Recent content by bartman99

Bummer, Charlottesville, VA still out in the cold Still no options other than waivers and expensive DNS for Charlottesville (22903):mad: It's right in there with the rest of these towns with a DMA of 183. I've gotta move:rolleyes:

OK, I just did a search. Terms used: moving and address. Almost 500 hits (15 pages). Looked though the 1st 100 hits. I found people that used relative's address (one MIL, one parents) and used their vacation cabin. I couldn't find any hints on finding/using an address if you don't have one...

Before I start, I want everyone to know I understand and fully appreciate the legal/ethical concepts involved here. I am in a DMA (22903)with NO LOCALS available. I cannot get the DNS service in HD. I would like to "move" to the Washington D.C area so that I can receive the D.C. local...

Yea, I want to know that too. And how do I do it without jeopardizing my current waivers? It's not that I want SD and HD, just I don't want to loose my SD waiver if the HD waivers are shot down (the whole waiver thing is a crapshoot to some extend). And if I call D*, is there a particular...

I have had the waivers for SD DNS since 2000 and pay for them.

I don't want both. I just want the DNS in HD. I would be happy to give up DNS in SD.

So how do I do that? Apparently it is not automatic (I checked and I do not get the 390's). I have already spoken to 2 CSR's, one who didn't have a clue to what I was talking about and one who has already told me it is impossible. Do I risk blowing my waivers? B

Well, actually you have a point. I was looking in the 380's. OTOH, when I put the guide into "HD Only" the networks don't show up. I'll have to double check when I get home. If I can't get the DNS in HD, I might just have to move:cool:

So, I don't have any locals where I live (22903), so obvoiusly no SD locals and no HD locals. There are no published plans to add locals to my market (per all the D* CSR). I already have a wiaver to receive the SD distants (and have had that waiver for years). Since I already have waivers for...

Hi, I finally decided to upgrade to HD service (from my old Hughes Directivo) and now am the proud non-"owner" of an HR24. Anyway, I get the distant networks from NYC, as I have no locals and have had waivers for a long time. When I called to get the HD upgrade, I was told I would receive...

Hi, Right now I have one of the old packages, Total Choice. I am relatively happy with the channel lineup (though there is a lot of extra cr&p I don't need; shopping, etc). I have an old Hughes Directivo and now want to upgrade to a new HD-DVR. Will I still be able to keep my Total Choice...

My home locals are on 129. I cannot get a LOS for 129. Washington DC locals are on 61.5. I can get a LOS for 61.5 with the eastern arc 1000.4. This part of the reasoning seems to be pretty well agreed upon based on my previous posting. B

Hi, Last week I had an installer come out to do a new E* install. There was no LOS for locals so I canceled (and received an email with a cancellation notice). Details can be found in this post. I have never had dish before, just a single, recent, aborted install. Anyway, based on the...

I have the OTA antenna hooked up to a Samsung LCD tv. Also had it hooked up to a Zenith converter box. Problem is all but one station (NBC which I get fine) are 15.0 kw or less, with trees and hills in the path (tvfool.com signal analysis). I might try an amplifier on my OTA antenna and see...

Yup. At 45dg elevation and an almost due south direction, I clear, by a wide margin, the trees around the house.. So it looks like there really would be no way (assuming I get an HD package), they could use 2 out of the 3 sats on the western arc? B