Recent content by JBtampa

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    Free Dish Hd Dvr For Everyone ???

    HERE'S THE SCOOP http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B533864B5-47CB-47CF-AC83-ADC480025684%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=nbk&symb=[/URL] :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry:
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    DIsh Network just called me at home

    India? My AMERICAN EXPRESS calls go there now. ps..the tv show "30 Days" sends unlikely people to spend 30 days together. The CSR who lost his job here moved to India, lived with the equal and worked in the call center. His judgement after 30 days? They desperately need the job, to the...
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    Al-Jazeera HD: No EchoStar, No Cable

    You don't have to wait for arab media to see how we rate and how we accept our own media to provide accuracy. Go to Europe, go to South America, Australia, just get out, and read their papers, watch tv, buy a magazine. you might be in for a little wake up. and oh yeah, it's all of them, and...
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    Verizon rollout

    and my dad's retirement place has it yes University Villas has the big beautiful orange tubing just outside his patio door. at least he's gonna get it. brighthouse already provided so tv will be a hard sell for me. like the internet, like a laptop, like wifi, he says he doesn't need it but...
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    Verizon rollout

    it's made crazy. new big boxes outside our gate and the street has had the utilities marked for 6 months. verizon claims to have our area finished but not so. other areas of tampa and local community are fully on line. meanwhile I suffer..
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    FiOS Rollout schedule

    tampa is a city within tampa . but, our addresses are tampa. verizon has struck two deals here.
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    Fios in Carrollwood...when?

    All the underground utilities on my street have been flagged and marked for several months now. Any ideas on what that might mean as far as a hook-up? I can't freakin wait...not to mention shedding my $120. Dish bill in the future.....wife has the pressure on to switch to Brighthouse and their...
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    new Voom channels pic troubles..??

    well whadda you know...new software did indeed fix the problem. all is well..
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    pics of verizon fios setup

    Verizon had a full page ad in the Tampa Tribune this week announcing soon-to-come FiOS TV in Temple Terrace and thanking the mayor and city council for legislating it. I'm wondering if that's going to required in unicorporated county neighborhoods, ie, Carrollwood? My street has been lines and...
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    new Voom channels pic troubles..??

    My 6000 8/psk delivers three or four top to bottom jags on full picture mode on the new channels only. Other HD channels are perfect. If I shift to partial zoom, full, stretch, the jags go away. Any ideas guys?
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    Don't let the status quo fool you, too (DVI on RPTV)

    agreed that DVI really pops compared to component. Interesting that only Elite CRT RPTV has two DVI inputs, and Elite converts to analog to process. No doubt a DVI switch is in my future for my new LCoS tv. Of course, within two years we will have high-end home theatre receivers with built in...
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    6000 vs. SIR-T165 for OTA: no turbo prop and more...

    Hi guys. Santa was kind enough to leave me a new tv and STB. Thanks to him I got a chance to hook up my 6000 and a Samsung SIR-T165 for an A/B comparison on my local high-defs. Same antenna, split for both boxes. Cables swapped to be sure that they were not a factor. Lo and behold...
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    Dish 6000 8vsb vs. Samsung STB for local HDTV

    For the longest time I've wondered if my 6000 was defective, my antenna needed work, my tv was broken, whatever. I even changed out my 8vsb in hopes of some improvement. Well, I now have a Samsung SIR-T165 STB, and the verdict is clear. I'm splitting the same antenna for both. When the...
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    6000 or 811 quandry

    I won't be dropping another dime on any new equipment from Dish. I already have a 6000 and Charlie will have to pry my cold fingers off the remote before he gets another buck from my wallet. This is based on the reality of how Dish has gone down the drain. Sorry Charlie...........
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    BrightHouse Cable offer: a full year of everything, $44.95/m

    44.95/month for four outlets. STB w/DVI 7.95 Digital PVR 4.95 Yikes,"have you had a chance to look at that cable tv offer ??" yes honey I'm thinking about it........and I really AM thinking about it I'm thinking about an instant on up to date program guide and that all I ever watch on the...