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    KQED San Francisco

    I know that some areas of the US still don't receive local channels in HD. That sucks. However, big markets like San Francisco still get PBS in only SD. Any thoughts on the future? KQED in HD would be so cool.
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    Missing Indie and Retro HD

    I have America's Top 250 with HD & Platinum. I have found five of the new HD channels (don't have Showtime) but can't find the new Retro and Indie channels. Can anyone help? Thanks.:o
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    VIP 722 Favorites List Options

    I searched for this topic and couldn't find anything. Sorry if this is a duplicate. About a week ago I noticed a change in my VIP 722 Guide. Now, instead of just flipping through the various favorites lists with the button, I see a "Favorites List Options" page requiring me to pick one. I...
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    KQED HD San Francisco

    I can't receive the ota San Francisco HD PBS channel, or any other ota channel due to the surrounding topography. What is the possibility that Dish will add this? Thank you.:hungry:
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    Blu Ray SD Upconversion on EDTV

    I own a nice Panasonic TH-37PD25 EDTV. It fits perfectly in my viewing area and has provided an excellent HD picture with Dish Network and my obsolete Toshiba HD-A3. As a relatively early ('05) higher def tv it doesn't offer variable input picture adjustments. My Harman Kardon AVR 345 is...
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    No Pay Per View Freebies with 722?

    A few months ago I Dished it Up with a VIP722. The installer took their 311 but I saved the 211 for my second SD bedroom tv, anticipating an eventual HDTV replacement. When the 211 was my primary receiver I enjoyed free Pay Per Views on channel 9465. I still do, in SD. The...
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    VIP722 Hard Drive Noise

    I've had a VIP722 for two weeks and still can't get past the subtle whirring sound coming from it both powered and on "standy." The CSRs say that the unit is always "on" but that it shouldn't make an audible sound from six feet away. I hear the thing the minute I walk into the viewing area in...
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    VIP 722 Electricity Usage

    My two day old VIP 722 is my first DVR and I was surprised that the thing is always "on" when plugged in. Close up I can hear the hard drive spinning for no apparent reason. It is also warm to the touch. Does anyone know how much juice the VIP 722 uses in standby mode? The Dish HD CSR didn't...
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    San Francisco local HD channel pixilation

    I wonder if it is just a coincidence that since "The Fire" disrupted four HD channels , two of my local HDs, KNTV and KPIX, have been pixilating and cutting out like mad. I checked all the diagnostics and everything is in the green. The troubling detail is that the "modified" signal...
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    Dish Network Lied to Me

    I, too, was astounded to return home last night to find that CBS HD Los Angeles was deleted from my VIP 211 receiver. I had watched the morning news just 10 hours before. I feel burned because I was assured twice by Dish csrs that this channel, the only one on my dedicated Dish 500, would not...
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    Bay Area HD local Programming

    I thought Dish Network was compressing the "HD" local programming of the four MPEG-4 San Francisco stations. Then yesterrday, one of them, KTVU, suddenly began broadcasting the 6am morning news in real, honest to God 16x9 high definition. Wow! All this time these stations were transmitting...