Recent content by Grumble69

Tyvm!

Here's what I'm wanting to do: Room 1. HD receiver. TV #1. IR remote that came with it. Room 2. TV #2. Cable running through wall to the receiver in Room 1. RF remote so I can change channels in bed. Will the receiver recognize both types of remotes? Or do they both need to be RF? (And...

Yep, news & shows are always HD on local sat. When we get into the MLB postseason, I'll have to see if it's something about live events in our area (Raleigh NC). ...just odd that OTA is HD, but same channel on satellite goes to SD.

So why are games on the local channels not in HD? At first I thought it might have been a NFL & ST thing. But I had sat down to a college game & noticed the same thing. My main issue is that I'm rural and I can get most of my channels OTA. But it takes very favorable conditions for me to get...

We've been subscribers since 99. Our gift was 3mo of Showtime. Sounds kinda nice, but never use it. We've got Netflix which trumps the pay channels. Would be nice if we could choose our reward. Give me the lowest possible, no haggle-rate of NFL-ST and we might have something + you get some...

The pricing has just gotten completely out of hand and I finally canceled it this year. The issue for me is that I can't always watch it every weekend. Plus, towards the end of the season, the local stations usually end up showing the matchups I wanted to see anyway. So this year I'm just...

I started off watching the Packers & Eagles game in the 700s. Picture quality was excellent and in HD. Then the game got bounced to the local channel, which is normally HD. ...but the game was definitely not HD.

Video capture cards are not expensive at all. It's more the inconvenience of running another cable across the room + learning curve + leaving the computer on for hours to record late night shows.

It's a really odd situation. There's no shortage of HDTV capture cards/devices for computers. But as soon as you start going through a DVD player, all the road blocks come out.

Thanks Kenny. That was a big hole in my search (DVD-RAM). ...it's looking like this may be what I'm after.

Unfortunately you have to haggle with them. My contract ends next month. I told them I was going to switch to Dish so I could get HD. At that point they agreed to give me my receivers for free. Just had to pay the S&H.

Interesting. I'll check that out. The HDTV and computer are in the same room, so IR would work. Thx!

Sorry--by "subscriptionless" I meant for the recording device, not for my DirecTV package. What I'm finding is that many HDD devices have some type of subscription service. e.g. Tivo. There are some out there without it like Magnavox. But I'm coming up empty on those that will play back...

I'm in the right forum. I just don't want to pay a monthly fee for your DVR. :p

I know it's been asked a lot because I've spent a few hours searching around. But I'm getting lots of older threads and I'm having a hard time wading through changes in technology / new products. Basically I'm wanting to: * record HD shows, * watch them in HD again (novel concept), * not pay...