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    Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???

    At least with ST you have the option of turning to a specific channel and watching the game in a full HD screen. With the "HD" only available in a "mix", you do not have that option.
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    Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???

    lol, as if it would matter if you have SD or HD when it takes up only a quarter of the screen. I am seriously wondering if D* thinks this is a suitable way to watch a game?
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    Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???

    :shocked Whew! There for a minute, I thought you were serious. :D
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    To Be Announced

    Are you using a STB or DVR? When was the last time your STB or DVR was without power? D* takes a while to reload the channel lineup after the DVR has been reset, IIRC, but the info increases the longer the DVR is on.
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    Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???

    While I realize that CBS could handle it, we are talking TruTV here, not CBS. TruTV is a Turner station and, in turn, is a TW station. Having been familiar with "Turner Trash" since the 1960s/70s (WTCG-OTA/channel 17, Atlanta) and the low "standards of excellence" that TW/AOHell have managed...
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    Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???

    Not I, but I am waiting to see if they can: 1) Get some HD gear to actually shoot the games in HD with 2) Actually get some teams to cover the games with If they are down to the usual TruTV standards, its gonna be as bad as the games not being shown. While I am glad that the games are all...
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    Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???

    And U-verse does as well. Now, if there is anything on there worth watching or actually shot in HD is another story. TruTV-HD, where fUGLY wimmens are even fUGLIER!
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    DirecTV Could Pare Some Networks

    As long as they have the Nickelodeon Channels at the top of the ratings, the MTV channels will be dumped on as a part of the packages by Viacom. Maybe they will offer packages without any of them? I could care less if I got anything that was on either the MTVs, Nickelodeons, etc. channels...
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    DirecTV Could Pare Some Networks

    Comcast has let G4 get to the level of one of those "local public access" channels. Reruns of Cops from the 90s and before are some of its top programming. :) Comcast should be paying carriers to take that channel, not asking for payment for it. They are paid to put those things on the...
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    DirecTV sends customer bill for over $600 after home burns down...

    A better idea would be for the fire dept to find the boxes so they can be sent back to D* with a police / fire report and maybe then they would be able to see their way clear of canceling the contract with no ETF? A claim could be filed with the insurance company for the value of the boxes, but...
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    DirecTV sends customer bill for over $600 after home burns down...

    If it happens that often, you would think they could deal with it. :D The link to the story is: KCWY13 - NBC For Wyoming Great PR, huh?
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    NEW Directv INSTALLATION w/ used Receivers?

    Not really. Follow their advice and at least you will have up-to-date equipment.
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    Early cancelation fee

    Bingo! Magic phrase was said and they are not so short-sighted that they want to run off potential customers, D* did not get to be the largest by being stupid, IMO. Glad you got it resolved and hope the apt manager will quit making promises to tenants that they are not sure about.
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    Early cancelation fee

    Don't call them more than 8-10 times a day. :) Call them back at least once a day as they have absolutely no incentive to call you, they are going to continue to bill you as long as they can drag this out. Good Luck!
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    Early cancelation fee

    There are several places where the FCC says you cannot invoke the rule to put a dish in a place that you do not have total control over, the roof being one of these places, so the FCC rules have no bearing on this matter at all, none, zilch, nada. Also, good luck getting the landlord to pay the...
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    New DirecTV Customer - HR21 Sadness

    Almost as thrilled as I was to send back the POS HR20-700s that I had? PS: Mine were slower than molasses in the winter and buggier than a flophouse mattress, but then, I am not running for "King of the D* Apologists."
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    New DirecTV Customer - HR21 Sadness

    Why not be really different and try to make all customers happy? That would be really novel and a new approach for not only D*, but lots of others as well. Delivering as advertised would be a good place to start, wouldn't it? Only a blind person would not notice how slowly the channels...
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    New customer discounts

    The "Magic 8 Ball" says "probably the same thing as now, but will leave out something you want." :D Seriously, nobody in the right mind is going to jeopardize their job to leak what the real deal will be, so anything anyone says will be no more than speculation. If the current deal has what...
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    Do you have to demand

    Thanks, I knew that they were available, however, I had not gotten around to going to ATT store and picking them up yet. As I said, the DVR and one of the HD receivers are at a height and location that the dog or cats seems to like to block all the time, so RF is something I really want /...
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    Do you have to demand

    Just looked and the ones that came with my HR20s were RC64s as well. All it took to use them as RF units was configure them on the setup menu, and worked like a champ. That is the only thing I can see that D* has over Uverse, I don't have RF controllers (yet) with Uverse and I really miss...
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    Do you have to demand

    Are you sure? I highly doubt that D* has different configurations, with and without RF remotes. That would cost them more than providing a standard configuration. I can, however, easily believe that you have never configured the remotes through the system setup to be used in the RF mode...
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    Transferring DVR Recordings to DVD

    Are you getting a picture on your TV? If not, check your connections. If you are, you SHOULD be getting the video recorded to DVD. As to other ways to accomplish getting shows from the DVR to a DVD, there are none that I am aware of.
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    Just a basic UPS suggestion?

    Be sure you just hook the DVR up to the outlets with UPS protection, as the more you want to plug into it, the more powerful a unit you will need. All the other things (TV, sound amp, etc.) can be plugged into the surge protected outlets, just to be safer, though. I have both APC and...
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    Direct TV Hounding At Best Buy

    Yep, they lie. They said it would be full-time "real soon now" about 2 years ago. Not really worried about it here as when ATT finally quits dragging their behinds (finished work here about a month or 2 ago), am going to dump D* and go to U-verse anyhow. They already have FSC in HD like the...
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    Direct TV Hounding At Best Buy

    Yes, D* does have the Reds on channel 661. However, if you want to see them in HD, GOOD LUCK! They only broadcast a few of the games in HD and the rest are in SD. Channel 661 is SD and 661-1 is HD. 661-1 is a very "part-time" network as in broadcasting less than an hour a week (my estimate.)...