Recent content by NGeorge

I too switched from satellite to Stream and got the boxes via EBay. It just makes sense to do it that way — no RSN or additional Tv fees. That said — my only gripe is that these boxes are S L O W… slow to open the app screen, slow to open the guide… they remind me of the speed of a first gen...

I have 5 Ospreys — 2 are still the old software, two are “in between” where it is very black and dark but has the new app drawer with smaller icons (need to check versions), and the third has the lighter colored background, like in the pic above, a new look but has the old “DirecTV Stream”...

Well “good broadband in rural areas” is subjective… my mom lives in an area with no cell service and no real broadband options (Centurylink offered me a 1.5 meg T1 line for like $700 a month 15 years ago). Since I was a kid, I was always trying to get better internet there — Started with a...

So does Stream have all of the same premium feeds as satellite now? Have had a similar discussion with my parents... Did the trial, they were curious where all the movie channels went lol

My understanding is that Kiwi is a provider for Saint Maarten and a few other islands in the Caribbean as their primary business — they just happened to open up in Florida because they had the space and coverage so why not make a few more bucks… Although I’m far out of the beam, I would think...

Hey all; I picked up a local channel connector to add in some of the subchannrls and pick up NHK World in HD, which one of the PBS stations carry. I’m noticing that the picture isn’t nearly as smooth as it should be — almost as if it is dropping frames but “catching up” quickly. When there is...

I'm curious if anyone knows of any Shaw Direct brokers? All the links I've been able to suss out seem to have went dead a few years ago after their big satellite switch - - although I'm still in range of everything.

It’s a Mazda CX-5 — I know Mazda was legacy XM. So they still haven’t switched all new vehicles to one standard? I will say that the satellite radio in the Mazda sounds more tinny and compressed compared to my Mitsubishi Eclipse I had before (legacy Sirius). It does pick up channels in the 2...

Hey all— I recently got a new vehicle with a “SiriusXM” radio and Im trying to figure out if it is based on Sirius or XM technology? Everything I can find says they are a “combination of both” and receive their own packages, while Sirius and XM units receive a SiriusXM signal. I know there are...

Honestly I like NewsNation and I do hope they succeed. I've found myself watching it in the evenings, and set a recording to keep the most recent episode. The problem with TV news is that it is almost all laced with opinion. I just want an hour long newscast with headlines, updates on major...

The issue is that by this point, the average listener does not even think about tuning into AM. As previously mentioned, most AMs have a translator — in fact, many AM station sales are predicated on the fact that a translator can be licensed. While I agree that a well tuned and processed AM...

Pretty much what I figured the answer would be... unfortunately that makes it a no-go. Since I lost all my grandfathered DNS with D*, I’m open to try new things :) N

Hey all -- I've been looking into Orby, but I noticed I do not see it on the "list of providers" when logging into Starz & HBO etc. (haven't checked Epix) for streaming On Demand on my LG & Apple TV apps... DirecTV is there of course, so I just plug in the code on my screen and log into D* and...

I lost everything. I had the grandfathered west coast feeds of ABC and CBS from when D* offered HD networks to a bunch of people before HD locals came out - - I lost those late on the 31st. I also had both East & West FOX and NBC from a waiver from before locals were made available (that stuck...

The DirecTV player does work after some major fiddling... What I do know is that it is one of the buggier pieces of software I've ever witnessed... If they truly cared about it they would have fixed it years ago.