That is certainly an option, although you would likely have to purchase the Hopper. Also, without the two-year lease and the required technician visit, you would have to pay full price for your programming package, at least at first. (After you sign up, you may be able to call to get the Preferred Customer Offer, with a two-year price lock and commitment.) The purchased Hopper may have to come from another source, rather than being able to purchase one directly from Dish. (Purchased equipment is generally cheaper if you purchase it elsewhere, rather than pay the price that Dish charges, anyway.)
To elaborate a little on crodrules' excellent comments, we don't know what receiver you had before, nor whether you want a Hopper 3 now. The 3 needs a hybrid LNB. I think that is an easy swap if you already have your dish aligned and you can get to it. Otherwise, you would need a DPH42 switch.
Previously had a Hopper 3. I have the proper LNB all the wiring is still in place too.
Plug and play other than waiting for the first round of downloads. Thanks for both of the responses.
Mentioning COVID constitutes talking politics?This is not a thread to talk politics.
(I get the feeling there were some deleted posts that led to this notice, but if so, we obviously can no longer see what those said.)
Well used to be Pub members could see that a post was removed. Maybe that is not the case any longer. You still can't read it, but you could see that something was removed.Mentioning COVID constitutes talking politics?
I definitely do not see any missing posts, nor any gap in the post numbering. This is the second time lately I have brought this up. The last time, it was mentioned that it may display differently in different browsers. I am using Firefox, if that matters. I seem to remember quite awhile back it was explained that moderators could see the missing posts, but regular members cannot. If that is supposed to be a perk of Pub Membership, then I would definitely like to see it return, just in order to help avoid confusion in these cases.
Thanks for clarifying.
Me neither. Remaining posts are renumbered to hide the fact that others were deleted.
Yes. Yes they are.Me neither. Remaining posts are renumbered to hide the fact that others were deleted.
That reminds me. I've been making posts of late, rethinking them, and deleting them without adding a comment why. Are they still visible to mods making me look like an idiot?
OK, well then, just pretend I added the comment, "Completely wrong" to all my deleted posts.Yes. Yes they are.
See, that is the entire problem. If the moderators are going to do that (or if the system is automatically going to do that) then just delete them without comment, instead of drawing attention to it. In this case, the moderator left a warning against discussing politics, even though there was nothing political in the remaining posts leading up to that point. Either leave a tiny, edited snippet of the problematic post, so we have some clue what the heck the moderators are talking about, or simply delete all of the offending posts without comment whatsoever. Either way would be better than a potentially confusing warning without context.
or simply delete the post and warn the group that political discussion is not allowed in the thread as was done. Anyone who has issue with that can start their own website and make their own rules.
Maybe just note that "'n' posts deleted. Political posts are not allowed."
I have no problem with the rule. My entire point is that the warning comes off as being unnecessary, since there is nothing in the remaining posts that would trigger a political discussion. It would be as if the moderators simply decide to post in threads at random to remind us of the rules, even though all indications are that no rules have been broken in that thread. Like I said, it is confusing.or simply delete the post and warn the group that political discussion is not allowed in the thread as was done. Anyone who has issue with that can start their own website and make their own rules.
Thank you. That is all I am saying. Some clarification that posts have actually been deleted is all that is necessary to explain why the warning was given.
