Takedown with Quincy Newspapers resolved

[DishGuyTX]

As of 10/12/18 , the channels that were affected by the ongoing negotiations with Quincy Newspapers have been restored. Just received news of this tonight!

 

[HipKat]

As of 10/12/18 , the channels that were affected by the ongoing negotiations with Quincy Newspapers have been restored. Just received news of this tonight!

Halla-FREAKING-lughia!

 

[Howard Simmons]

As of 10/12/18 , the channels that were affected by the ongoing negotiations with Quincy Newspapers have been restored. Just received news of this tonight!

Expect an increase cost in getting our locals for everyone.

 

[edisonprime]

As of 10/12/18 , the channels that were affected by the ongoing negotiations with Quincy Newspapers have been restored. Just received news of this tonight!

Not a fan of Univision (especially their politics), but now I think Dish Network and Univision should settle their dispute. Even though I DESPISE Univision (plus I don't speak Spanish), they sometimes have some sexy Latinas on it. No, that's not why I think it should come back. I only that I think other consumers should be able to watch it if they want to.

 

[Tampa8]

Expect an increase cost in getting our locals for everyone.

I have zero doubt when a dispute goes long time DISH is not the one who blinked. That said it isn't a matter of costs going up it's how much.

 

[HipKat]

Not a fan of Univision (especially their politics), but now I think Dish Network and Univision should settle their dispute. Even though I DESPISE Univision (plus I don't speak Spanish), they sometimes have some sexy Latinas on it. No, that's not why I think it should come back. I only that I think other consumers should be able to watch it if they want to.

Latino customers live and die with Univision.....

 

[edisonprime]

Latino customers live and die with Univision.....

Except for individuals like Rachel Campos-Duffy and her husband Sean Duffy. Both of which are Latino.

 

[HipKat]

Except for individuals like Rachel Campos-Duffy and her husband Sean Duffy. Both of which are Latino.

Some people just love to find the exception to the rule, and then try and use it to discredit the rule.......

 

[comfortably_numb]

Expect an increase cost in getting our locals for everyone.

Luckily we can opt out and drop locals now. Dish seems to be getting more and more generous with providing free or reduced cost OTA antenna installs also.

 

[HipKat]

Luckily we can opt out and drop locals now. Dish seems to be getting more and more generous with providing free or reduced cost OTA antenna installs also.

I have a fellow tech putting in 3 OTA's today

 

[comfortably_numb]

I have a fellow tech putting in 3 OTA's today

Sweet. Have they given you guys any nice meters for pointing the OTA or is it still the "point and pray" method?

 

[HipKat]

Sweet. Have they given you guys any nice meters for pointing the OTA or is it still the "point and pray" method?

Meters??? Is there such a thing?? I use antennaweb.org and then a compass to split the difference between the closest transmitters. Bloomington, IL is supposed to get Peoria locals, but the Peoria area sits in a hole, due to the Illinois River valley so I point back between Champaign and Decatur and pick up anywhere from 18 - 32 channels that are solidly watchable

 

[comfortably_numb]

Meters??? Is there such a thing??

Some that are really expensive. I use an HD Homerun tuner connected to my laptop for fine tuning, but that's not really practical for out in the field

 

[JeffN9]

Well one good thing came out of the Quincy dispute for me. I finally learned how to use the auto tune trick to resolve the OTA pixelation problem. Sometimes it takes a new problem to figure out an old one

It would be interesting to know what the final agreement was.

 

[charlesrshell]

Well one good thing came out of the Quincy dispute for me. I finally learned how to use the auto tune trick to resolve the OTA pixelation problem. Sometimes it takes a new problem to figure out an old one

It would be interesting to know what the final agreement was.

Have you been following this thread? any chance for a new dual tuner ota dongle?. Maybe these new OTA adapters might fix the pixelation problem.

 

[JeffN9]

Have you been following this thread? any chance for a new dual tuner ota dongle?. Maybe these new OTA adapters might fix the pixelation problem.

I started reading the thread early on but hadn't gone back to it. Didn't realize it had become a hot topic. Thanks for the heads up. It will be interesting to see if the new tuner(s) fix the pixelation problem for good. My feeling has always been that it was a Hopper software glitch. My single tuner dongle worked just fine until about a year ago.

Sorry to get off topic.

 

[Tampa8]

I started reading the thread early on but hadn't gone back to it. Didn't realize it had become a hot topic. Thanks for the heads up. It will be interesting to see if the new tuner(s) fix the pixelation problem for good. My feeling has always been that it was a Hopper software glitch. My single tuner dongle worked just fine until about a year ago.

Sorry to get off topic.

BTW the only Real Superman.....

 

[JeffN9]

BTW the only Real Superman.....

My thought exactly

 

[pattykay]

Meters??? Is there such a thing?? I use antennaweb.org and then a compass to split the difference between the closest transmitters.

Yeah, I think that is the way the work order was written up, back when the Dish tech installed my rooftop antenna, back in 2006. The closest transmitter (WMFD) is to the west, and is only a few miles away, so just about anything will pick that up without much need to aim it. The tech seemed confused and thought that it was instructing to aim it for Indianapolis, which is way too far away. I had asked for it to be aimed for Columbus (to the south) or Toledo (to the northwest) or both if possible. Instead, he aimed it for Cleveland, which is the market we are "supposed" to get here.