Recent content by turtlebud

so my dish has been going out for the past week on and off. I finally called today to try and get it resolved. in the end, all 3 signals come up red (x), so they say it's a problem somewhere along the connection (ie, the dish itself, the connection into the house, the diplexer, etc.) and they...

thanks! worked like a charm. i think it was my son that did it (saw him fumbling around with the remote earlier, er, well, biting it). thanks for the tip!

I have a samsung HDTV that I set to "just scan" (as opposed to 4:3, 16:9, zoom, etc.) It used to be able to tell the difference between SD and HD feeds with SD feeds automatically displaying in 4:3 and HD feeds in 16:9. Starting a day or two ago, I noticed that all my SD feeds are now...

disappointed I for one am disappointed that the sharks/flames game is blacked out for fox sports/comcast sports network. Versus is the bane of my existence come hockey playoff time. I can only hope that I won't miss too many sharks games because they are broadcast ONLY on Versus.

722 is $229 because it requires installation Okay, so I talked to another rep that said I could get the 722 for $229 since I need to have the dish 1000 installed (I have a dish 500 right now I think). Ugh, I was hoping I wouldn't have to get anything installed. I have had really bad...

e* says can't guarantee 722 I have a 522 and am looking to upgrade to a 622 or 722. However, I would prefer the 722 since I've heard the 622 has problems with HDMI and that was what I wanted to use to connect to my tv. I call dish to ask what I would need to do to upgrade to HD for 2 TVs and...