Recent content by bobpenn

Just got a HR44 installed! But I think I see what appears to be a bug. When you set the audio to Dolby Digital every once in awhile my stereo will only receive PCM. Further, when you turn off the Onkyo stereo and have the audio pass directly to the Pioneer Kuro TV, there is NO audio, most of...

The mpeg 4 for Los Angeles looks essentially the same as the OTA on my Panasonic plasma.

Even though you've struck a deal with them you can call back, get another retention agent and sweeten the deal. I did this and got the $60 additional credit on HD.

As of yesterday, no price increase. And they gave me 6 months free of HD at $10/month when I upgraded to the HR20-100 so they feel confident enough to give away 6 months at that price.

I just for the HR20-100 after a couple of years with the HR10-250. Since the new HD channels come on in a couple of weeks, it's time for me to move to the new platform. Don't worry. It basically works fine and software updates come in very frequently. It was very buggy, but they have seemed...

Maybe your antenna isn't receiving the HD UHF signals. Connecting the antenna to your TV, assuming it has a digital tuner built in, sounds like a good idea. I just got my 20 yesterday. I hooked up the antenna, ran the setup and it found, I think, 56 digital channels in the LA area. It then...

I just had that happen. I called, they said $299. I said I quit and cancel my account. They gave me to Customer Retention. We "discussed" it for 20 minutes and settled on $19.95 for the new DVR, the new dish, installation and I keep my old H10. They also threw in six months of HD for free...

The only thing the phone line seem to be good for is the called ID notification, which is nice.

Got mine last night, too. Los Angeles area.

I have read that KCOP is now broadcasting in 1080i full time. But they are not in 16:9. Their signal looks very sharp, I agree. Strange why they would only go halfway at this point.

I have no problem negotiating for a lower price. It's their call if they want to offer it. I am certainly not taking advantage of anything. And I was serious: if they didn't lower the price of the Tivo, I was ready to jump ship and go to Adelphia where the box rental is $15/month. And you should...

The DirectTV guy came out and raised the antenna and now KCOP comes in perfectly. But this is a mystery: when they broadcast in HD I always get a 4:3 picture with black letterboxes. Normally I get a grey letterbox with SD and 4:3 so this would indicate that KCOP is broadcasting in this manner...

Thanks for the info. I am around 25 miles from Mount Wilson. I am assuming for now that the antenna is not aimed properly at the transmitters. The angle should be 281 degrees (according to www.antennaweb.org ). Do you happen to know how many degrees it can be off before signal begins to degrade.

I have the same problem with channel 13 in LA. It usually comes in fine during the day on 13.1, but I can rarely get it at night once the sun goes down. What is the deal with nighttime? I also see this problem with channel 28 and sometimes channel 11 in LA. Do stations lower their power at...

The Los Angeles LA OTA station 7.1 seems to zoom in a bit to make the picture larger than 4:3 but not quite full wide screen. When you jump between 7 and 7.1 the picture is zoomed in. It doesn't seem to be stretched. Channel 5.1 in LA also seems to be doing this. I personally don't like the...