Recent content by retiredengineer

no commitment extension req'd Now, I'm confused. I got the same letter and it states that swapping a standard receiver for another standard receiver will not result in a commitment extension. I'm guessing swapping for a HD receiver or DVR will result in a contract extension. Is that correct?

Just received a letter stating that DirecTV will upgrade my old Hughes SD receiver at no additional cost or commitment extension. It says in the fine print that I have to pay a leasing fee which I don't now since I own the old receiver. Is that the only catch, the leasing fee? I don't want to...

Is Showtime having a free weekend? I'm getting all the stations. I didn't see any announcement in this forum.

With all due respect, I was infected while trying to read a hacked PDF file. I refer you to the doecirc.energy.gov website, look at bulletin s-030 which details how this can happen on computers with the older Acrobat Reader

Started to listen to XM Pops 866 when I noticed the music breaks up occasionally. I don't know if this has been discussed before but I believe it's due to too many programs on the transponder. Each program is competing for a limited number of bits and guess who loses, the XM channels. If so can...

The PDF files appear to have been hacked. When you try to read it, it halts and goes to the internet to download some executable file. These PDF files should be deleted and replaced with good files.