Recent content by BluegrassGuy1976

Was just curious, does anyone know what subcontractor handles installation and service for DirecTv, for the Salem OR or Eugene OR area? Got a friend who lives out there and she wasn't sure so I thought I'd ask. Thxs in advance.

Your best option short of building a PC on your own, would be to buy a prebuilt one with Vista on it, buy the XP separate, then install XP over the top of Vista. It would delete Vista during the install process. You would still need to download the drivers for each piece of hardware in the...

Why do they charge for HD? To make money. Every business does that.

Usually yeah, that's right. Unless the warehouse gets a load of refurb'd HR20's, which I haven't seen lately. All Hr21's far as I know.

If they don't bind customers as well, then why does D* prosecute them when they're caught?

HSP in Indy area is Bluegrass Satellite Indianapolis - Branch 18 1936 So Lynhurst Drive Suite I Indianapolis, IN 46241 317-227-0803 As far as an independent retailer I really don't know.

LOL preaching to the choir there Greg. Usually if I have to call to rezap a card or w/e, I don't even give them the chance to ask me 50 million questions, hit the red button yada yada.... If it's something I know I can fix by them simply hitting a button I'll tell them, "Look just resend auths...

One final thing I should mention, if it's the HR21Pro you are supposed to be getting, it records up to 400hr's of SD programming OR 100hr's of HD. There is no 500hr DVR that D* makes. The harddrive itself holds 500gigs, maybe that was where you got the 500 part from I dunno...

I agree with you 100% when you say the CSR's should in fact know what they are talking about when they do business with a customer. Totally agree. The sad truth is about half of them don't have a clue. Or they are so new at the job that they still stop and have to find someone who may or may not...

Oooops >.<

Absolutely.

I amazed at how many people have no sense of right and wrong here. Did your mommies drop you on the head as children one too many times? Per the letter of the law as it pertains to satellite service, it is illegal to falsely misrepresent your "SERVICE ADDRESS" as being one place when it is in...

Just to amuse myself, I went and pulled a box out of my van, that has an HR21NC-200 in it. It's marked on the box and in the owners manual that comes with it, that it records 200 hours of Standard Def programming or 50 hours of HD programming. If a residential technician is doing your install...

So it's on a slab then? Yeah fishing down from the attic if it's 2 story would be pretty challenging once you got to the point where you're trying to go between the upper and lower level. How new is the building? Lot of newer buildings have horizontal fire-breaks between the studs as well. SWM...

Let me clarify that then. A regular off the shelf splitter won't work for any amount of time. A All-ports power pass splitter will work briefly but will eventually burn the diode inside it out. I tried this once when I was still green and didn't know any better, and low and behold it did work...