Recent content by winehead

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    Roof mount?

    Dish 1000 I had my dish 500 mounted under the eve, but there were only 3 lag screws in it because the 2x6 wasn't wide enough. Since I was having reception issues because of drifting alignment and I was upgrading to a Dish 1000 which is even bigger (more wind resistance) the installer suggested...
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    129 transponder 6

    I had a similar issue 2 months ago Mine was backwards though. SD channels in a certain range dropping and HD's just fine. Looked at the setup and signal strengths were off the charts like everything should have been awesome. Turned out to be a bad LNB. When they swapped it and re-aligned the...
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    622 HDMI picture dull compared to component

    Maybe the receiver? Another thing to keep in mind is that receivers add their own signal processing. So if the 622 (or in my case a 942 - upgrading as soon as I can get 2 HD DVR's on E* tab) is the source and you go through a receiver for HDMI and direct for component, it's not an apples to...
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    622 HDMI picture dull compared to component

    Not so fast... OK first post !! So I just read the HDMI vs Component article. It smacks of someone trying to justify component. He talks about conversions that happen in an HDMI cable and talks about degradation over time but provides absolutely no evidence, research, or examples of how and...