NE Mpls install goes well
I finally got a call back from the installer about 30 minutes before he said he would be there, around 9 AM for an 8 - Noon install. The guy wasn't the most cheery or professional, but he was competent. He got the dish and OTA up in about an hour and was calling for authorization about 30 minutes later. To his and my great surprise, he was on hold less than 10 min and I had all my channels in 15 min. He left shaking his head about how easy and fast it had all gone.
Overall, I am delighted and feel lucky to get everything the day I planned and no problems. I am impressed and pleased with the pic quality for both SD and HD content. I get all the OTA channels exceptionally, except for the PAX one from St Cloud, which doesn't come in at all, no biggie.
I was disappointed in the thoroughness of the installer. He never mentioned the "red button" for switching output and generally did as little as he had to. Granted I was prepared and seemed to know as much about the technology as he did, but he could have been more forthcoming with info and even a little more enthusiastic about the technology (He was a DirectTV and Best Buy installer most of the time and expressed doubts about the viability and value of Voom). I have enough of my own doubt and didn't need to hear his.
I guess I got the software update that came for some this weekend. My software version is v 00.05.5c. My signal quality is 96 for sat and 80 for OTA. Signal power is 67 for sat and 79 for OTA.
Can anyone give me some perspective about how good those numbers are?
I'm sure I will get cynical soon enough, but for now I am ooohing and aaahhing a lot. HD is so sweet.