Recent content by gmu77

Agreed. The digital signal from the local NBC affiliate is far superior to any digital sportscast I have viewed on DirecTV. DirecTV should be ashamed to put out such poor quality (comparatively) and still try to pass it off as a leader in HD.

I am going to breakfast on Friday morning (in nine hours) with Senator Allen (VA), who is on the Senate Commerce Committee. I will also be meeting with Congressman Goode (VA-5) on Saturday afternoon. Can someone update me on the latest re: SHVIA and related HDTV legislation? What...

I am in the initial planning stages for an all-HDTV sports bar in a small city (big enough to support the bar, but small enough there will not be any ESPNZone or other big boys to compete with). Assume the AV technology budget is $50,000 - $75,000 installed/calibrated/ready to go. DirecTV will...

I just moved and could not believe how easy it was to deal with D*. I called on a Monday and they gave me my choice of any day that week for the install. I had only one tv with a standard receiver at my old apartment. At the new place they installed a new triple LNB dish, wired two rooms...

I cannot compare various models, but I got the Samsung TS360 installed on Friday and have no complaints. In spite of the various negative postings I have seen on the Samsung, I have had none of those problems so far -- I think those manufactured more recently have most of the kinks worked out...

The new satellite that went up recently (7s) is accommodating all the new local channel rollouts. Many if not all of the existing local channel content is being moved to the new satellite as well to take advantage of spot beams. That frees up enough bandwidth on the other sats to introduce...

PROS -DirecTV is best for serious sports fans, especially football fans as it is the exclusive provider of NFL Sunday Ticket. -You may have to wait a few more months, but D* will have much more HD content than E* and more longevity than Voom. -D* has earned consistently high customer...

It is not a question of if, but when. DirecTV has been promising additional HD content, both to consumers and in earnings calls with stock analysts. If their TIVO strategy from last year is any indication, it would make sense for them to introduce a major HD push just in time for football...

This question continues to bother me and I've spent a good portion of the afternoon trying to find the answer. It is not readily available, but I can make some educated guesses: While approximately 9% of the US television households have an HD monitor, only approximately 2% actually...

This appears to be a guarded secret in the industry. I could not find anything. DirecTV has 12.6 million total subscribers as of 3/31/04, so it is somewhere between 3 (the three of us posted here) and 12.6 million.

I am currently eligible and receive distant network service for CBS and FOX from DirecTV. I also get CBS-HD. Next month, a new privately-owned local CBS affiliate is scheduled to start broadcasting in this area. Will I lose my distant network service for CBS when the new affiliate goes on air?

I am moving this week. Called DirecTV Movers Hotline last night and said I was considering switching to Dish at my new place because they were offering a discounted HD package. DirecTV immediately offered me an HD upgrade deal for $199. I pushed a little harder to see if I could get $99 deal...

I am a DirecTV customer. Just purchased a Terk TV-44 dish-mounted antenna to get my local channels. I get some of the channels, but not on the channel they are supposed to be. For example, Channel 29 comes in crystal clear on channel 80 on my tv, but not at all on channel 29. None of the...