HANS GREIMEL, Associated Press WriterTue Oct 3, 5:35 AM ET

Fresh concerns about the upcoming release of Sony's much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console and reports of erratic performance dragged Sony shares down 2.75 percent Tuesday.

Technical problems for the PlayStation 3 would be the latest embarrassment for Sony, which has already had to twice delay the product's launch, and is facing stepped up competition from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.

Sony has also been hit by the recent string of recalls for its lithium ion batteries for laptop computers.

PlayStation 3 units on display at the Tokyo Game Show about 10 days ago operated erratically and had to be repeatedly reset, according to a report released Monday by Macquarie Equities analyst David Gibson in Tokyo.

"While the reason for this is unknown, we suspect it may be due to overheating as a result of enclosing the units and the high temperatures at the venue," Gibson wrote. "We are concerned that such a problem has occurred so close to full production and is clearly negative news for the company."

Sony denied that there was any technical problem with the PlayStation 3.

Earlier in the day, investment firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lowered Sony's stock rating to "neutral" from "buy," citing confusion over the release of PlayStation 3 and concerns that disappointing sales of PlayStation Portable may weigh on its earnings in electronics operations more heavily than expected.

Sony's stock tumbled 130 yen ($1.11), or 2.75 percent, to 4,600 yen ($38.98) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The PlayStation 3 will hit stores in Japan on Nov. 11 and in the United States on Nov. 17. In Europe, they won't go on sale until March, four months later than planned.

Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato said any problems at the Tokyo Game Show, where Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo showed off rival offerings under the same roof, were likely caused by one-of-a-kind temperature irregularities.

About 200 PlayStation 3 units were clustered together in close proximity and housed in kiosks that concentrated the heat generated by their processors and provided poor ventilation, Kato said. Overheating under such circumstances is a common affliction at trade shows, afflicting not just Sony products but those of its competitors, she said.

"It's not a problem with the PlayStation 3 unit itself," Kato said. "For a normal player at home, there shouldn't be any problem."

Sony is sticking to its plans to ship 2 million PlayStation 3 units by year's end and 6 million by March 31, 2007, she said.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. rushed its next-generation Xbox 360 to Japanese markets last year to get a head start on its rivals, but it has seen sluggish sales in Japan, which is one of the world's biggest video game markets but one in which players have a deep loyalty to homegrown Sony.

Nintendo Co. meanwhile is planning to launch its new Wii game console in the final quarter of the year and price it below both rivals, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

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minorthr

Oct 6, 2006

" Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato said any problems at the Tokyo Game Show, where Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo showed off rival offerings under the same roof, were likely caused by one-of-a-kind temperature irregularities."

One of a kind temperature irregularities, that's what they calling poor design now

ebonovic

Oct 6, 2006

minorthr said:
" Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato said any problems at the Tokyo Game Show, where Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo showed off rival offerings under the same roof, were likely caused by one-of-a-kind temperature irregularities."

One of a kind temperature irregularities, that's what they calling poor design now

I can see the insert now into the manual:
Do not install the unit in an entertainment center (Even though we want you to use this as your primary Blu-Ray drive).
Do not place unit on a carpet, so proper air flow can get to the unit...
Install a dedicated air-conditioner just for the PS3

What was the room over 100 degrees or something?
How abnormal warm is the room compared to someones home or dorm room?

Posty-McPOst

Oct 6, 2006

Do not look at Happy Fun Ball.

Digital Dude

Oct 9, 2006

Posty-McPOst said:
Do not look at Happy Fun Ball.

Rotglmao!!! I had forgot about that skit until now.

webbydude

Oct 9, 2006

Posty-McPOst said:
Do not look at Happy Fun Ball.

"...and it's still legal in 18 states"

zippyfrog

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 5 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Price Increase on Owned Equipment?

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

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

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jsmit86

Today at 11:09 AM

I just got notice of my July bill, going up by over $60.
Probably my 2 year just lapsed.

Sent an email to my dish contact. Hopefully he can get it back down.
I'd like to stay with dish mostly because it's easy to use for my tech challenged wife, but also for some of the cool features, like PIP and MultiView.

