Interactive weather

[Marg]

A friend just switched from Direct to Dish and can't find how to get to the interactive weather that they had on Direct,I was sure Dish had the same thing as well as Playin TV.

 

[joshua.mcglothlen]

channel 100 is the interactive channel. They just changed it over

 

[MattG@DISH]

joshua has it right. If you select channel 100, you'll be taken to the interactive apps

 

[RT-Cat]

joshua has it right. If you select channel 100, you'll be taken to the interactive apps

WOW! I won't try that again! Went to channel 100, found local weather, looked at it and hit exit and the screen went black. The 722K was locked up tight. No button press would do anything. Had to pull the plug and wait for it to come back to life.

 

[MattG@DISH]

WOW! I won't try that again! Went to channel 100, found local weather, looked at it and hit exit and the screen went black. The 722K was locked up tight. No button press would do anything. Had to pull the plug and wait for it to come back to life.

DOH!

 

[Dishman1978]

WOW! I won't try that again! Went to channel 100, found local weather, looked at it and hit exit and the screen went black. The 722K was locked up tight. No button press would do anything. Had to pull the plug and wait for it to come back to life.

Does do that from time to time.

But how long did you wait? Because they usually come out of that after a moment.

 

[dan188]

How often do the channels on 100 change

 

[navychop]

I think most of us find it easier and faster to get the weather thru other means. For example, a weather app on a smartphone.

 

[tedb3rd]

I had heard that Weather Channel was working on a better interactive page that included local information and radar image that was actually helpful. They plan to have it out by Summer 2011. Yes... 2011.

 

[Mr Tony]

also Dish doesnt have the weather channel's weather (local cutins) on the 8's like Directv does

 

[jerryez]

Yeah, that what I heard -Summer 2011

 

[Skee7ix]

922 doesn't even that interactive channel... and yet they charge us $4 more :rant:

 

[levibluewa]

Local on the 8s doesn't work on DISH. Why they can't get the same product as Directv is a mystery to me.

 

[Hall]

Local on the 8s doesn't work on DISH. Why they can't get the same product as Directv is a mystery to me.

They're bringing it ... soon ! We've been told this many, many times !!

Sent from my ADR6400L

 

[mdavej]

WOW!

I won't try that again! Went to channel 100, found local weather, looked at it and hit exit and the screen went black. The 722K was locked up tight. No button press would do anything. Had to pull the plug and wait for it to come back to life.

Happens to me too now and then. If you wait several minutes, your screen will eventually come back without a reboot. The best way to avoid it is to go very slowly. But it's definitely a bug that needs to be fixed. Interactive LOT8s like TWC on DirecTV would be the ideal solution. Knowing Dish, I bet the endless delays are money related.

 

[whatchel1]

You don't need to go to ch 100. Just press the interactive button on the remote control.

 

[dan188]

They're bringing it ... soon ! We've been told this many, many times !!

Sent from my ADR6400L

I belive we were told this when dish almost lost weather channel and had a new weather station ready to take its place a few years ago

 

[fhsucade07]

I belive we were told this when dish almost lost weather channel and had a new weather station ready to take its place a few years ago

I actually liked the other weather station. It wasn't full of reality shows, ect. Anyone remember what it was?

 

[Hall]

I belive we were told this when dish almost lost weather channel and had a new weather station ready to take its place a few years ago

No, we've been told this for years, 5+ years now...

 

[dan188]

I actually liked the other weather station. It wasn't full of reality shows, ect. Anyone remember what it was?

No but I do know nbc has weather plus in some areas