Recent content by jandar187

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    We are 18 days from Daytona!

    Well I am only 100 minutes. Wanna race? ;)
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    Updated DirecTV HD Locals Launch Schedule: November->March (And PBS Launches)

    CW 17 in Jacksonville (WCWJ) is now in HD for DirecTV. That gives FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, CW in HD. Only PBS and a couple of local independent stations left.
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    Rain fade in Florida?

    I get rain fade during the heaviest of storms with my slimline setup. Most times its pretty bearable, maybe once a week during summer. I did not even lose it during TS Fay as she dumped 20+ inches of rain on my house. but like ptech said, some days i go check the dish to make sure it is still...
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    DIRECTV Remains Clear HD Leader with 130 HD Channels

    welp, two reboots did not bring the new channels. I can manually enter them and see them, but nothing in my guide on my H21. I am also missing the 750 channel range for the olympics as well..... Time to call customer service.
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    DIRECTV Remains Clear HD Leader with 130 HD Channels

    I lost PG, ABC Family. and did not have any additional HD channels on my H21. (Both of my HR21 did have them though) Trying a reset to bring them back now.... Nope, a reboot did not work. What channels are the new ones on? My guide goes 284,285,287,288 (Missing Planet Green) Don't...
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    DirecTV to add 44 HD local markets (Updated with Launch Schedule)

    This is the main reason I did switch from DISH. I was promised in 2006 for local HD, that never happened. I moved to D* a few months back and haven't regretted it.
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    Dish Network Subscriber Growth Skids 89%

    I left Dish because of all of the empty promises, including the 2 year old promise of having lilHD for the JAX DMA. My cancellation fee was aived due to this, and I had just renewed to get the 722 2 months before hand. I know I am not the only one, this decision they had to price monger...
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    What other HD channels would you like to see?

    Once Lifetime and LMN are shown in HD on DirecTV, my wife would be at her happiest for tv viewing. Me, having just switched back to DirecTV and being on Dish, I am content with the current line up, but if I had to request: Travel and the rest of the available movie sub channels.
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    Missoula Montana locals

    The markets not listed for April or May in the last Charlie Chat had a "Coming Soon", no timeline.
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    Extremely satisfied new customer!

    In the mean time, those markets they did not announce for LIL HD will be SOL until the next bird comes online for them. Yes I am bitter, I bit on Dish in 2006 since the Jacksonville market was listed in the original 48. So much for that market. I even had the 61.5 dish mounted since it was...
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    DirecTV Software Release for HR20 & HR21 Receivers 0x022B 4/23

    New customer. Got the 0x22b @ 4:09AM on 4/23. Jacksonville, FL DMA market.
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    Canceled Dish Today... And dish didn't care

    It all depends upon which CSR you get. I just canceled my service with DISH. Had my cancellation fee waived because I have been led on since 2006 about LIL HD. Some will work with you, others will not. Some just don't care.
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    SCIFI and USA HD Live!

    4 hours too late for me Charlie. DirecTV was installed this morning and running by noon. Already like the HR21's ability to hide the SD Channel if the HD Channel is mapped. (never could get favorites or adult guard to work right on blocking those channels).
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    How long will you wait to switch to D*?

    Had an install set for 2 weeks ago for DirecTV, had to cancel that due to some issues. I have a new install coming tomorrow morning @ 8AM for DirecTV. 2 HD-DVR 1 HD 1 regular Dish has been giving the run around since 2006 for me. I switched from Cable back to satellite (DISH) due to...