I also have access to YouTube TV through a family plan, which I use sometimes.
That could be the fallback if the price can't get down to my current level, although training my wife to use that may be too much to ask.

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Bruce

Today at 11:49 AM

jsmit86 said:
Sent an email to my dish contact. Hopefully he can get it back down.
I'd like to stay with dish mostly because it's easy to use for my tech challenged wife, but also for some of the cool features, like PIP and MultiView.

I also have access to YouTube TV through a family plan, which I use sometimes.
That could be the fallback if the price can't get down to my current level, although training my wife to use that may be too much to ask.

My late wife had early onset dementia, she was easily able to figure out YTTV.

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jsmit86

Today at 1:55 PM

Bruce said:
My late wife had early onset dementia, she was easily able to figure out YTTV.

To put it in perspective.... She can't figure out how to connect to Wi-Fi on her iPhone unless I help her. This is for saved profiles!

She will look at the cellular signal display on the phone...."See... I only have one bar on Wi-Fi!"
Me: Honey that's not Wi-Fi, that's your cellular connection. (Shows her how to connect, and look at the Wi-Fi display....)

A few hours later....
"See... I only have one bar on Wi-Fi!"
Me: Honey that's not Wi-Fi, that's your cellular connection. (Shows her how to connect, and look at the Wi-Fi display....)

Another few hours later....
Rinse and repeat.

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Bobby

Today at 4:18 PM

jsmit86 said:
To put it in perspective.... She can't figure out how to connect to Wi-Fi on her iPhone unless I help her. This is for saved profiles!

She will look at the cellular signal display on the phone...."See... I only have one bar on Wi-Fi!"
Me: Honey that's not Wi-Fi, that's your cellular connection. (Shows her how to connect, and look at the Wi-Fi display....)

A few hours later....
"See... I only have one bar on Wi-Fi!"
Me: Honey that's not Wi-Fi, that's your cellular connection. (Shows her how to connect, and look at the Wi-Fi display....)

Another few hours later....
Rinse and repeat.

My iPhone auto joins my home wifi whenever I am in the vicinity. It remembers other wifis that I have joined in the past and auto joins them as well. It is very easy to set up.

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navychop

Today at 4:20 PM

Yep. But if you hide your SSID, you may need to log in each time.

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MikeD-C05

Today at 4:37 PM

jsmit86 said:
To put it in perspective.... She can't figure out how to connect to Wi-Fi on her iPhone unless I help her. This is for saved profiles!

She will look at the cellular signal display on the phone...."See... I only have one bar on Wi-Fi!"
Me: Honey that's not Wi-Fi, that's your cellular connection. (Shows her how to connect, and look at the Wi-Fi display....)

A few hours later....
"See... I only have one bar on Wi-Fi!"
Me: Honey that's not Wi-Fi, that's your cellular connection. (Shows her how to connect, and look at the Wi-Fi display....)

Another few hours later....
Rinse and repeat.

Have you had her checked for dementia by chance? Or is this just typical woman tech challenged. My wife is tech challenged like a mother. I can show her how to use something and she will yell at me across the house my phone won't connect to the wifi! Show her again and the same thing the very next day. My aunt is 11 years older than me and she is also tech challenged. I hated getting phone calls from out of state from her saying my computer is messed up what do I do? I said stop using one. So she bought an expensive lap top and still can't figure out how to use it. Some people you can't help. You just have to be their ongoing tech support.

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Arctic_fox

5 minutes ago

my android phone auto connects to my wifi weather at home or out and about.. as long as my passwords programed into it.. same as with all of my devices!!!

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tornado

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Last reply 5 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Multi view comes to Hopper Plus and snowy 4 Receivers!

My Joey 4 is installed on a bedroom tv.

The diamond buttons had been reset.

I thought this was unusual.

I had to reprogram the double diamond button for PIP which I watch.

No problem.

PIP feature on the Joey 4 had been used to watch two channels at once which I thought was the limitation being only two channels vs.Hopper 3's multi-view four channels.

This time when I selected the PIP feature I noticed an option for Multi-View?

Could this be?

Yes it could.

This software update does this.

