Seeing a sudden spike in customers wanting Dish Network

[dishdude]

I had a 60" Sony Projection TV that I swear took up 20% of the room it was in. I sold it on Craigslist to someone who asked if it would fit in her car.... smh

 

[MikeD-C05]

I have tried yttv and Hulu live but prefer dish . My brother and his friends were over last week they both tried streaming only and said it was more than there cable bill plus it was a pain in the ass changing streams they just want to turn on the box and watch they went back to Comcast they are in their early forties . What comes around goes around . I think they are selling harvest gold and avocado green appliances again.

That 1980s harvest gold color fridge was in my parent's home for years and it worked with little to no problem for years. Hurricane Rita in 2005 came through our area and we had to evacuate for like 10 days to Arkansas and when we came back all our refrigerators and freezers were ruined with horrible smell of rotten meat in them. So Mom finally got rid of her gold fridge and bought a two door model. Never will forget the rancid smell and it was all over the town because we all left town and we had no power for 2 weeks. You could smell rotten meat even on the highways around the city and local towns.

 

[JSheridan]

I remember when, I think it was Sony, came out with a flat screen TUBE TV. I honestly can't remember the screen size. All I remember is it weighed a TON. May have been a 36 inch which at the time was HUGE...had speakers on the side and a ton of inputs on the back. When it failed and I had to throw it in the dumpster, I remember it took everything I had to lift that sucker up and roll it over the top rim of the dumpster. It was WELL over 200 lbs and it seemed like it was something like 232 lbs. My back hurts just thinking about it.

Yep, 36in and 232 pounds, a greyish silver color. They were really nice TVs. Had to deliver one to a third floor walk up once, that was an experience. Seems like we've all been lucky that as we got older the TV's got lighter.

 

[Foxbat]

I brought back a 2007 40" Toshiba HDTV from our vacation home since it would cost $50 to dispose of it up there. Having owned OLED sets for the last eight years, I kinda forgot that even the first few generations of LCD displays were pigs. This sucker is 4"-5" thick and weighs 30 lbs., even with the weighted base dismounted. CFL-backlit, too, so it's hazardous e-waste.

Turns out Staples changed their Electronics Recycling Policy a few months back and instead of giving you points, they'll charge you $30 to recycle a TV or Monitor.

 

[Bobby]

I brought back a 2007 40" Toshiba HDTV from our vacation home since it would cost $50 to dispose of it up there. Having owned OLED sets for the last eight years, I kinda forgot that even the first few generations of LCD displays were pigs. This sucker is 4"-5" thick and weighs 30 lbs., even with the weighted base dismounted. CFL-backlit, too, so it's hazardous e-waste.

Turns out Staples changed their Electronics Recycling Policy a few months back and instead of giving you points, they'll charge you $30 to recycle a TV or Monitor.

California has a recycling fee on TVs and monitors that gets paid up front when you buy the item. That fee is anywhere from $4 to $6 depending on the screen size. I have an e-waste drop off point about 4.5 miles away. You just bring your item there and they take it no further charge. We also have e-waste drop offs in our community about once a year.

 

[dishstaller]

California has a recycling fee on TVs and monitors that gets paid up front when you buy the item. That fee is anywhere from $4 to $6 depending on the screen size. I have an e-waste drop off point about 4.5 miles away. You just bring your item there and they take it no further charge. We also have e-waste drop offs in our community about once a year.

I've had a WM dumpster for decades, can put anything I want in there. Dude picks it up in the wee hours of the night. Comes in VERY handy.

 

[navychop]

I've had a WM dumpster for decades, can put anything I want in there. Dude picks it up in the wee hours of the night. Comes in VERY handy.

Errr. Ummmm. Everyone getting along well with you? Everyone remaining, that is?

 

[dishstaller]

Errr. Ummmm. Everyone getting along well with you? Everyone remaining, that is?

The remaining ones, yes.

 

[Nebugeater]

I had a 60" Sony Projection TV that I swear took up 20% of the room it was in. I sold it on Craigslist to someone who asked if it would fit in her car.... smh

The first car I drove for a year in High School was a 1972 Dodge Polara four-door sedan. That TV would have fit in the trunk, with extra space Here is a google search of a two door but you get the idea

 

[Almighty1]

That 1980s harvest gold color fridge was in my parent's home for years and it worked with little to no problem for years. Hurricane Rita in 2005 came through our area and we had to evacuate for like 10 days to Arkansas and when we came back all our refrigerators and freezers were ruined with horrible smell of rotten meat in them. So Mom finally got rid of her gold fridge and bought a two door model. Never will forget the rancid smell and it was all over the town because we all left town and we had no power for 2 weeks. You could smell rotten meat even on the highways around the city and local towns.

I still am using a 1981 GE No Frost fridge.

 

[ewindowman]

When I graduated high school the first thing I did was buy a 19 inch rca cable ready tv and a water bed. I was the coolest kid in town.

 

[MikeD-C05]

When I graduated high school the first thing I did was buy a 19 inch rca cable ready tv and a water bed. I was the coolest kid in town.

So your bed was going with the motion of the ocean. Surf's UP!

 

[slow_poke_pete]

Directv is ran worse now than when att ran it freaking amazing. There's no more genie 2 with wired clients only wireless geminis no more changing your package while under new customer promos or you might loose em!!!

 

[slow_poke_pete]

Or Murder She Wrote

Wouldn't want to interrupt his viewing of the golden girls

 

[slow_poke_pete]

Bruce does not understand simplicity.

What about cost lol.
84.00 for a live TV service and what ever else for on-demand services like Netflix sh*t adds up fast and can cost just as much if not more as a cable or sat sum

 

[tsunami2311]

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This remind of when my uncle was trying to sell Sony Wega Projections LCD 60in multiple people said will it fight in my Camry or other such cars. when the ad clear said it not gona fit in a car it might not even fight in some trucks flatbed.

Not to be Out done by the few CRT TV he tried to sell that 350+ pounds people though the could just pick like LCD tv

And like the picture some people tried make it fit, most us just kind sat there watching and laughing,

 

[Bruce]

What about cost lol.
84.00 for a live TV service and what ever else for on-demand services like Netflix sh*t adds up fast and can cost just as much if not more as a cable or sat sum

Why does someone need a live TV if all the content from there, is on the streaming services, along with all the streaming content, at a less expensive price point and better video/sound quality?

 

[slow_poke_pete]

Why does someone need a live TV if all the content from there, is on the streaming services, along with all the streaming content, at a less expensive price point and better video/sound quality?

I ment a live TV service like yttv some people still watch live tv!!!

 

[MikeD-C05]

Wouldn't want to interrupt his viewing of the golden girls

 

[slow_poke_pete]

When I graduated high school the first thing I did was buy a 19 inch rca cable ready tv and a water bed. I was the coolest kid in town.

First thing i bought right out of high school was a 36 inch sony tv water bed and surround sound laser disc player and a sony s-vhs vcr and and upgrade to directv later on.. i had friends coming out of the walls . those were the days!!!