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Is the guy who fills in the program descriptions for Starchoice taking
a lot of NyQuil (I love that big f*cking Q) or something?

DevilsPGD · Guest

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Ad Hoc Guy · Guest

That's one of the reasons why I scrapped Star Choice 2 years ago and went
with Bell and DN.
Star Choice are a bunch of incompetant Bozos.I still have the dish and
receiver and I'm thinking of using the Star choice dish as a Bird Bath...

--
"ever wonder who the first person was that said "you know, I think I'm going
to eat the first thing that comes out of that chicken's ass"!

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DB · Guest

BEV is pretty bad too..

As well as plenty of Program Information Not Available, they sometimes refer
to Peter Parker from Spiderman as Peter "Barker" and they screwed up the
name on Michael Myres from theHalloween series to something hilarious once
or twice.

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Gary Tait · Guest

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sn00p · Guest

i think bev is more incompetent... sc inserts their ads into us stations as
well but at least does a good job of it, bev just butchers them in
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John Smith IV · Guest

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~ · Guest

No, it's perfectly clear. I was trying to set the dish up myself (after
years of doing it for DTV and Dishnetwork) I figured it'd be easy, but my
ego took a big blow when I could never get it above 50%. So the guys from
BEV came out, had the same problem. Then they connected a signal amplifier
and also connected 4 cables (2 from each LNB) to a switch outside and ran it
into the house to get a signal of (wait for it.... take a wild guess!) 50%.
And that's as good as it has ever been. I decided to go with BEV because,
for over a year, I had Rogers Cable out MANY (I'm talking over 20 times) to
try and fix problems I had receiving Global, TMN, NBC and CBC HD stations.
They could never fix the problem and ended up just telling me 'Look, that's
the best you're going to get'. So I promptly told them to fuck off, as they
said there was no way I get a cut rate because they can't supply what
they're charging for. So now I go to BEV and it's really no different.
That's Canada for ya I guess.

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~ · Guest

I've been nothing but disappointed in BEV (the satellite company that
labelled as 'Superior by far-over SC' which blows my mind because SC must be
REALLY bad).
The installers came out and oculdn't get anyh igher of a signal for the 82
satellite than I did (which is anywhere between 45 and 50%-which means I
rarely get Fox East HD, WGN HD and a couple of others. Of course it's too
late to do anything about it through the company so I'll be using a
neighbor's dish just to get the 2nd satellite, as opposed to the dish that
is SUPPOSED to get both satellites.
But slightly more on topic, I noticed while watching (or TRYING to) House on
the Fox station last night, that BEV simulcasts the Global feed on it, which
Rogers didn't with their HD channels. That's one of the few things that
made me happy about Rogers HD service. Well, that and the fact that they
provide guide data on their commonly defective HD cable boxes.

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Amun · Guest

I'm wondering what kind of amplifier bev would have hung on there.
I wasn't even aware there was such a beast.

Sounds like you had some real winner techs there though.

Did they try just the 82 lnb with a straight wire (no switch) ?

And just try re-aiming to one sat. ?

Are you using an old wire ? (not highly likely the problem if 91 is good)

Did they swap the lnbs ?

If you can try the IRD somewhere else (at a friend.neighbors who also has
bev) is the signal still weak ?
(could be a defective receiver)

The really strange thing is that as bad as bev is, they usually insist on at
least 80% signal, before they will turn on the acct.
Are you sure you are telling us everything ?

AMUN

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Slartibartfarst · Guest

Is there a line of sight issue that prevents you getting more signal on 82.?

If there is, then maybe you should consider moving the Dish to a better
location.

Slartibartfarst

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~ · Guest

The signal amplifier is actually a Dishnet product (a powered signal
amplifier) called 'VideoPath Power Inserter. It does absolutely nothing to
improve the signal though. And I'm pretty sure they ran the 82 straight to
the receiver, just as I had myself earlier and I think that's as high as it
ever got. And they did even change the entire mast/dish and LNB set when
they couldn't get a higher signal.
Eventually they just ran thruogh the channels and told me that the only
station that wasn't coming in was the HD Promotional Channel but later on
when going through the channels, I noticed that FOX and WGN wouldn't come in
most itmes. If they DID come in, it was only because I put it on that
station and just left the error screen up for awhile.
I still have a Bell dish mounted on the roof and a DTV dish in my basement
so I'm planning on using one of them to get the 82 on its own and not even
bother with the weak signal I'm getting for 82 on the big dish I'm using
now.

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Amun · Guest

Well it sounds like they/you tried all that I can think of.

Only thing you can try yet is the receiver on another known good dish.

I can't see the beginning of this thread, but I am assuming this is a NEW
ird that should still be under warranty.

If you have a bell store in your area, drag the receiver down there, and
tell them to try it on THEIR dish.
(most have a working display set up and both LNB's, and it should be peaked)

If it's the same there, .....rip bev apart.
As they should have never left you with a 50% signal, and charged you for
it.
Every cloud that must have gone by would be giving you "rain fade"and
knocked out the signal dozens of times a day. <wink>

Mind you I've just noticed tonight several posts mentioning lower power on
82.
I wonder if there is something going on the bev is not telling.?

Amun

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~ · Guest

That, along with some posts about the loss of HD Movie Central-which has me
worried about losing TMN HD.
I hate... HATE HATE HATE Rogers Cable, but I'm thinking I made a mistake
going to BEV. I might have to look into those early-release fees and go
back to being raped by Rogers.

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