[mythtv-users] DISH requiring manual input, was: OT: Google - big brother? or I going mad?

[Greg Oliver]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:26 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 02:19:37PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>> On Monday, September 27, 2010 02:10:29 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> >   On 9/27/2010 15:57, Brian Wood wrote:
>> > > Just ask Hermann Goering, the master of that sort of thing:
>> > Way to go Godwin... well I guess that means this thread is finally
>> > over... :)
>>
>> That was the idea.
>>
>>
>>
>> But I am seeing more and more "press select" messages on my DISH receiver, which of course screws up automated recordings.
>>
>> I'm guessing this is to try and determine if the screen is actually being watched or not, which in most cases with me it
>> is not.
>>
>> I spoke with a DISH employee, who told me I would not have that problem if I just used the official DISH DVR, at a cost, of
>
> ...I suppose you could mention that DirecTV doesn't pull this sort of nonsense
> and then ask to be transfered to the cancellations department.

Very true - here in the US, the 2 are so competitive that every time I
have a complaint, directv gives me pay channels free for a number of
months.  (I have been a LONG time directv subscriber though)..  Their
buggy DVRs keep me with free hbo and showtime though, so I cannot
complain too much  :)