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SatelliteGuys.US :flag: Technical Chat Recap
May 14th,
Hosts, Mark Jackson and Dan Minnick
Tonight on Tech Forum:
.HD Programming Update
.ITV Update with Scott Higgins
. HD Mapdown
. RaySat Guest: Kevin Bruestle
. Wild Blue Update with Steve Shute
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CinemaxHD
Now Available
Channel: 310
Customer Must have:
Dish pointed at 129 / 61.5 orbital location
Have a ViP series / MPEG4 HD equipment
Subscribe to DishHD
OR
Pay the enabling fee of $6.00/mo. for HD locals and subscribe to Cinemax Premium Movie Package
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HD Regional Sports Currently Up
9 Regional Sports Channels Up:
SUN Sports in Florida
Sports South
FSN Midwest
FSN Rocky Mountain
FSN SouthWest
Prime FSN Ticket
FSN West
FSN Florida
FSN South

9RSNs On Dish Network, What It Takes To Get
.Reside in qualifying areas
. Subscribe to America's Top 100 Plus or Higher
.Subscribe to DishHD
. Have a ViP series (Mpeg4 and HD ViP 211 or 622 reciever)
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Scott Higgins
Interactive Services: ITV
Customer Support Program,
You can pay your bill, set up autopay, add programming via ITV you can sub to Dish Entertainment Magazine and learn many things about Dishnetwork Progamming. Go to channel 100

DishOnline
Games, Movies,Music and Games are available.
Papa Johns & DishOnline is available.
You can program your reciever from DishOnline
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Questions:
Sid: Do any of the Siruis channels offer any multi-channel content?
A: No not at this time, we do not plan to offer multi-channel.

Bob:What Channels are offered in Surround Sound?
A:.All of our HD channels are offered in Dolby Digital, a mix of 2.0 and 5.1, premiums and ppv's are usually offered.

John: I have a ViP622 is it possible to have folders?
A: We are working on having collapsable folders

Tom: Do you need a phone line for SatelliteTV, what about local channels?
A: No you do not have to have a phoneline but it is highly advisable as it provides benifits such as impulse ppv, Interactive services,customer service. It will also save you money on dual tuner receivers, the second receiver fee is waived.

David: What channel does my Vcr need to be on to tape shows from the TV 2 cable? (Dual Tuner Receiver)
A: You have to tune your Vcr to channel 60, if it does not show up scan for channels with your Vcr and make sure TV 2 is turned on. You might want to consider a Dvr.

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Giveaway: ViP 622 installed
First Caller wins
What does spdif stand for?
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HD Mapdown Feature
If you have HD the HD channels are mapped down to the SD channels number, for instance HBO will show up in your guide as HBOHD channel 300 as well as the HBO SD channel 300
You can toggle with the guide button to All HD to see all the available HD channels
You can go to Channel Display Preferences and pick whether you want your local Sat channels in HD, SD HD and Sd or disable. Also you can enable or disable the DishHD channels. Menu 6>9>Channel display.
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RaySat Overview with Kevin Bruestle
>SpeedRay 1000- RaySat's premier antenna
>Delivers satellite TV programming to moving vehicles
>Specifically designed to operate with Dish Network programming
>Low profile design
>Fully automated
>Quick & easy installation

SR1000 Components
> The SpeedRay 1000 comprises four main components
>Antenna- houses panels and elctronics under weatherproof radome
> Indoor Unit (IDU) - supplies power and communications to antenna
> DISH 311 Receiver- decodes satellite signals from the antenna
>Remote Control - uses RF transmitter to control receiver from any location in the vehicle
New IDU
> Available soon with SpeedRay 1000
-9.25" (L) x 7.25" 9W) x 2.75" (H)
-2.5 lb
-single coax proves DC & control
- Supports Ethernet base configuration and control
SpeedRay 1000 coverage basically the lower 48 states

MSRP: >$2,400
Installation >$300-$500
Total: >$2,700 - $2,900

SpeedRay 1000 Service Offering
> SR1000 service available in lower 48 United States
> Receivers Mobile Dish 100/200 channel lineups
> Local channels may become available at later date
> Consumers can locate installers and dealers at www.raysat.com or call customer service at 1-800-561-9280

