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Just by looking at their website, Aereo tv looks like it's just a bunch of locally available channels (maybe 1 or 2 others) that are not going to look near as good in quality over the internet, as an OTA antenna. What's the point?

I got the normal 3-mo free Showtime promo when I signed up last May, and had no intentions of keeping it. Went to cancel it a couple of weeks early, and the service rep said I would be getting a few dollars credit on my bill for the remaining portion I did not use. Huh? Does this sound right? If...

OK. Thanks for the link. I do now see the jack for it on the back of the H25. I did manage to find the IR/RF select buried in the advanced settings for the remote control setup menu.

Are you talking about a USB type antenna dongle? I thought I saw somewhere on the DirecTV site that the H25 has an internal RF remote antenna. Also, the first time I went to the menu-settings-remote menu, there was an IR/RF setting selection, but I did not select it (yet). Now, whenever I go...

Hello. I have a H25/100 receiver & RC65RX remote, which is currently set for IR mode, by default (I guess). How would I go about switching the mode from IR to RF? Do I need an antenna, and if so, where would I plug it into on the receiver. I see no remote-antenna inputs on the receiver. I'm...

The pq in some of the feeds is not hd, but a good sd. Seems like I did see a feed or 2 in hd, that was not the main ESPN2-hd or Tennis Channel-hd feed, just one of the sub-feeds. I agree about the crap bottom line. Tennis is viewed as an "up & down" sport, not a "left-to-right" sport, and it...

Hello, I just signed up online for the Entertainment package, which comes with Showtime free for 3 months. I have no intention of keeping it after the 3 months. The question is, can I cancel it (within the 3 months) online through my online account, or do I have to make a phone call and go...

I was thinking of starting a subscription to Dish's America's Top 120. I noticed that it does not include Tru Tv. My question is, would I be able to use my Dish subscription credentials to log in to Tru Tv online to watch streaming episodes (even though my subscription does not include Tru Tv).

Hello. I currently have Cox cable, and was thinking about switching to Dish (new customer). I have a few questions for the forum. Thanks in advance for any help. 1) I went to a couple of "build your system" websites, and got conflicting charges on receivers. I want 1 722K (no dvr), and 1...

Yes I do have an HD tv, but I'm wanting it for my stand-alone DVR for recording locals, which only does analog, and no digital tuner. I have cable, but the analog locals on it do not look as good when recorded on the DVR. I did get one of those converters for $10 plus govt coupon, and it worked...

I cant find the list of DTV receivers which can receive HD OTA without a DirecTV subscription. The old list I looked at a while back is a dead link now. I was going to get a cheap one off of ebay. Does the H10 do this if it has the card in it?

Hello, I was thinking of picking up an H20 or DST3000 receiver cheap on eBay to use for OTA only. Will this work, or do you have to activate the receiver through DirecTV just to use the OTA part. I do not care about any Guide info or anything, I just want to receive OTA HD/Digital (ATSC)...

I think the OP was referring to a "stand-alone" 3rd party DVR, like a Panasonic, Sony, or Phillips. Usually these DVR's have an "IRD Blaster" which will change the channel on the Satellite Rcvr or Cable Digital set-top box, when required by the programmed event. Many of these units however...

Same old argument: A good analog signal will whip an over-compressed digital picture any day, for sports!

If you are watching sports on SD channels with a big screen, it will not look as good on satellite (over-compressed digital) as a good analog signal on cable. Maybe you need an amplifier on your incoming analog cable signal. If you have the cable signal split into more than 2 TV's where it...