DishCR News

Changes on Satellite 61.5w

DishCR — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:39:06 GMT

Everybody,

Dish is moving channels again onto and off from different transponders on 61.5w.

There are only a few of our customers affected, at this point we are going to wait until they are done and then look for the best solution to fix the issue !

Have a great day

Mike

Kick A… HDTV setup at the beach !

DishCR — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:08:29 GMT

First pictures from the New Casino in the Coco Palm Hotel, Bar, Restaurant and Sports Bar. We have been working for almost 5 days to setup two new dishes, adjust one old dish, install 16 high resolution security cameras, recording equipment, 10 satellite feeds from Dish and DirecTV, eight plasma HDTV’s, add twelve channels into the existing but rewired Hotel Cable Network, Sirus satellite radio for restaurant / bar, casino and sports bar. Amplifiers for sound, HD projector for the Lazy Frog Bar, Internet access point and a Boxee HDTV media player for Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube and all other live internet apps on HD plasma TV in the sports bar for the customers. Battery backup and surge protection throughout.

When we finished and left, other guys still worked hard to get everything going, the gaming equipment looks great, slots, video, real poker and a high end computerized roulette. This is probably one of the most desirable combination of high end entertainment, gaming, sports bar, restaurant and hotel you can find in CR. The Coco Palm has it all, this is to our knowledge the second place with HDTV setup for the public right after the Win House. However, the Coco is the first one on the beach !

We like to take this opportunity to say Thank You for all the support and help we had from the Coco Palm team and of course from John !

We really appreciate business like this and will do our best to keep our customer as happy and satisfied as possible !

Pictures here: http://photos.dishcr.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=2421832

Thank YOU

Mike

p.s. the pictures to this are taken at night with a resolution camera, we will update those in a couple of weeks when we go back to this location to make some free of charge adjustments to the system and give some more training to the Coco Team

The Win House - 1st Bar with real HDTV !

DishCR — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:12:56 GMT

Here is THE FIRST SPORTSBAR with HDTV !

Many of our customers have the HD equipment installed but modulated into the cable network for the whole place. They have a HD signal on the receivers, but standard SD on the TV’s.

The Win House owners did this right, they have four HD signals going to 16 TV’s and a total of 12 satellite feeds into the cable network. They have REAL HDTV in their Bar going, Twitter and FaceBook in HD on the screens, they even have TV’s in the bathrooms !

When we finished the Job, there was still some work to do, but the Win House Team is confident to have a “Soft Opening” just for the Super Bowl. They have experience in the Bar / Restaurant business and they are doing this thing right ! The place has full A/C, a fantastic sound system, comfortable seating, great deco and 3 TV’s to the outside where you can sit as well and party with your friends.

The 1^st WinHouse is located in the New Momentum commercial center in Curridabat - http://www.facebook.com/TheWinHouse

Here are some pictures: http://photos.dishcr.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=2399659 . We will go back there to take some more when the job is done, if you like to see our systems in action, this is the place to go !

This is the new standard for Sports Bars in Costa Rica !

Mike

channel list update on 61.5w & 72.7w

DishCR — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:54:43 GMT

Hi everybody,

today i toke some time tom update the channel list on our website. There have been many changes on 61.5w and 72.7w.

This was way overdue but these things take time and time is something we don’t have lately.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2LDvhncZonxZjUzZjdjM2QtMDNlZi00YzhlLTg0MzEtNjMzMjRhM2RjNjMx&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Mike

Going Green ?

DishCR — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:00:46 GMT

We are not really going “Green” but we like to accommodate the wishes of our customers as much as possible. This particular gentleman ordered “Green Dishes”, both are “ Martin 300’s” , but he liked them not to be seen or not to stand out as much as our typical white satellite dishes. We have been skeptic about this experiment, but they turned out really great with fantastic signal strength even in a difficult zone where the customer is located.

The customer is going to plant some trees and other things around to have them even more disappear or blend in as do already.

You might think now, “what’s the big deal ?”, the problem was that a satellite dish cannot get painted on the front without losing signal, we mixed the resin used to build those with some special green additive to turn the normal white into green. The results can be seen in out photo section with more pictures. http://photos.dishcr.com/

TOTAL SUCCESS !

