Recent content by aboz

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    My Directv, Fios comparison

    I am now living in a location fortunately to have Fios. I must say that both services are very similar in some respects, and different in others. Here are some observations: TV The picture is phenomenal to say the least, the SD is clear and not compressed on Fios. The HD channels are both...
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    My initial review

    The DVR is light years ahead of TWC's, although it may feel a little sluggish, I am used to that with the TW DVR as well. I really enjoy the networking aspect of it. The online scheduling is awesome. If looking to switch I will PM you my account number so we can both get money off, I think it's...
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    My initial review

    I just got D* installed on Saturday, and so far it exceeded my expectations. Here are some positives and negatives as well when compared to my local cable (TWC): +The install required only 1 wire to go to my DVR's, with the use of the SWM technology. +The software is light years ahead of...
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    Oct 13-14 SWiM

    I just got D* installed on Saturday, and it was a SWiM install. It is so much cleaner to have only 1 cable going to the DVR's, it also seems to be a much simpler install.
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    Comcast - Porn slipped into Super Bowl

    LOL wow I just disturbed the whole library laughing at school!
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    Deals on a Mac

    I have a Mac Pro tower 8 core and I absolutely love it! I do also boot (bootcamp) into Vista and it still runs slow compared to OSX. I do use Parallels a lot as well. I did have a learning curve, but not as steep as I thought. Almost anything I can do on Windows, I can do on my Mac.
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    Cross your fingers $50 barrel of oil

    My friend who is a trader, in the oil pits, said that sometime around spring you MAY see oil around 60-75 a barrel.
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    my new toy

    Refurbished Mac Pro 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel XeonTwo 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors 2GB (2 x 1GB) of 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive 16x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB (two dual-link DVI ports) I got it...
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    Smoke alarm in alarm system.

    Man seeing this thread birngs back memories, when I was an alarm dispatcher. I had a fire alarm in NYC and I had to dispatch thr FD first then call the premisis. When I called the prem, the woman says, "shoot, I just got out of the shower and the steam set the alarm off, and I am naked." At that...
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    Thinking of SYNCing (Microsoft SYNC)

    I bought an '08 Accord. I love it it's a I-4 EX-L Nav.For $26K, IT has the voice activated controls. The only thing it cant do is select your song based on the artist. I had Fords my self and while I do miss my '86 Tbird, I do not miss my '97 F-150. Trans failed at 70k. Due to my accessiblity...
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    Canceled Dish Today... And dish didn't care

    it's interesting that the after-the-fact calls are made. When I cancelled, they kept calling sometimes 3x a day. When I made the point that I requested for them not to call, the final CSR said that they have no record. When I went to visit the in-laws, they also cancelled as well, and they...
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    What's YOUR tipping point?

    my tipping point My tipping point was right before the price increase went into effect. I got more channels for half the price with TWC. They locked in the price for 2 years. I may or may not be back with E* but I have all options available to me. TWC Rochester added 15 HD chanels in 2 months...
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    Pub Member Exclusive! Xstream HD News

    I would love to beta test as well.
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    8300HDC SATA Drive Question

    I have a Antec enclosure and a Maxtor 500GB sata drive attached with a esata cable. It works well! It all depends on your provider if they activated the port or not. This goes through an 8300 HDC
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    SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 01/26/2008

    I think MGM is on C-band with digicipher, that must be on the Galaxy 23 portion of the sat and as of now is not available on the E* system.