{"id":23649,"date":"2017-02-20T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=23649"},"modified":"2017-02-20T09:15:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T14:15:56","slug":"to-dish-or-not-to-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=23649","title":{"rendered":"To Dish, or not to Dish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all, this is the Angry Systems Administrator. It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve posted anything, however, the Angry Accountant has tasked me with finding a way to cut the Angry Webmaster\u2019s entertainment bill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rb1sm.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2113\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rb1sm.jpg?resize=100%2C146\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Angry Webmaster uses DirecTV as his primary entertainment system. He doesn\u2019t use the HD service due to the added costs involved. He has been using them for almost 20 years. (Prior to DirecTV, he used Primestar, which was bought by DirecTV) Recently, the monthly charges have escalated significantly with no upgrade in service. These rapid fire price increases started when AT&amp;T bought DirecTV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming-242x300.jpg?resize=242%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to cut expenses, I\u2019ve started researching the Dish Network. (We use Comcrap for internet access and nothing else. I would ditch them in a heartbeat if a better service were available) I\u2019ve been researching the channel lineup as well as costs. We would be able to get a High Definition system as part of the service, and it appears that the monthly costs would be less.<\/p>\n<p>Dish is also running a 2 year special which would also lower costs. The problem is that no one here has any experience with the Dish Network and we don\u2019t know anyone who is using it. Therefore, we\u2019re asking our many, many followers for their advice, especially those who\u2019ve used both systems. Please leave comments and also answer our poll.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-88\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_88\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog2\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_88_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"6add9bca8e\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"88\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which is better? Dish Network or DirecTV?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-88-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-302\" name=\"poll_88\" value=\"302\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-302\">Dish Network<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-303\" name=\"poll_88\" value=\"303\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-303\">DirecTV<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(88);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(88); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-88-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Systems Administrator~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;large&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all, this is the Angry Systems Administrator. It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve posted anything, however, the Angry Accountant has tasked me with finding a way to cut the Angry Webmaster\u2019s entertainment bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,32,57],"tags":[4,40,57],"class_list":["post-23649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-general","category-technology","tag-entertainment","tag-general-housekeeping","tag-technology"],"views":638,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23667,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=23667","url_meta":{"origin":23649,"position":0},"title":"The decision? 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DirecTV didn't want to cough up even more money then it already has to.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Entertainment","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39766,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=39766","url_meta":{"origin":23649,"position":2},"title":"AT&#038;T stock getting hammered over censoring Newsmax","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"February 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. 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MSNBC is well known as the place Progressives go to for televised Safe Spaces and propaganda. 2016 appears to have been a banner year for the assorted moonbats commenting on the election season.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Entertainment","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump-Offends-300x189.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20934,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=20934","url_meta":{"origin":23649,"position":4},"title":"Review: Amazon Fire Stick","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"April 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings one and all, this is the Angry Systems Administrator. 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Since he hasn't whined about his mouse pad in the last 15 minutes, I got a chance to take a look at upcoming movies.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Entertainment","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23652,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649\/revisions\/23652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}