Great Signal and a happy customer

Mike

WE WON ! - SOPA and PIPA is OUT

DishCR — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:12:32 GMT

Hi everyone!

A big hurrah to you!!!!! We’ve won for now -- SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress today -- the votes we’ve been scrambling to mobilize against have been cancelled.

The largest online protest in history has fundamentally changed the game. You were heard.

On January 18th, 13 million of us took the time to tell Congress to protect free speech rights on the internet. Hundreds of millions, maybe a billion, people all around the world saw what we did on Wednesday. See the amazing numbers here and tell everyone what you did.

This was unprecedented. Your activism may have changed the way people fight for the public interest and basic rights forever.

The MPAA (the lobby for big movie studios which created these terrible bills) was shocked and seemingly humbled. “‘This was a whole new different game all of a sudden,’ MPAA Chairman and former Senator Chris Dodd told the New York Times. ‘[PIPA and SOPA were] considered by many to be a slam dunk.’”

“'This is altogether a new effect,' Mr. Dodd said, comparing the online movement to the Arab Spring. He could not remember seeing 'an effort that was moving with this degree of support change this dramatically' in the last four decades, he added."

Tweet with us, shout on the internet with us, let's celebrate: Round of applause to the 13 million people who stood up - #PIPA and #SOPA are tabled 4 now. #13millionapplause

We're indebted to everyone who helped in the beginning of this movement -- you, and all the sites that went out on a limb to protest in November -- Boing Boing and Mozilla Foundation (and thank you Tumblr, 4chan)! And the grassroots groups -- Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress, CDT, and many more.

#SOPA and #PIPA will likely return in some form. But when they do, we'll be ready. Can you make a donation to Fight for the Future, to help us keep this fire going?

We changed the game this fall, and we're not gonna stop. $8, $20, every little bit helps.

13 million strong,

Tiffiniy, Holmes, Joshua, Phil, CJ, Donny, Douglas, Nicholas, Dean, David S. and Moore... Fight for the Future!

P.S. China's internet censorship system reminds us why the fight for democratic principles is so important:

In the New Yorker: "Fittingly, perhaps, the discussion has unfolded on Weibo, the Twitter-like micro-blogging site that has a team of censors on staff to trim posts with sensitive political content. That is the arrangement that opponents of the bill have suggested would be required of American sites if they are compelled to police their users’ content for copyright violations. On Weibo, joking about SOPA’s similarities to Chinese censorship was sensitive enough that some posts on the subject were almost certainly deleted (though it can be hard to know).
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After Chinese Web users got over the strangeness of hearing Americans debate the merits of screening the Web for objectionable content, they marvelled at the American response. Commentator Liu Qingyan wrote:

‘We should learn something from the way these American Internet companies protested against SOPA and PIPA. A free and democratic society depends on every one of us caring about politics and fighting for our rights. We will not achieve it by avoiding talk about politics.’"

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(press release is here: https://fightfortheftr.wordpress.com/press-releases/)

Dish Network Hopper & Joey

DishCR — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:02:50 GMT

January 09, 2012

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas DISH CEO Joe Clayton introduced our new Whole-Home HD DVR entertainment system, featuring the Hopper and Joey.
The Hopper HD DVR and accompanying small Joey set-top boxes create a whole-home HD DVR entertainment system that lets DISH customers easily record, pause, and play back shows from any room in the home. While most whole-home DVRs do not have the same DVR functionality on every TV, the Hopper and Joey whole-home system offers the same DVR functionality on every TV, letting customers pause, play and rewind both live and recorded HD programs in up to four rooms.

