Recent content by Mike Al

I had no problems on my iPad or my iPhone throughout the day.

I have always had the locals since DirecTV added them. Others here in the NY area have also reported that they can see the NY Nationals in the 380-390's. My understanding is everyone in the NY DMA receives both. There have been times when the spot beam goes out yet we still have the CONUS. In...

I live in the NY area and receive both the spot beam locals AND the National CONUS CBS/NBC/ABC/FOX in the 380-390's. Therefore, if you use a NY address you should get the nationals as they are CONUS.

I too was watching Greys Anatomy last night on Ch 7 WABC (did not think to look at 396) and had the same problem on my 60 in Sony Projection. Even my wife and daughter noticed it and we all thought something was wrong with the TV. However when I changed the channel the other channels were fine.

Last night's Rangers/Stars game was NOT televised in HD on MSG. MSG can only do 2 games in HD at one time. The Knicks in HD were on MSG and the Devils were in HD on MSG+. The Rangers were on MSG2 (Overflow Channel)

DirecTV also provides the option to see both on the same ch#. On the box you can select whether or not you want HD only or both HD and the SD counterpart. For example HBO is on Ch 501 on DirecTV. For those who choose to have access to both, if you tune to ch 501 you will get the HD version of...

Did you try adjusting the brightness/picture/contrast/color settings on the Sony. I had the same problem on my 20 inch Sony when I switched to DirecTV from cable a number of years ago. After making some adjustments the picture looked fine. I can't promise it will work for you but you might want...