Next Generation Antenna
Coming Soon...
>T5-latest innovation in mobile satellite antennas
>Smaller size and weight
>Includes new & improved Indoor Unit (IDU)
>Quick and easy to Install
>3rd quarter delivery

Current T5 Coverage


T5 U.S. Service Offering
>T5 to be offered in eastern half of US
>Coverage will be expanded in the near future
>Receives Mobile DISH 100/200 channel lineups
> Local channels may become available at a later date
> Consumer can locate installers and dealers at www.raysat.comor call customer service at 1-800-561-9280

Eligible Programming
. Mobile DISH 100 @ $29.99 /mo.
. Mobile DISH 200 @ $42.99 /mo.
. Starz Movie Pak @ $12.99 /mo.
. Encore Movie Pak @ $4.99 / mo.
Eligible Equipment:
Only the 311 will be eligible to be activated on a MobileDISH account.

Important Things to Remember
. A MobileDISH account is seperate from a DISH Network video account; customers receive sperate billing statements.
. Local network programming and Regional Sports Networks are not included in the MobileDISH progrmming packages.
. All Mobile Dish customers are required to enroll in Credit Card AutoPay.
. For technical questions, contact installing Retailer or the manufacturer.

Trivia Question from Kevin:How many satellites can the RaySat antenna see / track at one time?
win 6 model RaySat Cars.

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Questions:
Caller Rob: When will the ViP 222 be available in S.E. Oklahoma?
A: On the 222 it will be available in the June-July time frame, It's like our 322 receiver except TV1 tuner is HD and TV2 tuner is SD .

Caller Randy: I have the 211 receiver, I have heard that eventually you will be able to hook up an external HDD and turn it into a HD Dvr. Is this true?
A: Yes it is true, you will be able to hook up an external HDD to it and will be available towards the end of the year, Any off the shelf HDD with USB 2.0 will work.

Caller Adolph: I have noticed that since I upgrade one of my sets to HD that the PQ has gone down color wise, it looks like you are using a 16 bit color level instead of a 24 bit level. its on almost every channel including the HD ones.
A: We have not seen this, send us an e-mail and the model of your tv so we can get this fixed.

E-mails
Q (unknown): I personally want to see the ablity to hook my reciever to my computer and pull the recorded shows off of it, is this planned for the future?
A: No this is not planned for the future, copy protection issues and content protection stops this.
2ndQ: Also I would like to see a software update that will allow me to choose which tuner I record to, my dvr is constantly recording to the wrong tuner.
A: It depends on if you are single mode or dual mode and which tuner you are watching. On single mode it always uses the tuner that is not being used to drive the display. We are not sure if we answered your question, send us another e-mail on that.

Caller Gene: I was wondering when you were going to enable the Ethernet port on the 622 and will it have the same functionality of the ATT Homezone recievers?
A: Yes we are going to enable the Ethernet port (dishonline)You will need a highspeed IP connection we are going to talk about this in a later show. Also we are going to enable you to receiver tons of content through your broadband connection. Within the next 2 months we are going to enable setting timers on the ViP622 the rest coming later this year. It will be different than the Homezone.

Caller Leo: The RaySat when will you move beyond the 311 receiver to HD , I would like this for my RV.
A.: We are working on this for the 211 box, (sometime next year) it is in our plans.

E-Mail
Bob: Do you have a HD receiver that will send HD to more than one TV in the works?
A; We started working on that 4 years ago, but it is hard on the HDD, we are working on putting two 622's together in the home to get the second HD set served.
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Trivia Question-Answer for ViP622 giveaway A: It stands for Sony Phillips Digital Interface Format
digital audio output on the back of your receiver. Winner: Sean O' Donald from Fargo, North Dakota.
RaySat contest A: One,: Jeff Schaefer ,Mike Scott, Mark Blanchard and Jimmy Battonfield.
Rebroadcasts through out the month on 101

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June 11th 9PM Est
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Scott Greczkowski
Actually you will be able to watch your external HD recordings on any 622 that is in your house, however you can not brinig your drive to a friends house and watch your recordings on their 622.

