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  1. Sharpie

    Trying to get newer equipment without 2 year commitment

    I have been a customer with Directv over 12 years now. I haven't had a 2 year commitment for a long, long time and really don't want one now. My HD receivers are all H20's and I want newer receivers. But, to get that I have to commit to a contract. I have the protection plan if that matters...
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    Silly question about 1080p Directv signal

    Is the 1080p signal that I receive the same quality as that of a Blu-ray? Probably a really dumb question. Is the 1080p signal compressed? I swear I can see a difference between 1080p movie content from Directv than from my Blu-ray. With, the Blu-ray player having better picture quality. I...
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    HD Clarity (June 7th)

    Did anyone notice HD looking extremely sharp and clear last night on 277 & 278? I went back and forth between Travel HD (277) and History HD (269) and there was a noticeable difference in picture clarity. Even my wife noticed. I hear about compressed and uncompressed video and could last...
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    H20 Receiver problem, or is it my tv?

    I have the H20 HD receiver hooked up via hdmi to my Sony KDL52V4100. With this set up I am experiencing "stutter" issues when I watch programs with a lot of action in the background (ex. American Idol). I have tried switching over to component connections but this did not correct the problem...
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    Stut..Stut..Stuttering on H20

    I recently purchased a Sony KDL52V4100 which I have hooked up to my H20 through hdmi (1.3). The other night while watching American Idol the picture was stut..stut..stuttering quite frequently for a split second. I noticed it again last night while watching basketball on ESPN HD but not at the...
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    How to hook up audio for A/V receiver

    I have an H20 receiver with an optical audio out and an HDMI out. My tv (Sony KDL52V4100) has both an HDMI input/outputs and optical audio out. My audio receiver is an older unit and only has optical audio inputs. Do I run an optical audio out from the H20 receiver to the audio receivers...
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    Need some tailgate help

    I want to take the HD receiver from my house for tailgating. I have the HDTV but where can I buy a dish? All I want to do is run one line from the dish to the receiver to see the football games in hd. If someone could direct me to a website and tell me the bare necessities needed, I would...
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    Red/amber band at top of HD channels

    Is anyone else seeing this? I noticed it for the first time last night watching Lost. I flipped to ESPN HD and saw the same thing, but when I turned to SD channel it was not there. I noticed it also on Nick HD but not on Fox Business HD. Just curious if anyone else is experiencing this...
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    Shouldn't HD audio be in 5.1?

    I noticed the Big Ten Network is not 5.1 and I thought all HD had this audio. Am I wrong? I just dig these new HD channels, just not the glitch in changing channels with the H20.
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    I think I found the answer to new HD channel date

    Magic Eight Ball CGI[/URL] I hope the link works. I asked the Magic 8 ball if the new HD channels will be arriving soon, and it answered YES!:D
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    Question about the H20 and autotune

    Does the autotune turn on the receiver when the show is programmed to start? Or do I have to leave the receiver turned on? I want to record a football game tomorrow when not at home. I can not find my damn manual so any help would be appreciated
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    I am dumb and need help (dish related)

    I recently upgrade to the new slim line dish. The installers left the old 3 lnb dish for me to take tailgating. When I looked at the dish tonight I noticed that 2 coaxil cables had been cut. I expected to see one but the second one has me stumped. I have two receivers in my house but I am...
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    Mpeg 2 and the new HD's

    I have a Sammy TS-360 receiver. Will this receiver be able to get the HD channels coming September? I live in an area where I would have to put up two dishes to get my locals and I do not want to do this since, I can get them OTA anyway. I called customer service twice and got two different...
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    Why can't channels be grouped?

    Probably a simple answer to this but why can't Directv or any content provider group channels by content? What I mean is why can't you have CNN, FOX News, MSNBC all grouped together instead of here and there. This goes for all channels like sports, education, cartoons, etc...
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    I think I will get a better answer here....

    Talked to a CSR about the new HD channels in the possible future. I asked if I would have to upgrade my HD receiver to mpeg 4 technoloy and the CSR said that she did not have any idea. According to her, Directv has not sent out when new channels and equipment will be coming out and what will...
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    Coax to component adapter?

    Is there such a thing that will let you take your cable line and hook it into something making it a component hookup. The reason I ask this is, I bought an 27 inch Insignia HDTV to put in the bedroom. I have Directv but also cable to receive my local channels. The tv has a tuner built in to...
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    Problem with my Samsung TS-360 component inputs

    I bought a new tv (Toshiba 50HM66 DLP) and when I went to hook up the Y, Pr, Pb component cables I get nothing to feed to the tv. Very perplexing because it works when I run the video through S-video cable (yuck). Could all of sudden my component hookups go bad? I am sure I am hooking it up...
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    Toshiba 50" DLP settings

    I recently purchased this tv and am curious what settings (contrast, color, etc.) others have their tv's set at.
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    Will there be over 1000 channels?

    I know that is ridiculous but last night for the first time I noticed that I can now input up to 4 digits on my samsung ts 360. I never been able to do that until last night. Is this old news and I am just now catching on to it? I entered some channel in the 2000's and it showed that it was a...
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    Can not get the spell check feature to work

    I have tried and tried. I am using a Mac running OS X Tiger.
  21. Sharpie

    Is MTVD on?

    I was looking at Directv's programming guide online and it says MTVD is on channel 2006. Is this correct? http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/glb/ProgramGuide.jsp
  22. Sharpie

    Picture quality during basketball games

    Has anyone seen a difference in their picture quality when watching basketball games in HD especially on ESPN? For myself, the picture quality when they are showing close ups of players is great but when they pan out and show the court and gets a slight grainy appearance. I think it is due to...
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    I would like some info on HD waivers

    UPDATE on HD waivers I live in central Illinois and our local CBS station (WCIA) is not broadcasting in HD. All other stations in the area have upgraded to showing HD but (WCIA) is not even close. I can not get a waiver because I can get their SD signal through Directv. Is there a waiver...
  24. Sharpie

    When did ESPN HD switch its audio to 5.1?

    I noticed this last night for the first time.
  25. Sharpie

    What to look for in a projector

    It is getting time for a new viewing system and have some questions about projectors. What should someone look for when considering getting a projector for the home theater? Lumens, contrast ratio, etc...... Thanks.
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