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    What should I do to get HDTV? My Big Dish?

    All you need is a good OTA antenna.
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    Comcastic prices

    One of my friend who is from Hong Kong, he is half year here and half year there, say the cable internet service is three times faster then here the comcast service.
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    TV on PC?

    That depend what language, I can access to few websites that watch free TV or programs out from foreign countries withpout any hardware. But download maybe a must which is free also, however, watch for the virus from certain countries.
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    Will Dish and DTV charge extra for local HDTV

    HDTV for local is on the way or already exist, just wonder will the big two will charge extra on these local beside what they already chage for HD channels.
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    Digital TV signal on household electrical

    Display from CEBIT, a German company, Devolo, showing a system (device) using your own home's electrical system to transmitting TV, cable and satellite signal from one room to other room without the extra run cable or wire. This basic method is use of the digital box to translated the signal...
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    What is your primary source for TV?

    This poll may not the corret answer as we knew DTV has the most customer count. I will see cable (digital) will gain customer count in a year or two as peoples will pick the bundle price which cheaper in fee. Satellite company are buying some of their programs from cable provider that will make...
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    How much and where are you buying...

    Shipping is what a killing, with current installation pay rate, this add the loss in profit or into installation cost, good cable is not cheap, few years back, I uses drove up to OK to buy my cable at volume that will saved me shipping, more then enough the cost of gas and I may able to do a job...
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    FiOS in Garland, Texas

    When Verizon installed the under ground Fios at our vally back to four months ago, I am at Plano, last month, they knocked on the neibouring houses and try get peoples sign up for their service, they never tell you the cost that is what I will not sign up, beside, their phone service is suck...
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    Multiple Diplexor Sets Possible?

    If there only one room for satellite and cable, here is what you can do. Out side use diplexer to combine two signal, then in the basement, before the other diplexer, connected a high frequency splitter, then the diplexer, one wire go to your receiver and other wire to your cable splitter...
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    Combine rf channel 3 with ota and satellite

    If you just talking about the VCR only for OTA signal, then after the diplexer, you can split the OTA signal to two source. FRom what you talk and drawing, it is not going to work.
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    Whos going to SatelliteExpo?

    If there any new products showing in the expo, can you take a pics and info here ?? Hey, try come down to Dallas next year and we all meet. kekeke
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    Birdog and downloads

    IA5 is all you are looking for.
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    professional signal meter?

    Hmmm Pete, I have a Sky Tracker pro2, and a full charge only last for two minutes of usage, do you think is the battery pack or could something wrong. However, the battery pack is 8.4V and I do have a hard time to locate the right type of battery too.
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    Determing the quality of co-axial cable

    You right, Cloude, with the pay get less and demanding more from DTV and Dish, someone has to pay for it or the installers has to cut some corner to make even, or let the $11.00 hourly young kids with no experience do the installation and get ton of complain from customers.
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    Whos going to SatelliteExpo?

    Hey, Doc, no green, if you sponsor me to the Atlanta, sure it help. Ho Ho Hooo
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    Dish, Cable and OTA on one cable?

    There is no problem with all three on one single cable to get in the house, but the main problem is, since OTA VHF and UHF are within the cable frequency range, I don't see how you can split these same signal.
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    Whos going to SatelliteExpo?

    I wanted to go since last year, but with family business, I have to go to San Francisco at May instead this year. Hoping next year can attend.
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    Mounting 34" dish

    THe hardware come with the dish can be mount vertical or flat or at any type of roof, if your roof is leaking, the installer did not do a good job or he did not seal where he drill the screws in, in flat roof, I use asphal for sealant, that work everytime. You can ask around for an universal...
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    WildBlue Installers

    ITs less then that now, seems to me. other field pay better and are not decline pay like satellite business. THis is the only business push the long time and experienced techs out from the business.
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    A Positive Experence from the Dish Audit Police!!!

    Take care one business and mess up the other 99. And they considering this is good business method.
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    Direct TV / Dish TV Single Wire

    Yes, back feed a second TV, but its not always work, and sometime has to go to the red tape to solve the damn problem. If your TV2 work, you are lucky. IN some houses, we have to run and place the damn little antenna in attic at top of the second TV to get the picture come on. THis so call...
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    Direct TV / Dish TV Single Wire

    What technology, its a simple of high frequency splitter with a good name.
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    Dish Roof Mount Question?

    An experienced installer will use find the stud and at least drilled one side or the middle into stud, seal with black asphalt, I know lots installer use clear stuff but its not going to last long. The worst installer will never considering sealing as well. WE has lots these jerks around.
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    will HDTV be free after the analog cutoff

    Do you expected to pay for your local HDTV channels ?? No one that stupid to pay for something that is free unless the condition not allow to install your OTA antenna. .
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    Is this even legal?

    HACK is when you modified a unit or something to intercept satellite signal for your own use or pass it to someone for use without paying the programming. This is a stand along unit so it is not hack machine. At the sametime, when a dealer splitted 4 or more receivers from one account, do DTV...