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Surveyor98
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OTA Dropouts Driving me nuts!!

I just sent this to Dish. MAYBE they will try to fix it.

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I have a VIP622 HD receiver with a UHF antenna attached for OTA digital channels. The receiver has added the digital channels to the guide. My problem is with incessant, constant and extremely anoying OTA digital channel dropouts on only one or two stations in my area(Austin, Texas).

Before you jump to conclusions that it is just a problem with the broadcast station, you should know that when the antenna is connected directly to the HD Television, there are absolutely NO dropouts. I have checked all my connections, used different antennas, aimed the antenna in a different direction to get stronger signal and even tried an amplifier and then an atenuator without success. I also took the indoor antenna and put it on the roof to see if multipath was the problem. If anything, the problem was worse. Tech support even sent me a replacement receiver. The problem STILL persists.

I have come to the conclusion that the 622's digital OTA receiver is inferior to my Sony's receiver. I am very disappointed in the 622's OTA reception of the Local FOX station and want to know why Dish cannot fix this problem. It cannot be that hard to manufacture a HD receiver for the 622 that is of the same quality of the Sony's HD receiver.
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Surveyor98 - Any Updates?

Surveyor98 - Any updates from KTBC on this dropout issue? I am in Pflugerville and am experiencing this problem also. I called Dish on Sunday and had to do quite a bit of talking to speak to an engineer. Finally talked to one in product engineering and he talked to others in the department and checked the KRI's (known Rec issues) and said they had no knowledge of this issue. I filled him in on all the info I could including some posts from this and two other fourms I've been checking for resolution to this problem, and he thanked me and said they would research more into it.

I am now ready to go to KTBC and press this issue with them. Hoped someone here had new info before I contact them. This problem is getting very old and some one needs to accept responsibility for solving this problem.

Thanks
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I received *NOTHING* from KTBC. American Idol was totally unwatchable.

If you need more ammo A10HDTV, let me know. I'm up in Round Rock, O'Connor & 620 area.
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Surveyor98 - Finally talked to one in product engineering and he talked to others in the department and checked the KRI's (known Rec issues) and said they had no knowledge of this issue.
I filled him in on all the info I could including some posts from this and two other fourms I've been checking for resolution to this problem, and he thanked me and said they would research more into it.
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Well, that's BS! I have called and written Dish about this issue! Thanks for telling them again...

What two other forums have you been checking for solutions to the issue?

Thanks,
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rfb3 - The two other forums that I have viewed posts concerning this issue are avsforum and dbstalk. I was surprised when Dish acted like this was a new issue, but I know you need to be directed to the right department. Some times communication within a service can be poor at best.

I just sent an email to KTBC Fox in Austin and hopefully they will respond with some positive info. If they are working with Dish maybe I can get the name of an engineer at Dish then I can call Dish back and get some status on what they are doing.

Does anyone know when Dish will be providing Austin locals in HD? This might be the quickest solution the the problem.

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KTBC Austin Update

Well, after Dish telling me they knew nothing of the problem and they would research it, I sent an email to FOX KTBC in Austin and explained the situation to them.

Within the week a KTBC engineer called me to discuss the problem. He told me they were aware of the problem and have been calling Dish twice a month without any return calls.

I called Dish today and passed on the engineer at KTBS Austin's contact info and hopefully they will make contact and fix this thing.

Again does anyone have a clue when Austin will recieve locals in HD? That might be our quickest solution.

I will follow up with KTBC in a few days and see if Dish was able to make contact.

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A10HDTV said:
Well, after Dish telling me they knew nothing of the problem and they would research it, I sent an email to FOX KTBC in Austin and explained the situation to them.

Within the week a KTBC engineer called me to discuss the problem. He told me they were aware of the problem and have been calling Dish twice a month without any return calls.

I called Dish today and passed on the engineer at KTBS Austin's contact info and hopefully they will make contact and fix this thing.

Again does anyone have a clue when Austin will recieve locals in HD? That might be our quickest solution.

I will follow up with KTBC in a few days and see if Dish was able to make contact.

A10
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I've sent e-mails to KTBC as well, but I get NOTHING back from them.

Any help you can give is appreciated.

Did you also tip off KTBC to the exciter firmware thread?

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Bruce
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How things have changed

I was reading this article

thehill.com

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…
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Every WS game was on the main Fox Broadcast Channel, what are you referring to?
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Bruce said:
Every WS game was on the main Fox Broadcast Channel, what are you referring to?
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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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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 an 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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But I never posted about the playoffs, only the World Series.

