Recent content by ibleedblue

I made the jump from E* to D* during the recent promotion. I have MRV, but the tech had to install HR20's in the living room and the bedroom since the warehouse was out of the HR24's. They're hooked up with DECA's and filters on the Sat 2 input. The one in the living room works fine. The...

You're getting your HD locals from E* and not from an antenna, right? I get my locals from an antenna in the attic. I'm about 11.5 miles from the three towers and on windy days (like yesterday), channel 5 will drop all the time because the towers are swaying so much. When the channels I get...

First off, I'm an E* guy. My dad has D* and I'm thinking of upgrading him for Christmas. He has an HDTV, but just the basic 3 year old D* receiver with OTA HD locals. Is it possible for me to call D* and get the upgrade for him and pay for it over the phone? He has the 18" single LNB dish...

Like jmel, I've never had a problem with this. I'm in Garner and have an antenna in the attic. I've never dropped the programming guide on any of the HD locals. I have a 622 and subscribe to the locals, but I don't get any HD locals over the satellite (don't have the correct dish to hit the...

The component connection works great. Some people prefer the picture from the components to the HDMI. I have both hooked up, and on my TV (Samsung 50" DLP) the picture seems to pop more, especially on the HD channels, from the HDMI input than the component input. The colors seem more vibrant.

What Sweepy1 said. I-40/NC42 interchange area in Johnston County.

I'm about 11 miles from the towers in the 40/42 area. I have no problems picking up anything with an antenna in my attic. Just use antennaweb to determine the direction you need to point. I went in the attic with a compass and got it close, then just slight bumps till it maxed out. Rarely...

They can. My TV has a TV Guide built in and when using just the antenna (before the dish was installed) I could get the guide data by hitting the TV guide button on the remote. That had to be coming OTA as there was no other means for it to get to the TV. Yeah. I can see guide data for 4-1...

I call BS on Dish!! I've never, not a single time that I have looked, ever not had guide data on 005-01 or 050-01. I've had my 622 and a pair of Dish 500 dishes since June.

I think we're having two different conversations here! My post originally was in response to Virgilw asking if anyone else was having the guide display "Digital Service" for 005-01 and 050-01. I receive all the HD locals OTA through the 622 and I was saying that I don't have that problem...

Yeah, I know. What I was saying is that I have the Dish500, and the local HD channels (that I'm getting OTA through the 622) show in the program guide with what's actually on rather than just displaying "digital service". Could that be because I have the Dish500 and not the Dish1000?

I wonder if it could be the difference in the dishes? I don't have a Dish 1000, so I can't get the locals in HD from E*. I have two Dish 500's mounted on the roof. The installer set me up that way because I have trees in the way and he said I'd get better signal with a dish pointed at each...

I'm in Raleigh, and I'm not having that problem with mine. All of the non-main HD locals say that....5-2, 11-2, 11-3, 50-2, etc.

Because D* and E* are going to compress the signal. What you get with an OTA antenna is the raw feed and it's as good as it gets, broadcast wise. I have an antenna in the attic and get excellent reception from all of the local stations...all 90 or greater on strength and usually 100 on CBS and...

Does anyone know what channel numbers will be the Raleigh HD locals? I have all of them solid over an antenna in the attic now, so it's not a huge need but I would like to be able to watch two local hd broadcasts at the same time (like a race and football game with the 622 in single mode). I...