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  1. Mark Strube

    Snow fade question

    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...
  2. Mark Strube

    MPEG4 HD Channels - now lower quality?

    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...
  3. Mark Strube

    Comedy Central - 249 - Incorrect black level

    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...
  4. Mark Strube

    Dish 722: Control TV1 with TV2 remote? (HD in 2 rooms)

    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...
  5. Mark Strube

    What in the world is this new addition to our electric pole?

    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...
  6. Mark Strube

    Where did HDNet Movies go?

    I was in the middle of watching A Rumor Of Angels on HDNet Movies, and a few minutes ago, the picture froze for about 30 seconds, and then it turned into HDNet (not the Movies channel). Now HDNet is showing up on both HDNet AND HDNet Movies. What's going on? I wanted to watch that movie! Now...
  7. Mark Strube

    ViP211 loses sound/picture when on over-the-air for long periods

    My mother watches the local channels quite a bit, which we have near perfect signals with from an over the air antenna. Awhile back, when she'd watch the same channel for more than a couple hours, the sound would go completely out (connected thru analog stereo cables). There was no way to...
  8. Mark Strube

    Not happy with StarzHD quality

    I'm glad they've added some new HD channels, but I must say I am very underwhelmed with the quality of StarzHD... perhaps this has something to do with the mpeg4? I'm viewing this on a 50" 1080p Sony SXRD. All of the other HD channels (HBO, HDNet etc) look very nice and smooth, no major...
  9. Mark Strube

    More classic trailers please!

    I love Nothing But Trailers, my DVR is set to record it everytime it's on. Awhile back they used to air some older trailers, for movies that have been released in the past 5 years or so... (Ali, The Patriot, Spider-Man 1, Black Hawk Down). However recently, they've gone to just rotating the...