Recent content by poz235

I live in D-town and just orderered the swap out. Took about 10 calls before I found a CSR who knew what I was talking about. The swap, including the install of the new dish and up to 5 boxes is free to existing DTV subs with a 2 year commitment. I called on 10-20-05 and the CSR said she...

I figured I would pass this along. I just got off the phone with Directv and here is the latest from them. I am in the Detroit area and called to order the swap. After about 10 tries I was able to get a CSR who not only knew exactly what I was talking about, but was able to and figure out why...

Last weekend I was told by a retailer that instead of replacing every HD box in existance, D* was going to impliment a software upgrade allowing old boxes to decode MPEG4. I wonder if this could be related.

I think that CSR was just an idiot. I had the same thing as BonScott happen to me last week, a Sat T-60 croaked and I replaced with a new unit I got at Circut City. I wound up speaking with three CSR's (first two times I called I got disconnected), none of whom informed me that I needed an...

The absolute BEST universal remote I have found is my IPAQ 2215 with Nevo. Nevo is a program which contains remote codes for just about anything that uses a remote--from Tivo boxes to sharper image fans. It is easy as can be to set up, buttons are fully customisable and additional functions...

Oh, I consider myself to be an AV enthusiast and I see this as a hassle. Forget the day I need to take off work (most likely anyway) to be home so the guy can come out and swap the dish, and forget having to rip out and replace the box in my cabinet, I want to know what new box I am getting...