Recent content by mthawki

I wonder if the Boise spot goes far enough each to reach Helena? Bozeman might be a little too far.

Did all 4 Idaho Falls DMA networks fire up yesterday? I thought I only saw ABC and NBC on the uplink report.

If you're in Bozeman, I think you might be too far to the edge of the spotbeam to get the HD channels. I'm in Helena and was planning to make the "move" because I think I'm close enough. Bozeman/Butte is scheduled to go HD something in Q2, so hopefully some other parts of the state will start...

Any sign of KMMF - FOX in Missoula being uplinked too?

I thought I saw a spotbeam map that showed SLC going fairly far north, but maybe I was wrong. Might have been Boise or something else.

I'm pretty sure Helena is within the SLC spotbeam, but one of their locals (ABC?) still isn't available right? Any word on when SLC will have all of the "Big 4?"

The local news here in Helena is probably even worse than Casper's as far as production quality goes. They stopped broadcasting the news on weekends altogether and the weather uses screen grabs from the Weather Channel for graphics. We watch it more for the entertainment value than the actual...

Looks like I'll be "moving" from Chicago to Albuquerque while waiting for a Montana spotbeam to become available. I probably missed the uplink report, but is there any word on when the Missoula or Bozeman/Butte DMA's will be available in HD.

The DMA (Chicago) I already "moved" to is perfect. Big Ten Network and Cubs games!!! But it looks like I'll be moving back to a Montana spotbeam or maybe even Idaho soon.

Use the chat feature on DishNetwork.com and you won't even have to speak with anybody. Just tell them you've temporarily moved and have already moved the dish and it's working perfectly. You just need to change your service address. Give them an address of a business in Hiawatha with an Apt #...

Just do a chat session with customer service instead of calling. Works like a charm and is SOOOO easy.

FNC-HD and a few others Monday would be a great early Christmas present from Charlie!

Scott - Is there any equipment out there that would convert analog to digital in order to resolve the LP analog issue that I have?

This has probably been discussed ad nauseum, but I couldn't find a specific answer. Will a DTVPal or similar converter box take an analog low power signal, convert it to digital and show up in my 722 OTA guide and be recordable to my DVR? Our local PBS is broadcast via LP analog and won't...

What is the PBS on 8429 about?