Each account will have a house key assigned to it that will allow this to happen.
JDGJr
Actually you will be able to watch your external HD recordings on any 622 that is in your house, however you can not brinig your drive to a friends house and watch your recordings on their 622.

meaning i can watch ext HD recordings between 622s over the ethernet connection? or do i have to move the ext HD?

obviously, choice 1 is the best (by far).

sounds interesting, i'd really like to see this in action @ my house!
Scott Greczkowski
meaning i can watch ext HD recordings between 622s over the ethernet connection? or do i have to move the ext HD?

obviously, choice 1 is the best (by far).

sounds interesting, i'd really like to see this in action @ my house!
For now you need to moe the drive.

However HP was showing a device which would tie all your 622's together so all your recordgs would be available anywhere in your house.
waltinvt
However HP was showing a device which would tie all your 622's together so all your recordgs would be available anywhere in your house.
And that's probably the rub. I seriously doubt Dish will enable USB unless they can maintain complete control over what's goes over it and where it goes.

Dish does nothing unless they can benefit ($$$$) from it. I fully expect a USB "enabling" fee will arise at some point, followed by a per-receiver surcharge. It sounds like the HP device would give more control to the customer - something Dish does not want.
Derwin0
And that's probably the rub. I seriously doubt Dish will enable USB unless they can maintain complete control over what's goes over it and where it goes.
I don't think Dish cares about that, but those that provide programming to Dish do.
waltinvt
I don't think Dish cares about that, but those that provide programming to Dish do.
I expect the topic comes up during carriage negotiations and in that regard "E" might be forced to "care".
db2
db2
I expect the topic comes up during carriage negotiations and in that regard "E" might be forced to "care".

IIRC Comcast DVR's allow for external HDD download and have for quite a while. Do they have copy protection?? Why was it so easy for them to implement?
Derwin0
I expect the topic comes up during carriage negotiations and in that regard "E" might be forced to "care".
That was my point. Dish wouldn't mind giving us the storage, but it's providers are the stumbling block
waltinvt
That was my point. Dish wouldn't mind giving us the storage, but it's providers are the stumbling block
Methinks we're on the same page:)
chevy
Great Recap, dfergie! :)

Looks good.. Thanks!
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Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Scott Greczkowski
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
Foxbat
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
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zipping right along here
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WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you :biggrin
Foxbat
wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you :biggrin
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:
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I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:
OMG to freaking funny :biggrin
cpdretired
Supporting Founder
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Just checked my account and it shows mgm+ at 8.00 per month, but that has red line drawn thru it and shows 0.00 per month. But it doesn't say how long this lasts,...... 1 month, 3 months, forever. I called customer service to get an answer, and they said nothing like that exists. Should I add the offer or not? Already paying them too much, but want to take advantage of something free.
ewindowman
Lots of offers on the hopper account app . On the website there are only a few.
Almighty1
Lots of offers on the hopper account app . On the website there are only a few.
Never had time to use the Hopper 3 account app yet. I also have a Hopper Plus so it's not the same as the Hopper 3 standalone. Will try it when I have more time, need to beat the taxes extension filing deadline first as I am still working on entering the data into the tax software.
Almighty1
This is what I see when it comes to offers on My Account on the Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com:

AMC+ 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
AMC+ Free for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)
AMC+ 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Cine y Entretenimie 50% off for 3 months

DOGTV 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

DISH Movie Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)

DOGTV 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
DOGTV 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Gallery First Month Free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Heartland Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)

Mexico y Mas 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

MGM+ $0.00/Month not saying how long (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Multi-Sport Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Netflix Standard with Ads, $7.99/month credit toward Netflix Standard with Ads ($.99) month with 24 month DISH commitment
(Only on My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Outdoor Pack 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Paramount+ with SHOWTIME 50% off for three months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)
Paramount+ with SHOWTIME 2 months free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Playboy TV 50% off for 6 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

Republica Dominicana 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

STARZ 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
STARZ $1.99/month for 2 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus and dish.com)

Sudamerica y Mas 50% off for 3 months (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)

UP Faith & Family 1 month free (My Account Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus)
S
Just checked my account and it shows mgm+ at 8.00 per month, but that has red line drawn thru it and shows 0.00 per month. But it doesn't say how long this lasts,...... 1 month, 3 months, forever. I called customer service to get an answer, and they said nothing like that exists. Should I add the offer or not? Already paying them too much, but want to take advantage of something free.
look again mine says free for 1 month
Almighty1
look again mine says free for 1 month
Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.

