Recent content by Andrew B

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    My 622 has crashed twice in the last hour

    Mine started doing the same rebooting thing about a month ago. Only once a week or so, but then last Thursday it started happening over and over non-stop. Now I can't get it to do anything when I turn it on other than it searches for satellites then reboots. Waiting for my replacement now. I...
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    Dish OTA/locals not looking very good...

    I am brand new to Dish HD. We had VOOM and then lived with the OTA local HD channels for the last few years. I just got Dish hooked up this morning (VIP622 with a 1000+) and I noticed that the local HD channels look really soft. I compared the local HD OTA with the local HD via the dish, and...
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    Bad customer svc re: Install - is this normal?

    Quick update: I cancelled my "Sam's Club" order and went to a local dealer (Sam's Satellite) who will be installing my system tomorrow morning! The customer service at Dish's cancellation center was really great. They apologized over and over for the delays and inconvenience. It restored my...
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    Bad customer svc re: Install - is this normal?

    Hi Guys, It has been years since we had any type of satellite provider. We started with DirecTV in the late 90's when they frist got their HD setup (installed within 2 days of purchase), then jumped on the VOOM bandwagon (installed the next day). Since VOOM went under, we have been living off...
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    For Some there is an intelligent alternative !!!

    We have decided to just let it all go black. When my wife and I started our own business in 1991, we stopped watching TV altogether for about 6 years. Had no time for it. Honestly, I didn't miss Friends, or any of the other shows that were popular at the time. When we did pick up a new provider...
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    Voom should enable OTA permanently!

    Althought it might be totally different technology, my RCA DTC-100 still works great as an OTA HD receiver. I got it WAY back when D* first offered their HD package. So far back that they didn't charge anything for the 'package' (since it only had like 2 channels)! Anyways, it still works AND I...
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    Cablevision agrees to end Voom

    just great. Now I'm going to have to go outside... :eek: But not until May! :D
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    Cablevision agrees to end Voom

    WOW. Drama, drama, drama. This forum is great, but sometimes Ignorance is truly bliss. Just think of all those VOOMers who are just sitting at home watching HDTV (unaware of this news). They are enjoying their service without all the stress of thinking it will be gone any second. Like it has...
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    Cablevision agrees to end Voom

    Wait a minute...what ever happened to that "meeting with all the installers"? I thought we were all getting new dishes, now this? Did we ever find out what happened at this top secret, yet manditory, meeting?
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    KXTV 10.1 in Sacramento, CA Area mapped wrong?

    Doug, are you sure you are in the Sacramento area? There's no animal in your avatar... :D Glad to hear the 24" dish makes a big difference for ya. I am eagerly awaiting mine! Also thanks for clearing up the whole 10.1 issue. Strange that we suddenly started getting the Salinas station on our...
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    KXTV 10.1 in Sacramento, CA Area mapped wrong?

    My guide shows channel 10 having much of the same programming as channel 3! Totally different networks. I was able to get channel 10 earlier tonight to watch LOST, but I have noticed that it will be unavailable quite often. I noticed the program guide was messed up a few days ago, but just...
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    Monsters HD: Monsterama : Playboy's Hugh Hefner/ Painted Girls 5:45am ET

    Right now... Currently going over the preparations for the Playboy halloween party...
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    DUELING DOLANS_N.Y. MAgazine

    HAHAHAHAHAHA... I'm still laughing at the term, "Thread-fart"!! :D :D :D
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    tomorrow

    Is that the one where the mantis catches and eats the humming bird? WOW, watching THAT in high def really freaked my wife and mom out. I saw it a while back when we first got our HD set up. I was just showing them both the killer picture quality and then, BOOM, we got hit with that scene. They...
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    Lip-sync Problems on all VOOM Channels

    I had this issue a while back. Try doing a hard reset of your box. (turn off, unplug, wait a few minutes, then plug in again). I am not exactly sure what solved it for me, but it is fine now. oh, of course if you noticed it only on FU, that's ok. ;)