Recent content by AaRdVarK

Hmm, that may suck. Is it confirmed that SW 1 covers the east coast? It seems to me to make more sense to have the satellite at 99 cover the east coast.

Is SW1 at 99 or 103? I'm finding conflicting information wherever I look on the net. The reason I ask, is currently, I have a three dish set up. It appears that with the new multiswitch, if I swap my 101 dish with the new dish, it's possible that I can at least pick up the 99 sat also, but...

That multiswitch kinda scares me. I currently have a three dish setup due to trees. I'm fairly certain I can pick up 99 and 103 from where my 101 dish is, so I was hoping to somehow merge all the signals as I do now, but it seems that I'm going to lose 103 if I try to do that now (assuming the...

Ha! That's exactly what I did when I first got DirecTV. The dish was on a pole in the front corner of our front yard but it was all up in a tree, and she didn't notice it forever. This is after she told me how ugly satellite dishes are blah blah blah. The second dish for 119 is on the back...

Talking the wife into putting up a 3rd dish is not going well. Imagine that! I just realized I could not have a 119 dish and just have the dish on 110 to catch HBO and SHO. The other HD content just isn't very compelling for me yet. I'll then get one more channel than I had before. I hope...

Well, I'm screwed by this. I don't subscribe to the HD package, and all I was interested in was HBO HD. Because of trees, I have one dish up pointing at 101 and one dish up pointing at 119. I suppose I could swap out the LNB on the 119 satellite and move/re-aim it to 110. Ugh. I guess...

Anybody know what satellite it's on? I only get 101 and 119.

Trees? I have to catch 101 from one point in my yard and 119 from another.

Remember when converting from HDMI to DVI, the signal stays digital, so there is absolutely no reason to buy a fancy nitrogen shielded triple protected magnetically balanced cosmically neutral Monster Cable or any other high end cable. Just buy one, and if you plug it in and you see your...

No name based recording??? Why is it so difficult for the PVR manufacturers out there to implement this.

I guess that settles it. I'll be VOOMing the moment that thing hits the shelves! Please tell me it plays AAC also. That would make my day.

Awesome! Thanks

So what did the UI look like? Is it comparable to TiVo? Name-Based Recording? Season Passes? I'm anxiously waiting to see whether I can ditch D* !

I can see adding a commitment _or_ paying $199.99 install charge. Basically they will waive the installation fee if you sign a two year committment. That's pretty standard fare. Paying $200 and then having to pick up the commitment is ridiculous.

20x35 seems SO freaking huge for a 11 degree spread. DirecTV does three satellites at 101, 110, and 119 with a 24" dish. Dish does 110 and 110 with something about the same size. Why so big?