Hopper unit features:

 Three satellite TV tuners

 A two-terabyte hard drive for up to 2,000 hours of video entertainment

 Up to 250 hours of HD or up to 1,000 hours of SD user recordings

 Bluetooth for linking to devices such as wireless headphones

 Picture-in-picture for watching any two channels simultaneously

Combined with a Joey, the Hopper whole-home HD DVR system offers more advanced features:

 750 MHz Broadcom processer – the fastest satellite receiver processor available today for a quick, responsive on-screen guide

 Approximately 50 percent more energy efficient for a four-room installation than previous models

 ZigBee RF4CE using a proprietary protocol remote with “remote control finder” alert

 High definition user interface

 Easy-to-use, fast, graphical, tile-based user interface with predictive search

 Small, sleek chassis for convenient placement

PrimeTime Anytime™

The Hopper’s new, unparalleled feature, PrimeTime Anytime allows customers, with one click, to record using a single tuner all of the primetime TV programming from ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC – the networks that deliver the most popular shows during primetime. Once activated by a customer, PrimeTime Anytime records network programming in high definition, where available, every night and stores them for eight days after they have aired. This creates an on-demand library of approximately 100 hours of primetime TV shows, and makes it easy to catch up on episodes from last night and last week’s airing.

Additional Hopper Benefits

 Recording Capabilities: The Hopper can record up to six TV shows at once (two live programs and four PrimeTime Anytime shows) while allowing viewers to watch up to four different recorded or on-demand shows in four rooms of the house, simultaneously. This gives a family a variety of options to control or view their recordings and to watch shows in any room from a single Hopper.

 Blockbuster @Home™: The Hopper’s on-demand capabilities give access to DISH’s Blockbuster @Home™ for $10 per month which is now enhanced with more than 10,000 total titles streaming to the TV.

 Dish Unplugged: The Hopper also offers on-demand content for customers with limited or no Internet access with a feature called DISH Unplugged. This feature delivers via satellite hundreds of the most popular movies and TV shows to the hard drive, including transactional and authenticated videos on demand. DISH Unplugged provides a high quality picture without buffering and makes available many of the same streaming movie choices offered by Blockbuster @Home, including premium movie access.

 SiriusXM: For subscribers of DISH’s America’s Top 120 programming package or greater, the Hopper provides whole-home music distribution from 73 SiriusXM channels, including album art and a unique collapsible list of music channels located at the top of the channel guide at Channel 99, making it faster and easier for SiriusXM music fans to find their favorite music.

 Apps: The Hopper will features TV apps that give viewers real time access to Facebook, Twitter, Pandora and photo sharing, as well as games, news, weather, sports, and stock quotes.

TV Everywhere

Customers can manage the Hopper via the Internet at www.DishOnline.com or the DISH Remote Access app, providing the ability to control DVR recordings on their tablets, smartphones and computers. Connecting the Hopper with DISH’s Sling® Adapter provides customers the ability to watch and control all live TV channels, PrimeTime Anytime programs and the DVR on their computer, tablet or smartphone wherever they go.

we have no pricing info at the moment, but will post as soon as availible !

BREAKING NEWS: Web Goes on Strike!

DishCR — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:42:30 GMT

On Jan. 18th there is going to be an all-out strike on the internet. Websites across the internet are going dark in protest of the internet censorship bills in the U.S.Congress, SOPA and PIPA.

Some of the biggest sites in the world are participating: Reddit, eBay, Google, Amazon, Mozilla. And some others may join (e.g. a leading micro-blogging platform and a popular collaboratively-written encyclopedia), but they need a nudge. If we can get them to join this will be EPIC.

Ask the biggest sites on the internet to join the strike. Click here.

If you're on Facebook or Twitter, please use these links to share this:

Thank You!

Arabic, Farsi, Chinese, Thai, Russian, Vietnamese & more in Costa Rica

DishCR — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:34:52 GMT

Some customers are asking for international channels, some that Dish Network does not have in their selection or some we can't get through their service in Costa Rica

This list might just offer an alternative for some customers:

