Recent content by RickH

What, no S-Video output? It's always something. Can the composite output put out 16:9 4801?

I assume you dont have a cable co that offers a STB with firewire out. I am loving archiving HD with my 30K and find the quality of the recordings close to prerecorded DVHS. I was lucky enough to have 300 SVHS tapes lying around and they work great! P.S- tape is a pretty reliable storage...

Instead of an RPTV, have you considered a Front Projector? You can get a quality PJ such as a Sanyo Z2 for $1500, have a bigger, better picture and not have to lug a monster box around.

I sold them with nary a second thought.

I recently auctioned a 7100 & a 7200 on ebay. I got $350 and $280 respectively. Not bad, considering I paid a total of $248 for the two units. A week after i sold them, i got a new smartcard in the mail for my 6000, which said that the original blue cards would not work anymore. Im not sure if...

I got one of those also. Does that mean if you had a 7100 and a 7200 you get $100 credit? I sold my two dishplayers a couple of weeks ago, right before getting a smartcard swapout for my 6000. It looks like i sold them in the nick of time.

I cancelled my HD package the day after the last NFL game on ESPN. I had the AEP plan for $93.00. What was I getting above and beyond the $47 top 150 plan: HDnet Movies has the cheesiest movies around- and they look soft to boot. HDnet programming was hit-or-miss-without PVR ability there is...