Recent content by Cobra5wood

Doesn't hurt to ask for something... My 2 yr contract was up last March...I've been with Directv for 7 - 8 yrs...I never asked for anything before...I asked for NFL and "whole house" packages and received both for no charge and they also lowered my monthly bill by $40/mo. for 1 year...all for a...

One of my HR21's has been acting up lately(locks up requiring a reboot). Will I have to pay Directv anything to replace it? I wouldn't need a service call - I can changeout the replacement myself. Would the replacement extend my current contract another 2 years?

If you hit the "select" button while your screen is black it will go to the new channel right away...otherwise the black screen has been lasting up to 45 seconds for me on my various receivers.

Satisfied with my installation... I cancelled the first installer who I felt was charging too much. There really was no wall "fishing" needed in the installation. It did go well although it took almost 4 hours and a lot of wire. I ended up having the installer just drill straight through...

On Sunday I am scheduled for an installation in a home that has never been wired for cable. Today my installer came by to verify a line of sight and scope out the job. I will be having 5 rooms wired instead of the 4 which are included in a normal free "professional" installation. My guy wants...

Me too! I just got off the the phone with the "retention" folks. It was my 1st call to them. I told them my HD receiver was failing and in only 20 months I was on both my 2nd HD receiver and my 2nd DVR. I told them I wanted to switch to an HD DVR. Their initial offer was for $250($399...

I am moving in 2 - 3 months. I have been a Directv customer for 18 months. I currently have the 3lnb dish with 4 receivers(1-hd, 1-dvr, and 2 sd's). The house I have purchased has never been wired for cable. Will that be a problem if I go thru Directv's "moving dept"? I know that they will...

Trade in old HD receiver? After your mpeg4 upgrades, please advise whether or not you had to give your installer your old HD receiver. Also, will they merely run the 4 lines from the new dish into my existing 4x8 splitter?

Since there are no Directv Tivo's which have internal DVD burners, can someone recommend a good external DVD burner to use? Also, can you "download" the Tivo recordings to the external burner over Super-video(along with L&R Audio)? How do you get your best results without going thru a PC? Thanks!

I'm 50 miles west of Chicago, Il. and pick up ABC, NBC, & Fox with a $40 antenna from Radio Shack(#1880 - looks like a fan). It points east from my dining room window. :cool:

I have my RCA DTC-210 run thru my receiver(B&K 505AVR) via component connection for my Directv service. Will either SD or HD(as SD?) also pass simultaneously thru the S-Video output if hooked up to a Tivo? :welcome

I have my RCA DTC-210 run thru my receiver(B&K 505AVR) via component connection for my Directv service. Will either SD or HD also pass simultaneously thru the S-Video output if hooked up to a Tivo? :welcome

5.1 for everything possible... Due to space constaints in my basement theatre room, I only have a 5.1 setup. But my B&K 505AVR and Def Techs all around more than make up for the lack of the two rear surrounds. My remaining audio tweak might be to add a mid-range sub. :welcome

My HDTV is a Sony 53"(4x3 format). My DVD player for movies is a Zenith DB318. When I upconvert a "full screen" DVD to 1080i the image is reformatted to 16x9 which I expected. However, when I upconvert a "wide screen" DVD to 1080i, the image is smaller(like going from a 1.78:1 image to a...

Dtc-210 I've been using an RCA DTC-210 for a few weeks now. It works great. It integrates my local HD channels via OTA very well also. I ordered it from one of this web site's sponsors(Value Electronics). Mention this site and they may discount it 10%.