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That's good to know but does anyone know whether the H20, being touted for MPEG4 is able to deliver a top-flight MPEG2 picture? I have managed to tweak settings enough so that the picture is OK, but not great. Even my HD-challenged wife has said that the HiDEf picture is not as good "since you...

Make sure you are set up still for 5LNB. You may have gotten reset to 3LNB last week after a firmware upgrade.

Will DirecTV switch previously offere HD content from MPEG2 to MPEG4 (like HDnet and locals)? Since upgradnig to the H20 receiver which is designed for MPEG4 the current non-HD channels look horrible and the current HD channels look not as crisp as before.

I checked the connections by removing a recently installed component video switch (my old Sampo HD monitor has only one set of progressive component inputs which I have to share with a Blu-Ray) and it made no difference. One other possibility is that the DTC-100 had an RGB output but since both...

Good point. Yes I do and they have the same look. Must be my tv or its settings. Thanks, Iks

I recently upgraded from a Thompson DTC-100 HD DirectV receiver to an H20. The picture now looks garish but dim. When I turn down brightness and sharpness to get rid of what looks like noise the picture just gets darker and starts to exhibit color banding (patchy color). Since the picture was...

Yep...question answered! Thanks, Iks

I replaced a Thomson DTC-100 hidef D* receiver with a new H20 and now my HD channels look poor. Is this because of a change in MPEG formats? It affects both satellite and OTA.Setting the picture to 480p gives the least distortion of sharpness,contrast and brightness. Also: what is the purpose...

Well I got the 5 LNB installed and now get local channels in HD plus NESN in HD. But I am still confused about some things 1. When I use the signal meter in Setup it gives good strength for 101,110 and 119 but 0 for 103 and 99. Is that correct? 2. Also BBC test on 499 says "searching for...

topping trees My questions have been answered. Thanks. I don't think the tech was wrong because I ran into this when they installed the original 2 lnb dish. I ended up having to put a separate dish in an illegal location which is why I can now get the benefits of a triple. So I will give him...

The DirecTV tech found that he could not install the 5 lnb dish at my location. I have a 3LNB. He swapped out my dtc100 receiver for an H20 and left me the BBC. He said DirecTV will move all their HD content to 119, in which case I will be able to get it (plus local channels I imagine) without...