Recent content by noremac

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think that excess signal is the problem. I'm a reasonable 8-10 miles from the transmitter, and I get 100% signal from all my local OTA stations. The problems that the Dish 622/722 have seem to be unique to the broadcast encoding format. For example on...

NO, and yes. You guys are killing me! WHUT-DT is NOT a low power station. Where did you get that misinformation? They are broadcasting with 100kW! I have ultra strong signal strength (100%). Yes, they are a PBS, University affiliated station. So? Standard caveat for all OTA stations ;)

The station is NOT a low power analog station. WHUT-DT is broadcasting with a very strong ATSC digital signal (signal meter = 100). WIth regard to other tuner devices, I can receive WHUT-DT perfectly well on three other TV sets. The major problems only occur with DishNetwork's receivers...

Problem: Both of my Dish receivers (a 622 and a 722) have compatibility problems with the local OTA transmission from WHUT-DT (RF 33 in Washington DC DMA). These problems are well documented in various threads on this and other forums and are perfectly repeatable and consistent. The problems...

If I subscribe to the $6/mo Service Plan in order to get Dish to exchange a defective DVR, how long do I have to keep the Service Plan active on my account? 1 month? Is there a cancellation fee if I remove it?

I assume your 612 was fine for live viewing (as is my 622), but did you happen to try DVR playback on it? Was it OK, or did it skip every few seconds?

My 622 is on L633 firmware, and I have absolutely zero other problems with it (unlike my 722 of late). This problem with WHUT is not new, either, btw, so I don't think the HDD has anything to do with it. The problems with WHUT (32-01) occur any time, with any programming. The symptoms on the...

I have chronic problems with the behavior of my 622 and 722 when displaying or playing back WHUT-DT (RF 33, PSIP 32). Does anyone else in the Wash DC area experience these OTA symptoms with that station?: Dish 622: Shows live WHUT-DT just fine. But when played back in DVR mode, the picture...

Yes, that's a strong distinction. If only OTA recordings are experiencing problems, then how does the harddrive get blamed?

My 722 has been virtually flawless until about two weeks ago. Is the latest software upgrade to blame?? Of course, I done all the usual rebooting, check switches, etc. I have firmware L674. The most significant problem is that many recordings exhibit playback errors consisting of broken-up...

I believe that when Dish retransmits an SD version of a digital OTA channel which is being broadcast in widescreen 16:9, they ask the station to select how they prefer the SD version to be formatted. Many/most stations are broadcasting a mix of 4:3 and 16:9 original content, but choose to keep...

If you're really serious about hiding equipment behind cabinetry, then a dedicated IR repeater system might be worth considering. Here's one type.

If I were forecasting the long-term viability of satellite TV, I would point out this issue as a serious looming problem with their business model. The issue I speak of is the fact that neither Dish or DirecTV has the bandwidth to adequately feed all local-in-local channels in High Def, while...

Thank you for providing a good answer in this thread dominated by misinformation, conjecture, and falsehoods! You might want to clarify that the term "encrypt" here means that Dish has the capability to employ CGMS (Copy Guard Management System) on selected programming if there is an agreement...

Not true. Dish's LIL service only gives me the four major network feeds in HD. It does not include any subchannels, nor PBS, nor a dozen other digital channels that can be received OTA.