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They're not saying that today. The website still says a triple-LNB dish. There were rumors a while back that this years NFL Sunday Ticket SF would be MPEG4. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for many if they don't have their MPEG4 HD-DVR out yet. They'd have to swap out every...

I'm just curious why it takes so long to bring a product like this to market. They know what they want it to do, the technology exists, so what's the hold up? It seems that technology products like this can't wait too long to come to market because something better is always going to be around...

Your consumer habits are being watched by many many different people. DirecTV is just one of them. They've probably been using that information for years and have now given you a chance to Opt-Out. I don't think it was necessary for them to offer that. It should be part of the agreement to...

My bad. I mis-read the previous post of "5 a month". I thought it said you'd be paying for "5 months", suggesting that was your estimate on when it got to your area. Anyway, it'd probably still be a pretty cheap replacement. But you never know with DirecTV. -JustBob

What did you buy for $400 2 years ago that is about to become obsolete? -JustBob

I was just thinking that as well. I've been considering replacing my second TV with an HDTV. This would be an easy way to get a free HD receiver upgrade. I still have my old RCA DTC-100 that I could re-activate and get swapped out. However I'm not sure if I could live with a non-DVR receiver...

That deal (& this thread) was from last August. I think it only lasted a month. I haven't heard of anything close since then. It still seems odd that they were practically giving them away for a while. Maybe they just had too many of them sitting around in a warehouse. Keep watching the...

I have to admit that I don't understand why it takes sooooo long to come out with this product. They know what they want it to do, and they have the technology to do it. Didn't they announce this like in January 2005? What's up? -JustBob

I don't think anyone suggested that it was. He was saying he had good signal strength and then it was questioned why his signal strength wasn't even higher than the numbers he said. -JustBob

Dash8 - Did you ever get straightened out on this? You sound confused. With the H20 you can get your HD locals through DirecTV. However if you can get decent reception, you can see your HD locals directly from the station over your antenna (OTA). Whether your local stations show programming...

I'm just south of Madison. I believe I'm typically around 91-93 on the receivers I've had over the years. I don't think we can expect much better this far north. -JustBob

I'm not sure how you can say that. Have they increased their bandwidth lately, except for the MPEG4 HD locals? I don't see how they can improve PQ until they move the national HD channels to MPEG4. They continue to cram more channels into the same MPEG2 bandwidth. Each channel is going to...

Thanks for the history of Thomson. They still suck! I won't touch their products anymore. -JustBob

Scotty, beam him up. Please! :devil: -JustBob

I still don't understand why channels have to keep raising their rates that they charge the carriers (cable and DBS). I thought they got most of their money through advertising revenue. If they're getting paid just for having a channel, then what's their incentive to produce good shows? With...

joedekock - Where did you get your numbers for how much each channel charges DirecTV to carry? I've been looking for that type of information for a while. What else can you tell me? PM if you'd prefer. -JustBob

That's so cool. They're able to switch everything from MPEG2 to MPEG4 by just providing a device that plugs into the USB port on existing boxes. If DirecTV could do this, they wouldn't have to replace all the MPEG2 HD-DVRs with MPEG4 HD-DVRs. Hopefully DirecTVs technical people are watching...

Could you write a little BIGGER. I had trouble making out what you wrote. -JustBob

I thought the HR10-250 and all DirecTivos just needed a land based phone line for activation. After that, they work fine without. I believe some people have activated theirs using someone else's dish and then brought it home to their house. I haven't had a phone line connected to either of...

2009? What happens in 2009? Or is that just speculation that by then most HD capable devices will use MPEG4? Has MPEG4 OTA even been considered by anyone? That would make all current OTA tuners obsolete. I don't see why anyone would want to do that. -JustBob

I don't see how you can say that DVDs can look better on an EDTV vs an HDTV. I might agree to saying that some content on an EDTV will look as good as on an HDTV. But I don't see how it could be better. I can see your argument for not paying the price to go from EDTV to HDTV being there may...

I'm waiting for Questioner to come back and say "April Fools!" -JustBob

If you're going to use it with DirecTV, don't get a stand-alone Tivo. The DirecTV DVR is much better, mainly for the dual tuners. DirecTV usually offers a free DVR to existing customers. If they don't have that available on their website, I'd suggest you call and ask. If you're a customer in...

It sounds like you're already getting the HD-DVR and now they're making you a deal on other boxes. Is that correct? So you probably had to agree to a 24 month commitment already. I'd say you might as well get what else you can right now. Otherwise if you get something a year from now...

I'm not sure where you live, but spring will begin in a few days. Then we have 3 months before it is over. Then feel free to bash. -JustBob