Recent content by nmstough

Only 75%? Well there was no confrontation. I simply asked him to realign the dish better and he just departed without an explanation. My real question is whether in fact 75% is the best one can expect for the Ka satellites. When the receivers first came out I think this would be good, but...

I had an installer come out for a new installation and after quickly aligning the slimline with a signal meter, he concluded that 75% was sufficient for the Ka satellites. This is for an HR21 receiver. \I asked him to peak the dish better, whereupon he refused and abruptly left without even...

And another thing. Get a Vonage US telephone account and number. You will then never have any problems calling the 800 number for DirecTV. Also unlimited long distance calls to Canada and all the phone features for much less than any Canadian phone service.

Yes it does Yes it does. I had my AT9 dish installed in January 2006 at Calgary and have had great results with it ever since. Originally the installer peaked it off the older MPEG2 sats as per the instructions, but when the national HD channels went live I had good signal strength on...

I think that unless you want to have them come out and install everything, you will have to buy the new dish and receiver and install yourself. Then you can just call them and inform them the new receiver and access card and tell them to turn on the new MPEG4 channels.

There is nothing wrong here. Paying the bill in full, DirecTV gets their money. My point was that up to now, there was no way for them to verify your physical location and now there is. This is a very dangerous step for the millions of us that use it at other locations. Is there any way of...

Its scary because up to now, DirecTV had no idea of where your actual physical location is where you receive signals. So you can receive programming designed for a different location, have receivers in multiple locations, obtain service outside the US. But now, they could potentially figure...

I got the same email. It doesnt help me out unfortunately because they insist on sending an installer out for the dish and receiver. That won't work for systems in Canada.

Do you know if that would enable them to learn your location (via reverse IP# search)? Thats pretty scary for those of us subscribing to DirecTV in Canada.

I have not had any problems bringing DirecTV receivers into Canada. In fact, one I bought on Ebay and had shipped via post and the Canadian customs even attempted to charge tax and duty on it! There are many people who drive their satellite dish-equipped RVs across the Canadian border and use...

Use Vista If your computer is running Vista (Ultimate edition or Home Premium) and you have a tuner card, you can definitely record. It works wonderfully with the SD channels. A bonus is that you can also save shows to DVD or create WMV files out of them. The problem is that as far as I...

Its censorship What I find striking is that there are people who are so willing to accept this form of censorship from the Canadian government. Thats what it is, pure and simple. They are attempting to limit the forms of information that people can obtain. Witness what is happening in...

There is a difference to whom the laws apply. It is illegal for DirecTV to market their services to Canadian residents. If DirecTV knows it is selling to a Canadian resident, then DirecTV would have violated the law. But a person who subscribes to DirecTV with a US address and happens to...

dont give up Dont give up just because someone tells you its illegal. Its not, as long as you pay for the service. You really do need a US physical and billing address to subscribe (these need not be the same). It doesnt matter if you arent there - you can take your bills by email...

I dont know for sure about Edmonton, but in Calgary Canada I am getting decent signals on the 103(b) on the national HD channels. This is for an AT-9 dish, not a slimline, but I would imagine it would be similar. I have not tried fine tuning my dish yet to improve the signals.