Recent content by jdk

I have a new install planned for next week (using the forum sponsor & their satelliteguys deal). I've started searching threads and the tech.dishnetwork.com site for some answers, but with so many different dishes, switches and terms- its taking a little while to wade through it all... I bet...

So we have the final swap-out terms? I haven't seen anything yet (maybe just missed it).

What did your momma tell you? "If you can't say anything nice..." Unfortunately that's constantly forgotten on the Internet. I find that regarless if you're on the Left, the Right, or the Middle - you'd like people to at least be tolerant of your opinions. If everyone could be as...

Dish does have an extra "no phone line" fee for some of its receivers. DirecTV has no such charge, and while they'll tell you a phone line is required, _no one_ has ever reported a problem with receiving standard programming or DVR service* from DirecTV. Now, as CPanther alluded to above -...

Oh no - don't get me started... I'll try to keep this short... First off, I'll say that all three - Replay, UltimateTV and Tivo are all good PVRs... They all recorded the programs I wanted, when I wanted. You might call me a "basic PVR" user, as all I ever want my PVR to do is record the...

I've owned and extensively used all three (Tivo, Replay, UltimateTV), and would definitely rate the UltimateTV as the easiest to use and best quality DVR made so far. The Tivo is a close second, with the Replay ever closer to (maybe tying) the Tivo in 3rd. They were all good DVRs, though...

I hear a super-soaker filled with warm water can work well in clearing off ice from a dish. I have no personal experience. I live in an area where if it snows three flakes, we'll talk about it for the next ten years.

It is generally considered bad etiquette to post copies of the same message across threads - especially in unrrelated threads. That way everyone can be sure to be in on the conversation.

"More than 150 National HD Channels" isn't enough? How many channels do you get today from DirecTV? I just counted, and for TC Premiere: http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/learn/Packages_Comparison.jsp there's 171 SD channels listed (and this includes things like the "freeview" channels ...

Are you perhaps listing out what national HD channels are coming, Longhorn??? ;) Seriously - any word on when we might expect some actual national channels - any specific talk with dates so far has only been in regards to Local HD channels. I have a sinking feeling that all resources at...

Holy triple post - Batman! The press release relates only to new HD programming. They're not going to be touching their current Standard definition programming at their current satellite core Ku satellite positions for a long... long... long... long.... time. So the "more...

NY & LA's locals HD channels are already "up" in MPEG2, so I don't see why DirecTV would be in a rush to change those customer's dishes and receivers out. Of course, this is just the major networks - but do we have confirmation that "other" locals will be provided at rollout, or even ever...

The R15 is a SD-DVR, so really has nothing to do with MPEG4 and HD for the forseeable future. I doubt they're be trading them in for anything for quite a while. As for the price of receivers, as someone has already stated, you can get several standard receivers installed for free from...

Could this simply be a PPV-Pre-order?

They just seem to be talking about removing the "phone line requirement for all boxes". There's two issues the phoneline is supposed to address today: 1. PPV orders 2. Multiple receivers in same location Ignoring the PPV issue for a second, and focusing on the multiple-receiver issue...