If I turn 'the parental control' feature off and accidentally change to channel to one of the fee based shows it does not start, Right?
I am required to decline it to avoid the hassle of calling Dish and claim I made a mistake?
No small kids at home or a tv in the guest bedroom. So, we are...
Remember the old joke: "In the Soviet Union TV watches you", yeah now it does everywhere, one reason I stream nothing
OTA, FTA, and DVDs are more than adequate for me. All else fails I can always read more books.
Apple Friday Night Baseball prep
The additional UEFA channels are now live
797 Order Sports Pack is now live
9753 *DTVPP - Protection Plan testing
CINE 175 has returned
Some TPN swaps
DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Jan 28 2026
Comparison of Transponder Data for Jan 28 2026 vs Jan 21 2026:
No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.
Stream (PID) counts:
LIVE Streams
National
Spot Beams
Count
Change
Count
Change
4K
3
HD
272...
As of yesterday, I am not seeing either Local on the 8s or interactive weather on either the HD or SD feeds of The Weather Channel (362).
Not sure if it was discontinued or some kind of limitation from TWC HD having been recently moved from D10 to D15.
Here's a question, if DRM is about sports, as the broadcasters say, then why not encrypt only during sporting events?
CBS already does that on C-band during NFL season. They encrypt during Sunday games, then go back FTA afterward.
Sadly I think under the current FCC leadership the broadcasters are going to get whatever they want. I do think the DRM and the total shutdown of ATSC 1.0 earlier than anticipated (if allowed) does present a safety issue. When Helene hit my area of SC cell phones didn't work because the towers...
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VzPDwUA2-w
Direct YouTube Link - Apple's New Updated AirTag
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
This is all about the large pile of spy moles that was uncovered in 2021, isn't it?! There are no rules against genetically modifying moles to burrow under the opposition sideline and spy on them.
And don't give me any grief over the "controversy" of Belichick getting Stuxnet installed on...