Recent content by hdhead

I'm just a guy that likes good deals and HD and wanted to share the with everyone. I pretty much have been a lurker for 3+ years, but visit the site every day. I did get a good laugh about being a plant though....

I was just on slickdeals, there is a thread that you can subscribe to cinemax for 1 year for .01. Call dish, got to billing, sign up for auto pay or paperless billing and they will add cinemax for .01. I already did this it took 2 minutes.

If you choose to use the yellow/red/white as a component cable, don't use that as a permanent solution. The impedence of a video cable vs. an audio cable is different (video cables are 75 ohms) I would definitely go for the cheaper HDMI, the only difference you will see is in your wallet.

Your set's native resolution is 720p, so you will want to leave it set on that.

Most likely. It depends on the native resolution of your TV. Most DLPs are either 720p or 1080p. Do you have the model number?

What type of TV do you have? If you have a CRT you will most likely want to set it to 1080i. If you have a fixed resolution display (i.e. plasma, lcd) you will most likely want to set it for 720p to match your displays native resolution. I am surprised your installer didn't set up your 622...

Electricity will always take the path of least resistance. If you don't have ALL wires going into your satellite/cable boxes and TV plugged into a surge protector, you have NO protection. This includes all coax cables (in and out), phone lines, ethernet cables, etc. With todays modern equipment...

This summer...... (translation from dishspeak: as soon as monkeys fly out of your butt):rolleyes:

Bummer.... I have a 500gb external waiting in the wings for this to be activated, the people at dish are such teases.

This may be a stupid question, but has anyone tried to hook up an external hard drive to their 622 lately? There is now an option under record plus to turn on external recording so I was just wondering. Thx

Be careful to get a lower powered amp (10-15dB max). Too much signal creates the same symptoms as too little signal. The rule of thumb is to have enough dB's of boost to account for your longest run of cable. The closer sets may require a drop tap, which will cut down the number of dB's of...

Bottom lefthand button on your remote (I think it is called format) will give you four or five different options (Normal, Gray Bars, Zoom, Stretch, etc...).

Are the Chicago HD locals CONUS or spotbeam? I am considering a "move" to Chicago from St. Louis and want to make sure I will be able to pick them up before I pull the trigger.

Does anyone know if I "move" from St. Louis to Chicago, will I be able to pickup Chicago HD LiL's? I was trying to determine what satellite they are on and the spotbeam coverage. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks

I have the same setup as you and just hooked up the 942 on another input and I am watching the recorded shows I want until I have to send it back. It will come up Searching for satellite, just press help and then press cancel on the next screen and then hit the DVR button on your remote and you...