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    Do I need HDTV?

    The question is a serious one. I still use a camera made in 1949 and it takes beautiful 8x10 inch negatives. I hand coat the papers I print on for platinum/palladium prints and they sell just fine. The images I do in silver chloride are as sharp as can be and much better than anything in pixel...
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    Do I need HDTV?

    I have not had broadcast or cable TV for over 20 years. Have an older vcr player tv that works fine. Now have another household mate that wants Satellite TV. Not content with my old Dirty Harry videos I guess. I understand now there is some kind of chip in the sets. Do I need this for some...
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    People are STUPID

    A lack of information and stupidity are not the same thing. We are looking at getting a satellite for our TV. The TV is about 20 years old and has been used only for playing videos as we didn't want to have to put up a 30 foot antenna to get a signal here and where we lived before we got no...
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    Satellite Inet Users Be Aware

    The fact that 'you' have not had people with WildBlue trouble means little. Have you been hit by a drunk driver or hit by lightening? Others have and just like the two I personally know being cut off by WildBlue... it happens. Where I live DSL, Cable and whatnot are not available. We are in...
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    Starband is noe FAP free from 12 midnight to 6 AM EST

    In most agreements when one party makes a change the other party has the option to cancel. What makes these guys immune to normal business practices? Has this 'contract' been tested in court on this one?
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    Satellite Inet Users Be Aware

    I am glad I found this site and this discussion. We moved from Cable in an Urban area to dial up on a farm in Norht Dakota. Our fastest dial up has been 24kbps and the real download speed is about 2.3 kbps and often under one kilibyte per second. Needless to say we only download updates and...
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