Recent content by scriabinop23

Not thru the directv receiver. You'll need a seperate RF modulator to turn PS2 output into coax.

This whole bulletin board is full of a bunch of E* die hards. I just switched from E* to D* w/ 2 directivos and must say the image sharpness/resolution and color saturation blows away E* by far - on SD channels. Regardless of what they're using to compress, I'll say its better on D*. This is...

oops. I meant tivosmart.

DirecTV is a stickler about not giving new hardware deals to past customers. To get new hardware deals. sign up your wife with her SS# and keep your name off the account - that'll suffice. Just don't let them know you have anything to do with it.

Besides CBS, 3 channels (Discovery, ESPN HD, HDnet) of HD is worth sticking with 150+ crappy SD ones? I'll give you the fact that DishNet has DirecTV beat at the moment with HD bitrates. Besides, my local OTA KPBS in HD airs just as many nature programs filmed in HD as I need. Discovery HD...

On both my HD 34" Toshiba and my X1, the picture quality is noticeably better. Its not subjective - I believe DirecTV encodes at a higher resolution to start (544x480 instead of dish's 480x480, right?). If you ever have a chance to see their SD signals side by side on the same set, you'll...

expertsatellite. Email tivoguy on this board and he can get you $27 off this.

I just made the switch from DishNetwork to DirecTV this past weekend and must say the difference was completely understated on all of these satellite boards. The picture quality, sharpness, and colors are SOOOO much better on DirecTV compared to DishNetwork, its like comparing ripe tropical...

Call them up and thats the deal. Send a pm to tivosmart to get an extra $27.50 off (coupon code).