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    Spontaneous Restart

    My HR21-700 with CE version 0x3b6 just spontaneously restarted itself. On starting, it took a very long time on the first screen with the D* logo (I think it says "Checking satellite setup", was definitely part 1 of 2). After it finished, I checked signal strength, my lowest CONUS was 84 on one...
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    BBC America HD

    BBC are beginning to tease about HD again. Pretty please with sugar on top? I fear we'll have to wait at least until they light up D12...
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    MDU Owner Forum?

    I am looking for a good forum for MDU owners' technical people to talk about cable and video distribution systems. I am the systems and network manager at a college, and the management just moved responsibility for telecom into IT, so I have inherited the duty of managing the engineering side of...
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    BBC News

    As of this morning, BBC America has stopped airing their morning block of BBC World News. GRRRRRR! I am now sorry I switched from Comcast; at least I could get CNN International on it.
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    Dish Peaking

    I need to get my dish re-peaked. Rain fade comes way too easily on the HD channels, and I get 95-100% on the Ku bands but only 75-80% on the Ka bands. The guy who did my install in November fumbled around with it a little too much for me to want that install company back, which is what I...
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    MPEG2 HD - See Channel 77

    Channel 77 has been added, informing customers that the following MPEG2 HD channels will be discontinued soon: Showtime HDNet Movies Universal HD The slides (played with a Sirius XM station as audio) tell customers how to tune the MPEG4 channels and what to do if they have old...
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    Feature Request - Line 21 Overscan Correction

    I don't know if this is the right place, but here's an idea for a new feature: Detect badly upconverted HD content that is showing line 21 (the flickering white bars that transmit closed captioning and V-chip info), and blank out that line. I have a Vizio set that I don't want to monkey with...