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Hmm, that may suck. Is it confirmed that SW 1 covers the east coast? It seems to me to make more sense to have the satellite at 99 cover the east coast.

Is SW1 at 99 or 103? I'm finding conflicting information wherever I look on the net. The reason I ask, is currently, I have a three dish set up. It appears that with the new multiswitch, if I swap my 101 dish with the new dish, it's possible that I can at least pick up the 99 sat also, but...

That multiswitch kinda scares me. I currently have a three dish setup due to trees. I'm fairly certain I can pick up 99 and 103 from where my 101 dish is, so I was hoping to somehow merge all the signals as I do now, but it seems that I'm going to lose 103 if I try to do that now (assuming the...

Ha! That's exactly what I did when I first got DirecTV. The dish was on a pole in the front corner of our front yard but it was all up in a tree, and she didn't notice it forever. This is after she told me how ugly satellite dishes are blah blah blah. The second dish for 119 is on the back...

Talking the wife into putting up a 3rd dish is not going well. Imagine that! I just realized I could not have a 119 dish and just have the dish on 110 to catch HBO and SHO. The other HD content just isn't very compelling for me yet. I'll then get one more channel than I had before. I hope...

Well, I'm screwed by this. I don't subscribe to the HD package, and all I was interested in was HBO HD. Because of trees, I have one dish up pointing at 101 and one dish up pointing at 119. I suppose I could swap out the LNB on the 119 satellite and move/re-aim it to 110. Ugh. I guess...

Anybody know what satellite it's on? I only get 101 and 119.

Trees? I have to catch 101 from one point in my yard and 119 from another.

Remember when converting from HDMI to DVI, the signal stays digital, so there is absolutely no reason to buy a fancy nitrogen shielded triple protected magnetically balanced cosmically neutral Monster Cable or any other high end cable. Just buy one, and if you plug it in and you see your...

No name based recording??? Why is it so difficult for the PVR manufacturers out there to implement this.

I guess that settles it. I'll be VOOMing the moment that thing hits the shelves! Please tell me it plays AAC also. That would make my day.

Awesome! Thanks

So what did the UI look like? Is it comparable to TiVo? Name-Based Recording? Season Passes? I'm anxiously waiting to see whether I can ditch D* !

I can see adding a commitment _or_ paying $199.99 install charge. Basically they will waive the installation fee if you sign a two year committment. That's pretty standard fare. Paying $200 and then having to pick up the commitment is ridiculous.

20x35 seems SO freaking huge for a 11 degree spread. DirecTV does three satellites at 101, 110, and 119 with a 24" dish. Dish does 110 and 110 with something about the same size. Why so big?

Right. There are several issues though. 101 is broadcasting locals to several markets without using spot beams, which is a huge waste of their bandwidth. The plan is that this satellite will allow them to move these locals to spot beams on 119. Of course, that will require any subscribers in...

I don't know why I find this launch so fascinating, but I do. Probably because they've got updates going so we can see what happens every step of the way leading up to it. My HDTivo purchase is hinging on what they do with all this new bandwidth. Here's hoping it goes well!

Do you have it in writing that they'll swap your current box for a DVR for free? Do you rent the equipment or did you purchase it outright? I'll wait and see on their box, too. The Dish 921 is an HD PVR, but I'd rather have my trusty DirecTivo than a flaky box like that.

As for the top of the house, it still wouldn't work. I live on the east coast, and the satellites are directly behind our house. To catch the 101 at a 40 degree elevation, we had to mount the dish on a 8 foot pole at the very front corner of our house to clear the tree. 119 is at a 30 degree...

I've been watching VOOM closely. I would have no problem at all hitting their sat at 61.5. There are two issues with VOOM for me. The first is FOX. The closest FOX station is 55 miles away, and the digital broadcast that they output is pathetic. I'm all but certain that I wouldn't be able...

I have DirecTV right now with a elliptical 3 LNB dish pointed at the 101 Satellite. Unfortunately, I can't catch the other sats from that dish because of trees. Recently, I went ahead and ordered the $99 HD package (actually paid $149 for it) and told them I need another dish. I found a...