Recent content by TheWeapon

Man, you're exceedingly lucky! After a list of problems longer than my entire body, the absolute best they will do on the receiver for me is $198. Despite ringing up and telling them that I know for a fact other people are getting this 'postage only' deal...

I was most impressed with the 'Planet Earth' series on discovery.... I'm not up to speed with whether they use MPEG 2 or better....but compared to the analog tv we have in Australia it looks pretty nice :-) I'm itching to buy a blu-ray player....but the bloody things are region-coded (which is...

That's ok - these things happen, you just have to be persistent and speak to the right person. I'm not surprised Mudoch owns it - the guy must own half the world by now. At least all the newspapers anyway. I emailed Directv about my situation....I'll let you know how it goes. I have my fingers...

yeah - you wouldn't believe the amount of problems we've had because of no credit history. Even buying a new car - I showed them bank history etc, could have bought the thing outright with cash, but most places wouldn't even SELL me a car! Even after I showed them my work contract and yearly...

My 'Guide' is much slower after the update (I'm not sure if the H20 is what I have though....I'm a new user and have the HD receiver)

Let's start on a positive note :-) I just signed up at this site and it is a world of information - you guys do great work! I am new to the US (from Australia) and after a lot of research, went with directv, mainly because of the HD, which I am very impressed with the picture quality. But...