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Okay, try this if you want to see if you can get local OTA's. A channel master 4228 (an 8 bow tie antenna, big square thing looks nothing like your typical tv antenna) with a ChannelMaster 7778 preamp (mast mounted). This is a UHF antenna but almost all DTV stations are in the UHF range. I...

I have a 942 and am having OTA issues. I only get 2 digital station where I live channel 9 and 20. When I first got the 942 both channels worked well. Now I get a black screen on channel 20. Channel 9 works fine. On channel 20 the signal strength reads 70 but the screen is black. When I...

Oh and my other OTA channel, channel 9, works fine.

I need help. When i first got my 942 installed all my OTA's (only two where I live) worked. The other day i noticed that channel 20 is not working. The signal strength reads between 80 and 93 but the screen is black. I have one coax coming into the house then a diplexer is used to spit the...

When I first had my 942 installed everything worked okay. i have my OTA and Sat coming into the house over one coax, then at the box i used a splitter/diplexer and plugged the OTA side into the OTA slot on the back of the 942. I only have 2 digital stations that I can pick up where I live...

I just got my 942 HDDVR. I am leasing. It costed me $250 with no monthly payment for the lease because I got the Americas All package. That sounded to me like a good deal, especially since the 942 apparently is no MPEG4 compatible. I think it will be a long time before I have to change to...

I just got my 942 two days ago. My OTA locals do not have a guide, but I don't think I subscribe to analog locals, whatever that means. I'm not sure how sensitive the OTA tuner is. I did notice last night that one of the OTA channels that I always get with no problem was cutting out on the...

I just recieved my 942 and can't find outhow to make a 4:3 image stretch to my whole 16:9 screen. It has vertical bars on the right and left and this bothers me. Can someone tell me how to make a stretched image. Thank you.

I'm a new customer and I "leased" the 942 for $250, one time payment. They do not charge a monthly fee. I did get the Americas all or whatever pack, though. Maybe that is why there is no fee. Anyway, so I paid $250 one time and got the 942. I guess i do have to give it back when I'm...

Just ordered dishnetwork America's everything with 942 reciever and HD pak of course. Hope this works well. I still can't understand why the largest nationwide satellite providers (directv and dishnetwork) do not have more HDTV stations. On voom there is cinemax HD, The Movie channel HD...

Okay, so its alright to go ahead and get the 942 now. What is your opinion as to the HD of directv and dishnetwork. The directv peolple told me on the phone that the dish network HD "is not really HD." I don't know what this means, probably just something to make me get directv instead. Also...

I'm a voom customer and have to change satellite companies because voom is shutting down. I'm conisidering dish network and the 942. As far as HD goes the only difference it looks like is that Dish has TNT HD and directv has UHD. My question is when they switch to MPEG 4, will the 942 still...

My question is will the current recievers ie the 942 still work when they switch to MPEG 4 encoding? I understand they will start this in a few months.

Update: zip code: 79720 DMA: 157 New channel: 33-1,2,3 (this renames to 9-1,2,3) KWAB NBC note: in the midland/Odessa DMA which is what i am in in Big Spring, there is another 9-1,2,3 (KWES NBC). These are both KWES but the one in Big Spring (KWAB) is broadcast out of Big Spring, and...

I called Voom customer service and explained the situations to them. The CSR did not know anything about the super DMA release. She says "the only new channels we released are satellite channels." I politely explained what I was talking about and she put me on hold and asked someone else and...