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Last reply · posted in Cable Television and Fiber Providers
Hi,
Anybody knows how I can view HD channels with my Comcast conenction?
I have Digital Silver package (Atlanta,area) with HBO package with almost every channel subscribed. I have recent Toshiba HDTV. Comcast has given me just a basic digital cable box. I do not want to purchase a HD cable box from comcast since it has some kind of per month rent.

Is there any way, I can view HD channels on my TV or my computer?
I can see few channels like FOX-HD, ABC-HD, NBC-HD if I connect coaxial wire to my HDTV.
But, I don't see HBO-HD, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD etc..
How can I watch these 3 channels?


I am ready to purchase TV tuners etc., if it works..

Thanks in advance.
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Bobby
If your TV has a cable card slot you can get one from Comcast to see the encrypted channels. Otherwise, you have to get their box. It costs $5 a month. How bad do you want to see those channels?
T
I would see those channels frequently, if I am able to view.
Does "cable card" come free?
I checked my Toshiba 42HP66 HDTV manual. It is not Cablecard compatible.
There is ATSC tuner, QAM tuner. Not sure, if I can use it to get HD channels
heddhunter
Since your TV supports QAM tuning, you can just connect the coax cable directly to the TV and then tell the TV to scan for channels. You should be able to get your local channels in HD, and maybe a few others if they are unencrypted. You will not be able to view any encrypted or premium channels this way.

CableCARD is a technology that lets you view encrypted/premium content without a set-top box (STB). Your TV has to support it though, and it sounds like yours doesn't. If you did have a TV with CableCARD slots, you would call Comcast and ask them to give you CableCARDs. They charge about $2/mo per card. You only need one if your TV only has one tuner/slot.
T
Thanks guys.. that helps..
spacenerd
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I know this is for Dish TV service but was wondering if anyone has gone from Verizon to the Dish Boost Mobile cell phone service and would you recommend it.
John
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navychop
CDLs are in BIG demand. Ever notice how close to 100% of OTR trucks have hiring signs on them?
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HipKat
CDLs are in BIG demand. Ever notice how close to 100% of OTR trucks have hiring signs on them?
That's because the one good thing the administration is doing is finally going after the fake and non-domiciled CDL drivers, opening the door to hire more valid drivers and hopefully will push the rates back up.
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That's because the one good thing the administration is doing is finally going after the fake and non-domiciled CDL drivers, opening the door to hire more valid drivers and hopefully will push the rates back up.
now let's get rid of the piss tanks and tampons off of diesels aka emissions crap since it can bankrupt someone!!! and get rid of ELD'S since they make some drivers drive like idiots trying to find a parking spot. starter mega carriers should not allow new drivers to train that's just a way for em to move cheap freight..
HipKat
now let's get rid of the piss tanks and tampons off of diesels aka emissions crap since it can bankrupt someone!!! and get rid of ELD'S since they make some drivers drive like idiots trying to find a parking spot. starter mega carriers should not allow new drivers to train that's just a way for em to move cheap freight..
And when they get rid of driver-facing cameras, they'll start to attract the prototypical truck driver back to the industry.
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And when they get rid of driver-facing cameras, they'll start to attract the prototypical truck driver back to the industry.
i own my own truck i don't have none of that crap :biggrin just an outward facing cam for a**holes in 4 wheelers and the break checker's
HipKat
i own my own truck i don't have none of that crap :biggrin just an outward facing cam for a**holes in 4 wheelers and the break checker's
I thought about just buying my own, but goddang. I bought a nice 2000 W900L in 2004 for $52K. New they were just over 100K. Now, a new KW W990 is over $300,000.00
I couldn't afford a new one, but used truck prices are just as crazy
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T
My brother knows a source for lower cost used. They're automatics, if don't mind giving up shifting for self
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I thought about just buying my own, but goddang. I bought a nice 2000 W900L in 2004 for $52K. New they were just over 100K. Now, a new KW W990 is over $300,000.00
I couldn't afford a new one, but used truck prices are just as crazy
This is still true to this day. The w9's are going for 235.00k to 300k!!! but goddang id''e spend it on a kitty whopper over a frieghtshacker castacrap!!! I only buy new so i can get the manual trans and delete all of the safety crap like adaptive cruise and lane departure warning and all of that crap as that will have you pulling your hair out. truck prices are still crazy today!! and in my line of work i need a 170 inch sleeper since i can't park in choke and pukes or walmarts ;)
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My brother knows a source for lower cost used. They're automatics, if don't mind giving up shifting for self
gotta have my manual trans it's an anti theft device for someone that's never driven a stick before :biggrin
comfortably_numb
Pub Member / Supporter
Last reply · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info
I'm still experimenting with OTA antennas at my new apartment. The mudflap works OK, but we had a dust/wind/rain storm the other day and it all but blew it away. I moved it indoors where the antenna is safer but the signals are marginal.

