Recent content by tnale

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    Court ruling today in TiVo case.

    622 Are my 2 622 DVR mpeg2 and subject to shut down? I think that they are mpeg4 and exempt. Am I correct?
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    Dish 4900 receiver

    Thanks guys, I shall try on eBay!
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    Dish 4900 receiver

    I finally got rid of my last analog TV and now I have a 4900 receiver to get rid of. Is there any market value for this? Would Dish want this for any reason? I may give a shot at listing it on eBay for a $1
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    Called Dish to Do HD Upgrade - Disappointed They CANNOT Guarantee a 722k

    What is the difference between a 722 and a 722k?
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    Hard Drive Bargain Watch

    Costco has a Seagate 1.5T for $109 with the coupon book
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    Dish Smart Card Swap

    I just received my 4 cards on Saturday. I put one in a 622 and one in a 211 and had no problems. Did not want to do the others yet so I would not mess with active recordings.
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    Scott's Birthday Message

    Great site for info on the DISH! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    problems with XP SP3

    I have loaded on an HP a Dell a home built and a Toshiba laptop without any problems. It does take a long time to download and the install, so plan on at least an hour even with DSL.
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    Have your 5 Free HD-DVD Movies arrived?

    We just got a letter on Friday stating their was a problem and to phone in. My did that and was told that they did not have one of the selected movies and she had to pick from a list of three which she did. She did not ask when they would be shipped.
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    Glossary --- Anyone can contribute....

    What is VC-1 or AVC?
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    Is it time to start counting HD-DVD's Days?

    I'm officailly old this month ,65, and remember the Betamax/ VHS war. Sony was first out, had a great picture compared to VHS. But VHS could record a 2 hour program off of the TV and Sony could only tape 1 hour. So if you were going out of the house and wanted to record a movie, most of which...
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    BD standalone prices at new low!!

    What is 1.1 you keep referring to? I went to the glossary and could not find it.
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    What about Vizio TVs?

    My daughter bought a 42" Vizio at Costco. Costco gives you 90 days to bring it back no questions asked. Picture looks great but we did have to change the factory settings like you have to do with all video products. I will try to find the web site address that I copyed settings from some guys...