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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.

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wonder why it says that
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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White Wedding - Billy Idol
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Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in Computers and Gadgets
I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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EarDemon
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.
WhiteBeard
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything. ☹️
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EarDemon
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything. ☹️
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
EarDemon
I have no OEM bloat, on CTO devices where I can access the drive, I order it with the smallest allowed drive and crack the device open throw the factory drive in the garbage and put in my own WD Black and install Windows from bootable media. For Windows bloat, I install Windows using the English - World option which limits preinstalled MS bloat.

Windows and Office features I wish to block, like CoPilot and Cortana, macro enabled Office files and others are blocked with GPOs.

Between keeping all software up to date, doing firmware updates, putting IoT devices on a separate VLAN, running Symantec Endpoint (say what you want about it, it's been good to me) and practicing safe hex, I'm vigilant but not paranoid about security.

With NVMe SSDs, my cold boot up time on all devices is under 30 secs as well. Fast boot disabled, BitLocker drive encryption enabled.

I have nothing against Linux, been paying with it on and off since 2004ish, it's just not the right solution for me.
HipKat
it's just not the right solution for me.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.

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harshness
I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows.
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.
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What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?
Because it's what I prefer. I know I've said this a few times, I use Open Shell to give me the cascading start menu a la WIN 95 and NT4.0. The only reason I went from Windows Vista to 7 back in the day was because of Classic Shell. I cannot stand anything other than the OG start menu from 30+ years ago. I'm using ExplorerPatcher to give me Windows 10 UI elements of the taskbar and right click context menus.

If you could take a look at how I set up Windows 95, you'd find many similarities to how I use 11.
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EarDemon
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.
harshness
Because it's what I prefer.
I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.
jannah
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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jannah
All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return. 🙂
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return. 🙂
i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.
zcrayfish
Solid signal has provided the wrong number on their website to activate Dish boxes for years now.
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Nominal
I don't know if things are different with Dish but when I first rejoined DirecTV a few years ago Solid Signal was able to create my account and activate the equipment I got from them on a self-install without a truck roll.
S
Solid signal has provided the wrong number on their website to activate Dish boxes for years now.
1-800-333-3474. billing or tech support should be able to do it!!!
S
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
just call dish and iggy the number from solid signal!!
Foxbat
Supporting Founder Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum
Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.

At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
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Ronnie-
Meh. The 4Ks I have will do everything that these do that I need them to do.


Which that's most tech these days for anything released the last four to five years.


It's honestly a testament to how good the previous gen Apple TVs were and are.
navychop
It's honestly a testament to how good the previous gen Apple TVs were and are.

Don't tell them that. They'll adopt planned obsolescence.
Foxbat
The only thing I can see that is compelling is the AV1 decoding done in the A19's hardware instead of the current ATV4K's processor.
navychop
Outside of gaming, would Joe Sixpack notice any difference?
KAB
KAB
Outside of gaming, would Joe Sixpack notice any difference?
Not a bit. IMO, Apple's are slow to boot up. Time is about the same with 1st gen and 3rd. Roku runs rings around them in that department. I only reason I stuck, is the Apple infrastructure, which has it's definite advantages. But $300 is a deal breaker. Later, Apple!
S
Don't tell them that. They'll adopt planned obsolescence.
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade.. :what. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
jamieh1
Last reply · posted in DIRECTV Programming Forum
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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K
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.
b4pjoe
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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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
Ramy
Supporting Founder
Last reply · posted in The Sports Section
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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24 team playoff seems to be real close.

Are we really that far from a 64-team tournament?

