Recent content by Videogamer555

Thanks, that worked.

Then why did DTV admit to having problems on their end? And what is an R15? It doesn't say R15 anywhere on my receiver box.

I have the standard def, DTV DVR unit. Specifically, the model of the unit is DIRECTV+PLUS (where the word "PLUS" is written vertically on the logo label, "DIRECTV" is written horizontally, and the "+" is is at the corner between these two words). And also, according to customer service when...

It is on the screen that it NORMALLY is at only the FIRST time the receiver is powered on. That is, the "getting satellite info" screen. It should never have had to go back to this screen for anything. Even worse, it says 0%, and this NEVER changes. I press setup, and go to the signal strength...

My DirecTV just went out yesterday, and when looking at DirecTV's official support forum on their site, I'm not the only person who had that happen. Something either happened to their satelite (hit by meteor, cosmicrays/solarwind, or had a terribly bad technical malfunction), or something...

I'm hoping to get NHK, the main Japanese TV station, which according to what I've read, has a broadcast on FTA a satellite which is receivable in the US. There's also another Japanese channel, called Channel J.

Thanks, but why does it have to be SOOOO big? The frequency range is the same as that used by pay-to-receive satellite services. And I saw a couple 33" dishes on Ebay. Is that too small? and lastly, is it possible to remove the existing LNB from an 18inch dish, and mount a linear one in its...

What satellites are FTA TV sent on? Do they use unencrypted channels on Dish Network and Direct TV Satellites? Or do FTA broadcasters own and use their own satellites?

For receiving FTA satellite signals, can I use any 18inch Dish Network or Direct TV dish that I can get from my local Radio Shack store? Or are those designed with proprietary circuits in the LNB which are meant to ONLY pick up signals from those companies (Dish Network or Direct TV)?

Nobody would want to watch a channel on encrypted signal without decrypting it anyway. Not sure if it's legal or not, but that would be useless anyway, which is the whole point of encrypting it to start with obviously. Now you talked about FTA signals being legal, but don't the FTA signals use...

I know hacking is illegal, plain and simple. However, I'm unsure of the status of nonhacked FTA satellite service. I've heard that some FTA receiver manufacturers have been sued by Dish Network. Is this because those FTA receivers are too easy to hack? Or is it because a glitch in the FTA...