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Just moved into a new home. Previous owners prior to me appear to have been set up for cable because there is a litany of cable splitters downstairs and the last time I worked with satellite they were not compatible with splitters. I've attached a picture of the dish I have. There are only 2...

well i called directv and of course they offered me a refurbished unit. I'm only 3 days into a new unit and they offer me a refurbished?! thats crazy, i work for a cell phone company and not even we would stoop that low.....

thats just the thing... its not on specific channels. Its a reciever issue. The reciever no longer powers up.... So my question is not so much geared towards troubleshooting and more towards finding out if I need to request a different box or all the HDDVR's crap like the installer said.

he didn't force any updates, but it did upgrade itself...

Longer post for a short question, I just wanted to get the whole story on paper. If you like the short version, skip down. So, I just bearly got my HDDVR installed last thursday (gift for my fathers 49th birthday). While getting it all set up the installer mentions that the HD-DVR's arn't...

2 tuners.. its not ancient. Give me a little credit, I can make the connection that a dual tuner requires 2 cables.

Actually the HD-DVR is going where a previous DVR was at so cabling is ready to go. All we need is the dish updated and it already has all 4 cables running to the multiswitch. The multiswitch has 8 ports so I wont need a new multiswitch I dont believe. I'm having the DVR relocated but that will...

I have my HD-DVR installation comming this Thursday. Directv gave a pretty fair deal on the equipment as well which I was glad to see. Any suggestions or things I should prepare for before the installer makes his way to my home? Thanks guys! Matt

Wow I didn't even think of the networking possibilities, but it makes sense. I mean, if your going to be finishing a new basement, why not consider all possibilities.....

Thanks for the welcome :) Now just to make sure I'm doing the right thing... the HD deal is like $99 with a two year commitment that includes the reciever and the dish right? my other question was the fact the website states 9.99 HD access, do they mean access to the HD pacakge or is this a...

hey! long time reader, but first time poster. I've had DTV for some time now, but with the basement being finished in the near future, I wanted to go with HD. So my question is.... of course, whats the best route to go? We have not put up the drywall yet so I was thinking it might be a good...