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  1. KingofKaty

    Last Season? We should know soon...

    24: Day 8 will be its last - it is official Two-Hour Series Finale Airs Monday, May 24, on FOX In a joint decision made by 24’s star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland, executive producer and showrunner Howard Gordon, Twentieth Century Fox Television, Imagine Entertainment and Fox...
  2. KingofKaty

    24: Day Eight will be the Final Season

    Two-Hour Series Finale Airs Monday, May 24, on FOX In a joint decision made by 24’s star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland, executive producer and showrunner Howard Gordon, Twentieth Century Fox Television, Imagine Entertainment and Fox Broadcasting Company, it was determined that the...
  3. KingofKaty

    Retailer Chat Recap: June 9, 2009

    Availability on the TV2 IR remote???
  4. KingofKaty

    IRISH GUY GETS DISH NETWORK ON 185cm FORTECT STAR

    Not to mention that you would also need a different television since they use PAL in Ireland and NTSC in the US. Television in Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isn't a bit late for April 1?
  5. KingofKaty

    Fox Business Added

    Fox business just launched last july and is still building its.audience. Personally, 'm looking forward to more Dagin McDowell.
  6. KingofKaty

    Software Version 6.16

    Problem gets even stranger. After reading a bit about "recovery mode" and other problems with 6.16, I tried something else. I disconnected the OTA cable and then did a hard reboot again. After the receiver went through its initial startup, I got the "Acquiring Satellite" screen. Then...
  7. KingofKaty

    Software Version 6.16

    I called Dish customer service today about my 622. Since they pushed 6.16 down to me on Wednesday my receiver rebooted a couple of times and is now stuck in recovery mode. The CSR asked a bunch of stupid questions and had me do a hard reboot. She then put me on hold for about 2 minutes. When...
  8. KingofKaty

    Software Version 6.16

    Did 6.16 kill my 622? I got 6.16 on Wednesday evening. Unknown to me, my kids had recorderd 2 events on the DVR. At the same time I was transfering programs from the DVR to the EHD. In the middle of all that, the receiver decided to download 6.16. It came back for about 5 minutes and then...
  9. KingofKaty

    Video - 922 Demonstration

    The SlingCatcher currently does NOT support HD. A future firmware update is supposed to do that. You bring up a good point I hadn't thought about. The Slingbox Pro-HD does support HD resolution on your home network. I can even get HD over WiFi. So I think the 922 should be able to...
  10. KingofKaty

    Video - 922 Demonstration

    Did you get to play with the Sling interface? I wondered if the 922 allows you to watch TV2 or the OTA tuner while someone sitting in front of the 922 watches TV1. That would be an additional function that is not available currently to Sling users. I agree that the new UI is pretty cool...
  11. KingofKaty

    First Look - Dish Booth & 922

    Home made SlingMonitor for less than $400 I posted this over in the Sling forum. I thought the Sling Monitor was pretty cool, but then I realized I could build one of these myself for around $400. Here is my list of components: SlingCatcher $236 (from Provantage.com) 19" Samsung...
  12. KingofKaty

    Questions For Dish Network

    Nobody has mentioned online DVR programming. D* has it, E* had it for a while in beta. If and when might it return? Ditto the IR control of TV2. Any more on plans for integrating SlingBox and Dish products? On the 622/722 - how about an IR code or easier way of turning on and off...
  13. KingofKaty

    What Would You Like To See?

    Oppo BluRay See if you can get any release dates or other new info on the upcoming BluRay player (BDP-83) from Oppo. Since Oppo doesn't display at CES you will have to visit Anchor Bay or one of their other suppliers, or you need to flag down an Oppo employee who may be wandering around CES.
  14. KingofKaty

    New XM Lineup

    Cinemagic moved along with On Broadway to ch 76 & 75 respectively. Somebody asked. I was excited this morning to get a number of my favorite Sirius channels on XM. My new presets include: 18 Elvis Radio 55 Radio Margaritaville 58 E-Street Radio 73 Siriusly Sinatra 86 The Joint It was a...
  15. KingofKaty

    Ike didn't blow down my dish

    robwk - we had power out for about 24 hours. One of my co-workers lives off Stella Link across the street from Corpus Christi church. She said they lost lots of trees in that area. You didn't say what dish you have. With the 722 I'm assuming it is a 3 LNB dish. I'm guessing it is an...
  16. KingofKaty

    Ike didn't blow down my dish

    robwk - what part of town are you in? Out here in Katy we had 75 mph winds. My dish and my bowtie HD OTA did just fine. They are mounted to the side of the house and are partly protected from the wind.
  17. KingofKaty

    New Smart Cards

    I'm curious about this too. If I connected a 2nd dish pointed to 72.7 could I get the eastern arc with my new G3 smart card? I'm at 92 W longitude. In theory 72.7 is closer to me than 129, but I don't know if the satellite footprint extends this far west.
  18. KingofKaty

    New Smart Cards

    My replacement 622 had the new purple G3 smart card already inserted in the slot.
  19. KingofKaty

    New Smart Cards

    My first 622 lasted about 6 months before the HDMI connection failed. The second one lasted about 18 months until the hard drive failed. Before I send it back I'll try one last time to reserect it so I can transfer the recordings to the external hard drive.
  20. KingofKaty

    New Smart Cards

    Yes. So I think it is OK. But this 622 appears to have some mileage on it. There are some light surface scratches on the front face plate. We'll see how long it lasts. I got a 1-ft HDMI extension from monprice.com that have attached to the back of the cabinet so the 622 doesn't bear the...
  21. KingofKaty

    New Smart Cards

    I got a replacement 622 yesterday. It came with the new purple smart card. Bummer, it looks like the replacement was one of the refurbished "A" series 622's. I hope they fixed the HDMI connection problem on the refurbs.
  22. KingofKaty

    Is my 622 dead?

    Dish installer came out this morning to replace my LNB. He swapped out the old Dish 1000 and DPP44 switch with a new Dish 1000.2. That should fix the LNB drift problem. Dropouts and rain fade on the HD channels had gotten really bad. When I pulled up the diagnostics it said that 129 had...
  23. KingofKaty

    Is my 622 dead?

    OK, I've got a solid green LED light on TV1. Every 30 seconds it flashes off for 1 second then comes on. I can hear the hard drive running, but it doesn't sound bad. I've had it turned on for about 45 minutes. Nothing yet. I am going to leave it running for at least an hour before I call...
  24. KingofKaty

    Is my 622 dead?

    I am using the TV1 HDMI output for the main TV and the TV1 components are hooked to a SlingBox. Neither set of outputs has a signal. I haven't tried TV2. But none of buttons on the front appear to work, so I can't put it into dual mode. I'm guessing it is dead.
  25. KingofKaty

    Is my 622 dead?

    From memory I just have a solid amber light on TV1. I unplugged it twice for 1 minute and then for about 30. It is unplugged since 9pm last night. I know I should have called about lnb.