Recent content by sdksatellite

Thanks. It is obvious by looking at my receiver that 5.1 does come through on the 811 for other channels, but I just wasn't sure if the station could have that problem where they had the HDTV picture without the 5.1 sound.

I have an 811 and a Sony (STR-DE895) receiver and I have noticed that I only get a Dolby Digital 5.1 signal for my OTA Fox and Dish channels (TNT-HD, Discovery, etc.). I notice that on ABC (I get the Washington, D.C. channels) that I don't get the 5.1 signal. I am not sure off-hand about NBC and...

I must have a magical 811 as well, so hats off to those damn elves, and I watch OTA on it most of the time. In fact, watched Lost last night and it was fantastic. It has been a while since I have had to reboot it and I do occasionally leave it on OTA when I turn it off. I haven't seen the...

You're right. Even though the lease deal was too good to pass up (since the shipping is basically refunded by returning my old box and my monthly fee increased $0), I had apprehensions basedon on what I read. The last thing I wanted was to now have a box that was more frustrating than useful...

I agree. I got a little worried when I read so many bad things, but I mainly use my big screen in the basement for movies and now shows that are in HDTV. I also got lucky on the digital stations because I didn't have to mess around in the attic with the antenna that's been up there for years...

I just got my 811 (now on release 269) a couple weeks ago with the lease program. On Friday night I prayed that my existing antenna would provide my OTAs without any work. I got all my local analog channels fine with the antenna and much to my delight, without having to position or mess with the...