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Supposedly (DirecTV) tried all over my roof and couldn't get a signal for the new 5-LNB dish (but also told me they had no idea how the current 3-LNB dish was working...so, I kind of wonder if they tried it if it would have worked, but they weren't willing to install a dish where they couldn't...

Hey all, So, I'm in a boat I don't want to be in. lol. I've been a DirecTV customer for several years now and quite happy overall as I've had the DirecTivo. But unfortunately, I'm starting to lose all my HD because it's all going to MPEG4, which is fine, but I am unable to upgrade to the...

Thanks for the excellent answers - great to know about the "moving" suggestion. I'm basically on the Ohio end of PA towards the top near the NY state border (not actually Erie...Warren, PA, but our locals are through Erie). Warren's slightly closer to NY, but who knows if I could get the...

Hey all, In a bit of a bind here and am strongly considering switching to Dish in the Spring. Essentially, I'm in an area where the cable provider sucks and offers little HD. So, I've been with DirecTV for the past 4 years and overall have been fairly happy with them (still have their old...

Okay, good to know that's normal. It gives me problems in bad weather (usually I lose the HD channels on 110 before I lose anything else), but in good to fair weather, no - not really. I just thought if that was abnormal, I should look into fixing it. Also, tested again today (clearer day)...

I keep hearing rumors (as well as from a CSR) that they're trying to get a deal to offer CW as a DNS, but nothing yet. And I don't know how reliable that info. is either unfortunately.

Hey all, Have a brief question about my DirecTV install. I've had it for some time without too many problems, but still have a few in bad weather (can't complain too much though). Still, on a clear day, I get: 101 Sat @ ~90-95% Signal Strength 119 Sat @ ~90-95% Signal Strength 110 Sat...

This may be one good reason to upgrade (after a lil while; I want some bug reports first as I'm fairly happy with the 10-250). I still watch a good bit of SD programming (mainly Sci-Fi and Cartoon Network), so any extra clarity is a good thing. (Though were you guys switching to 480p for...

Thanks for the link! I checked it out and I like what I see so far, but I'm going to wait at least a week or two before ordering just to see how people are liking it. I love my HR10 except for some issues the last year or so with system reboots and an occasional messup of a program because of...

Hey all, So I just chanced a visit today after a long time to discover the HR20 is finally coming out. Now I have to decide whether I want to upgrade. I know it's a bit early, but I do have some questions for anyone with experience with these units, either beta testers or new users, so I...

Glad to have the channel, but I'm not a fan of the stretch either. I much prefer the black bars, as...at least on my set...I can set the TV or box to stretch it if I want stretched (which I never do, but still - it gives *me* the control). But as far as I can tell, there's no way to force the...

Well, bad news and good news. I could have SWORN I signed up with the equipment protection plan, but it wasn't on my account. (It's actually good I caught this because had a receiver blown, etc., I would have been in trouble). I'm signed up now but it won't kick in for a month (and I don't...

Thanks for the tip. I'm not much of a climber. =oP Maybe I'll have DirecTV take a look at it since I have their equipment plan. Any feedback on those signal strengths and whether they sound in line, especially C? And of course any other feedback both welcome and appreciated.

I apologize if some of this is a rehash of the questions I have in the DirecTV HDTV part of this forum, but I thought I might get a broader audience and a few more answers in this more general section. After a recent snowstorm (not during), I had issues. The dish iced up and I lost signal...

Thanks a lot for the response. Those Gainmaster dishes look great. One question I would have is if DirecTV will install them (I'm guessing that's a no, and I wouldn't want to try this myself.). I may have DirecTV come and take a look at the dish then. Thanks for the heads up. Since it's...

LOL. That's actually a pretty good suggestion. I'll think about that. A supersoaker would reach. Now today, it's been raining on and off heavily with less wind, and I haven't experienced the dropouts yet. This is really odd. I don't know whether to try to have DirecTV look at it or not.

Oh, want to stress the high winds again. We're getting very heavy gusts (up to 35 mph or thereabouts) at the moment, and it's seeming more and more the problem *may* be happening when a gust comes along, though that doesn't exactly explain why HD isn't having this problem - just SD...or why...

Hey all, Having a bit of a perplexing problem. This is my first Winter with DirecTV (well, one or two snows last year, but not enough to really know). So when we got our first major snowstorm, I was pleasantly surprised that at the time the dish performed well and I got no dropouts...

Odd. I just find it really odd that there are ads for things unavailable on DirecTV. Movies I can understand, but channels I'm surprised by. Oh well - thanks for the heads up.

Thanks for the response. I know they don't currently offer the nationals, which is why I'm so very perplexed by this. lol. I immediately checked to see if perhaps they added it, but no such luck, so I was hoping maybe it meant something was down the line for it.

Hey folks, Perhaps this should have gone into the DVR forum - I dunno, but I thought it was general enough to post here, so I hope that's okay. I use an HD Tivo and from time to time the menu has various "features" (movie previews, things like the space shuttle launch, etc.). Well, tonight...

One thing I did figure out today. Switching to 480i output instead of 1080i seems to have improved things significantly. Lines are much cleaner - with 1080i, they become blurry, especially angled ones. So the TV handles upconversion better than the box. Unfortunately, on HD content, this...

BUD? Not familiar with that. Unfortunately, I'm in an area with little options. Virtually NO OTA offerings, and cable thus far has no HD at all. There is digital cable, but I doubt around here it's that good either, and with an HDTV, I certainly want some HD! So DirecTV is the best option...

You're right - I should have been clearer. I keep forgetting with digital signals, strength is not an issue as much with satellite television, and it is NOT a signal strength problem. When I said signal strength, I actually meant amount of compression instead, so I apologize for the misnomer -...

Hey all, I know DirecTV is launching a bunch of new satellites to add new programming, etc., but I'd like to know if they're going to do anything to improve signal quality. I'm a new DirecTV subscriber, and I just moved to both HDTV as well as digital (before I was using analog)...