Language Channel Name

Arabic 2M TV www

Arabic Abu Dhabi Sports www

Arabic Al Alam News www

Arabic Al Anwar www

Arabic Al Fayhaa www

Arabic Al Hayat www

Arabic Al Kalema www

Arabic Al Kass www

Arabic Al Mareef www

Arabic Al-Forat www

Arabic Al-Iraqiya www

Arabic Alkarma TV www

Arabic Almaghribya TV

Arabic Arab News Network www

Arabic Canal Algerie www

Arabic Coptic TV www

Arabic Hope Sat TV www

Arabic Jordan TV www

Arabic Kuwait TV www

Arabic Kuwait TV 1 www

Arabic Kuwait TV 3 www

Arabic Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting www

Arabic LLBN Arabic www

Arabic Logos TV www

Arabic Middle Eastern American www

Arabic Palestinian Sat Channel www

Arabic Payam-E-Afghan TV www

Arabic Qatar TV www

Arabic Salaam TV www

Arabic Saudi Arabian TV 1 www

Arabic Saudi-Quran

Arabic Saudi-Sunnah

Arabic Sharjah TV www

Arabic Sudanese Space Channel www

Arabic Sultanate of Oman TV www

Arabic Syria Drama

Arabic Syria Satellite Channel www

Arabic The Truth www

Arabic The Way www

Arabic Tunis 7 www

Arabic Yemen TV

Aramaic Aramaic Broadcasting Network www

Aramaic AssyriaSat www

Aramaic Suroyo TV www

Armenian AMGA www

Armenian Armenian/Russian TV Network www

Armenian USArmenian www

Azerbaijani Azerbaycan Televiziya www

Chinese Da-Ai TV 2 www

Chinese Hwazan Satellite TV www

Chinese LLBN Chinese www

Chinese New Tang Dynasty TV www

Dari Ariana TV Network www

Dari Noor TV www

Dari Radio and TV of Afghanistan www

English 3ABN www

English 3ABN Proclaim www

English Al Jazeera English www

English Alhubayt TV www

English Amazing Discoveries www

English Amazing Facts www

English Apostolic Oneness Network www

English Ariana Afghanistan TV www

English Bible Explorations www

English Christian TV Network www

English Christian Youth Channel www

English Church Channel, The www

English CNC World www

English Cornerstone TV www

English Daystar www

English Ebru TV www

English Emmanuel TV www

English Fashion One www

English Global Christian Network www

English God TV www

English God's Learning Channel www

English Guide US TV www

English Hope Channel www

English Hope Church Channel www

English House of Yahweh www

English JCTV www

English Kingdom of Jesus Christ www

English Kuwait TV 2 www

English Life and Health Network www

English LLBN www

English Manmin TV www

English Melli TV www

English MRTV/ABN www

English Nigerian TV Authority

English Press TV www

English River Broadcasting Network www

English Russia Today www

English Saudi Arabian TV 2 www

English Smart Lifestyle TV www

English Smile of a Child www

English SonLife Broadcasting Net www

English Supreme Master TV www

English Tele Anacaona www

English Trinity Broadcasting Network www

English University Network, The www

English Word Network, The www

Farsi AFN Music Channel www

Farsi Ahlebait TV www

Farsi Andisheh TV www

