Switching To DISH

[cooperhawk]

wonder how long it will take for me to get used to the numbers used by DISH .

Don't know about Direct but Dish has the option to select a list of your favorites and then that's all you have to look at.
I use it all the time.

[markiver54]

wonder how long it will take for me to get used to the numbers used by DISH .

Don't know about Direct but Dish has the option to select a list of your favorites and then that's all you have to look at.
I use it all the time.

Thanks for that info Coop because we've about had it with DTV!

[JEBar]

Don't know about Direct but Dish has the option to select a list of your favorites and then that's all you have to look at. I use it all the time.

we know its there but haven't ever used it

[cooperhawk]

The Dish tech was here this afternoon. It took an hour and he climbed the roof and replaced the feed horns, switched out the switch box in the basement, installed both a Hopper 3 and a new Joey in my Man Cave. He also set everything up and gave me a lesson on the new voice activated remotes. The High Def is even better and everything is working just fine.
It cost me a one time fee of $50.00 and an extra $3.00 a month. The old tuner, or DVR would record 4 channels at once. The new one will record 16. This tuner also has a feature called "Sling". That means we can watch Dish on our I phones and using a Fire Stick to a TV anywhere we go.

We are pleased.

[JEBar]

great to hear .... they are supposed to be at our place tomorrow afternoon to install the equipment in our home .... the receiver for our camper is supposed to be delivered tomorrow .... we've already reset the camper's roof mounted dome antenna for DISH .... its my understanding that it will require a call to get it turned on .... still debating which portable dome antenna to order .... hope to figure that out and order it next week .... do you have any concerns about using the voice activated remote .. .. I've heard stories that Google monitors the voice commands

[markiver54]

great to hear .... they are supposed to be at our place tomorrow afternoon to install the equipment in our home .... the receiver for our camper is supposed to be delivered tomorrow .... we've already reset the camper's roof mounted dome antenna for DISH .... its my understanding that it will require a call to get it turned on .... still debating which portable dome antenna to order .... hope to figure that out and order it next week .... do you have any concerns about using the voice activated remote .. .. I've heard stories that Google monitors the voice commands

We are all being monitored by many different entities.

[Bad Bob]

If you think Direct TV is bad, you have a surprise coming!

[JEBar]

our issue with Direct wasn't with the picture we received .... it was with a major change in the type of signal they are going to send and the equipment they are going to force their customers like us to convert to

[Mags]

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... and then both Siri and Alexa started laughing.

great to hear .... they are supposed to be at our place tomorrow afternoon to install the equipment in our home .... the receiver for our camper is supposed to be delivered tomorrow .... we've already reset the camper's roof mounted dome antenna for DISH .... its my understanding that it will require a call to get it turned on .... still debating which portable dome antenna to order .... hope to figure that out and order it next week .... do you have any concerns about using the voice activated remote .. .. I've heard stories that Google monitors the voice commands

We are all being monitored by many different entities.

[Mags]

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All voice activated devices monitor for voice commands. That's how they work. Question is do they listen to other things? I think Google might. Case in point.
About 2 weeks ago I was using Google Maps from my phone for turn by turn directions. I didn't 'start' the turn by turn immediately since I knew how to get where I was going half way. When I did 'start' Google maps it started giving me directions along the route I'd already passed. I said out loud "I'm already passed that sweetheart." Google responded with some sort of smart a$$ answer about being called sweetheart. Total surprise! I didn't know Google Maps could/would do that.

... I've heard stories that Google monitors the voice commands