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    211k w/EHD as HD DVR compared to "real" 722k

    I'm thinking about switching to Dish from DirecTV, mainly because right now I'm spending about a hundred bucks a month for DirecTV service I only watch occasionally, and figure I could be paying roughly half as much for the channels I care about if I switched to Dish, got a 211k, and paid the...
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    HD Gripes... bad settings, or mangled at the source?

    I just got DirecTV a few days ago (with HR21), and two particular channels have absolutely driven me crazy with artifacts that I think are unfortunately inherent and can't be tweaked away: * HGTV HD appears to be 4:3 source that comes "off the satellite" zoomed and adaptively pre-stretched to...
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    New install -- worth bothering with OTA for locals?

    How big of a difference is there between the picture quality for OTA and DirecTV for local HD stations? Is it a fairly subtle difference, to the point where you'd have a hard time telling the difference between the two unless you literally had two identical TVs side by side to compare...
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    Can I get away with component for HD?

    Are any channels or shows currently downrezzed via component video... or likely to be over the next 2-3 years? I don't really care about HBO/Showtime/Starz/PPV (I'm too cheap to pay for them anyway), but I'd be absolutely livid if they began downrezzing local channels, HGTV/HD, DiscoveryHD, etc...
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    third-party digital receivers

    Is the ~$5 fee for additional digital receivers purely a rental charge for the box, or is it a programming fee that would have to be paid even if I owned my own compatible digital box? If it's just a box rental charge, does a purchased box have to be cablecard compatible to...
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    S-video from SD boxes

    If the installer shows up tomorrow with SD boxes that don't have S-video outputs, do I have no choice but to tell him to call the whole thing off and cancel the installation? Or can I let him go ahead and install the lame SD boxes, then exchange them myself at Comcast's office for better ones...
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    South Florida HD deals (urgent... install tomorrow)

    Last week, I arranged to have Comcast installed at my house in their Coral Gables/West Miami market and got the following deal: HD-DVR with 3 SD boxes Digital Plus 4 package (HBO, Showtime, Starz, and The Movie Channel) w/HD (basically, every last HD channel available from them) $99.68...
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    Can the 942, 921, or 811 leave signal in native rez?

    One thing that always irritated me about Voom's STB was its insistence upon personally converting everything into the same format (1080i, 720p, 480p, or 480i). Do any of E*'s boxes have a setting that tells the box to send the channel (satellite and OTA) to the TV in whatever mode it was...
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    Let's hear it for LAB/MOOV on Dish!

    As much as some Voomers loved to bitch and moan about how much they hated LAB, I'll come out and admit it: I absolutely love the channel, and I really believe it's a lot more popular among Voomers than its critics want to admit. I mean, what's there to hate about a channel that makes it so easy...
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    Dish HD STB + OTA

    This might be a blatantly stupid question, but if I switch to Dish after Voom shuts down and buy a HD Dish receiver, will it handle local channels the same way Voom did (receiving them on the OTA antenna left behind by Voom, tuning them with the Dish STB, and seamlessly mapping them into the...