Farsi Appadana International www

Farsi Asre Emrooz www

Farsi Channel One TV www

Farsi Didar Global Plus

Farsi E2 Channel www

Farsi Ganj e Hozour www

Farsi International Program Network www

Farsi Iran TV Network www

Farsi Iran Zamin TV www

Farsi Iranian News Network www

Farsi Iranian TV Canada www

Farsi Jaam-E-Jam International www

Farsi Jame-Jam TV 2 www

Farsi National Iranian TV www

Farsi Niruye Penhan TV www

Farsi Omid-e-Iran www

Farsi Pars TV www

Farsi Pasha TV www

Farsi Persian Bazaar TV www

Farsi Persian Entertainment Network www

Farsi Persian Music Channel www

Farsi Persian Music Channel Family www

Farsi Rang-A-Rang TV www

Farsi Sada e Afghanistan www

Farsi Simay-Azadi www

Farsi Tamasha International Network www

Farsi Tapesh TV Network www

Farsi Ten TV www

Farsi Time TV www

Farsi Vatan TV www

French Office of Radio & TV of Mali www

Italian Tele Radio Padre Pio www

Italian Telepace Roma www

Kurdish Kurdistan TV www

Kurdish KurdSat

Lao Good Idea TV www

Lao Lao National TV www

Lao Laostar Channel www

Lithuanian LTV World www

Malayalam Divine TV www

Portuguese RTP Internacional America www

Portuguese TV Cancao Nova Internacional www

Romanian TVR International www

Russian Belarus TV www

Russian CNL www

Russian Impact TV www

Russian Rodnoy TV www

Russian Soyuz TV www

Spanish 3ABN Latino www

Spanish Bethel TV www

Spanish Esperanza TV www

Spanish Nacion TV www

Spanish TBN enlace www

Thai Dhamma Media Channel www

Thai MKTV www

Thai Nat Lakorn www

Thai NAT News www

Thai Network of Asian Television www

Thai Thai TV Global Network www

Turkish Markazi TV www

Turkish Natural TV

Turkish Samanyolu TV www

Turkish TRT 1 www

Turkish TRT 4 www

Turkish TRT Turk www

Ukranian Ukranian TV & Radio www

Urdu Velayat TV www

Vietnamese Little Saigon TV www

Vietnamese Saigon TV www

Vietnamese Vietnamese Broadcasting Service www

Vietnamese VTV-4 www

more Arabic spoken channels

Syria Satellite Channel

Abu Dhabi TV Europe

Oman TV Satellite

Al-Iraqiya TV

Saudi Arabian TV 1 Satellite

Qatar TV

Sharjah TV

Al Quran Al Kareem TV

Sudan TV

Jamahirya Satellite Channel

Holy Quran Radio

Emarat FM

Radio Sout Al-Sha'ab (Voice of the People)

El-Bernameg Al-Aam (Main General Program)

Program One

Radio Quran (Saudi Arabia)

Sudanese Radio

Nour Radio

Qatar Radio

Radio Omdurman Holy Koran

Radio Oman

Radio Sout Al-Shbab (Voice of the Youth)

Sharjah FM

Republic of Iraq Radio

Sana'a Radio

Aden Radio

KTV 3

Kuwait Space Channel

Radio Kuwait Main

Holy Quran

Radio 2M

There is NO guarantee that these channels will remain free for any period of time. Some of these channels may go off the air at some point or become encrypted and new channels may show up. We are not affiliated with or resell programming from any of the channels above or below. The list above reflects what is available to our knowledge.

Future channels:

