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  1. ramcm7

    cricket ticket

    Cricket Ticket comes through the 95W satellite (special dish needed) and has also been through one of the main satellites (slimline dish) recently. I will have to head home to check myself. Somewhere on here or one of the other boards should be a current mapping of transpanders to DirecTV...
  2. ramcm7

    Fed-up DirecTV subscribers turn up the volume on hidden fees

    People come to these boards seeking help with their sat system or wanting to share their experience. To come to the front page of this web site to see headlines like this is a real turn-off. I have not been here that often recently and see no need to return for a while. Please, start a...
  3. ramcm7

    What we are hearing...

    ESPN News had a note on their lower right corner last night saying HD version was launching Sunday, I believe.
  4. ramcm7

    To Be Announced

    it is especially bad for the Cricket Ticket matches. often they do not hit the epg until a day before the match. I typically have to call D* to find out which channel and time the match will be shown and manually program by time and channel.
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    Taking my satellite while travelling for a weekend

    Are the locals delivered via 72.5 CONUS or spot beam? If they are spot beamed, Busterw might have some issues getting locals.
  6. ramcm7

    AT9 (sidecar) vs. AU9 (Slimline)

    And now we have Beyonce dancing around telling everyone they need an "Upgrade. Upgrade." My wife and her sister imitate her every time that commercial comes on.
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    Jade Chinese Channels

    I had heard some time ago that the plan was to migrate all the Chinese channels to the 95W sat exclusively. I know many Chinese channels are located there, but had not heard anything about a timetable. I do not subscribe to these, so I would not have been targeted for communication on this...
  8. ramcm7

    wireless internet connection for vod

    Or a Slingbox, perhaps? :confused:
  9. ramcm7

    wireless internet connection for vod

    I have a new HR20-100 series, so don't have DOD at this point. Does the connection have to go through the ethernet port or could I just get a wireless USB WiFi plug? I already have a LinkSys WiFi in place.
  10. ramcm7

    Help with Slimline Installation in Markham, Ontario

    SD's for many of the larger cities have a CONUS coverage. THe HD LiL are pretty much all on spot beams from 99 and 103, which, as I understand things, do not cover huge areas beyong the individual US DMA's. My guess is that you are not in that beam.
  11. ramcm7

    Wednesday 6am Channel List. on D*

    Come on... Albany! (Seriously, though, Mankato, MN (DMA 200) before Albany, NY? (DMA 56)) All the HD retailers should be giving D* a slice of their increase in sales for the next three months. I suspect demand (OK, at his point, NEED) for multiple HD sets in a single household will climb...
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    "Moving" Question--CT to FL

    Responses: If you were to install the 5LNB yourself, or pay someone to do it without notifying D*, you could 1) continue to get the New York HD locals for as long as they continue to broadcast in MPEG2 nationally. If they go to MPEG4, the HR10 will no longer receive them. However, if you...
  13. ramcm7

    Thinking about D*? Do it before OCT 17!!!

    D* has read your post and will be turning it off tonight. Thank you. Please drive through. ;)
  14. ramcm7

    What we are hearing...

    The Force DirecTV is now using Jedi mind control techniques to make you forget what their CSR's told you? Wow! :what
  15. ramcm7

    Perhaps you can solve my problem D* couldn't?

    Are you sure you peaked on the 72.5? Just a far out possibility that you found 101 or 119 by mistake and peaked there? When I had one of the first 95W 1m dishes my installers had done, they kept acquiring signals from adjacent sats and needed to get a higher end signal meter to do the job right.
  16. ramcm7

    DIRECTV locals to Bangor, Me

    I'm still waiting for Albany, NY to go up.
  17. ramcm7

    Half-Assed Cricket Setup

    I finally got through this afternoon (after two previous hour long holds that I abandoned) to find out on which channels the second and third matches will be broadcast. The rep was not even able to look up the assignments. NFL Sunday Ticket matches can be put in the guide over a week in...
  18. ramcm7

    Rugby World Cup

    I see what you mean. For anyone else a fan of the fifteen man code, here's a link to Setanta's schedule. Rugby World Cup 2007 I saw the NZ - Italy listing in the program guide. I didn't realize this many matches would be shown on a delayed basis on regular Setanta. Still, it is better...
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    A bunch of QUESTIONS about 95W Setup

    The 95W sat delivers the signal in a different format than the other D* sats. It uses traditional sat polarity (horizontal and vertical) rather than DSS polarity (spiral). The LNB on a 95W dish is thus different to receive and decode this different signal. Note 95W dish is bigger than normal...
  20. ramcm7

    Chelsea vMan. Utd. - in HD?

    Don't hold your beath. D* can't even figure out how to get the 16:9 SD signal of the Cricket World cup to viewers without squishing the picture to skinny stick-figures. "Wow, it looks like Andrew Symonds lost some weight." Not that much. If they had done that screen compression at the last...
  21. ramcm7

    Are 99 and 103 full?

    Are the current sats at 99 and 103 at capacity already? Is there any possibility for additional HDLIL rollout before the next launches? I am in the Albany, NY DMA and have been passed over thus far. :confused:
  22. ramcm7

    World Cup cricket 2007

    Thanks. When I signed up for the CWC a couple months ago, the rep was not aware of Cricket Plus being available a la carte.
  23. ramcm7

    Sedanta

    The PQ really depends on the feed Setanta receives. Some are quite good, such as rugby matches from New Zealand. Other feeds can look a bit grainy. Occasionally there are 16:9 feeds compressed into the 4:3 screen.
  24. ramcm7

    World Cup cricket 2007

    Do you have a link to that PDF? I did a search on the D* website and could not find it.
  25. ramcm7

    World Cup cricket 2007

    I came home and watched the end of the Zimbabwe-Ireland match. It appeared to be a 16:9 telecast compressed into a 4:3 setup, making the people look taller and skinnier. Beyond that, in terms of picture clarity, I have not had problems. If you are having screen refresh issues with the picture...
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