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    Dish vs DirecTv

    I just did the exact same thing you are contemplating. Got a Samsung DLP and switched over to DirecTV to get the HD Tivo. I have not regretted it. Tivo is way smarter than the PVR501 that I used to have. It takes some time getting used to the different channel numbers and different style of...
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    Self install help please

    If you're still looking for ideas, you could take the whole dish apart and re-assemble it just to make sure there was nothing crooked or skewed the first time you put it together. And then go through the placement and aiming again. I've also noticed that sometimes when I re-run the setup a...
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    Self install help please

    bitseeker: The bubble level in the mast is just stuck in there by friction and pops right out. You might want to make sure that it is properly seated on the top of the mast and not crooked. Since you have extra coax leads, you might try swapping coax cables around and see if it works...
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    Self install help please

    bitseeker: In case you haven't figured it out already. Your receiver has two separate tuners so you can watch/record two separate channels at the same time. That's why you need the 2 sat coax leads from the antenna to your reciever. You need the third for your OTA antenna. Both tuners in...
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    Self install help please

    Although I'm not an expert on this, I doubt that grounding has anything to do with your lack of abiliy to pull in sats. The two installers I have had out here did not even install grounds, a problem that I have since remedied. But the signal was fine. When I set up my triple dish I got good...
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    Help grounding mast and antenna

    Hi Peter: I had already checked that site but it didn't really answer any of my questions. 1. If the only for-certain approved grounding spot that I can locate is my electrical service box then do I just run the 90-100' distance across the roof and down the wall to that location...
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    Help grounding mast and antenna

    Hi Guys: I have been trying to figure out the proper way to ground my sat and OTA system to code. I'm pretty sure the way I have it set up now is not correct. But I haven't been able to find a usable online reference to this section of the code. What I have installed on my chimney is an...
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    How do I report a bad installer?

    That's the thing. We had a great installer come out and put up our Dish Network system when we first moved into this house. Before that living in Alaska we always had cable so I never bothered with learning anything about it. Upon moving to Texas I called up a local installer in Waco, DSSI...
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    How do I report a bad installer?

    Well, here's what I did: Went to Lowes and bought a box of all-weather RG6 F connectors. My so-called installer used regular F-connectors not the all-weather kind on all the exterior dish connections. I don't know what the spec for installations is but I noticed that my previous Dish...
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    How do I report a bad installer?

    The only reason I went with CC was because they were the only ones who had the HD Tivo receiver in stock. I would MUCH rather have gone with the local installer who did my Dish installation and pulled all the cables through my attic the first time for no extra charge. Guess I'll go get some...
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    DirecTV Rumors

    I've never gotten this interactive thing. I want to WATCH my TV not interact with it. If I want to surf the net or shop I can do that much easier on my computer.
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    How do I report a bad installer?

    I just found two more things wrong with the install. 5. No proper drip loop where the coax enters my chimney. He cut the coax back so far I'm not sure I can make one now without splicing. Damn. The dish is mounted to a wood frame chimney. The actual chimney is an insulated metal stove...
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    DirecTV Rumors

    All I can say is thank God for competition in this sector. Just this week I upgraded to an HD set and switched from Dish to DirecTV primarily on the strength of the DirecTV HD Tivo and on the assumption that competition would drive HD programming upward no matter which service I chose. Looks...
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    How do I report a bad installer?

    Does anyone know if there is a formal procedure for reporting a bad installer to DirecTV? I just switched from Dish to DirecTV and they guy was out yesterday for my "free" Circuit City" install. I would normally have just done it myself but I figured a pro installer would be able to do a...
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    DirecTV Rumors

    Just curious if you happened to get a sense as to whether the Bravo HD, TNT HD and two other unnamed HD channels will be included in DirecTV's $10.99 HD package for no additional cost, or whether any or all of these new HD channels will require additional subscription premiums.
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