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  1. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 11/20/2024

    I just corrected that post for Jimmy.
  2. Tom Speer

    Is Gemini worth it? Email claiming free upgrade.

    The co-location is a "service" that is added to your HR44 or HR54 that disables watching any programming on the HR54, and saves the $7/month fee for the HR54. The HR54 can still display settings menus and the like. Connecting both the HR54 and the Gemini to an ethernet switch is not...
  3. Tom Speer

    How to sell directv?

    If you are talking about selling DIRECTV equipment such as receivers, DVRs, Genie servers, Genie clients, the answer is that you can't. You don't own your equipment, you only leased it from DIRECTV. You have to return it to them, or if they don't want it back, put it in your local electronics...
  4. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 11/20/2024

    Actual Weekly Analysis for 10/30/2024:
  5. Tom Speer

    PQ sucks

    That is well documented in the DIRECTV Technical resources forum. Short answer: spare bandwidth.
  6. Tom Speer

    Am21 and HS17

    They are all that old, whether they were ever used or not.
  7. Tom Speer

    Am21 and HS17

    Don't argue with success.
  8. Tom Speer

    Apple+ to be added to Prime

    The only thing I have watched on Appletv+ is the first two seasons of Foundation. But I have been an Isaac Asimov fan for over 50 years, and I believe I have read every book he ever wrote. I'm still waiting for the third season.
  9. Tom Speer

    New Genie Menus Coming in July

    I prefer the channel numbers.
  10. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    I don't know about the DISH article, but the DIRECTV stallite article at Wikipedia is badly out of date.
  11. Tom Speer

    Dish /Direct Merger Hits A Roadblock

    No it isn't. The terme of the deal as I understand it, which the bondholders have to approve, is they would have to exchange their current bonds for new ones with less principal value, maturing later, with a larger interest rate (higher annual return to bondholders). Their alternative if...
  12. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    I thought that they were no longer using the 129 W location and the Western arc locations were now 110W and 119W. Do I have that wrong?
  13. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    Can anyone give me information on what satellites DISH uses at each orbital location? With this anticipated merger, I am beginning to be interested in analyzing the current DISH satellite fleet. Looking at the FCC database, I don't see a satellite owned by DISH at 119. I have done a lot of...
  14. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    Jimbo, when AT&T no longer has any stake in DirecTV, I think you will have a valid concern for your Retiree Discount. But as a long time customer, you probably can get a loyalty discount each year. I look forward to my DirecTV account being divorced from AT&T.
  15. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    A huge number of us on this forum are retired from somewhere..
  16. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    After your contract ages out, there are various discounts available. I suspect the Retiree Discount is one form of that. I have to call up every year and negotiate for a "Loyalty Discount". it ranges from $30 to $50 a month. I have to negotiate for it each year. Threatening to switch to...
  17. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    That was a typo that I corrected immediatrly.
  18. Tom Speer

    Looks like It’s official Directv Buying Dish

    From a technical side, if and when the merger is completed, Dish will gain three transponders at 110W and 11 transponders at 119. The three licensed to DIRECTV at 110 are currently unused, and most DIRECTV customers don't have equipment to receive them. Most also can't receive the 11 tpns...
  19. Tom Speer

    Gemini Boxes

    If what you say is true, then the 30 second hold on the red button should set it back to factory defaults and allow you to initialize it as if it were brand new. That works for the satellite Gemini.
  20. Tom Speer

    Gemini Boxes

    The Gemini boxes have to be authorized to your account by serial number. The last that I knew,, DTV was treating the Gemini (both satellite and streaming) the same the Gemini mini clients: When removed from an account, they don't want them back and they can't be reactivated.
  21. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 11/20/2024

    Gary will make similar changes to the TPN map.
  22. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 11/20/2024

    The weekly Analysis has been updated to show the APG records that formerly showed no TID to indicate that these are Internet delivered streaming channels.
  23. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 11/20/2024

    Weekly analysis for 9/25/2024
  24. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 11/20/2024

    DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Sep 25 2024 Comparison of Transponder Data for Sep 25 2024 vs Sep 18 2024: No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters. Stream (PID) counts: LIVE StreamsNationalSpot BeamsCountChangeCountChange 4K4 HD275 1447 SD...
  25. Tom Speer

    DTV setup for a large house

    My experience is only with DIRECTV satellite, and in that case the number of simultaneous TV's that can be watching is limited mostly by the processing power and number of satellite tuners in the Genie server. Researching on the Internet, I can find no limit to the number of Gemini AIR devices...