Voom channel problem w/129 switched in
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As opposed to stealing it? Of course it was sent to him.justalurker said:
I'm sure that Scott is familiar with the expected levels of support for regular customers, beta testers, and "mad scientists".John Kotches said:
never thought I would say this but I am going to side with garypen on this one too,
Dish hater (gary)
Dish hater (gary)
Retailers do not have Dish 1000's yet, they wont get them for at least another 3 weeks.
It should also be noted that the same thing happened when Dish sent me the first actually production unit of the SuperDish, no feedback, no instructions nothing. Just a box came in the mail and I rushed to set it up and reported my feedback online.
At least with the Dish 1000 I have received some calls from Dish seeking my feedback on the Dish and have also been called twice for signal reading as well.
BTW it appears Dish has been readong this thread and fixed the VOOM issue. Dispite what you read on another site Dish is not banned here and over the past few days have been very active here. It appears the other site like spreading more and more lies. I had a good talk with Dish and they have some suprises coming from them and from me as well. I wouldn't want to be them.
Scott G said:
IMO, you don't need to post most of this. Just be better resource than "another site" and the rest will take care of itself.
I've given him that advice for over a year and all it has earned me is a false accusation and a no refund lockout from the Pub Member area.John Kotches said:
Please note that there have been several retailers reporting their first arrivals of Dish1000's, so the thought that they have not been sent to retailers is also false. And also note that the problem wasn't fixed (assuming that report is true) until after it was mentioned on "another site".
JL
Thanks. But, I must correct you. I am not a Dish hater.stuart628 said:never thought I would say this but I am going to side with garypen on this one too,
Dish hater (gary)
I am not a Dish lover. But, that does not make me a Dish hater. I actually have no emotional involvement with them, and do not understand why people do. It's a freakin' utility company for crissakes.
GaryPen said:
trust me, dang it again, I am totally with you on this one, ask my wife, who ever can lower my bill, and give me better channels I will be right there with them, if time warner came to me today and said, we will give you everything for 39.99 a month or lower, guess who has my business, I just havent found anything lower/better quality then dish right now in my area. but I am with you it is a company I am drawing sides on either side, I was just giving you a shot to the ribs
This bring up another question. Is 129 intented to be the Voom mirror for the west coast or are they planning to migrate all HD to that satellite. If I have to eventually move my 61.5 to another location to pickup 129 that one thing. But if I need to add 129 to the already 4 satellite locations I now have that would require greater trouble and expense.BFG said:
It will be a mirror. I have talked with Dish about it and they know not many on the East Coast can get 129 because of the low look angle.
Scott Greczkowski said:
Ugh, guess its time to spin the dish back around to 61.5. Maybe if Dish didnt have to mirror so many channels they'd have bandwidth for espn2-hd, universal hd, the local networks, espn-u, etc etc etc
OK.. I need to get some questions answered now as I am a techie and I'm getting very confused.
1) Are the VOOM channels on 129 open to anybody or are they just for Beta.
2) Is the 129 bird a "normal" satellite or FSS?
3) Is there any update on the NFL Network?
4) What is a Dish1000? I'm guessing (105,110,119,129). Is there a switch that can get all 4 plus a wing? (148)
I know I shoud RTFF, but I'm too busy watching HD to do so.
Thanks!
1) Are the VOOM channels on 129 open to anybody or are they just for Beta.
2) Is the 129 bird a "normal" satellite or FSS?
3) Is there any update on the NFL Network?
4) What is a Dish1000? I'm guessing (105,110,119,129). Is there a switch that can get all 4 plus a wing? (148)
I know I shoud RTFF, but I'm too busy watching HD to do so.
Thanks!
Currently not for 'mere mortals' - just testing. Eventually these will be just as avaliable as the uplinks on 61.5. The uplinks on 61.5 will not go away until AFTER the conversion to MPEG4 HD is completly done - which will be a while. (Even if MPEG4 HD was available to customers today the conversion period would last more than a few months.)Oyving said:
If by normal you mean DBS/BSS then yes. It is a regular DBS satellite.Oyving said:
Nope. Stay tuned.Oyving said:
D1000 is 110-119-129, no 105 or 121 involved. The mad scientist thread may have confused you. (That's why I called my hack a D1105.)Oyving said:
At this point there is no reason to get all four plus the wing. It is expected that the important content on 61.5 and 148 will be mirrored on 129 by the time it is released to the public. Whatever you need 148 for may end up at 129. Why do you need that set of five?
JL
1. BetaOyving said:1) Are the VOOM channels on 129 open to anybody or are they just for Beta.
2) Is the 129 bird a "normal" satellite or FSS?
3) Is there any update on the NFL Network?
4) What is a Dish1000? I'm guessing (105,110,119,129). Is there a switch that can get all 4 plus a wing? (148)
I know I shoud RTFF, but I'm too busy watching HD to do so.
2. DBS, not FSS
3. Nope.
4. Dish1000=110/119/129
