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  1. davec53

    DIRT ROCKS!

    Last week, the hard drive failed on my 622. It was a bit of a bummer, as I had several things on there that I had not yet backed up to my external drive, but it was not anything that I couldn't live without. I just dreaded the hassle of trying to go through and deal with tech support and be on...
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    Ethernet locks up VIP622

    A few months ago, I started having troubles with my 622. It would randomly lock up, it completely lost a full hard drive of recordings, and it just acted generally wonky. I called Dish, they sent out at tech, and he decided that it was because the receiver was plugged in to a power strip...
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    Dish HD: sound, but no picture

    The reboot took care of it. Thanks!
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    Dish HD: sound, but no picture

    I'm having an issue tonight where certain HD channels are sound only, no video...and it seems random. Espn, espn2, history, a&e, are some that are coming in fine in HD...but not much else. There is sound, and the SD versions are OK, but there is no video. Even 1 of my HD local channels is...
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    Just got the $10/month Platinum charge removed...

    I saw where some folks had success getting the Platinum charge removed, so I gave it a shot. At first, the CSR didn't want to give it up, but I think he made a little slip-up and decided to go ahead and do so...here's the chat: Please wait while we find a representative to assist you... You...
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    hey Dish, gonna put your HD channels in some sort of order?

    hey, thanks for the input, folks. i'll definitely work with that this evening...i've thought of locking out things before, but i'm always thinking "ooooo...what will i miss?" lol
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    hey Dish, gonna put your HD channels in some sort of order?

    i'm not at home to look at my 622 menu right now... but you mentioned locking out the duplicates. did you just go through manually and do that...wherever it is that you can set up a custom channel guide...or is there some straight-forward "lock out the duplicates" menu? :) i want to do...
  8. davec53

    Lexington Kentucky HD Locals

    so has anyone in the central/eastern part of kentucky been able to get the distant networks? i tried early on, but was told i did not qualify. i thought it was going to be based on whether you could pick up your locals via antenna, but i guess i was based on if you have locals already...
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    Lexington Kentucky HD Locals

    well, 8-1 came and went with no HD for Lexington. until I saw this post, I hadn't thought that they were being advertised to debut then, but I still got my hopes up a little. I haven't actually seen Lexington even MENTIONED when Dish talks about the local HD channels they plan to light up...
  10. davec53

    Senior Dish TSR Explains: 1080p Is ONLY PPV/VOD via HD STB DVR via HDMI, For Now...

    it just cracks me up how folks pounce on a thread when it doesn't jive with their feelings on how things should be done on a message board... was the information posted in another thread already? sure...but why jump on this guy's case over posting information that HE found useful and others...
  11. davec53

    Some HD not tuning in...

    i may do a little tree trimming this evening...see if that helps. that would definitely be easier than getting up on the roof and fidgeting around with things. :)
  12. davec53

    Some HD not tuning in...

    i haven't gone out and made the adjustments yet. was starting to sort of think that maybe it was a tree out in the front yard causing some of the problems...it has only gotten fully covered in leaves over the past 2-3 weeks....about the same time my issues started. i went out and looked last...
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    Some HD not tuning in...

    sounds fun. :) so the azimuth and elevation...those are given to me by the dish, in the setup menu, is that correct? i may try to fix it myself. i noticed today that all of those 129 channels come in fine during the morning hours, but by this evening, they are not tuning in again.
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    Some HD not tuning in...

    yep...i had checked signal strength, and most of the 129 transponders were very low. we've had some pretty rough winds the past couple of weeks, so maybe that has moved my dish out of alignment. i just wanted to check and see if anyone else was having trouble, or if i was going to have to...
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    Some HD not tuning in...

    This has been going on for me over the past week or so, that when we are watching certain HD channels, the signal starts to degrade and break up...very similar to what it acts like when a strong storm is approaching. Often, the channel will completely go away and the "searching for signal"...
  16. davec53

    Lexington Kentucky Locals In HD

    i'm with you guys...patiently awaiting the lexington channels. i saw on a page ranking the DMAs that Lexington was 62nd, so maybe that is high enough to get us on up the list soon... please, oh please!!
  17. davec53

    Scott's Rumor Confirmed: Seven New HD Nationals Coming to Dish in August/September

    it does not appear that Discovery HD Theater is going anywhere. in this image, posted by scott, you can see that BOTH discoveryHD and discoveryHDtheater are shown as HD channels.
  18. davec53

    Did E* Increase Rez/bitrate for CES?

    i agree with Poke...i have had the HD package with Dish for almost 2 months now, and I've been consistently impressed with the quality of games on ESPN and ESPN2, and i am ALWAYS amazed at Discovery...all of the other HD content looks marvelous, too, so far. very strange.
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    HD observations so far...

    i don't think this is it. i've set up my 622 to output at 720p and 1080i, to compare a little bit. i'm definitely getting good HiDef-ness...i'm just not as blown away by the movie channels as i am by the other networks i've mentioned. i'm not saying they aren't better than my DVD...
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    HD observations so far...

    i suspected that this was more in line with what was going on. i imagine that the content that is shown on say ESPN or FoodTV or DiscoveryHD was shot with cameras specifically designed for HD content, not film. that's why it just "pops" off the screen and looks so vibrant. i'm not saying...
  21. davec53

    HD observations so far...

    i have a sony 50 inch, projection LCD. it is the Sony KDF-E50A10, and i've had it for just over a year. i guess people's expectations or interpretations will vary...i was just expecting to be more blown away by movies in HD than i have been so far. in contrast, i'm absolutely astounded by...
  22. davec53

    HD observations so far...

    i've only had the 622 and HD package for a couple of months now, but here's what i think so far. there are STRIKING differences between the HD channels that have SD counterparts on Dish...ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, FoodTV, etc. the HD versions just blow me away, period. i really enjoy the Rave...
  23. davec53

    How to get Distants from NPS

    well, i called dish, because the lady at mydistantnetworks said she couldn't find me based on my telephone number. the CSR i got couldn't figure it out...said i had my number listed right in their system...strange thing, tho...when the computer voice at dish asks for your phone number to...
  24. davec53

    How to get Distants from NPS

    i had the exact same thing happen. gotta see what's up.
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    How to get Distants from NPS

    hey...could you guys maybe give a brief rundown on what qualifies folks to receive the distant networks packages...maybe for the folks that try and do not get qualified. if you live in a "white area", should you pretty much qualify? they have a FAQ over there, but i didn't see anything about...