Recent content by Murph74

Oh, and here's a couple links to help explain just how rough things are for the two companies in today's financial climate to help keep things in perspective. :) Viacom profit up 56%, boosted by higher cable fees - latimes.com DirecTV profit up; adds fewer US subs than expected | Reuters...

I see it as a dual fault scenario. As Dangue said, Viacom did give Direct an extra 10 days or so to try to work things out in good faith. If there's no movement from the other side (DTV) towards an amicable solution, when do you pull the plug or play hardball? The answer is apparently "after...

Well, if they don't retract their claim, since I was never a paying customer in the first place, but an unpaid beta tester, I *will* proceed as needed legally. In Missouri, it's only $25 for Small Claims court. :)

Odd- I just got a Collections Letter in the mail from when I was a Beta Tster for them... came here looking to see if anyone else was having issues. They want me to pay $359.95! Ridiculous!

Hmmm... Not a huge deal to use the in-place ethernet cables, but the original problem is that it wasn't working. Kinda of odd in design to me that the DECA won't work while the DVR is Ethernet connected. Really don't like the idea of giving up On-Demand for WH-DVR, and adding extra equip to...

Hi, got a new install with the HR24 and H24 IRD's. Everything was fine as far as I know until tonight when I tried to look at the playlist from the H24. It kept freezing the box when it was 'updating' the "My Playlist". Both units were connected to coax for satellite and ethernet. It was...

well, I'm less than a week in on D*, and so far I've only noticed a few things different. But for the next 2 years, my bill will be significant;y cheaper on D*, which is a big selling point for me. I do think the HD looks better on D* over E*, but everyone will need to trust their own eyes on...

Wow-- glad I stumbled on this thread! I was *kinda* concerned, but not freaking out... my new HR24 just rebooted on it's own! I've got it on a UPS (which after the auto-reboot I verified the installer hooked it up to the right port!), and there is weather in the area, so I was thinking maybe...

I've not tried anything other than the HR24/H24, but both seem quite a bit slower to respond than the 722's I just left behind. Especially when fast forwarding shows. It may not be so much the remote or STB, but could just be the way it indexes video. (?)

DodgerKing, Not sure of the accuracy of my source, but my installer stated that all they were installing now were H24's and HR24's for new subs. I guess it's possible you could request the H20, or maybe it varies by area.

Oh hey! You can show the $10 HD for life for free credit in your work now! Called in yesterday and within 10 minutes got the credit for the full 24 month term, plus got a one-time $20 credit for paperless billing! (That will offset the original $21 shipping fee for equip... which is weird, but...

Treiher, The jump was worth it for me. There are a few trade outs as kind of mentioned here already. --No native OTA support, but a $50 module will fix that. I'm supposed to have on being sent this week, but isn't here yet. --The record 2 shows, or watch one, record one is nice...

Well, that was rather simple! $10 credit is already applied for this month, and should be there for the next 23 months! :)

Called in about it... the rep said I could get the $10 credit for the 2 year life of contract if I signed up for autopay online, then called back. For some reason, they couldn't activate autopay for me via phone. Was an older gal I was talking to who seemed a little confused, but I think was...

I was told the $14 was subject to credit approval. Not sure what that has to do with anything, but they checked while on the phone, and it was approved. :) So yes, the $14 was part of it. And the AAA Discount gives the sub the full $20 referral bonus instead of a $10 bonus, and a $10 to...