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Errr, I thought DVR's were for time-shifting. You know...so you don't have to schedule your life around TV programming!!!!:rolleyes:

You have to pay for it one way or another. You are really paying for the use of something (it can't be ported over to Dish, you know), not for its ownership. Why would you want to own a receiver that you can only use with one programming source? You can pay nothing up front (still requires...

My suggestion is that you read through some of the posts here about the R15 before getting one. (DirecTV isn't providing the R10 anymore.) It isn't a TiVo. It is a fair bet you won't like it. I'd forget about getting a good deal on an R15. Even if you should get one free, the hassles of...

DirecTV is not a unit of News Corp and never has been. NewsCorp was the controlling (at 34%) stockholder in DirecTV. But even that is no longer the case. To be a unit of News Corp, they would have to own 100%. They do not, and likely never will. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp's biggest...

I think it's obvious that DirecTV was simply verifying (or fine tuning) that DirecTV 10 was in its assigned parking spot at 102.8 degrees W by broadcasting test signals on TP 11 yesterday. The bird was being put through its paces in "engineering mode" while it was located at 102.6 degrees. I...

The smart money is on September 19. I wouldn't waste too much time over the weekend looking for new channels. The only specific date DirecTV has ever mentioned is September 19. Shareholders and investors meetings are on the 17th and 18th. Likely that DirecTV plans to announce the 19th...

It's 103(b) you should be looking at. 103(a) is being used for HD locals spot beams. It went up last year. Not everyone gets locals on 103(a), however. Some get them on 99(b). The only transponder that has been lighting up on 103(b) is TP 11. It has been going on and off periodically for...

You will need either the AT-9 or AU9 (slimline) 5 LNB dish. You should get 6 satellites showing up on your signal strength menu: 101, 110, 119, 99b, 103a and NOW 103b. There are actually 2 satellites at 119, but they show up as one. I'm not sure what you mean by having only 2 LNB's. Do you...

Have 98 on both of my HR20-100's on TP11 in Minneapolis

Thanks for the further detail. I should add that 99b and 103a are currently used only for spot beamed HD locals. 103b, the DirecTV 10 satellite just launched, will almost certainly have a great deal of new content, as will 99a, DirecTV 11, to be launched early next year. The fact that you...

My experience is purely physical--they are GAWDAWFULUGLY. The picture on the vendor's website is NOT a slimline dish. The slimline is huge--much bigger than the one shown--and that silver gunnysack over it isn't going to make it look any smaller. Why is it that snow can accumulate on a nearly...

It doesn't work with either of my 100's. I have practically stood on my head in an effort to coax the RF functionality into consistent operation. RF on this model is a joke.

The problem is with the HR20-100, not the 700 model you have. This is a known issue with the 100. I have two of them and RF works so badly it isn't worth messing with. Fortunately, I have a Harmony IR for my HT (works great!) and the standard IR remote is good enough for my bedroom HR20.

True only if he actually NEEDS a multiswitch. You don't need one if all you have is four inputs (ie, one HR20 and 2 non-DVR's). If he is getting his HD locals, he is receiving 99b or 103a. Therefore, he has no problem w/ the multiswitch.

You are not a knuckhead. First, you are not supposed to see anything but "searching for satellite" on 499. It merely indicates that you have the right dish installed and the B-Converters on the back of your HR20. Currently, 99b and 103a are used only for spot beams. You will get your HD...

Do you read only books that have nice full color, jaw dropping photos in them? To each his own, I guess. But folks who think like you are a big reason there is so much crap on TV, both SD and HD. No discernment. That is, if we are to believe what you say. Will you watch the shopping...

In other words, you could give a rats behind about content as long as it is delivered in stunning, breathtaking, jaw-dropping HD? Just so you know, there is lots of content in SD that is worthwhile. And uprezing SD as many channels do is little better than zooming it on your monitor. What...

DirecTV (and Dish for that matter) have always been 100% digital. HD takes a LOT more bandwidth than just digital (which we already have on DirecTV). Who do you think should pay for DirecTV's 4 new satellites (2 last year, 1 this year and 1 next year)? The government???? Get real. The...

Where can you get a better deal? DirecTV is almost always cheaper than cable, and Dish won't have most of the new channels for some time yet. They need to launch a satellite first, and why would you assume they would give away free what DirecTV and Cable charge for? Just wondering.:)

103b is the location for D10, the satellite put in orbit in July. I don't think anybody is getting any signal on it yet. It should light up in a week or so. 103a is spot beams for HD locals. It has been up for some time.

1080P over DirecTV???? That's like a turbocharger on a Yugo. What difference will 1080P make when they still don't have the bandwidth to get rid of all the pixelization?

An HR20 without OTA capability. I don't think it's available yet.

You have a very smart wife.:)

No, it's because there are a lot more of the 700's out there, and they don't want to spend the money doing duplicate beta testing. Once they have a keeper, they write whatever code changes are necessary for it to work on the 100. Once a new update is deemed ready for prime time on the 700, it...

You don't own the movie any more than if you bought a ticket to watch it in a movie theater. What you have is a LICENSE to the intellectual property to use it in a prescribed manner. You can't, for instance, charge a dozen of your neighbors $10 each to come and watch it in your media room...