Recent content by redhot47fl

Thanks, folks. I appreciate the help and advice. Just for my knowledge base, though: 1. Are SWMs widely available now and widely used? 2. If one were used in the installation scheme I describe - two HD DVRS and two other sets - would I still be able to get by with just the one cable run?

Could really use some fairly basic (to everyone but me) help. We're current D* subs in South Florida and we're moving soon to Tallahassee, where a new house is under construction. Ideally, I'd like to stay with D* rather than start with Comcast, but I've had some dicey experiences with D*...

As a very long-time XM subscriber and fan, I was pleased to see the nearly unanimous opinion that XM is a valued part of the D* service. But here's a question: Has anyone who was not an XM subscriber decided to become an XM subscriber (in your vehicle, for instance) because of your...

Nothing in South Florida either, and I'm growing impatient. Sure hopes it helps with the audio/video sync issues I've been experiencing.

nvrfgt: That also was my question and I think/hope you are right. Perhaps we can use the RECORD option to store the movie on our DVRs and at some later point - beyond 24 hours - use the BUY/WATCH option to watch it at our convenience (though we'd have to finish watching it within 24 hours of...

HR20-700 has major audio issues as well. - Buy a PPV HD movie and chances are that half of it will be badly out of audio/video sync. - Watch something live, pause it or roll it back, and it may go out of sync. Hit pause and then play and maybe you can get it back in sync, but then you'll...

Just in case this is not clear to everyone, this problem also affects anyone who had basic cable joined to a DirecTV line feed, as we did. (We used basic cable - which we pay for in our community whether we use it or not - as a backup source, given the frequent thunderstorms/thick clouds here in...

This experience I related raises a question that I acknowledge must be very fundamental, but here goes: How come with one good BBC on one sat line/tuner and an apparently bad BBC on the other sat line/tuner, I'm only getting some of the new HD stations, while other stations still search for a...

Sharing this experience, in case it helps others: At first, I was getting none of the new HD stations - only the 771 'searching for satellite' error message. Weirdly, the 498 test channel was working perfectly through yesterday - and then it wasn't working at all. Multiple resets and customer...

I am pleased to tell you that the DSL filter theory appears to be correct, although with a flourish. I post this partially in thanks and also to help others who may run into the same thing. A full morning of troubleshooting plus the lucky ambush of a BellSouth/ATT tech who was working in...

Jimbo, it started about three weeks ago. Really has me scratching my head. I tried a series of things already, but I'll methodically disconnect phone lines one-by-one tomorrow and see if I can narrow this down. The really odd thing is the harvesting of calls when the HR20 is in sleep mode but...

This is weird, so please bear with me: My HR20-700 is working fine in every way, except for the Caller ID, which has developed a major glitch that also seems to be infecting my DSL service. This issue surfaced a few weeks ago, when the HR20's Caller ID began harvesting data only when the...

Nope. "See below" refers to the deepest, widest block of legalese you ever saw, but none of it applies to networks. One sentence refers to local channels being available depending on location, but that harkens to the top panel in that close-up view - the one headlined "Local channels included...

Thanks folks, I live in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area, but this is not about local availability. These two channels are grouped with the nationally available HD channels, and the newspaper insert does not appear to be local - it appears to be a nationally distributed insert. Here are two...

For several weeks now, and including today, DTV's newspaper inserts have promoted ABC-HD and CBS-HD as part of the regular HD package - right there beside HDTV, DiscoveryHD, ESPNHD, etc. The ads clearly imply that these network HD feeds are available to anyone buying the HD package. Yet, I...