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Thanks for the replies. I have one more question. Is the remote that comes with the HR22 and HR23 an RF remote? I have seen conflicting reports about whether the stock remote is RF or not. I have seen you can order RF or IR remotes from direct's website which confuses me more. Thanks and...

I have a question around this. If I have a harmony remote that is IR downstairs and I want to use directTVs RF remote upstairs, does the receiver support both IR and RF remotes at the same time without having to change the configuration through the menu system?

It only has bars on HD because your TV or the box is stretching the SD picture including the guide. Ideally when you have an HD box the guide would utilize the entire screen available to it, for an HD signal this would include the areas of the display that are currently black. I believe the...

Thanks Longhorn. One other question, is the onscreen guide widescreen? Does it use the entire width of the screen or does it still display with black bars like iGuide? Don't know if the Moto HW even supports widescreen overlays but thought I would ask.

Any idea if if the Tivo software will have a 30 sec skip? While the Tivo's FF and Rew are much nicer than what is in iGuide I still like the 30 sec skip feature. Also with the main rollout are you saying that by Nov most markets will have OCAP capability? Isn't that much sooner than others...

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So whats the big DirectTV news that was supposed to happen in October? Was it the HD announcement from Sept?

I just switched from E* to D*. I also got the same setup you are asking about 1 DirecTivo, 2 standard receives and a Phase III dish. I went with Value electronics and a self install. The total price was $39.00 shipped with my self install for this configuration. Going through D* directly...

No the DirectTivo's do not have caller ID, it is about the only D* receiver that doesn't.

Yea, I just activated also and noticed on my bill the $2.00 credit. Didn't even ask for it.

Actually you don't have to wait a month. With D* you get your first bill online within a couple of days. I activated my system last Wednesday and I already have the credit. Just to let you know how the self install thing really works. You have to fork out $50 up front so you actually fork out...

I got it from value electronics. That configuration is 59.97 + 30(shipping) and if you do a self install you get a 50 credit after you activate (and they give you a self install kit) which comes out to 39. Had some ups and down with value (actually there distributor) however in the end the...

I just switched from E* to D* last week and I couldn't be happier! Tivo is a good thing, the picture quality on my locals is much improved, the non-Tivo receivers are much better than my old 301, the music channels are much better, and for a comparable programming package it is cheaper. I...

Do they say anything about if I can get a discount on total choice plus? Also do they say anything about further discounts on Tivo systems? I am thinking about switching from E* pretty soon, been waiting to see about discounts on the HD-Tivo for new subscribers.

Where did you see this? I saw the $29.95 in a press release but hadn't seen anything about continuing the 3 rooms free or keeping the 3 months of HBO free like mentioned above. Is there a press release somewhere?

Chris, you brought up a couple of valid things here. I will miss Caller ID (why the heck doesn't Tivo have this?) Never use browse on my E* receivers so don't care. 1 hour buffer is a toss up because Tivo does 30 min on each tuner whereas E* does 1 hour for a single tuner Favorites...

I am about to switch from E* to D* as soon as the HD-Tivo comes out. Why you might ask am I switching, is it because of lower monthly fees for equivalent programming? Is it because of the increased functionality that Tivo gets me? Is it because D* receivers actually work as they are advertised...

My 721 was doing the same thing a while back with our phone line. The next thing that happened was it started to display a "not authorized to view this station" message on all stations. I'm not sure if the two were related but thought I would throw it out there in case you see this next. After...

Now we know how much Charlie paid to get CNN and Cartoon Network.

I think you are confusing some things. Your OTA HD channels will come from the 811 not your internal DTV tuner. If you have your TV hooked up through component cables you need to change the input to the component input on your TV NOT your DTV-Cable input. You should have your satellite and...

I don't know if this is what E* is doing in the 921 but most of the higher end HDTVs have a new stretch mode that basically does a non-linear stretch horizontally and a slight stretch vertically. This allows most shows where the center of the screen is the focal point to look non-stretched. It...

Well I guess I spoke to early about how stable my 721 is with L1.16. Over the last couple of days I have had my 721 reboot by itself once while watching live TV, no timers, not recording. Also today I was in the guide and the remote control went dead except for the guide button, I could...

I've got to admit L1.16 seems to be very stable. I haven't had to reboot once since I have gotten it. I am actually for the first time satisfied with my 721.

Good call. If true this means the 322 and 522 as well as the 721,921 are all running Linux.

Yes the 721 is Linux based. You get a nice X-Windows cross and a booting DishLinux screen while it is booting.