And a 4 million drop in households is a big deal, specially what Fox pays for it, they are already losing money on the MLB contract, now even more, since they might have to give some of the money back to advertisers, since it might of not made certain ratings goals.
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But I never posted about the playoffs, only the World Series.

And a 4 million drop in households is a big deal, specially what Fox pays for it, they are already losing money on the MLB contract, now even more, since they might have to give some of the money back to advertisers, since it might of not made certain ratings goals.
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Last year it was the Dodgers and Bluejays. This year is was the Brewers and the Rays, two teams that never won a World Series. Last year the Dodgers were the former year champion, can they do a repeat against a Toronto team that looked unbeatable. That World Series was a classic between two teams that really wanted it. The highlight of this year was can Milwaukee go 4-0 like they did to the Dodgers, and they just about did.
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Last year it was the Dodgers and Bluejays. This year is was the Brewers and the Rays, two teams that never won a World Series. Last year the Dodgers were the former year champion, can they do a repeat against a Toronto team that looked unbeatable. That World Series was a classic between two teams that really wanted it. The highlight of this year was can Milwaukee go 4-0 like they did to the Dodgers, and they just about did.
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Yep ratings have lots to do with what teams are playing. Large market over smaller. Underdog teams people want to root for. But If you make it hard to watch all the playoffs, you will get less interest for the World Series.
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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.
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People are tired of watching the World Series without the Yankees. :devilish :biggrin
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Yep ratings have lots to do with what teams are playing. Large market over smaller. Underdog teams people want to root for. But If you make it hard to watch all the playoffs, you will get less interest for the World Series.
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Except last year, the playoffs were aired on the same channels as this year.
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People are tired of watching the World Series without the Yankees. :devilish :biggrin
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Not Me, I rather enjoy it ...
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Except last year, the playoffs were aired on the same channels as this year.
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Quick Question, WITHOUT Looking it up ...
Who played in the World Series last year ?
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Except last year, the playoffs were aired on the same channels as this year.
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True, but you had 2 Large Markets in it .
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Quick Question, WITHOUT Looking it up ...
Who played in the World Series last year ?
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Two MLB teams.
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Two MLB teams.
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Now, having low numbers this past year doesn't surprise me at all, you had 2 teams that don't like to spend tons of money and they are not your Large markets.
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Not Me, I rather enjoy it ...
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I thought you might like that. :biggrin
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But I never posted about the playoffs, only the World Series.

And a 4 million drop in households is a big deal, specially what Fox pays for it, they are already losing money on the MLB contract, now even more, since they might have to give some of the money back to advertisers, since it might of not made certain ratings goals.
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I guess they should figure that out ... maybe not offer as much if they can't afford it next time.
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Auto Racing 2026

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Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
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Today is the anniversary of Dan Wheldon's passing at Las Vegas in a dreadful crash that luckily didn't take more drivers' lives. I vaguely remember the crash, but I more strongly remember Paul Tracy trying to keep it together as he left the Medical Center knowing that Dan most likely wasn't going to.

The safety in these vehicles is beyond incomprehensible, especially relative to what it was 60 years ago, when dying wasn't unexpected. But it is still very dangerous. I always scoff at the prayer invocations, but never scoff at the risks these drivers take and the emergency workers out there who might need to pull short of a miracle to save a driver's life.
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Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
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HBO Max has the live in car streaming without commercials, which provides an interesting take, but you are driving blind, knowing only what the team is telling the driver about what is happening on the track. The stages definitely ruin the NASCAR set up.
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NASCAR is an abject mess, but at least it has Kyle Larson. Guy had the lead on the green/white checker, fell back to 12th or the like, kept his cool, and charged back to win with room to spare at the line. And win very cleanly!

NASCAR needs to stop racing at Talladega. Especially if they are going for elderly Sunday drives at the track! Stage racing is real stupid, but NASCAR should consider one half point a second per group gap as a bonus.
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Congratulations to the youngest Formula 1 World Champion, 20-year old Kimi Antonelli! The podium at the Mexican Grand Prix featured three World Champions with 4-time World Champion Max Verstappen, 7-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, and newly-crowned World Champion Kimi Antonelli. A dozen World Championships represented!
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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:

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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


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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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So in other words, corporate greed is more important than public safety. :mad:
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So in other words, corporate greed is more important than public safety. :mad:
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At least for a couple more years
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