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    HD info on Channel 570

    Unfortanitly, I'm not holding my breath on this one - as much as I want new HD - I don't think we'll be seeing them for a few more days. But! I would love it if I was wrong.
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    Saw a big dish in a movie

    See above edit - owned by echostar
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    Saw a big dish in a movie

    Wrong answer: it is owned by dish network. (have to love county records!) It is a broadcast operations center. http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?Job_DID=J8H7NQ6DX2PVT4TJX8S&lr=cbnh_bizdv (helps give more info!) and here is the final details (and hopefully my...
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    Bought An Old RCA Receiver From Flea Market

    Most of the used recievers go for $5 to $10 - and you have no lease commitments
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    Pre-wiring for New Construction

    If you do not put in conduit, I would still at least reccommend putting some in to allow for easy pulls over vaults, between floors, etc. I have a single floor, but, I have a conduit going from my media box to the attic, and over my vaulted ceiling.
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    Pre-wiring for New Construction

    Its always easy and cheap to run cables while building. I added mine after the fact - but - didn't cost a ton since I did it myself. My Primary area (HT) has 6 RG6, 5 CAT 5, an 2 CAT 3 (voice) Most other locations in the house have two RG6, 2 CAT5, and 1 voice. One thing to consider...
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    Atlanta , CW in HD

    As right now I am not seeing it in Phoenix AZ. (Which is rather strange, since we have are local independant station in MPEG4 (They also own the CW station)
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    NBC PQ is BS. Who's fault?

    Here is a good idea of the NBC cities that are multi-casting this crap. (and taking away bandwidth from the HD picture) http://www.nbcweatherplus.com/weatherplustv/index.html
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    Hr 10-250

    You can also connect with whats called a serial PPP. I use vonage, so, serial PPP works a lot better. No hacking required.
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    My Hr10-250 just received the updated 6.3a software last night :)

    Check out www.tivocommunity.com - all the instructions are there - also be prepaired to open up the tivo, etc. Some basic linux knowledge is also helpful.
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    My Hr10-250 just received the updated 6.3a software last night :)

    I finally gave up on waiting - and performed a "manual" upgrade. Darn upate file had been sitting there since 9/23 waiting for the "go ahead"
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    My Hr10-250 just received the updated 6.3a software last night :)

    same here... still waiting.. and waiting...
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    VERY faint horizontal lines on both HDTV's with D*

    You can always try a Ferrite Choke core. It helps cut down on interferrance. http://www.radioshack.com/sm-snap-together-ferrite-choke-core--pi-2103222.html
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    Proper Satellite Numbers for AT9

    KDS: I'm in AZ - and the numbers are lower than what I'm getting - but - I am not getting anything on 103, only 99 sat.
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    Heads Up Dedicated D*Subscribers :)

    I've always just called retention for my "freebies" - I recieved an HD Tivo and an H20 this summer for free. (and $10 off per month)