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    did you see the new Comcast commercial?

    they defintly did not say channel, I rewinded it to make sure
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    did you see the new Comcast commercial?

    I just saw a promo on CBS (chicago) that had a scale saying com'ass' had 222 hd programing options that can be veiwed at anytime compared to D*'s 74. I've been searching since that commercial aired and have yet to even figure how they got 222. do they even have 222 channles to begin with:p
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    optical sound faster than HDMI?

    well today instead of bein delayed , it was faster than the mouth movements,(and also on the 6.1) on ESPN2 drag racing esp. maybe not the .50-.75, but definatly ahead. is there any way to cut the audio out of the HDMI? I tried running RCA's from the reciever(700) to the TV .But it didnt...
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    optical sound faster than HDMI?

    I really was hoping they fixed it with the update from Tues/Wed night. it crazy cause it seems only to be on HD stuff, and even my locals from OTA are off.
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    optical sound faster than HDMI?

    this model didnt have HDMI inputs on it:(. yeah thats the best way to describe it as a reverb effect. I usaully have the TV speakers on for 65% of the time, I just was tryin to figure out a way to fix the delay I have- atleast i know I can get it back closer with the reciever. If I swicthed...
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    optical sound faster than HDMI?

    my 700 is hooked up to the screen with HDMI and I have an optical cable going from the 700 to my 6.1 reciever. I noticed today when I turned my reciever on to listen to XM and still had the TV volume up a lil, I could clearly hear the reciever was beating the TV to the words of the song...
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    NFL Replay on NFLN not in HD ?

    I have also noticed some of my OTA "extra" PBS and ABC channels have the HD symbol behind them from time to time
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    Successful DirecTV Slimline Attic Installation

    I tip my hat to ANYONE who pushes the envolope on installing equipment:D. well done kzettel! now get down there and glue yourself to HD!
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    Loss of signal

    no I have all four lines ran, hence I lost 1 of 4, we have an regular tivo and a 700, so the 700 got two from the slimline and the tivo got the 3rd from the slimline and one from my neighbors 3 LNB. I still dont know what caused the line to go out..
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    Loss of signal

    not raining on your parade... but I just lost a line (1 of 4) off my slimline out of the blue, since my dish was very hard to get to and I only needed 2 true lines off the slimline I piggybacked off one of my neighbors 3 LNB to recapture the signal. maybe you can take move you reciever to...
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    New Channels Next Week?

    my 700 aint tooooo bad. it seems worse on a recorded HD program, esp. on Science HD. I either just stop the program and get to live tv and restart it.
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    New Channels Next Week?

    I'd would actually not mind if they didnt add more channels til next month and devoted some attention to the audio sync problem. kinda aggrevating sometimes- :rolleyes:
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    Pbs Hd?

    I too was kinda shocked not see PBS, I just plugged up the OTA in the 700 to get it and the ABC "bonus" channel (love when they put an xtra college game on it). is using the OTA an option?
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    Unique situation around my HD upgrade ...

    or you can move from the chicago addy to another chicago addy or suburban address off a friend, let them come out and install it, take it down yourself and reinstall it in the rockford address.. my friend has done this with Moline already.
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    has anyone ever lost a line off 5 LNB

    yeah I did some more looking at the system from inside the apartment, and the line that went out was one of my original 3 lines, during installation I had them run a 4th line for me with the slimline. that line has seem some "action" in the weather dept. so i think its unlikely that the cable...
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    has anyone ever lost a line off 5 LNB

    I know thats what Im afraid of shmeff, it was storming a few days before but i got atleast 2 days of heavy usage out of the 700 after the storm, so its 50/50.
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    has anyone ever lost a line off 5 LNB

    dam, I was hoping i can easily fix it without callin D* :(. oh well maybe ill try the running to another dish method 1st.....
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    has anyone ever lost a line off 5 LNB

    hi guys, had my 5 LNB & 700 for about 6 weeks now, we have all 4 lines ran into apartment with 2 going to the 700 and 2 going to a series 2 Tivo. everything was great until last night on the 700 I got a message that tuner 1 had no signal I went into "detective mode" switching BBC, feeds and even...
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    ok finally got my slimline & 700

    sup ev1, I finally got my stuff installed (thursday, orig. wanted it in july) and really thought the new channels would be up by now... shame on me:p. must say the lack of dual live buffers is it only flaw for me. oh and it really does NOT like my older series II D*TIVO near it while running...
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    got a problem or so i think.....

    lmao @ da slow computer refrence, that would be completly unnacceptable. ok, so if I called D* there is a pretty good chance Ill recieve a HR20 with the newest update? can you force the reciever to stay in like 720P for all HD channels? sorry for the multiple Q's this is my first HDTV...
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    got a problem or so i think.....

    thats sounding good, can you explain the numerous cnet killings off this, like what kinda problems did you have before.I had no idea about this and to be honest it kinda stopped me in my tracks. so can you still pause live tv or am I in for a rude awakening?
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    got a problem or so i think.....

    talked to my landlord today and he was completly cool with it as he just had his installed a few weeks ago!! even will give me the key to retrieve the long ladder (long story from previous D* woes) said my install was the neatest of all, no need to get a multi switch for other tenants he...
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    got a problem or so i think.....

    yeah it kinda did Jd, i did find a wb616 for like $199, without even looking hard so maybe there are some cheaper ones. i read that they are cascadable, well come monday I'll test it out on him & happy fathers day to all who are handlin they sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    got a problem or so i think.....

    just saw the channel list and the 5 LNB is now a priority. his other concern is too many dishes on the roof. ok there are 4 D* subcribers in my building, if I get the new 5LNB, is the a multiswitch that can dump all the lines every one needs, like around 20+.(MDU is a term I heard) I am...
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    got a problem or so i think.....

    thanks for the replies jdspenser you hit a HR with that:D . Me and my wife start bickering over the single tivo (she cancelled the game to record Lifetime, had to do something). sad thing is I advised the guy to do it as my lil girl was only 3 or 4 at the time and soon would have her on sat...