Multi-view PIP (4 channels) Is Now Available on Joey 4.

This is freaking awesome and very surprising!!!

Very wonderful for me.

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jsmit86

Wednesday at 9:47 AM

I got the Multi-view update for my Joey4s yesterday.
Works great.
Is there some other change? Or more to come?

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Scott Greczkowski

Wednesday at 10:06 AM

jsmit86 said:
I got the Multi-view update for my Joey4s yesterday.
Works great.
Is there some other change? Or more to come?

Unfortunately do to NDA's I can't discuss beta features until they are released to the public. But lets just say the DISH team is doing some amazing work.

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LQQK

Wednesday at 12:34 PM

Just ordered two Wireless Joey 4s to replace my 4KJs. Was offered a no-contract or a 12-month contract with a $10.00 reduced monthly bill, no activation fee, and free shipping. They are sending out an installer even though I asked to do it myself. Very pleased with the Dish rep I worked with.
Thank you to the OP for bringing this information about JOEY 4 MULTI-VIEW to my attention and to the members here at Satellite Guys.

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Almighty1

45 minutes ago

Received this e-mail 3 days ago... At the bottom, it says limited to one Multi-view session per household. How does it work if someone had Hopper 3, Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus, Wired Joey 4 and a Wireless Joey 4 for example? Can they all do Multi-view session at the same time?

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navychop

8 minutes ago

Scott Greczkowski said:
Unfortunately due to NDA's I can't discuss beta features until they are released to the public. But lets just say the DISH team is doing some amazing work.

Is there an estimated Amazing Date when we might see the results of this Amazing Work?

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charlesrshell

5 minutes ago

Almighty1 said:
Received this e-mail 3 days ago... At the bottom, it says limited to one Multi-view session per household. How does it work if someone had Hopper 3, Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus, Wired Joey 4 and a Wireless Joey 4 for example? Can they all do Multi-view session at the same time?

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I have all them there models. I know for sure they all have multi-view, but I have not tried them all out at the same time. Wife has the H3+ in use right now. I will try it out tomorrow & report back.

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WALLYWOMBAT

Last reply Today at 4:44 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Hopper 3 and green bar

Recently had a Hopper 3 installed and noticed that I have a green bar at the top of my screen, also occasionally a thin green line on the right side. I have tried switching hdmi ports on the tv as well as different cables. My only thought is that it is the age of the TV. Thoughts and suggestions?

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Bobby

Wednesday at 2:37 PM

Try this:

Screenshot 2026-06-17 at 11.33.53 AM.webp

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jsmit86

Thursday at 11:14 AM

Bobby said:
Try this:

View attachment 191928

Adding a bit of detail - start with DEFAULTS by pressing the pause/play button.
If that does not work try zooming out with the left arrow until the green lines are off the screen.

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WALLYWOMBAT

Yesterday at 2:51 PM

Tried the Adjust Screen settings and the green bar was still present. Did have a random day when the green bar was gone, but it came back. Did look at the TV setting and found I could stretch the screen a little where the green bar was gone, but it does cut off things across the edges of the picture slightly. Likely will start shopping for a new TV as mine is close to 20 years old and the Dis Remote doesn't seem to like the TV.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

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Bobby

Yesterday at 3:35 PM

WALLYWOMBAT said:
Tried the Adjust Screen settings and the green bar was still present. Did have a random day when the green bar was gone, but it came back. Did look at the TV setting and found I could stretch the screen a little where the green bar was gone, but it does cut off things across the edges of the picture slightly. Likely will start shopping for a new TV as mine is close to 20 years old and the Dis Remote doesn't seem to like the TV.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

Yeah, 20 years is a good time for retirement. You can get a nice new 4K/HDR TV for a very reasonable price even for large ones.

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navychop

Yesterday at 7:15 PM

And they will self adjust to report your viewing habits and ….

