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    Horrible Install

    It's gotten harder to find quality information with internet search due to AI spamming. I wouldn't worry about your ability to self-upkeep your sat...you've done it before and have this online resource.
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    Boost Mobile

    Since going off verizon with 2 different MNVOs I've noted absolutely zero difference in service quality. $15 (or $10) seems incredibly cheap for phone service, either compared to a verizon OR to our old landline billing. But is it that these are really cheap or that verizon is just too high? I...
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    No local weather on The Weather Channel

    There's barely weather anymore on TWC as it is....except for like "world's wickedest weather"....
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    Boost Mobile

    If you're on Verizon you're not going to have good service in one state or city and not others. I tried Twigby (which uses Verizon) and there was no notable difference. I then switched to Mint because Twigby could not do Canada or Europe, plus it was even cheaper. Mint doesn't charge extra for...
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    Hopper Question

    I never found that compelling. DiSH offered that fairly early on. I think they thought everyone was like them and sports-addled
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    DiSH is outdated
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    What is DV and why do (or don't) I want it?
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    Is it "qualifying programming"?
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    How can it be conscionable to pass that kind of cost to people with no interest in sports
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    How things have changed

    Where's satellite?
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    ESPN is to the point where it's making providers look bad in what they have to charge for basic packages. Last I knew it was like $4/month/sub just for that channel (+ maybe ESPN2, ESPNews, etc.) and then only if distributed to the bulk of subs. So you have the non-sports-consuming public (a...
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    So like I don't think DiSH should be seeing any problem with CNN demanding more $. The kind of channel that really give them fits is ESPN, which has always demanded more & more.
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    Hm, TCL- I just thought it was a cheapo brand like visio
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    I don't think you can call a package basic w/o CNN...
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    Dumping local channels (preferable)

    Well that itself is bull- at least substantially. Yeah, it costs chucky quite a bit to space-segment his big locals roundup, but the lion's share of his expenses going into his locals fees comes from extortion by the nets & their affils.
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    The Space Race in 1960s Compared to 2020s

    Well, do you apply same logic to sending missions to Mars? Must be 50% public approval?
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    Dumping local channels (preferable)

    BuT tHeY'rE fReE cHaNnElS
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    Where did TNT (138) channel go?

    Maybe they're working on eliminating flex pack. At least "as of old," programmers (ch's) usually insisted on distribution to a majority of a provider's subs, particularly with the more "basic" ch's, either as a mandatory condition of carriage or as preferred alternative to a high ala-carte ask...
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    Cold weather signal loss

    Just no benefit in it. The hole size would need to be quite small not to leak at DBS frequencies and there would be very little wind-force reduction. The whole point of DBS was to be able to use a dish so small that wind wouldn't grab it in any kind of manner as with C-band size dishes. And also...
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    The Corruption of Student Athletes Continues…

    Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk... I wouldn't capitalize "college football" or "collegiate sports" (or federal prosecutors), but do always ask how and why the term "student athlete" has come to such universal usage. If one is on a college debate team, he isn't often referred to as a "student debater," or a...
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    Major Bluetooth Vulnerability Discovered!

    Great video, but could have used it a couple years ago... CT- innovative technically, awful realistically.
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    Do people still watch satellite TV these days

    DTV & DiSH collectively hold a pure duopoly over DBS. It wasn't quite so at the outset of DBS, as there was requirement for more separate entities in the category. Along with DTV there was also USSB, and along with DiSH there was Sky Angel. OK, so really effectively still a duopoly, you just had...
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    Cold weather signal loss

    Remember Charlie's announcement of merger with Sky? After he was visited at home by Rupert Murdoch, who would later comment "I like Cholly".
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    LEGO Smart Bricks: Bringing Your Childhood Toys to Life! #shorts

    Toys don't need to be "brought to life" by technology. Children bring them to life.