Recent content by mike528

I have a problem with my ViP 622 that I have not seen addressed on these forums: It seems to need time to "warm up" before it accepts signals from an IR remote. The problem began a couple of years ago, when I first had problems with my IR remote for TV 1 - it would turn the ViP622 on, and...

I think the reason Euronews appears in two places (900 and 901) is that one is for the foreign language version that people who subscribe to international packages get. I subscribe to the Italian package, and for me, one channel(I forget which) has English audio and one has Italian audio. I used...

Unfortunately, I think you may be right. And in addition to all the HD LiLs, another factor will be the eventual switch of the "mainstream" cable/satellite channels to HD. As HD sets become common, and HD broadcast equipment cheaper and more widely available, I would think that channels like...

The exact same thing happened to me last night also - I noticed that the ViP 622 it hadn't recorded something at 10pm, checked and found all the timers gone, went into the guide and got the "data out of date" message, and then when I said ok to "update the guide," it finished in less than a...

DC OTA is better with the 622 also I agree with Riffjim, the DC HD LIL are looking pretty good, though still not as good as OTA. I like having the HD locals available via satellite though for the program guide, and so I can record more than one local program at a time, but when I have the...

622 arrived separately, but no communication from Dish I got installed this past Saturday, and the 622 arrived via UPS three days early, on Wednesday. I ordered new service directly from Dish (I had been a Voom customer, but did not switch to Dish until the DVR became available). Dish did...

That is what I have long suspected. I live in an urban area and used to have various OTA reception problems with my old Hughes D* box. The Voom box is significantly better at pulling in reliable OTA reception for me. For what its worth, OTA on my Voom box is still working fine. I am a...

Voom still sending emails seeking new installs I just got an email from Voom, advertising the 3 rooms for $1 offer. "Sign up for VOOM now because this offer ends March 1."

Maybe because Amarcord is not an epic, and really belongs on 102, World Cinema? :-) Actually, it sounds very Fellini-esque. If he were alive, he would make a movie about this, with Marcello Mastroianni playing a Voom subscriber, pounding on his HDTV in frustration, trying to watch a movie...

I would like to vote for the first and third options, but the poll only let me do one, so I voted for the first one. In other words, I will pay the new higher rate, but if they offered the option of keeping the old price if you sign a one-year contract, I would go for that deal because I am...

I had PG info for OTA locals with D* The Voom Moto box pulls in more local OTA for me, more reliably and with more stabilty, than my Hughes D* box ever did. So I am speaking from experience. Have not tried the Samsung box, and don't want to buy another box. In fact, that was a key selling point...

Sure, you can put me down as voting for Fox and also voting for "all major networks mapped but not others."

I get all the network affiliates listed in the poll. I did not vote for "I get all and mapping is correct" because there are a few PAX and independent stations that I am mapped for but do not get, and I am mapped for a few things that are so far away I could not possibly get them. (Not that I...

i agree, I don't see the need for the "Music Choice" channels, or whatever they call them (852-885). I get satellite radio, which offers more choice in commercial-free music anyway. But I assume the music channels don't use up much bandwidth so it might not really save anything. The biggest...

As Wasch points out, UPN20 has a weak signal. However, I receive it ok in Arlington, so I would be surprised if you cannot get it in DC. PBS (WETA -channel 26) broadcasts from Arlington, not DC. Still, the signal should be strong enough to receive it. Also, be aware that their HD broadcast...