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  1. J

    Has my receiver gone bad? Help please!

    EDIT: nevermind!
  2. J

    How much should dish re-aligning cost?

    Hey all, because of the recent storms here in the bay area, our dish was knocked out of alignment. we've contacted DirecTV and the earliest date they can get someone here is the 16th (:eek:). i've contacted two independent satellite technicians about the realignment. i was just wondering...
  3. J

    adding room to 4-room installation

    hey everyone, i need to know what i have to do in order to add a 5th room to a 4 room installation. i have a 3-lnb dish, that has 4 cables running from it. for the 5th room, would i have to run another cable from the dish? or is it as simple as using a splitter, getting a box/card, and...
  4. J

    Anyone had luck getting free upgrade to mpeg-4 equipment?

    hey everyone, i've had d* for over a year now, and have been wanting to upgrade to mpeg4 equipment (at9/slimline, and h20 or hr20). however, i dont want to pay an arm and a leg for it. so i was wondering if anyone had luck getting d* to upgrade their stuff for free, or with a good discount...
  5. J

    better for use indoors: silver sensor or square shooter?

    im trying to decide between the silver sensor, which is around $30 on the internet, and the square shooter which is around $100. ill be using the antenna indoors, and i know the square shooter can get VHF. should i get the square shooter, or would i be fine saving my $$$ and getting the silver...
  6. J

    OTA working, but no NBC

    i sprung for the samsung amplified indoor antenna at best buy. got it for like $79 because it was an open item. i could get FOX HD okay (70-85%) which i needed since D* wouldnt give me their FOX HD feed. i also got abc and cbs hd from d* so i dont need that. the only channel i really need...
  7. J

    No FOX/NBC HD in San Francisco!?

    hey everybody, i just got my system installed today, but im a little disappointed. i found out that i wasnt getting fox, abc, nbc, and cbs in HD. so naturally, i called D* and a csr fixed the abc and cbs. For the NBC, he said he needed to get a waiver. and for FOX, he said there was nothing...
  8. J

    I'm new here...and i'm in a predicament

    hows everybody doing? this is my first post here, and i am new to HD and D*. Well here's my situation: I was a seasonal hire at best buy, and i was recently laid off because the season ended. so i had one last day to use my employee discount. i decided to get equipment for a 4-room, with...