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    Random Thoughts on Switch from D* to FIOS

    Overall, we are very, very happy with our switch from D* to FIOS. Here are some random thoughts and comparisons if you are ever thinking about leaving D*: Things we'll certainly miss about D*: 1. D's terrific sports coverage and packages-none better 2. Channel 101 3. The "list"...
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    DirecTV Marketing/Retention

    We terminated our DirecTV service (after fourteen years) three days ago, and afterwards received ten calls from DirecTV, only two of which we answered. The first was to express regret we had cancelled and then to offer us $150 credits and some temporary package breaks like "free HD" for six...
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    Adios DirecTV-Thanks Everyone Here.

    We have had DirecTV service since 1997, with the Premiere package and, at times, as many as five boxes, now four (well, zero today), hooked up to a whole house audio video network. For a variety of reasons, we've finally and happily said a final good-bye to DirecTV effective today. We are now...
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    Deceptive and Nonresponsive DirecTV

    We are charter premiere package DirecTV subscribers with three HR21s and one HR10. As a result of the excellent posts and discussions here concerning DirecTV's "service Commitment" policies and early cancellation fees, we decided to email DirecTV and ask several questions: 1. Did we have a...
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    HR21 Takes Over Network Question

    Some of this has been discussed elsewhere, but this particular problem bothers me-can anyone help? We have Verizon FIOS 15/15 fiber optic internet and we use Verizon's router for both hard wire ethernet and wireless household networking. We have a hard wired ethernet with three computers on...
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    DirecTV 5 LNB Dish Install Follies

    So, we have one HR20 and four other D* receivers (including two HD TiVos) attached to a whole house TV and audio structure, which includes nine televisions and an amplified Channel Master deep fringe OTA antenna. But, we have a three LNB oval dish, so we cannot receive HD locals (don't need to...
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    New Multiswitches-Powered or Not?

    We have both old and new D* DVRs, and we still have the old 3 LNB dish with a Terk 5x8 multiswitch. When I change to the new 5 LNB dish, isn't it correct that we have to change to a new multiswitch? Are the new switches powered or passive? Thanks.
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    HR20 Caller ID Resurrected by Update

    My HR20 downloaded some sort of software update and notified me of same when I went to watch TV. I'm not sure what all the update did, but one interesting side effect was that the download apparently and spontaneously resurrected my long dead caller ID feature, which I did not use and did not...
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    HR20 Channel Logo Question

    We have an HR20 hooked up to a 3 LNB dish, so we do not get high def locals via the satellite. We do receive high def locals on our OTA antenna and tune them on our HR20, however. If we get a new 5 LNB dish, how will the HR20 display the local high definition channel logos, where you have...
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    DirecTV vs. Verizon FIOS

    I have been reading with interest all of the thread discussion about leaving D* for FIOS and claimed quality differences between the two, with White Knights for both. As one of the few Forum members to actually have both services (two houses), here's my overly simplistic view for anyone...
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    HR20-700 Video Output Question

    Will the HR20-700 simultaneously output 720p or 1080i on the HDMI or component and still have 480i coming out of the composite video if you wanted to watch HD but record to a DVD at the same time? (instead of later sending the recorded show to a DVD recorder or video recorder) (or, if you...
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    Golf Channel in HD?

    The Golf Channel has acquired sufficient HD equipment to do all men's PGA Tour events in HD, and this has resulted in the CBS and NBC weekend PGA golf telecasts being in HD. Terrific! If you like golf, HD is the way to watch it, for sure. But, of course the weekday Golf Channel tournament...
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    Timetable for Software Fix?

    Has anyone been told by a 'reliable source' if D* and TiVo have a timetable for software patches fixing all the glitches with Version 6 on the HR10-250s? D* knows they have several problems, including audio dropouts, and they are saying there will be a software fix, but I missed anyone...
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    HR20 RF Remote?

    Anyone out there actually using the alleged RF remote capability (is it real?) of the HR20? I don't have one yet and when I looked at the back panel, I did not see any RF antenna input, so I was wondering if the box just receives the RF signal internally, has a blaster adapter, or if the RF...
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    HR20 and Current Multiswitch?

    We currently have a 3 LNB dish hooked to a Terk 5x8 multiswitch. We are getting a new 5 LNB dish next month, and an HR20. The HR20 will go in the slot where my present HR10-250 is now, and the HR10-250 will move to the home theater. All locations have two RG6 sat cables already wired and are...
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    HR10-250 Problem-Please Help

    Gurus, Please help with this irritating HR10-250 problem. Thanks. We have temporarily kept our D* service while we switch over to Verizon FIOS, so I still have our HR10-250 D* TiVo hooked up as it always has been. Never a problem before. The problem began before we hooked up to FIOS...
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    "Owned" Receiver Persistence Necessity

    In order to beat the "owned" vs. "leased" deadline of March 1, we got one of the few remaining R10's from Value Electronics in February, but activated it in March. Despite very specific and detailed discussion and reciprocal assurance by the DirecTV CSR that the revever was being activated as...
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    Thanks Gentlemen for the TiVo!

    Because of the current knowledge and good advice you guys gave me on this forum, I was able to get one of last R10's with "real" TiVo software, cheap, before March 1 from Value Electronics, hook it up two weeks later, and activate it as an "owned" receiver. Thanks to you guys and Value...
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    What are You Buying?-A Story

    So, a friend of mine goes to "buy", or "lease" or "get" the HR10-250 DirecTV DVR/TiVo for $499 from the local big box. But, they tell him, there will be $41.17 sales tax. So, he is a tax lawyer, and he reads the D* contract "service agreement" telling him that at all times the DVR remains...
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    Combination Lease/Equipment Question

    Because our much used Sony standard definition DirecTV TiVo occasionally exhibited signs of "dying soon," I bought an R10 from Value Electronics and stuck it in the closet for the soon to happen failure of our Sony. I did not want the new DirecTV R15 without TiVo software. Wife finally learned...
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    Hughes HR-10 question revisited.

    I found the answer to my Hughes question. The answer is no, you cannot get both an HD and SD output simultaneously. I did not cross post, and Silver Surfers' claimed answer is invisible to me on some other Forum. I am not an idiot and did not like being accused of same. Could anyone please...
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    Hughes HR10-250 HD/SD Output?

    As you guys know, I'm a newbie, so please be gentle. I'm sure it's been answered many times here before, but I could not find it. Does anyone know if the Hughes HR10-250 can output HDMI or component high def and standard def S video or composite at the same time? My recollection is that it...
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    Hughes HD to Sony LCD?

    I just ordered a new Sony KDF-E50A10 50" LCD display (not out until next week) and I am thinking about moving my Hughes HR10-250 downstairs and hooking it to this new TV in the family room and moving my HD tuner (without DVR) back upstairs to my dedicated home theater TV. Does anyone here...
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    New Member Says Hello

    Hello, everyone. I am a new member who has followed Barney over here from another Forum. I am a charter subscriber to DirecTV and an early adopter of the Hughes HD TiVo. We have the maximum Total Choice Premier package with Sports and HD, three satellite boxes, two D* TiVo boxes, one HD and...
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