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    Hopper on legacy lnb

    I would like to take my hopper tailgating with me and have a question about lnb compatibility. Currently I have a dish 1000.4 connected to a solo node. Due to the inconvenience of the dish being located on the roof, I would like to know If I could use my old dish 500 with a legacy twin lnb and...
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    Hopper USB OTA Tuner

    This posting is aimed more at the DIRT memebers. I just had dish installed yesterday and the tech did not have a usb OTA tuner like I discussed with the sales person on the phone. Is their any way I can get one sent to me. Thanks
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    Directv2pc Like Software For Dish

    Does DISH have software like directv2pc where i can stream my dvr recordings on my local network without the needs for slingbox?
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    Actual HD Resolution

    So I am thinking of switching from my current cable provider to Dish Network. I remember a few years back reading that dish transmits their HD at 1440x1080i instead of 1920x1080i. My question is, is this still true today? thanks
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    Intermittent Reception Issues

    Lately there have been issues with my directv reception on some particular channels. These have been ESPNHD, ESPN2HD, and my tampa bay area hd locals in which all seem to come from the 103 satellite per lyngsat. Pretty much its an issue with the 103 satellite. Every day around 5pm these...
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    On Demand slow downloads

    Has anybody else been experiencing very slow downloads with directv's on demand service? It seems as though download are capped a 3mb/sec. I have my HR22 hardwired to my fios router with 25/15 mbps service. Any ideas to speed things up?
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    Latest National H21 Sofware

    Does the latest National software release (non-CE release) for the H21-100 have support for the multi-room dvr viewing?
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    How to Set-Up Multi Room Viewing

    As the thread title states, I would like to know what I need to do "gui-wise" to set up MRV. I have an HR22 and two H21's, both with the latest CE Software (downloaded last night). Each box can pull and ip address and I can ping the boxes, but i seem to be unable to find where on the H21's menu...
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    Funny Install Video

    Just found this on youtube. I thought it was kinda funny, so i decided to share. YouTube - DIRECTV ... UP MY HOME!!!
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    Free Direcway Dish w/transmitter

    I am in the middle of cleaning things up around my house and I have an extra consumer direcway dish including the lnb and transmitter that are up for grabs. I am located in Venice, FL (Sarasota County) for anyone that would like to stop by (pm for address) and grab it.
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    2,000 Foot Television Tower Collapses: One Person Injured

    I don't know if anyone has heard about this yet but here you go 2,000 Foot Television Tower Collapses: One Person Injured - FOX16.com
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    Resetting a locked H20

    One of my kids was messing around with one of my H20's today and somehow managed to block every single channel. I have tried many passcodes to no avail, even simple ones like 0000, and 1111. I tried to factory reset the receiver and it said I needed a passcode to do this. Does anyone know the...
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    Manually Tuning DSR 920

    I have my Ku-dish pointed at AMC3 and I am trying to receive the Annenberg/CPB Channel. I have verified that I am indeed pointing at AMC3 with my DVB receiver, however, the CPB channel is Digicipher 2. I have found the hidden menu where you can manually tune into a frequency, but I am not sure...
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    New to FTA

    I have subbed to and installed both Directv and Dish Network System. I recently did some computer work for a friend and while I was over I noticed he had a big c-band dish in his backyard. I asked him if he still had the receiver and he gave me and old Echostar receiver and a General Instrument...
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    Multiswitch Question

    Is the Zinwell WideBand 6x8 switch that is supposed to be used for the Ka/Ku dish compatible with a PhaseIII dish? I can get ahold of one of these cheaper than a 4x8 on ebay.
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    R15 Series Link

    I have a question about the Series Link on my R15-300. I want to record all episodes of NOVA on pbs. I receive two local pbs's (Tampa Bay: 3 and 16). Whenever I set up the series link, It only records the episodes on the channel that I set the series link too. For example, I set it to record...
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    Samsung Receivers Losing Guide Data

    I have 2 Samsung SIR-S300W receivers that are losing their guide data about every 3 days. The channel banner says "To be announced" and all of the channels in the guide say "to be announced." I have reset both of them to get the guide data back, but then they lose it after a few days. The...
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    R15 Picture-in-Picture

    Does anybody know if directv is going to add PIP to their current dvrs? Dish has it on all of their dual tuner dvr's, why not D*?
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    XM Quality

    Has anyone noticed that the XM quality on D*'s feed is much better than the feed sent from XM? Does directv have a fiber link to XM? Just curious.
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    Superdish 121 at 118

    Will a superdish 121 and superdish 121 fss lnb work for the 118 orbital location? Or do I need a different lnb?
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    Some people have waaaay too much free time

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9126338244152043217&q=directv
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    XM Sound Quality

    I got XM radio a little more than two years ago (in my 04 nissan murano) and I am starting to notice the sound quality isn't as great as it was when I got it. It sounds really overcompressed, kinda like a 64k mp3 file. Some channels, Like Top Tracks, make me want to grind my teeth while...
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    Directv's Website

    Has anyone noticed that Directv's website is incredibly slow. I'm talking 40 second page loads.
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    Discovery Cahnnel 278

    Whats up with channel 278? I am seeing sparklies like the ones you would get with analog c-band.
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    Ch 311 Sound Tinny

    Does anyone here notice that the audio on ABC Family Channel 311 sounds very "tinny"? Or is it just me?