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Fishpig

Last reply May 28, 2004 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Soon-to-be E* cust. trying to decide

hey guys.. as they say, long time browser, first time poster.

so, i've got a friend who game me one of those club dish discount cards and i'm ready to use it. my plans are to order a 2-room system with a 510 and 301. my question is, who should i order it through? dish direct? local retailer? online retailer? keep in mind i want to use the club dish special.

thx

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KyDave

May 28, 2004

boba said:
Check out the poster that recommended the 522 KY(as in gel) Dave.

Geesh. Whatever.

You try to help someone that says SOON TO BE E* CUSTOMER......

Charise

May 28, 2004

You shouldn't let the anti-Dish Network guys get to you. There are many very happy Dish customers, of which I am one. I recently got locals, so now I can use my DVR for those channels too. It will be some time before DirecTV gets around to adding locals here!

I love my 508 which has been extremely stable--one minor glitsch that resolved itself within 3 minutes (not interrupting any recordings) in the 1.5 years I've owned it.

Perhaps D* might be better for you based on which channels you prefer. Just don't let the bashers make up your mind for you. Some of the folks who have responded to your original post are consistently knocking E*, and if you are new, you might not realize that.

If you aren't looking at an HD-DVR for a year or so, there is little difference between the two, and you might very well be happy with Dish Network.

BobMurdoch

May 28, 2004

Yeah, I think they may be a little threatened.... The D* boys have been a little cranky since we added Sirius Music channels and TNT-HD last week.....

Fair warning though, D*'s PVR receivers are less buggy and more polished. If you are NOT comfortable wrestling with occasionally misbehaving technology, then you might consider going there.

E* does have the advantage with local channels, Sirius, Superstations, and a few channels that they carry that D* doesn't (HBO Comedy, Showtime Beyond, and a few other channels.... D* has PBS Kids, Trio, and a few others that E* doesn't but E* has the channels that watch much more often). Good luck.......

Fishpig

May 28, 2004

thx for the encouragement.. i've decided to probably go with the 522 only (even with the issues) its the most cost effective dvr package that i see. i agree that d* probably has better equipment and software but i only care about the cost at this point. e*, with all their problems, is still a good deal pricewise. i have friends and family with both and none of them have any problems, probably because they aren't hardcore tv enthusiasts.. just tv watchers.

KyDave

May 28, 2004

Good luck to you.

I plan to get one once they are available to existing users.

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klang

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Last reply 7 minutes ago · posted in TV Shows

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Paramount+

Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

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Jimbo

Wednesday at 6:34 PM

klang said:
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

I use to watch that with my Dad back in the (60's ?) was that the 60's ?

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klang

Wednesday at 6:38 PM

Jimbo said:
I use to watch that with my Dad back in the (60's ?) was that the 60's ?

Mid 60's. I watched it too.

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TRG

Wednesday at 6:51 PM

I loved all the Irwin Allen productions.

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reubenray

Wednesday at 7:15 PM

klang said:
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

When?

Foxbat

Wednesday at 9:01 PM

klang said:
Mid 60's. I watched it too.

I had built models of the Seaview and the Flying Sub as a kid.

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KAB

Today at 8:24 AM

TRG said:
I loved all the Irwin Allen productions.

I thought Voyage was decent (for the first two seasons). The rest, not so much. All other shows were pretty lame, IMO. Especially Land of the Giants.

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KAB

Today at 8:30 AM

klang said:
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+

I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.

Barbara Even, LOL (cast of original film from article).

harshness

7 minutes ago

I remember hiding behind the couch from the many sea monsters.

Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply 9 minutes ago · 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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hwkn

Today at 2:46 AM

BAD Is BAD-Huey Lewis And The News

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Today at 5:17 AM

This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis And The Playboys

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sdfntx

Today at 9:36 AM

Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums - Norman Greenbaum

Bobby

Today at 10:30 AM

I Wish I Was Eighteen Again - George Burns

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9 minutes ago

I Wish - Stevie Wonder

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dishstaller

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Last reply 12 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Might want to watch this before you buy a new vehicle battery

Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.

I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7kY5nvdU

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harshness

42 minutes ago

When you need a battery, you need a battery.

If you can wait, new technologies are on the not-too-distant horizon.

You're probably doing something wrong if you're only getting a year out of an AGM battery. Heat and infrequent charging both significantly reduce lifetime.

TRG

35 minutes ago

That guys voice is f'n annoying. I stopped the video after less than 1 minute.

harshness

20 minutes ago

TRG said:
That guys voice is f'n annoying.

Yet the information he imparts is worth the suffering.

Jimbo

18 minutes ago

I've been getting at least 5 years from my AGM batteries ... but they ARE expensive.
Around $280 up here.

harshness

12 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
Around $280 up here.

