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This was on the local news tonight and in the local paper. Omaha is falling way short on the budget so they want to charge all Dishnetwork and DirecTV owners a $50 inspection fee to make sure they are grounded. Rumor around here has it that the local Cox Cable talked the Council Members into...

Over the weekend I was at cousins house who is one of the Linux programers for Project Cowboy (the DVR 942). After asking some questions and getting to use the box my advise is to wait until summer to get one. This is just an other Tell it like it is review (some reviews I think are too...

Did anyone catch the fine print on the slides for todays Retailer chat. I was at my retailer and they just happened to leave the channel on tonight for the replay. Not only will the customer have to pay an extra $19.95 to lease the box, they are also charged an inflated $4.95 instead of...

The press release just came out. Its on Yahoo Biz news. The change starts at 3AM EST should take a couple of hours.

Pasted from an other thread on a other site- thank your scottchez They have them instock with 2nd day delivery for Friday at only $12 more. Free shipping for normal UPS. There is a post on the Tivo Comun forum with the a web page to check the status for you. They go quick, check the...

Is it legal to sell Used Dish receivers on Ebay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems like a read you could not sell it with the Smart card, or was thay only Direct TVs policy? I notice some wont sell to someone in Canada. Is that...

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Dish vrs Direct Pic Quality Shootout -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I currently have BOTH, Direct TV and Dishnetwork going on my 65" RPTV Sony. It has Twin view so I can display both on the screen at the same time. I have also freeze...

So now that the 921 has been recalled (yes I know they call it a QA Hold). When they re - release the 921 again with the hardware fix will they call it the 921b or 921 SP 1 (SP is for Service Pack like with Windows). How is anyone going to be able to tell if they have the fix? How...

The $10 off for 6 Months double deal is published, but I also asked about the rate increases from a few weeks ago and also got $2 off for a whole year (grand fathered pricing). Just ask when you sign up. Or if you just signed up recently check your online statement at directtv.com and it...

Count down timer LINK below: of when the first 200 will be made at the factory in Mexico. They then ship the next week (end of march). Then production is expected to ramp up to 400 the next week and so on, going for about a 1 Month run. Some dealers say they have 1,000 on order and there...

Here is a regional Managers address at CBS who is in charge of the central region of UPN where most cities do not have Over the Air UPN. This person knows about WWOR being a super station and about Direct TV being able to carry UPN and other Super station per there FCC granted Superstation...

Charlie may not see the real numbers of all the customers He lost for weeks. There CSR Retension lines are all full. You cant call and cancel right now. Tried several times, waited for a long time. Cant get through. Others may not cancel till there new Direct TV install is all...

After the many bugs still in the 921 that cause it to crash and my Kids crying about Nick and Viacom today . . . . I just switched. I also sent two other Friends of mine to these guys for this similar offer. Heres how. SD Tivo $39 Standard Receviers...

I found this tip of comparing DIsh to a DVD source when tweaking, over in the Spot forums. I then added some more ideas on what I did. What you do is DVR one of the Movies on the Premium channels that you also have on a DVD. Then get the movie freeze framed in the exact same spot. The...

Like in the other Post about calirating for HDTV and DVD, this post is for DBS Dishnetwork or Direct TV SD Channels. How do you calibrate the TV to get the best picture? If you calibrate using Digitals Videos Esent, or Avia you get calibration for your DVD player only. On most TVs...

/Ramp and Rav and complaining turned on . . What is a QA Hold? I see this mentioned several places. What does it mean? Is it a politicle term for Recall? Is does it mean every box in the wharehouse is opened and checked for the issue? Any estimation on when it will be over...

Sears ran an add in the paper today saying taking 10% off everything if you use your Sears card. Does this mean that there JVC 921 is now only $899? Is this true? If so, anyone price matching? I know it says JVC on the front of the box, but from what everyone says it is the exact same...

Sears.com just added the 921 to there web site. Is this a good sign that it is getting back in stock? The in store sales guy is now taking Pre-Orders saying they will be in stock in 1-2 weeks. Does anyone have any in stock where I can get one next week? Sears link: (or go to Sears.com...