I bought a traditional Yagi antenna from Amazon and it seems to work more consistently, plus it's meant for outdoors where the mudflap is not.

Anyway, I've had success using umbrella bases paired with a fence post for satellite dishes, and I figured that could work for this as well. I'm just not sure where or what to get and what size pole for this application.

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I'm still experimenting with OTA antennas at my new apartment. The mudflap works OK, but we had a dust/wind/rain storm the other day and it all but blew it away. I moved it indoors where the antenna is safer but the signals are marginal.

I bought a traditional Yagi antenna from Amazon and it seems to work more consistently, plus it's meant for outdoors where the mudflap is not.

Anyway, I've had success using umbrella bases paired with a fence post for satellite dishes, and I figured that could work for this as well. I'm just not sure where or what to get and what size pole for this application.

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Go to Home Depot and buy a length of "Top Rail" used in making chain link fences. I used a 10' section to mount my Winegard which is probably 4X the size of the yagi you bought from Amazon. It's been up for 15+ years of NM springtime winds and storms with no issues. They make 2 sizes. 1 3/8" and 1 5/8" diameter. Do you have a balcony railing you can clamp to?

BTW does that antenna do VHF HI or is it just UHF?
comfortably_numb
BTW does that antenna do VHF HI or is it just UHF?

It does great on VHF. KOAT and KQRE come in good outside

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I'm pretty sure this is what I used. Dang, the prices sure have gone up. I think I paid $8 15 years ago. :eeek

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I suppose PVC would probably work also?
Foxbat
I suppose PVC would probably work also?
Yeah, I guess so. I've never tried that though. I'd be concerned with UV deterioration from the NM sun. Some PVC may be UV resistant. I just don't know.
I would be concerned with the heat and its effect on bending of the PVC. I would think at the 1-1/2" O.D. even Schedule 80 wouldn't be stiff enough to prevent movement in a strong wind. It might be too much movement and deteriorate ATSC reception if it's much more than 4' long.
comfortably_numb
What is the stuff installers use to seal the area around coax point of entry? The Comcast guy used it to seal his RG6 run for broadband. I want to do that for my antenna line..

It's like a clear plastic goo that hardens in a short period of time
primestar31
What is the stuff installers use to seal the area around coax point of entry? The Comcast guy used it to seal his RG6 run for broadband. I want to do that for my antenna line..

It's like a clear plastic goo that hardens in a short period of time
It's called "Coax-Seal". I keep a couple rolls, as it always comes in handy.

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What is the stuff installers use to seal the area around coax point of entry? The Comcast guy used it to seal his RG6 run for broadband. I want to do that for my antenna line..

It's like a clear plastic goo that hardens in a short period of time
I use RTV.
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I would be concerned with the heat and its effect on bending of the PVC. I would think at the 1-1/2" O.D. even Schedule 80 wouldn't be stiff enough to prevent movement in a strong wind. It might be too much movement and deteriorate ATSC reception if it's much more than 4' long.
For what it's worth, I've been using a piece of 1-1/4 white PVC well pipe to mount a 90cm dish to a 4x4 post as a temporary mount. Almost 9 years later it's still there and has not degraded in the sun (CT sun might not be as harsh as in NM, but still, that thing is in the sun for most of the day)
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One of my coworkers found a 6-foot piece of top rail in the garage today.