Even flooded batteries are insane for some reason. A DieHard Platinum flooded battery retails for $240.

dishstaller

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Last reply 18 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) - Had never heard of this but some of you might find this news story helpful

Now right up front....this is NOT intended to devolve into a "pot is good" vs "pot is bad" thread. The whole point is to make you aware of a potential problem that a person can develop when they start smoking pot at a young age. Not that they WILL, but CAN. Kinda like getting lung cancer from smoking cigs....some do, some don't. The purpose of posting this news story is to keep anyone from paying an outrageous emergency room bill......knowledge is power.
While this may not affect you, you might run into someone who is experiencing these symptoms and can share the info. Fortunately, it looks like stopping smoking is the cure and isn't a permanent condition.

Woman's health in ruins after she began doing cannabis aged just 15

A Michigan teenager who began using cannabis at 15 has been hospitalized twice after developing a debilitating illness that causes uncontrollable vomiting and agonizing stomach pains.

www.dailymail.com

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harshness

18 minutes ago

Another "might" with weed is gynecomastia (significant male breast enlargement).

klang

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Last reply 21 minutes ago · posted in TV Shows

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Paramount+

Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.

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klang

Oct 11, 2026

klang said:
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.

Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.

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MikeD-C05

Oct 11, 2026

klang said:
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.

Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.

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harshness

Oct 13, 2026

MikeD-C05 said:
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.

Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?

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MikeD-C05

Oct 18, 2026

harshness said:
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?

There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.

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harshness

Oct 18, 2026

MikeD-C05 said:
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.

Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.

MikeD-C05

Monday at 1:35 PM

harshness said:
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.

I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.

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osu1991

Monday at 1:59 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.

Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping

MikeD-C05

Yesterday at 12:25 PM

osu1991 said:
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though

Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 4:30 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin

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long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...

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primestar31

Yesterday at 11:00 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

Just sayin...

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MikeD-C05

58 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...

For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television

All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television

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harshness

21 minutes ago

Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.

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TRG

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Last reply 29 minutes ago · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Yesterday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Yesterday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Today at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

29 minutes ago

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

mobilemusthave.com

jamieh1

Last reply 31 minutes ago · posted in DIRECTV Programming Forum

Directv curated multi view now live

The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.

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KyL416

Oct 13, 2026

It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

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b4pjoe

Oct 13, 2026

KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.

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TheRatPatrol

Oct 15, 2026

KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

How soon will it be available on Apple TV? Thanks

I WANT MORE

Oct 16, 2026

b4pjoe said:
But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.

It's on my Air's.

b4pjoe

Oct 16, 2026

I WANT MORE said:
It's on my Air's.

The post read: "currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen". It didn't mention the Air. I suppose when it said Geminis it meant both but I had no way of knowing that.

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dtv757

Monday at 6:19 AM

Hopefully soon for fire stick too

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TheRatPatrol

31 minutes ago

Anyone know when build your own multi-view will be coming to the Apple TV?

Anyone who currently has build your own multi-view on Roku or Gemini, how is it working out?

dishstaller

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Last reply Today at 11:13 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

It's amazing how fast a standard traffic stop can turn into a shootout

This went from 0 to 60 in a second.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_gDzN2BYvY

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FTA4PA

Today at 11:13 AM

Well at least they won't have to be dealing with him again.

KAB

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Last reply Today at 11:07 AM · posted in TV Shows

Slow Horses - Apple TV

Just finished S2. Watching Gary Oldman as deshvilved, dejected MI-6 agent, Jackson Lamb, is one of the best things streaming right now. Already 2 more seasons in the works. HIGHLY recommended. And yes, Mick Jagger sings the theme.

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KAB

Wednesday at 4:31 PM

Well, the season finale went balls to the wall. Non stop action and several twisted twists. Gary Oldman at his best. Very well written and executed. Tavener owes Jackson big time. Only "if" was Jack Lowden's (River) cliffhanger, especially admin-st the buzz that he is the next James Bond in waiting.

klang

Wednesday at 5:35 PM

Planning to start the new season tonight.

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KAB

Thursday at 7:57 AM

I missed somewhere that it was renewed for season 8. That's quite something!

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klang

Yesterday at 5:04 PM

Another great season.

Sorry to see Flyte go. I also liked the Coe character. Sooner or later someone is going to take Taverner out. I think I will enjoy that.

I read that Lowden (River) was photographed during production of Season 8. Hopefully he will be back for 7 as well.

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Foxbat

Today at 11:07 AM

klang said:
Sorry to see Flyte go. I also liked the Coe character.

Hear, hear! Flyte was probably the most competent character in the show. We were also sad to see Coe come up short against the Russian operative.

Still some uncertainty about the last five minutes. The line from Lamb about "faking one's death" gives us something to think about until the next season.

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Ham Radio 2.0

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