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    Burned out Lamp in DLP!!!

    Yep, bulb was defective. Toshiba is sending me one, on the house. Should be here in four business days. The owner's manual of the tv said the bulb life should be 6,000 to 8,000 hours, but the origninal warranty was for a year. Due to a defect the warranty was extended for a certain serial...
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    Burned out Lamp in DLP!!!

    Thanks a lot guys. Just got off the phone with toshiba, and they said that there is an extension on the lamp warranty for some models due to a factory defect. I just have to get the serial number off of my tv and if it's within the correct range; then I'll get a free lamp. So if anyone else...
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    Burned out Lamp in DLP!!!

    Well, my Toshiba 62 HM95 DLP tv has blown its lamp. According to the owner's manual this kind of thing is to be expected at some point or another of the television's life cycle. The tv has a one year warranty, and mine is about 13 months old :( . My question is how and where to get the best...
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    Switching from AT&T billing to dish...

    Okay guys, here's a question for you. I'll start with a little history, though. My dad moved (literally) across town a couple of years ago. At the time he was a dish customer. They were trying to penalize him for moving, saying he was breaking his contract. Long story short, he wound up...
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    Need help with upgrading to hd...

    Well, maybe my new hd dish that they install will get me a 70 or better signal... in the 129 market, I guess my options would be KC, Nashville, Albequerque, and Denver. My only issue with these options would be my sports channel, I want Fox Southwest so I can watch the Dallas Mavs. Anybody know...
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    Need help with upgrading to hd...

    Thanks for the input guys... I tried checking my signal strength at 110 and 31, and I got a whopping 59. Is this going to foil my plans to "move" to Dallas? Or is there still hope for me? According to this map: http://ekb.dbstalk.com/E10spots/e10spots.pdf The spot beam dallas falls under is...
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    Need help with upgrading to hd...

    Hello, I just discovered these forums today while trying to get an idea on how to most effectivley upgrade from my current dish status to one with an hd receiver. I'm currently using a two channel 625 or something like that ( the non-hd with two dvr outputs in one box... ). Anyhow, I'd like to...