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I'm guessing it has something to do with my new cable connection. We just moved and the Charter connection here is 60 mps download speed. I just ordered a new Linksys 6500 router that does AC. If the quality is much higher I will get an adapter that allows me to hook the Genie directly to the...

Yesterday I went to download a show off on demand and for the first time I get a choice. I can get high quality HD or I can get faster download HD. I've never had this choice before. I understand one is better than the other but does anyone know what formats/quality options are being offered...

I could not get Jackson TN locals no matter how perfect I aligned it. So I called Directv and had them change my address and turn on the locals here. Now I get local Inman stations and thanks to you guys my channels are solid and clear.

Thanks guys. I set the 1-10 markers for elevation and compass to 0 and setup my tablet to watch the TV. From my phone I watched the 99 sat then the 103. My signal strength is now over 90 on all transponders and 96 and above on many. Picture is awesome. My HD spots didn't come in so I called...

Will do. I won't be able to adjust it until tomorrow afternoon. But I have setup my tablet as a webcam across my WiFi so I can monitor the TV screen with my phone so I can do this solo. FYI the app I am using is called IP Webcam it is free and super easy to setup.

Actually I don't know. We have the sd channels hidden. Question. When adjusting each of the settings, like skew which satellite should I be watching during which adjustment?

Thanks guys. I will mark and measure everything then start the dithering process.

At least I must be close. Attached are screen shots of each one. This turned out to be more difficult than I had thought. Un-boxing a house isn't helping. I may have two in twice doing this on a phone is confusing

OK I set it all up and have it aligned decently. But my TN locals do not work. Since I would like the major networks how do I get local spots?

Again, your spouting specs is great. However I see you also mention "under optimal conditions". I guess if I lived near the main Charter feed in town I'd be getting those conditions. But I live at the outside edge of town. Apparently conditions are not optimal for me because out here HD...

Cable providers use MPEG-2 which uses H.262 compression ok Dish and Directv use MPEG-4 which uses H.264 compression ok To achieve the exact same DVD quality H.262 requires more data ok But to that effect H.264 requires LESS data to achieve the EXACT same level of DVD quality ok Again, I...

I'm not doubting your list, but where I live it's a choice of Charter ,Dish or Directv We chose Directv because we liked the lineup better. We had Charter for 14 years and still have their internet. The picture quality (at my house) between Charter and Direct is not a comparison at all. On...

Closed on our house and started working on the things that needed attention. They had not used their irrigation system for two years, but all fixed now. Freakin awesome! I bought a 6 ft pole. However I could only bore/dig into the ground to 21 inches (hard like concrete red dirt). So I set...

When the installer calls you to come out tell him you want a HR44. If he doesn't have one reschedule a week later. Keep doing that until they have a 44

That being said if this works all I would need is someone at the corners and the center of the US to give me their settings for each type of Directv dish. It could then be calculated for anywhere exactly what angles and compass settings would put you spot on.

This is so interesting. I just couldn't figure out how they hit three satellites since at least one if not two have narrow bands From Tennessee I had already confirmed that my final tilt and skew as set by the Directv tech with a meter match the numbers of the 99 satellite not the 101 But the...

Now that everyone knows that they have a digital compass could I get someone to measure their skew by putting their phone on the arm holding their LNB as close to the dish as you can get it and let me know if that angle is the skew for your 99 satellite where you live?

I appreciate what you are saying. I'd just like to note that I have yet to align anything, I'm just getting ready to when the time comes. Which will be two weeks The day the movers get ready to pull out will be when I pack up the Directv system and put it in my truck. At that time I plan on...

I have pieced that together and I watched the dish being aligned by Directv originally. From what I could tell he centered the dish on the best signal for the 101 satellite through a process with a signal meter. Then he "rotated" the dish until he got the best signal for 99.2 and followed the...

I agree you must find the center of 101 first. And it's probably just a fluke where I am that the tilt and skew of the dish match the 99.2 satellite exactly. But what a weird coincidence. What gets me is there are only three alignments and two of them match the 99.2 satellite data as provided...

This is my working perfectly locked in Directv installed dish. I'm getting fantastic signal strength. I installed this pole myself. It's as plumb as I could get it. I thought about it earlier today and decided to pull my digital angle finder out and check some things. What I found is that...

Thanks, appreciate that. Now I just gotta demystify the alignment.

Well crap. Everyone says that the alignment is on 101. I mean EVERYONE says the alignment is on 101 So how come when I measure my working slimline 3 dish with my spot on craftsman angle finder the elevation and the LNB skew are SPOT ON for the 99.2W satellite? From my house the elevation...

I went out and looked and I have an SL3 single LNM dish. Is that the dish I will need in Greenville SC?? I see some of them are 3 LNB

Thanks, I wondered how they did that My pole came in today! YAY The day of the move I'm taking the satellite dish off our pole. I realized I can keep my computer monitor that has HDMI input and practice the alignment rather than get there and try it for the first time. I'm pretty stoked at...