Recent content by Seed

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    D* DVR Programming Guides and Search Engines

    Investigation Hi there, I can see that your name may fit you well and understand why you thought you might get yelled at. :) Let me ask you this. Did you own or do you own the HR10-250? If you did, then you would know that you could save your searches in a wishlist. The HR 20 only keps...
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    D* DVR Programming Guides and Search Engines

    Huh I must be missing something? :)
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    D* DVR Programming Guides and Search Engines

    Hello, I upgraded last week from the HR250 DVR to the HR20 DVR and am quite disappointed in the new DVRs programming search engines for movies and TV shows. I know a lot of people feel the same way since we have been used to the Tivo search engines in the older DVRs - we used to be able to...
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    5 LNB Signal Strength Question

    Hey there, Thanks! I get 101, 103, 110, 119...that is only four....I thought there were 5 sats? Or is there one supposed to be launched next year?
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    5 LNB Signal Strength Question

    Hello, Well, I finally got my upgrade to the 5 LNB yesterday and it was an ordeal....but it is done! :) I got my locals in HD, all the other HD channels I had, and also the B-band test signal channel..all OK. So...now I am looking at my signal strengths for the various satellites and...
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    HR20 Program Recording - can I do this?

    Search Question - HR-20 Hi there, I know I can search by individual year, but I was wondering if I can search for all the movies in the 40's on the HR 20 I can search my HR-250 by typing in 194* and it gets me all the movies with 194x, so it is very easy to search. I then programmed that...
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    My 5 LNB Installation Saga

    Hello, I just wanted to share my 5 LNB installation with you. A few weeks back I called DTV and scheduled the installation of the new dish. I currently have the old 3 LNB dish- pole mounted. I knew that the pole location would have to change with the new dish, since there are a number of...
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    HD on 119 / 3LNB vs 5LNB

    3LNB alignment vs. 5LNB alignment Hi there, Good questions arising from iks' poor installation. If I have a 3LNB that captures the 101 sat at 91% signal strength - with some trees starting to block the signal, and I get the 5LNB dish installed on the same pole, will the 5LNB be aimed lower...
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    HR20 Program Recording - can I do this?

    Hello, I am getting an HR20 installed this weekend and I have a question on how I can record certain shows/movies. In the past on my Replay TV and Tivo DVRs I have been able to search for movies made in the 30s, 40's 50s..etc...through some back door methods. I was wondering if this is...
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    Upgrading to the 5LNB Dish- Question?

    Total Transition Thanks! I was thinking the same thing, but then I did not know when DTV will make the total transition from MPEG2 to MPEG4. Anyone know? Thanks again.
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    Upgrading to the 5LNB Dish- Question?

    Hello, I am upgrading to the 5 LNB dish this weekend and will be using the new HR20 DVR and of course I got a good deal thanks to many people here, who also got a good deal. One question, I also have a regular Non-HD TV in the back room and would there be any reason to upgrade to a new MPEG...