Recent content by RichardMcCarty

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    The NL East

    Another Mets fan here. I'm mighty disappointed in the lack of moves made this off-season, and I think this may be the weakest Mets team in years.
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    Most hittable pitchers you can ever recall

    The entire 2008 New York Mets bullpen. Sheesh!
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    I will be needing an additional HD DVR can I get some help from DirecTV?

    They were only willing to offer me a second HD-DVR at $299 including installation less $100 as a waiver of the installation fee. I subsequently "bought" mine at Costco for $169.
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    Pet adoptions / rescues

    Chloe is our second rescued Chinese Shar-Pei pooch, and she's a real delight. Check out California Sharpei Rescue, but beware.. you'll want to bring one home!
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    HBO/Cinemax HDs better be part of D* Aug 14 additions

    FWIW, I did enjoy the Voom channels. Their loss on E* was indeed a major factor in my decision to switch my HD subscriptions to D*.
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    DirecTV to add 44 HD local markets (Updated with Launch Schedule)

    I'm more than a little disappointed to see Monterey, CA omitted from this latest list. I was hoping to dump the annoying OTA antenna this summer.
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    No SNY in HD

    With subscriptions to the respective sports packages, I do get the SNY SD channel on both Dish and DirecTV. While all Mets games are blacked out on Dish, pre-games and post-games (often including the end of the games themselves) are indeed viewable here in Santa Cruz, CA. That's what I was...
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    No SNY in HD

    Bruin, According to the uplink report on these new HD-RSNs, Fox-PT (Pittsburgh) is also on 61.5. I'm receiving Fox-PT on channel 378, but not SNY-HD on 388. I understand the MLB blackouts. I was hoping to watch the pre-game and post-game programming which I hear is showing on the new SNY-HD...
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    No SNY in HD

    Also Can't See 388 SNY-HD I'm having the same problem here in Santa Cruz, CA. Eight of the nine new national-beamed RSN-HD channels appeared on my 622 guides on Wednesday, but channel 388 SNY-HD has not as of today. I called Dish yesterday. Customer and technical support reps said they "have...