2M Maroc
4Shabab
Abu Dhabi Drama
Abu Dhabi Sport
Abu dhabi Sport 2
Abud Dabhi Tv
Afaq TV
Ajial
Al Adalah 2
Al Afasy
Al Ahd
Al Alam News Channels
Al Anwar
Al Aoula Inter
Al Arabiya
Al Baghdadia
Al Ekhbaria
Al Fajr
Al Fayhaa
Al Forat
Al Haramien
Al Hayat 1
Al Hayat 2
Al Hayat/Life channel
Al Hiwar
Al Hurra Iraq
Al Hurra TV
Al Jadeed
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera Baraem
Al Jazeera Children
Al Jazeera Documentary
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Mubasher
Al Jazeera Sport 1
Al Jazeera Sport 2
Al Kass
Al Kawthar
Al Maaref
Al Maghribia
Al Majd Holy Quran
Al Majd Space Channel
Al Manar Tv
Al Manara
Al Masriyah
Al Mawaddah TV
Al Mehwar
Al Mustakillah TV
Al Rafidain
Al Rahma TV
Al Rasheed
Al Rayah
Al Saeda
Al Siera
Al Siera Al Nabaweia
Al Somaria
Al Wohda
Al Zahraa
Algerie 3
Alrai
ANB
Andisheh TV
Ariana Afghanistan
Ariana TV
Arrabiaa
Arriadia
ARY News
Assadissa
ATN Bangla UK
ATV Avrupa
B4U Music
Baghdad TV
Bahrain
BBC Arabic
BBC Persia
BBC World Middle East
Bedayah Nesaaya TV
Beladi
Brit Asia TV
Cartoon Network Arabia
Cartoon Network Turkish
Channel 1
Channel S UK
Cine 5
CNN Turk
Didar Global TV
Dream
Dream 2
Dubai One
Dubai Sports
Dubai Sports 2
Dubai Sports 3
Dubai TV
Dunya TV
Eretria
Ethiopia
Euro D
Euro Star
Euronews Arabic
Farsi 1
Fatafeat
FBTV
Fox Movies Arabic
Fox Series Arabic
Fox Tv Turkish
FUNoon
FUNoon Plus
Future News
Future TV
Gala
Gali Kurdistan TV
Ghinwa
Hannibal Tunisia
Hayatouna
Hi TV
Hilal TV
Hod Hod
Horn Cable TV
iFilm
Infinity 1
Infinity 2
Iqraa
Iran Music
Iran TV Network
Iraqiya TV
IRIB Quran
IRINN
Jame-Jam 1
Jame-Jam 2
Jaras
Jordan
Kanal 35
Kanal 4
Kanal 7 Turkiye
Kanal D
Karbala TV
Karek
Karial D
KNN
Komala TV
Kurd 1
Kurdistan TV
Kurdsat
Kuwait TV 1
Kuwait TV 2
LBC Sat
Libya
Malatya VTV
MBC
MBC 2
MBC 3
MBC 4
MBC Action
MBC Drama
MBC Maghreb
MBC Max
MBC Persia
Mecca TV
Mechef
Medi 1sat
Mehtap TV
Melody Aflam
Melody Arabia
Melody Drama
Melody Drama +2
Melody Hits
Miracle TV
Modern Masr
MTV Arabia
MTV Lebanon
Mauritania TV
National Geographic AD
Natural TV
NBN Lebanon
NDTV Imagine
Nessma
Nickelodeon Arabia
Nile Cinema
Nile Comedy
Nile Drama 1
Nile Drama 2
Nile Life
Nile News
Nile Sport
Nojoom 1
Noor Dubai
Noursat
OTV Lebanon
Pars TV
Payam
Payam E Afghan
Peace TV Urdu
PMC
Press TV
PSC Al Quds
PTV Global
PTV Prime
Qatar TV
Rojhelat
Rotana Cinema
Rotana Clip
Rotana Kalijiyah
Rotana Music Channel
Rotana Zaman
RTA Afghanistan
RTD Djibouti
Russai Al-Yaum
Sahar 1
Sahar 2
Salah El Din
Sama Dubai
Samanyolu Haber
Samanyolu TV Turkish
Saudi Channel 2
Sharqiya
Shefaaa
Show TV Avrupa
Show TV Turkish
Simay-Azadi Iran
SipSak TV
Sky Turk
Somali Channel
Space Toon 1
Spance Power
Speda TV
Star TV
Sudan TV
Sunrise TV
Suroyo SAT
Suroyo TV
Syria Drama
Syria TV
Tamazight
Tayba TV
Tele Liban
TNT Turkey
Tolo TV
Toyor Al Janah
TRT 1
TRT 2
TRT Arabia
TRT Belgese
TRT Cocuk
TRT Turk
Tunis 7
Turkmeneli TV
TV 8
TV Persia
TV5 Monde Maghreb Orient
Universal TV
VOA Ethiopia
Yumurcak TV
Zagros
Zee Afiam
Ahlubayt TV

if the channel you are looking for is not listed here, please don't hesitate to contact us and just asked !

Mike

signal dropped on some transponders / satellites

DishCR — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:44:57 GMT

what happened ?

Over the last couple of days we are getting calls from customers experiencing signal loose on some channels. After checking this issue we found that the dishes are slightly off and need a re-alignment!

So far we have clients asking about ESPN on 72.7w, CBS on 61.5w, B4UM on 61.5w and Univision on 72.7w all in Costa Rica

Some customers might not even have noticed this since the signal overall is strong on our dishes and only certain weak channels are going out earlier than before. I am sure there is still a lot of people out there blaming the weather for the weak signal, but it’s a fact that the signal from some transponders moved.

Something happened, the systems need a small adjustment to get back to normal !

Give us a call, we are happy to help

Mike

+506-8821-8976

Repeated business and one down from the "others"

DishCR — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:29:33 GMT

This week we added two big 3m Dishes to customers of us who already purchased before, one of them actually replaced his Dish from the "other guys" because it was falling apart after only a couple of years !

Repeated business is very important because this shows us that the customer was happy with our products and service and therefore purchased again - Thank you !

http://photos.dishcr.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=1179179

Do you do Modulation ?

DishCR — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:13:14 GMT

What is Modulation ?

I did some reading before writing this because I thought it’s much easier just to copy what somebody else wrote but all those smart people out there use words nobody can understand and I want to explain this as simple as possible for the average Joe to understand.

