Recent content by dhillii

cool..."DVR powers, ACTIVATE!"

Sorry if this is a repost...is the HBO free preview still start on Dec 2?

neat!!! I was this close to subscribing...might as well DVR some freebies beforehand!!!

just make sure that they are NIB..some are passing returns or floor models...YMMV

you can get a new 311 receiver at Radio Shack for $50

wow, thanks TNG Tony...good list

Forgive my ignorance, but whenever programs say that they are broadcast "in Spanish using your SAP on your TV" (say, a ballgame), sometimes I cannot receive the SAP. I normally go into audio options on the Dish and select "Spanish" or "alternate", but nothing comes up. What gives? TBS...

Dish CSR says I HAVE to return my leased 811. I don't want to, seeing that I have invested in a Silver Sensor and can get local HD programming in Dallas. I would need the 811 as a receiver w/ Silver Sensor to hook up to my TV to watch HD. To me, the $10/month is not worth the HD "Programming"...

Guys: I am a current DHP subscriber (3 yrs) and have a few questions regarding the 522. Can I use one single 522 for a PIP television? Read: can I watch 2 programs via the PIP? Can I watch one program and record another on the DVR? IS the DVR 100 hrs? Is there any way to get the...

guys: can I can cancel my HD package, keep my HBO subscription and still get HBO-HD?

I just use the 811 to watch HD sports (Fox, locals w/ my silver sensor) ESPN HD is nice, TNT NBA should look dynamite. HBO HD is ok (comes w/ regular package). Never watch anything else using my 811 (stretch mode on my widescreen TV loos like, well, stretched), have a 511 DVR plugged in...

I am in Dallas and got it w/ my Silver Sensor

Saw the Bucs/Skins and the Boys/Vikes games in HD...awesome widescreen pic and 5.1 sound from FOX Made CBS look like small potatoes

if the DVR records something originally broadcast w/ DD or 5.1 audio, does it playback with the same audio? Mine doesn't seem to (I get reg stereo) and maybe I'm doing something wrong. Pls advise and forgive if this has already been addressed.

Guys, sorry for my ignorance. Can a Silver Sensor be simply plugged into a HD Ready TV (like a SharpVison 55") and receive locals w/o having to use any type of HD receiver?