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It does great on VHF. KOAT and KQRE come in good outside

I saw your post and I bought the exact antenna hoping to get, specifically, the vhf stations near me but it didn't work.
Bruce
Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
With the 1st Quarter Report just released, Dish lost another 180,000, now at 4.84 Million.

Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.

For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.

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Scott Greczkowski
I think the way we will see things go (my crystal ball) is Dish will buy DIRECTV and then Elon will buy Dish.
Bruce
I think the way we will see things go (my crystal ball) is Dish will buy DIRECTV and then Elon will buy Dish.
Why would Musk even want them?

Why would anyone pay anything for two providers that lose a million or more subscribers every year each?
charlesrshell
Why would Musk even want them?

Why would anyone pay anything for two providers that lose a million or more subscribers every year each?
Maybe Elon thinks satellite TV will do a come back. I bet he has a Hopper 3 and loves it. Apps keep going up on prices and you need more than one app to see everything you want to see. I think Satellite is the way to go.
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If they could just get the dish size down
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If they could just get the dish size down

They're back down to the 20" Dish 500
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navychop
I thought 19".
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charlesrshell
I thought 19".
Here is a list of Dish reflector sizes I made up long time ago. I think it is still accurate.
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tornado
Pub Member / Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
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
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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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. :)
Almighty1
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
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
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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Seems confusing; 4k Joey does 4k but Joey 4 does not...
Bobby
Seems confusing; 4k Joey does 4k but Joey 4 does not...
It's pretty much the reverse of that.
Foxbat
My 4K Joey has played 4K, just not 4K HDR.
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Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
Ok, I'm bored .... actually - to be more precise - I'm bored of eating the same rotation of 9 or 10 meals that are currently my "go-to" meals. My wife works the long hours - I work from home as and when i feel like it ... which means i generally do most of the cooking ... and so by default - i also make out the shopping list ...

We cook at home 5 or even 6 nights a week - but we always seem to fall back on the same old tried and tested "quick and easy but tastes ok" meals. Week in week out.

Pot Roast - mash and Peas.
Spaghetti
Chicken Pasta in cheese sauce.
Curry & rice
(these are some of mine)

Now it's not that I'm not adventurous in the kitchen ... I'll try anything once or twice ... but we all do it. Unless your name is Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray .. we all eventually fall back on our 8-10 favorite "meals"

So i thought - if we shared some of our own go-to meals with each other ... we might be able to add a few "new" ones to our own arsenal of meals.

So again - I ask you ...

What's for dinner tonight ?

Please give me something new to add to my rotation ... its our weekly shop tomorrow - so i want to pull together a few idea's and try and eat a meal each day next week that I've never had before .. or at least something that is not on my current "go-to" meal plan.

What meal do you always seem to fall back on in your house ? Maybe its something that I've never tried or not had in a while. I need inspiration !! I've got a blank shopping list in front of me - and nothing sounds good .. HELP !
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salmon with garlic lemon butter sauce and asparagus
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meatloaf stuffed with my home made hot chilli smashed taters green beans
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Shredded beef and bean stuffed sopapilla with red and green chile.

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Enchiladas. 1 red chile beef, 1 green chile chicken and 1 chile con queso served with papas and beans.

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Shared an assortment of taco's for taco Tuesday. Didn't share the Mexican lager. That was for me.

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Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
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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Drive - The Cars
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Always Drive A Cadillac - The Everly Brothers
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Slick Black Cadillac - Quiet Riot
EatMyVolts
Geronimo's Cadillac -- Michael Martin Murphey
long_time_DNC
Ray's Dad's Cadillac - Joni Mitchell
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Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in TV Shows
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Premiere: July 23rd
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KAB
My current one month of HBO ends today. Maybe I'll check it out late summer/fall.
cpalmer2k
It seems like Big Bang Theory characters were dropped into the Walking Dead?
navychop
Well, it's part of my $39/$50 DTV MyEntertainment subscription. So we'll likely give it a try.

Watching the Young Sheldon discs we bought. Transfer was well done.
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WALLYWOMBAT
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
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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WALLYWOMBAT
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
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
And they will self adjust to report your viewing habits and ….
MikeD-C05
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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Walmart sells them and so does Amazon.
So does Costco & Sam's Club - & both places give an extended 5-year warranty at no extra charge
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