What we call “Modulation” or “to modulate” is simply taking the output signal from one device, converting it to another matching the cable system we use in CR. If we have several devices we need several modulators with individual output channels. In case of a combination between cable and satellite receivers we take the cable signal, cut it off with a filter at a certain channel, combine it with the output from the modulators, amplify it again and split it to the individual TV’s, basically generate additional channels in the already existing TV cable network.

Normally your cable has channels from 2 to 117, we combine this signal with the modulated once and you will receive additional channels on your TV, let’s say 2 to 120. The 3 new channels is the output signal from your satellite receiver which can be seen on all TV’s connected in your place. This is very useful if you have a hotel, bar, call center or any other place with many TV’s and addition signals coming from satellites, top set boxes, cameras, internet devices, computer or simply a DVD player running advertising for you on your mini cable network.

Follow the link below to see a setup we just did with 30 modulated channels. 14 signals from Dish Network, 9 from DirecTV and 7 waiting for Sky, Video cameras, or other devices to come. In this case we cut the cable signal at channel 86 and started feeding the modulated channels from 100 to 130.

http://photos.dishcr.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=943575

Mike

VOD, Netflix, Hulu, U.S. IP address

DishCR — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:12:05 GMT

DISH Network Video on Demand, Netflix and others

DISH Network, one of the leading providers of satellite TV entertainment, brings you a wide array of entertainment through its video-on-demand service. With this DISH-on-Demand service you can watch a plethora of movies and TV shows on your TV. Thousands of movie titles and TV shows are available with DISH Network for you to choose. Get the best of TV entertainment at any point of time with DISH Network video on demand service.

DISH Network video-on-demand offers you videos with 1080p, thus you can now enjoy a wide array of entertainment with amazing digital clarity. Now it is possible to watch the latest blockbuster movies with the picture clarity, detailing and resolution like the Blu-ray disc. To enjoy a movie through video on demand you need to select the movie from thousands of available title. After ordering programs with DISH-on-Demand service you can view these movies as often as you want within a 24 hour span.

At present the DISH Network video on demand service is available for a range of DISH receivers including the ViP922, 512 (SD/DVR), 522, 622, 625, and 722 DVR receiver models.

To order a movie or TV show through video on demand services of DISH Network you need to follow some simple steps.

How to Order Programs through DISH on Demand:

Connect the receiver with an active Ethernet line WITH U.S. BASED IP address !

Press the DVR button on your DISH TV remote.

Select the Movies and More option or TV entertainment option from the DISH On Demand menu.

Select a title from the extensive list available on DISH on Demand.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the order.Watch out, some are PPV and will get charged to your account, others are 100% FREE

The HD programming on DISH on demand can be viewed with HD receivers and HDTV. The video on demand programming are not available with all receiver models.

Most of the services mentioned in the subject line have NONE U.S. IP's blocked, this means when you try to get their service, a message pops up telling you that you are not in the U.S. and therefore out of luck.

I was interested in some different service and needed a U.S. IP myself, after some research online it became clear to me that a PC based U.S. IP would only do partially what I needed and definitely not work for all my external devices like GoogleTV, WDTV, Boxee and Dish receiver. I just don't want to watch HDTV on a small Laptop having a plasma TV and a nice home theater system with DTS, Dolby and THX.

The solution was a new router which I purchased in the U.S., modified the routers software, did some basic setup like username, password,domain name and purchase a U.S. IP for $ 55,- a year.

There it was, in a matter of minutes all my toys started functioning the way they supposed to do, just to mention a few like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, NFL, NBA, MLB became fully functional and streaming in HD. Also the Dish Cinema and VOD started working right away, it goes without saying that using a router automatically puts all your Ethernet or wireless devices on a U.S.IP, which also gives you some protection and anonymity back lost by using Amnet, ICE and Racsa.

You still need a CR connection for the internet, but you pass right trough it and do your thing as if you are in the U.S.

We will be selling those pre-configured router here for only USD 199,- to everybody who is frustrated with regional restrictions living in Costa Rica !

Mike

www.DishCR.com

The Dish and the Rock !

DishCR — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:50:00 GMT

Hi everybody,

here is something you don't see every day, a friend and customer asked us if we could hide a small 18' dish under a fake rock, because the place he lives does NOT allow any satellite dishes. He came up with the idea and actually imported the fake rock from the U.S.

