Recent content by tannersarms

I'm having buyers remorse on the Xbox 360 I also picked up but didn't mention, but certainly not on the TV (got it down to $543). And seeing as I now own an HDTV it makes sense to get HD programming one way or another. Just trying to see if I bought anything that was superflous (apart from the...

Yesterday I got an awesome deal on a Samsung 30" Widescreen Slimfit Tube HDTV. In order to get a better deal I let the salesman do his spiel knowing that I could take whatever I didn't need back. I'm in Chicago, have a tri LNB dish and currently have a Hughes 40Gb DVR. My dish just has the...

That's reassuring - what about people who've gone ahead and built an HTPC anyway? What did you do about the boxes? Get 2 of the smallest regualr receivers or did you somehow integrate a DTivo into the set up?

It took me a while to figure out how to word the title, but now that I have more room, allow me to expand. I've been toying with the idea recently of building an Uber-PC that can replace the 4 boxes that sit atop my TV (DTivo, DVD Recorder, Xbox and DVD Player (plays any region, which the...

Thanks for your reply - I read one of your other posts where you mentioned that letter. Has someone told DTV that 3/1/06 is like a month away?!?!

I've been with DTV since April 2004, which by my calculations makes me almost 2 years out of contract. I've only got the one DVR (a Hughes model, with just the 35 hours), I have the $94 package and always pay on time. We've recently finished the basement and are looking to put a 37 or 42"...