Recent content by rdehaven

What I would be concerned with is them shutting down the directory service. In the old days you used to be able to manually specify the IP/DNS address and port to connect to. When they worked to remove that option i knew that the box COULD be killed and become a useless paperweight. That's when...

While very OLD, I still use the Mac app to watch my Slingboxes. It only supports resolutions up to 640x480 but its enough for my uses. I use is with the PRO HD and older units. I never bought any of the real recent units.

It appears that they changed the way that the 'Short Cuts' are being shown this year. In years past they were shown on channels 705 and 706. The DirecTV website still has these directions on their website. But it now appears that you must watch these via a connected device (and not via the on...

Delivery of the sub-channel locals via IP is where I see the at&t/Directv combo paying dividends. They could be picked up locally and sent to the DTV box as a stream via at&t DSL (free) or other ISP (you have to deal with the bandwidth costs yourself).

How about leaving the 630 in the next room and using a wireless transmitter to feed the room? I think that you can get HD transmitters for around $200 these days..

I think you can add it to any package other than DIGITAL LITE. I see they're running a .01/month for 6 months promo now.

I've always chosen to run separate lines out of concern for the insertion loss of 2 diplexers. I'm not sure how they do the switching with the new xKU.

Both receivers have been sold.

New price for the 630 and I now have a 605 for sale too. $100 for the 605 and $200 for the 630. I don't have the dish setup any more so the 'free' test drive period has expired. :-)

The opinion of others is always appreciated. Thanks. As you might have guessed I am a recent convert from cable. With cable, the boxes were rented and replaced at no charge as long as you went to their store/office to make the swap. Their monthly service plan was half of the fee being charged by...

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I've had the techs out 3 times. Most recently this past Friday. This time the tech claimed it was the cable ends from the dish. I have HR44 and 2 C31's. In my case the HR44 works well consistently. The C31's go blank and will not recover until I reset the HR44 or perform a system check on the...

First let me ask you a question. Why are you using daisy chained routers? Possible solution #1. If the Netgear router is the only device plugged into the Actiontec, you might be able to tell the Actiontec to place the IP address used by the Netgear into the DMZ. That would forward all ports...

This is my first year with DirecTV. In my area the channel remap does not take me to my local channels. It searches for the same game and then changes to FOXwHD 399 or CBSwHD 391 neither of which I receive. Is there anyway to 'fix' it so it will properly tune to my locals?

Probably far less than 1% in the US would be my bet.. I look for other StarChoice/ShawDirect dishes locally and I've only seen 2 others. I would guess the NFL could be one of the sources of friction on the move.