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MikeD-C05

Today at 4:44 PM

WALLYWOMBAT said:
Tried the Adjust Screen settings and the green bar was still present. Did have a random day when the green bar was gone, but it came back. Did look at the TV setting and found I could stretch the screen a little where the green bar was gone, but it does cut off things across the edges of the picture slightly. Likely will start shopping for a new TV as mine is close to 20 years old and the Dis Remote doesn't seem to like the TV.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

I suggest you get an LG Oled 4k TV. You will love the picture on this thing from all angles in the room. The picture is the best I've seen ever. I have the B 3 series 55 inch TV and it was on sale in the fall of 2024 for like $749.00 - because they sell off their older models when they reach end of year.

I even bought one for my parents. They had a huge living room and sit at the weirdest angles with their furniture and the viewing angle was a problem using just about any TV we tried, but not with the LG Oled Tv. They love the picture. Walmart sells them and so does Amazon.

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Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply Today at 4:21 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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....

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Today at 12:44 PM

Me Wise Magic - Van Halen

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Today at 12:47 PM

Magic - The Cars

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Moving in Stereo - The Cars

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Drive - The Cars

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Always Drive A Cadillac - The Everly Brothers

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The Steam Machine Killer

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Leadstar 5" Portable Rechargeable Digital TV Review

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Building a PC to BEAT the STEAM Machine!

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ncted

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Last reply Today at 2:44 PM · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Roku (the company) for sale

I hope the new owners don't ruin the software/devices. I don't love the ads, but I have two TVs that don't really play nice with anything other than Roku.

Roku Stock Jumps on Sale Talks

Shares are up 20 percent following Bloomberg report.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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comfortably_numb

Saturday at 7:40 PM

I don't. I have a Roku connected to it. You don't need to ever connect it to the internet, even for initial setup.

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Bobby

Saturday at 7:51 PM

comfortably_numb said:
I don't. I have a Roku connected to it. You don't need to ever connect it to the internet, even for initial setup.

??? I'm confused. FireTV and Roku are competing devices. They both do the same thing in slightly different ways. Why do you have them connected together? I have an Apple TV, a Roku, and a Firestick. They each connect to my Denon AVR via HDMI. I useeach of them to watch apps. Some apps work better depending on the device.

comfortably_numb

Saturday at 7:54 PM

Bobby said:
??? I'm confused. FireTV and Roku are competing devices. They both do the same thing in slightly different ways. Why do you have them connected together?

It was a cheap TV on sale. I hate the Android/Fire interface so I just connected my Roku to it. That's why I would prefer to just buy "dumb TV's" and use my own streamer.

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Arctic_fox

Sunday at 9:29 PM

comfortably_numb said:
It was a cheap TV on sale. I hate the Android/Fire interface so I just connected my Roku to it. That's why I would prefer to just buy "dumb TV's" and use my own streamer.

i agree buy dumb t'v's and buy our own streaming boxes!!! buy a dumb t'v' would cost more since they can't collect your data

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ncted

Yesterday at 8:48 AM

Arctic_fox said:
i agree buy dumb t'v's and buy our own streaming boxes!!! buy a dumb t'v' would cost more since they can't collect your data .

Yeah, and dumb TVs look terrible.
View: https://youtu.be/LJh72_O4pXE?si=GT8DJy3tF4JsMwar

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 11:36 AM

ncted said:
Yeah, and dumb TVs look terrible.https://youtu.be/LJh72_O4pXE?si=GT8DJy3tF4JsMwar

My 55" 1080p Insignia looked great.

ncted

Yesterday at 12:04 PM

comfortably_numb said:
My 55" 1080p Insignia looked great.

Well, picture quality can be subjective. I was referring to the high-end OLEDs, RGB mini-LEDs, etc. which have a measurably excellent picture. You cannot get those in a dumb version aside from some commercial models which cost a lot more.

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ncted

Yesterday at 5:12 PM

One perspective that I tend to agree with. Fox probably doesn't want to do anything that will alienate the customer base they're spending so much money on.

Worried about Fox buying Roku? Here are three popular concerns - and why I'm optimistic

The Fox-Roku megadeal has users worried, but it's not all bad.

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ncted

Today at 2:39 PM

I can't take credit for this. I found saw it on AVSForum and thought folks here would be entertained.

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comfortably_numb

Today at 2:44 PM

ncted said:
I can't take credit for this. I found saw it on AVSForum and thought folks here would be entertained.
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