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  1. Tom Speer

    AT&T and TPG finally close their sale.

    If they actually were running short of a specific model, They may have ordered a new production run from the company that manufactures them. DirecTV itself has no production facilities. That is not the same thing as designing and contracting for a whole new model. There are two...
  2. Tom Speer

    AT&T and TPG finally close their sale.

    DIRECTV is not designing or building any new satellites. It is not designing/building new boxes for the satellites, it has plenty on hand.
  3. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    Barring a technical failure, the sats have 5 or 10 years left. The spot beam sats are the oldest so local channels would probably go first, if DirecTV Is still in the satellite business then.
  4. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Satellite is not currently available for new customers in your area

    I believe you were an existing customer. They seem to be pushing new customers to the streaming side.
  5. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    *MeToon is up in the satellite guide data on 295 in test tonight. D15@103ca Tpn 2, PID 0x1080
  6. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    DirecTV will probably use whatever PSIP channel number WSVN chooses to use for their subchannel, assuming they reach a acarriage deal with DIRECTV. In other markets with two major networks are on subchannels of one transmitter, they assign them different PSIP numbers, without any subchannel...
  7. Tom Speer

    Echostar prepares potential bankruptcy filing

    I was using T1 lines from New York Telephone (later Bell Atlantic, then Verizon) for extending out my employer"s Intranet long before there was a commercial Internet, at least 3 decades ago.
  8. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Satellite is not currently available for new customers in your area

    It looks like they have been updating their website. For those of you seeing that satellite service is unavailable in a specific area, you might want to check again tomorrow.
  9. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Satellite is not currently available for new customers in your area

    They have been making those plans since they announced they would not launch any new satellites. The current satellite fleet is good for another 5 to 10 years, if all goes well. They have been making long term business decisions, and will continue to do so. Personally, my DirecTV satellite...
  10. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Satellite is not currently available for new customers in your area

    That is interesting. With falling numbers of Satellite customers, they may be cutting the number of installation techs in certain areas, in order to cut costs. Streaming customers need less hands on tech support. They may also know something about the state of their spot beam satellite...
  11. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    Some of the Music Choice channels names are coming back.
  12. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    The Music channels are obviously a guide data issue. I just tuned to a couple of the channels that I know are in my Entertainment package (864 and 866 for instance) and they are carrying what they have always carried, despite the guide. This Guide data comes from the Slow APG data which...
  13. Tom Speer

    Possible failing Hard Drive on HR54

    That is the information I was looking for. Thank you.
  14. Tom Speer

    Possible failing Hard Drive on HR54

    Steve615: Any authorized solution to your failing hard drive will involve the loss of all of your recordings. Some solutions which involve violation of your customer agreement also would cause the loss of your recordings. 1. The simplest authorized way to take care of a failing HDD in a HR54...
  15. Tom Speer

    Possible failing Hard Drive on HR54

    Actually, after a brief internet search a WD Purple drive would be better suited today.
  16. Tom Speer

    Possible failing Hard Drive on HR54

    I have not noticed anything like that with my HR54-200. What you are describing fits what many people have described as their hard drives are failing. I replaced my HR54 hard drive about 7 years ago with a Western Digital Red HDD, which was marketed at that time for video surveillance...
  17. Tom Speer

    Why?

    Most of the activiity in the DIRECTV side of this site concerns Cutting Edge Testing and the Weekly updates to the transponder maps in the Technical Respources subforum. The activity in the Cutting Edge forum is not visible to users who are not members of the group, just as we cannot see the...
  18. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    You were correct. I updated the file attachment in Doctor J's post above.
  19. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    Oh! It's Wednesday again! I will look into what happened with Doctor J's data and analysis this morning.
  20. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    Our present Datadigester team has enough work in keeping this satellite transponder map going, in addition to managing the Cuttting Edge Forum. If someone else wants to provide a similar service for the DirecTV Stream side, that would be great.
  21. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    upcoming WNBA games on both my local ION channel and #05-1 and 305-2 are now shown shown in Sports Central under Basketball, towards the end of the list.
  22. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    The application for renewal of its license is for 5 years, until August 23, 2030. The application states that it will have enough fuel until 2035, but the FCC wants renewals in 5 year increments, according to the application.
  23. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    I overlooked that there are 15 Fast APG PIDs (SCIDs) on TPN 5 for 15 local markets . They are probably not going to convert that TPN to HD. The transponder has been on and off this morning. When up, It has a solid DSS modulated multiplexed digital signal, but there are no audio or video...
  24. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 7/09/2025

    101 TPN 5 has been cleared of any channels in the Guide. I checked the transponder. There iare no Audio or video streams there this morning, only the normal slow APG data that is on all Ku band SD transponders. Something is about to be changed. Perhaps converting it to A3 modulation and HD...
  25. Tom Speer

    PIP not showing ON Option

    OK, I was wrong. I am too used to the Gemini client. On a HR44 or HR54 the PIP option is on the channel banner brought up by the INFO button. The various position options for the PIP picture are all "ON" buttons. So you can select where you want it when you turn it on, or if it is on, you...
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