DOLPHINS: OT Direct TV

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only because of lack of options!

On 1/4/09, Michael Fischer <thebigfish at smunet.net> wrote:
> I'm sure. I know Dandy Don and Howard were such good friends.
> Life was simplier then.
>
> Michael
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> On Jan 4, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Carmen Rodriguez wrote:
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>> I had a big dish back in the day, and I remember picking up the
>> sportscasters' conversations during commercial breaks (which we
>> didn't pick up). Monday Night Football with Howard and Dandy Don
>> Meredith were especially entertaining.
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Marvin <dolphin9731 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> From: Marvin <dolphin9731 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: OT Direct TV
>> To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com>
>> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 3:24 PM
>>
>> I never had a decoder box. The later receivers had a setup to
>> subscribe so anything scrambled would be unscrambled. Just like the
>> small dish receivers do now. Early on most everything was "in the
>> clear". No decoder box, no subscriptions. That was simpler. The
>> rotation was not complicated to me, no big deal.
>> What else was simpler? Before NFL Sunday ticket we could get all
>> the games for FREE, with a little bit of searching.
>> Then when Sunday ticket came along, we could get it alone without
>> having to buy any other subscription package first, which the
>> bastards at Direct TV make us do now.
>> Also the signal wasn't bothered rain or snow so readily like the
>> tiny dishes do.
>> With the big dishes, I saw less technology and less cost than with
>> the small dishes. Maybe I just equate those things with making my
>> life simpler.
>>
>> Did you ever own a big dish? Maybe your experiences were different.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gmail" <ldouglas at gmail.com>
>> To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 2:29:44 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: OT Direct TV
>>
>> big dish simpler? you had to buy decoder boxes and hook something up
>> to rotate it and stuff - plus no pay per view.
>>
>> and forget playing football in the back yard
>>
>> On 1/3/09, Marvin <dolphin9731 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Sunday Ticket originally was also available on the big dishes. I
>> used one of
>> > them as long as I could, until Sunday Ticket became only on
>> Direct Tv on
>> > their tiny dish. The thing with the big dishes was bad weather
>> didn't effect
>> > the signal like it does on the tiny dishes. The were bothered by
>> trees and
>> > such in the line of site, but that was usually avoidable. Sunday
>> Ticket also
>> > cost a pittance compared to the way Direct Tv rapes us on the
>> cost nowadays.
>> >
>> > My big dish now sits unused in my back yard. Like a dinosaur
>> reminding me of
>> > the days when satellite tv was simpler and cheaper, more
>> affordable for the
>> > average Joes who ain't doctors, lawyers and/or senators.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Mark L. Diana" <mdiana at tulane.edu>
>> > To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com>
>> > Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 6:47:22 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
>> Pacific
>> > Subject: DOLPHINS: OT Direct TV
>> >
>> > I got Direct TV years ago just for NFL Sunday Ticket, and for the
>> most
>> > part I love it, but right now, we're having a ferocious series of
>> > thunderstorms come through, and I haven't had a signal for most
>> of the
>> > game this evening, and when I do, it's not the HD signal. It's about
>> > the only drawback to Direct TV. I'll be hurting tomorrow if this
>> > happens during the Dolphins game...
>> >
>> >
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