Recent content by kvchief

I'm not sure if this is old news or not, but D* added some web pages recently that spell out most of what we can expect to receive in HD with each package. Click on HD Programming, Packages, and then your package. The FAQ section is somewhat interesting as well. DIRECTV: DIRECTV - HD Overview...

Happy Birthday! It's always nice when the guest of honor shares with the other kids! :) Here's to "4 more years" and beyond.

Sounds Nice! This sounds like an interesting service! I wouldn't mind winning this! :)

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I'm a little confused because I haven't seen anyone else mention this on any of the news or blog sites, so here goes... What confuses me about the “illegal forward pass” play is that even if the call was right, it seems that the penalty wasn’t. According to the NFL’s own web site at...

Just to clarify, I think the rate they are using on 1080i stuff is 1280x1080 instead of 1920x1080. You probably just mistyped. :)

Which night? Just Monday? Or Monday and Tuesday?

Early during tonight's broadcast, the commentators mentioned that tonight's Pittsburgh vs St. Louis game was availabe in HD on Charter cable in St. Louis and on DirecTV channel 95 (not just in STL?). According to my guide, it isn't on channel 95. I called D* tonight and was informed that...

According to the Web site, it looks like it is a new subscription price for NFL ST. It appears to be payed in monthly installments... [from http://www.directvsports.com/Subscriptions/] NFL SUNDAY TICKET™ NFL SUNDAY TICKET™See the biggest selection of NFL games available anywhere each and...

I noticed you said "no amp." I have a preamp, but I'm not sure it's really helping in my situation. I have one station really close and a couple others that are about 60 miles away. I've got a decent directional antenna (a winegard deep fringe--I don't remember the model) and a channel master...

Awaiting Replacement After speaking with Robert at VE, I have decided to ask for a replacement receiver. Just FYI, the build date of my box was Dec 12, 2004. Hopefully the new one will work. In the meantime, I'm settling for component which still looks quite good.

Good advice for attempting to get it resolved. I guess I'm a little troubled by the fact that this was supposed to be a unit that didn't have the problem (as Robert himself had indicated). Nothing against Robert, but it just concerns me that maybe the issue is still happening. I'm not sure if...

I don't have any other HDMI or DVI sources. However, the TV menus all looked fine. It definitely was a source issue. It appeared to be an issue with the HR10-250. Thanks for the suggestion. I did do a bit of troubleshooting, but I was limited as I don't have other HR10-250's sitting around.

Well, I'm sad to say, but after about six months of flawless operation, it appears that my HDMI port may have gone bad. I purchased my unit from Robert at VE back in early February '05. It was supposedly one of the good builds with the problem resolved. I have switched to component which...

If you activate a package online, is it immediately available? If you know there's something you want to see, how far ahead of time do you need to activate it?