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I don't think being down on the concept of PPV is really being a DirecTV hater. All the services have PPV.

It's also available as an HD rental on the PlayStation 3. Not all that exclusive, DirecTV. Anyone wanna check their Xbox 360?

So we're having our first snowstorm here in WI... everything is coming in perfectly, even HD... except for the "old" HD channels in the 70's, which I can barely get a picture on. It's either a completely garbled and half-frozen image, or I get a no signal message. Which satellite would this mean...

Forget Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and all the rest of the noise. Give me C-SPAN HD! I want to see every dirty detail of that HOT senate action! :hungry: Seriously, you guys need to stop with this huge liberal vs. conservative debate. Half of you are killing your own arguments simply by the...

Okay thanks for the feedback. I started watching a replay of the latest Weeds again on Showtime West... same quality problems, but I didn't notice the issue on any other channel, so there's a good chance it's just the "look" of the show that's not too friendly with their encoders.

Nothing's changed on my end... a nicely calibrated 1080p Sony SXRD... and it's nothing "breaking up," this isn't signal problems... it's bandwidth and encoding issues I'm seeing. Something has changed in at least some of their channels' encoding algorithms.

Seems there's more availability for 0255... I just forced an update and it's giving me 0255 on a Tues night! Very cool.

I just started noticing this today, first watching about 10 minutes of Ghost Rider on one of the StarzHD channels, and now my recording of Weeds from ShoHD-West. I'm noticing a lot more artifacting on fades & transitions, and a lot less small object detail than I've become accustomed to on these...

Hahaha, bases you from retention? I think that's the reason he wanted to avoid calling...

Am I able to call a no-charge tech out about this? No problems yet but I don't want to wait until a day of issues, and then wait 3 days on top of that for someone to come out.

Do I have an unacceptable signal strength on 103c? Just had the install today, ran a test just now... 1-8: 80 82 77 82 76 81 76 81 9-16: 76 82 77 82 79 83 N/A N/A 17-24: 63 N/A N/A N/A N/A 86 N/A N/A 25-32: N/A...................... Haven't had any issues yet, but I'd hate to lose...

I'm sure I notice it more than most, I'm a videophile, and a technician at a movie theatre as well. However it seems to me that when my brightness goes up to 100, and the correct setting for everything else on D* is 54... and 34 is close to the "correct" setting just for that channel, that's...

It seems to be constant, but I've only had this installed for one day - so could just be a temporary thing.

Just got DirecTV today, loving it so far, both the SD and HD channels have overall better picture quality than E* gave me. However, the only exception I've seen so far is Comedy Central on channel 249. The correct calibrated brightness level on my 1080p Sony SXRD remained at 54, just like it...

I just switched from Dish to DirecTV today... loving it. Install took a little while but that's because the installer had to run a 4th line from the new dish, and we have the line buried out to our backyard shed... the family is anal about the dish being on the house. My only gripe is the HD...

Cool, thanks for your input! Please do note however, UltraViolet is very well-known for being an extremely soft-looking film, to the point of people looking almost animated. I noticed this in the theater, and every instance I've seen it since (including Blu-Ray) it's looked the same. So just for...

Guess not lol.

What's up with the giant LNB in the middle? Does this improve reception of 129 or something? I just got Dish installed again... they didn't upgrade me to a 1000.2, but they changed the LNB's on my existing 1000, from a single + double, to three single's. We've been having some reception...

I believe since HDMI is digital that it would either not work, work beautifully, or have some data errors that I believe usually show as white specks. If I'm having issues I could easily return the cable... I'd rather take that slight risk and have the possibility of having a perfect digital...

Thanks for the replies! I'll be running the HDMI to the basement since I believe I'll get no signal loss with a long run, whereas component might not look so hot at around 50ft... especially considering the basement has a 106" screen. Also I believe I'll be running seperate audio cable... I...

Sorry for the major bump, but we're getting back into E* land in a few days... how's the quality of Starz and the rest of the MPEG4 channels doing? I know there's some people here who weren't quite as picky as others as far as this MPEG4 switchover goes, so I'd love to hear from some people who...

Does anyone know if there's a way to control the main tuner, from another room in the house, using the long-range TV2 remote? I'd love to be able to run a long HDMI and digital coax (sound) cable down to the projector setup in my basement, for occassional usage, while still mainly using on an...

Sorry the photos are a bit blurry since I just shot them and it was dark out (taking flash pictures outside at 12am, our neighbors probably think we're crazy)... I could take some more tomorrow if clearer photos would be more useful. My family told me some sort of van with ladders on it (they...

You can find out if SATA is active by putting your 8300HD into diagnostic mode. Here's how: Simultaneously press and hold SELECT and EXIT on the front panel, not the remote, for about 4 seconds until you hear a "ding", then release. The display will briefly show "diag". Press exit again...

Simple, to sell the new receivers.