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...does work, am I still wasting money buying a rcvr when I can pay $5/mo for a free receiver and get full dvr capability? 2.) Will my old Direct*v dish (still mounted) work? It's elliptical and has 3lnbs. 2a.) if Question2=yes, would it still be smarter to take a 'free install' and...

Hi All, I have a dsr922 and about a year ago got a retread VCII. It's worked ok for me. I have the NPS AD pkg but that gets me a few analog channels. Anyhow, I was watching WGN tonight and in the middle of my show it just goes encrypted on me. I've unplugged the 922, and that did nothing...

Hi all, I've seen this mentioned in a couple threads but can't find anything outside this website. Is this program going to happen? Is there a link you guys know of that could shed some light on it? ....and can I get the money later if I bought my STB last week???/

Hi All, I have a 2 story house and my antenna (standard uhf/vhf with rotor) is on the garage, about 15' off the ground. With my DTV tuner I get most of the locals I should get, except one weak one. ....but rain hoses me. Today I'm going to put it on top of the main house, raising it...

Hi all, My TDT was at 1920 so I did my first master reset last night. I have all my sats and subs (VC and DCII) reprogrammed and working. I did a DCII rehit from NPS. It worked. Didn't do a VCII rehit because it looks like the reset didn't affect it any. (my VC channels still work)...

Hi All, When the time changed in mid-March, my '922 made the switch just fine. Then, a couple weeks later (not sure exactly) It was suddenly off by an hour. What's weird is that the EPG has the shows correct (i.e. current show = center column) but it is one hour earlier on the time...

Hi All, I have a decent 32" tube SDtv (no component input). I'd like to improve my locals by getting an atsc tuner and using it's s-video or rca output. Seems like this should be easy, but I'm not having luck shopping. Below are the 2 frontrunners, but neither have reviews that are...

Do any of you guys have Dig. Essentials? I can't get NPS on the phone and I've done about 10 rehits online...but the new x4 Nick/Noggin stuff still won't come up. Did they just yank it from the DE package?

Hi All, I have a Coolsat5k and 10foot dish (4dtv etc also but it doesn't apply here). I spent an entire evening scanning AMC3 Vertically to try and get the PBS mux(es). I can get the muslim channels and patient channel easily. No love from PBS though. I'm thinking that since the muslim...

Hi Guys, I do everything with my 10' dish, slaved. But I've been wondering about making a "mobile" setup for the digital side of my NPS Subs. 1- Can you GET a linear lnb for a pizza dish? 2- How much of the NPS Digital offerings (x4 in particular) are KU digital and not C? 3-If I was...

...Horiz TP Channel, and blindscan for Horiz FTA. 3- Goto L5 (to wake up my KU polarity stuff) on a Vert TP channel and blindscan for Vert 4- Goto a L5 Horiz TP Channel and blindscan for Horiz FTA. *whew!!* That's a TON of scans. does it really take that many passes to get this...

Hi All, Does anyone know any detail on these rumors about NPS planning an IPTV program? This would require a broadband connection right? ....and it would require CAT5 to my tv and some sort of new receiver?

Hi All, My title says it all, really. I have a 4dtv (dsr922) with my new CS5000 slaved to it. The FTA box came with a 4port DS switch. I plugged Cband in port 1 and Ku in port2 and could only scan for Cband channels. Telling the CS5000 to use port2 (they call it "commited") never gets...

Hi All, Last night I was surprised at how nice the SD picture was on G5/Espn. It still amazes me how nice "mere analog" can look. on Sun I watched the CBSE (erie pa) feed and it always seems to be blurry, like watching it through a coke bottle. I'm not a big ESPN fan, but their...

Hi All, I'm a 4dtv c-band guy just starting out with FTA. My Coolsat seems to be working, but there looks to be a LOT more to using it than my 5 page manual shows. I've slaved it to my 4dtv with the prescribed 2 splitter/Diseq layout. I figured out how to get RFD on h1 with a more or...

Hi Guys, I give up. I'm done waiting for the hd receivers and tonight I'm getting a coolsat 5000. I'm posting this here because you guys already have BUDs, and I have to decide what I'm going to to dishwise. I've seen LNBfs mounted on the BUD scalar ring...this would certainly keep my...

Don't know if any of you are NPS "insiders" but if Dish has just dumped them, wouldn't they be happy to have our subscription $$ ?

Hi, My folks have an RV and are looking at getting Direc*. They're offering 4 "rooms" which I assume is 4 receivers. Can they just put the extra receiver in the camper and it will work in Florida? I expect that locals won't work due to "spot beams" and this isn't a real problem...just...

Hi Guys, After hearing about the Lyngbox, I emailed the dreambox guys in Australia, letting them know I'd get a Lyngbox...but would be very sad if I did and they released this mythical Dreambox 8000. So I asked politely what the status was. They said it was demo'ed at a show in Berlin...

Hi all, I've had my 4dtv (922) for a year now, and I can generally get every satellite from west to north without difficulty. (I'm in Michigan) SBS6 is for me just a hair past south -- a stretch for my actuator but it gets there -- however anything I find is always really weak, with...

Hi All, My '922 has served me well for the last year, but it's getting annoying finding out about channels etc that won't show up in my IPG because I have to use a generic. Even if the IPG doesn't know what shows are on, I'd still like to see all my channels in 1 place. So my question...

Hi all, I'm seeing a sammy 1080p 56" dlp set that I'm considering buying...but I have a few concerns: 1- With this set is there truth to the rumors that a std DVD will look bad on it? I'd hate to give up good HD viewing just for DVDs. 2- Similar to above, I'm upgrading to digital...

Hi All, They told me in Jan that they'd be ITC on satellite by June, but it looks like they've changed their mind...or at least pushed out the decision. I'll harass them again in October :D Dear Jerry, Thank you for your continuing interest in receiving Link TV from an...

Hi All, I'm a C/Ku BUD owner, and spend most of my time in that forum. I'm wondering if any of the dvb receiver manufacturers are planning future units that support 4:2:2 and/or HD. I'm not interested in any of the PC cards that can do some of this, so I'm kinda holding out until a...

Hi again, I don't have the weather channel (yet) in my NPS package, but I assume it's just the "national" feed which goes to commercials or something during "Local Forecasts" My question is, how does the local cable company integrate "Your Local Forecast"? Isn't that a spot-beam or...