The signal you see picture is not the best, but still more than enough to watch DTV Latino. The rock caused a signal loss from about 20 points when sitting on the dish, hiding the dish inside.

Now that we know that something like this is possible, we could actually build a bigger fake rock and hide a 3 foot or even a 4 foot dish inside. DirecTV Latino has a close to 100% signal strength with a regular 4 foot dish, if we would cover this with a fake rock then the signal would drop probably to somewhere around 80, which is still a extremely good signal for Costa Rica.

fake rocks are not cheap, but this is definitely THE SOLUTION for anybody who needs his TV !

check out the pictures:

http://photos.dishcr.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=908875

Mike

What is a WAZE ?

DishCR — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:22:51 GMT

What is WAZE ?

http://www.waze.com

Waze in Costa Rica

Status:

The driving community in Costa Rica has only recently begun developing, so it'll take a bit of time until waze begins to deliver its full value in your area. Note that when starting out, there may be no map at all and you'll need to actually pave the roads as you go. If you like mapping, though, it's a great time to get involved and you'll have a ton of fun!

Real-time maps and traffic information based on the wisdom of the crowd

Waze is a free GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation, developed by Waze Mobile for mobile phones. It currently supports iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and BlackBerry. Waze differs from traditional GPS navigation software as it is a community-driven application and learns from users' driving times to provide routing and real-time traffic updates[1]. It is also free to download and use, as it gathers map data and other information from users who use the service. Additionally, people can report accidents, traffic jams, speed traps, police and can update roads, landmarks, house numbers, etc.

Waze is available for download and use anywhere in the world, but some countries have a full basemap, whereas other countries still require users to record the roads and edit the maps. Currently Waze has a complete base map in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Israel (claimed to be the best map for that country, Ecuador, (parts of) Argentina, and Panama, but the company has plans to make it available in other countries in Europe and elsewhere.

In addition to turn-by-turn voice navigation, real-time traffic, and other location-specific alerts, Waze simultaneously sends anonymous information, including your speed and location, back to its database to improve the service as a whole. This crowdsourcing allows the Waze community to report navigation and mapping errors and traffic accidents simply by running the app while driving. Waze uses cupcakes and other gaming conventions to further engage users, allowing users to drive over icons of cupcakes and other road goodies located in certain locations to earn points. The mini-games encourage more user involvement and competition, and that means more valuable road information for the users and the database where those details are otherwise slim or lacking

Mike

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www.DishCR.com

mike@dishcr.com or

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Tripe " Martin 300 " Installation

DishCR — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:39:48 GMT

Hello everybody,

Today we finished our first „Triple Martin 300” installation. Those Dishes are 9X10 foot, built like a rock and like our small “ Martin 265” with the welded aluminum wire mess inside like the original Dishes from Channel Master or Anderson. Please read the other older post for performance data on our NEW 3 meter Dish.

The Dishes in the pictures below are pointed to 72.7w and 61.5 to complete the Eastern Ark from Dish Network for all available programming options from Dish, like HDTV 1080I ,as well as the Pay per View feature and all other online features offered from Dish. This is the BEST setup a customer can buy to watch TV like up north. The other Dish is pointing to 101w DirecTV U.S.A. for all available channels besides HD. There is also a possibility to add a 4^th Dish pointed to 118.8w for OVER 90 Horse Racing Channels for the ultimate satellite TV experience in Costa Rica.

This setup will be connected to the local cable and modulated with six DUAL HDTV receivers and one Dual HDTV DVR with Sling Adaptor together with fourteen DirecTV receiver into cable channels from 100 up to 132 build to feed up to 48 individual TV’s in the building. The modulation equipment is also capable of handling additional feeds from the NET, Cameras or any other input device desired. I am going to write another post later on the modulation equipment itself !

http://photos.dishcr.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=820598

The concrete / river rock base from the Dishes are just sitting on the very nice new parking lot. Each base is just a little over 900 POUNDS, NO damage done to the pavement and Dishes can be moved if need be!

DishCR.com – We DO TV in Costa Rica !

Mike

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www.DishCR.com

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dishcr@gmail.com

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