Recent content by interd0g

I hear the 510 and similar qpsk are fading fast and mine is 8 years old and grumpy. I need a replacement but it is very very hard to change the single feed from my legacy twin dish setup ( 100+ feet and underground and unpullable.) So I need an 8psk receiver, SD which can run on a single feed...

Thanks for the info. Very thorough!

I am planning to do a minimum upgrade from my old 510 to a 512. Questions 1) Is there any difference in performance or gui? 2) Can the 512 run with a single antenna feed like the 510 ( if you don't need dual tuners) I'm hoping it will be a plug and play changeover!

SD picture quality Thanks for the replies/ Sorry, I haven't been by here for a while. I am using an old fashioned 27 inch CRT type Sharp TV. It is set up and adjusted nicely and capable of a very sharp picture ( no pun).with natural looking color balance and good blacks. S video connection to...

Anyone know what SD resolution we actually get , in dpi ?. I have to say the picture somewhat sucks, on close inspection. Probably compressed to death.

Do dual lnbfs deliver half signal strength to each receiver as the available signal is shared between two outputs? It seems common sense that this would be true.

My installation has two separate dishes pointed at 119,110. It has been up forever and works great. I now have to change to a dual tuner rx, because thats all there is. Anyone know how to hook up the dishes to the dual tuner using DP lnbfs, DPP33 switch and separator, or maybe the two DP...

I only have 119 and 110. Anyone know if there is HD on these?

About my original question (What is directv caribbean?) I finally got a reply from them in TT. TT handles the general region. In fact as I feared, the service is not as described on the site. Don't ask me why the site describes a much better service and channel list. You can't select audio...

Thanks for the pointer. Any users down there care to comment?

All this stuff is a question of copyright, distribution rights in different markets I reckon. It makes life very complicated for travelers, people with holiday homes in another country, expats and so on. Internet is no help as services such as Netflix and Itunes, BBC video check the IP to see...

Mysterious ways One interesting incident happened years ago on the DTV Caribbean business. A large charter yacht got a months charter for a CEO OF DIRECT tv. The boss and his girlfriend wanted every channel on earth when in the Caribbean. The boat had 12 receivers to give full service in...

Thanks, I checked that out, but I don't altogether trust it. Another poster says he only gets a few of those channels and can't choose audio language or control the subtitles. That's the way it was 5 years ago when I had customers going down there on boats.

Hi I used to install this on yachts headed for the Caribbean. This was 5 years or more ago. At that time the service was as you describe - lousy. Now I see the Direct TV Caribbean site shows a whole different package , HD and DVR receivers and it SAYS, ability to choose English/Spanish audio...

Anyone have any experience with this?. I know there is a good signal throughout the Caribbean but don't know what the service is like these days. The programming choices look different and there is the question of availability of English language audio. Thinking of spending some time down...