The benefit of the 24 team playoff:
  • All the cartel teams that cartels want in playoff are in playoff
    • Independent of record too! Bonus.
  • MONEY!!!!! for the cartels.
  • I'm out of ideas.
Cons
  • Regular season really doesn't matter now other than the rivalry games
    • Top cartel teams can lose three games and still make the playoff
  • Going to start resting players?
    • The playoff is going to be *checks notes* several games!
    • Resting players could make games dumb.
    • Maybe even restrict NIL players from games played.
  • How much are streaming sub costs going up a month to pay for this?!
AZ.
AZ.
24 team playoff seems to be real close.

Are we really that far from a 64-team tournament?

The benefit of the 24 team playoff:
  • All the cartel teams that cartels want in playoff are in playoff
    • Independent of record too! Bonus.
  • MONEY!!!!! for the cartels.
  • I'm out of ideas.
Cons
  • Regular season really doesn't matter now other than the rivalry games
    • Top cartel teams can lose three games and still make the playoff
  • Going to start resting players?
    • The playoff is going to be *checks notes* several games!
    • Resting players could make games dumb.
    • Maybe even restrict NIL players from games played.
  • How much are streaming sub costs going up a month to pay for this?!
One of the pro's I see is in a year with so many undefeated teams they have a good chance of an opening. Few years back you had lower divisions that didnt get a shot. I love collage football and I have no problem with that addition.

We are in what week 5 now? Been two real good ranked games to watch.....Other than that top 25 teams are playing nothing.
Jimbo
One of the pro's I see is in a year with so many undefeated teams they have a good chance of an opening. Few years back you had lower divisions that didnt get a shot. I love collage football and I have no problem with that addition.

We are in what week 5 now? Been two real good ranked games to watch.....Other than that top 25 teams are playing nothing.
There are 68 Power 4 teams, so eventually they will get there I wouldn't imagine ...
AZ.
AZ.
There are 68 Power 4 teams, so eventually they will get there I wouldn't imagine ...
Far from it but you know that....You dont like the larger playoff.....Its ok.....
Jimbo
Far from it but you know that....You dont like the larger playoff.....Its ok.....
Oh, I Hate the idea ...

It would be different if it was a game that you could play 2 or games each week, but when you only play 1 game a week, the larger playoff is Not a good thing ...

The season has how many games now, is it 14 ... then you want to play another 5 (with more to come) against Top 12 (eventually 24 teams) ... remember, the 5 games in the playoffs will be the hardest games all year and back to back.

For example, IF Ohio State should win it all this year ... they play 5 teams in the Top 25, plus they would play 5 more to win it all, depending on how the ranking shake out and if Bye weeks are given.

Thats 10 Ranked teams ... in one year ...
I don't see that happening very often ...
Edit, Bama plays 4, Georgia plays 3, But Ole Miss plays 5 (didn't expect to see that)

That said, I don't see the Buckeyes winning it all this year.
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Oh, I Hate the idea ...

It would be different if it was a game that you could play 2 or games each week, but when you only play 1 game a week, the larger playoff is Not a good thing ...

The season has how many games now, is it 14 ... then you want to play another 5 (with more to come) against Top 12 (eventually 24 teams) ... remember, the 5 games in the playoffs will be the hardest games all year and back to back.

For example, IF Ohio State should win it all this year ... they play 5 teams in the Top 25, plus they would play 5 more to win it all, depending on how the ranking shake out and if Bye weeks are given.

Thats 10 Ranked teams ... in one year ...
I don't see that happening very often ...

That said, I don't see the Buckeyes winning it all this year.
Yes anyone here knows you 100%....Astros failed no posting...Ohio state loses we hear it.....Its ok....Its called an opinion....I have one so do you.....Problem is?
Jimbo
Yes anyone here knows you 100%....Astros failed no posting...Ohio state loses we hear it.....Its ok....Its called an opinion....I have one so do you.....Problem is?
Seeing theres very little activity in the MLB threads, it wouldn't matter if I posted that the Astros didn't make the Playoffs ...

Theres more NFL info in the Pub section than in the Sports/NFL thread.
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Jimbo
IF they go to 24 teams, and it looks like they will soon ....
Do we Really want Teams with 3 and 4 losses in the Playoffs ?
Is a 3-4 Loss team one thats able to win 4-5 more games against Top teams ?