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First, can I have some of what you are smoking? Second Dish gained a whopping 35,000 subscribers in the first quarter and lost 25,000 net in the second quarter while poor old DirecTv was only gaining about a quarter million every quarter. Even using Dish' fuzzy channel count math there is no...

Also seems to be a problem with VOD. My network connection, which has always been solid, now won't connect the HR20 to the internet connection. Seeing 13 missing transponders on 101 too.

From the way you write, I suspect you are having trouble learning a different system or understanding why the HR2xx series receivers work differently than the E* ones. Good luck on that termination fee thing too. You might have someone read your contract to you.

I totally agree with garn9173. I never had a provider, cable, D*, or PrimeStar play games with programming the way E* does. I too thought I could save some money with E*, but then came the price increases, all the add in charges, and they weren't any cheaper at all. I escaped them as soon as...

Unfortunately D* went with transponder 21 on D10. Where I used to see readings in the 90's when the locals were on the Spaceway, I am now seeing readings only in the 60's on transponder 21 from D10. The signal is still usable here, but since I'm in West Wendover and with that low signal here...

That is the problem. Its possible your LNB for 99 is defective.

I'm not sure if this is the cause of your problem, but D* seems to still be playing with the spot beams on D10. Last week the spot for Salt Lake City was in the 60's and now it's in the 50's where I'm at. It was always in the upper 80's and low 90's until the last few weeks. So far I still...

I'm sorry, but this is just nonsense. Several of the casinos in town run D* on huge screens that cover a whole stage and there is no indication of any hyper compression, whatever that is. As of yesterday, the picture was pristine on all their screens. I had to spend some time waiting for a...

The record button on your DVR is the best idea. HDNet usually runs their test pattern at least once a month.

Your signal strengths are very strong. You couldn't do any better.

As was stated before, the D* web site can't be counted on for HD locals information. The site still says I don't get my HD locals, yet I have been receiving them for almost two years.

I have had vinyl siding and dishes on the side of my house for years and it has never been an issue with installs with either D* or E*. Current dish is a Slimline.

I wouldn't count on D* ever having VOOM since some D* ads have basically said they weren't anything people want.

Just hope your internet provider doesn't have bandwidth caps when D* starts doing more VOD in HD. I still have a problem with them using someone else's infrastructure to deliver their content.

The most likely problem in your situation is either the wrong multi-switch or bad BBC's.

Just checked my bill and I'm being charged for the HD Extra pack as of January 16th. I knew I shouldn't have signed up early!!! The nasty-gram to D* has been submitted.

The transponders above 17 are spot beams on 103(b) as is everything on 99 so don't sweat the zeros there. If 1 through 6 are from 103(a), again those are all spot beams. If they are from 103(b), transponder 4 should have a signal. Reset your receiver before you try anything else to get rid of...

When the op didn't respond, I looked at some of his other posts and despite him asking if this has ever been brought up before in this thread, he's brought it up himself in other threads. Looks suspiciously like another E* troll. His claimed location in another thread would be Ely, which would...

What part of eastern Nevada are you in? Even though the D* site says HD locals aren't available here, I still get them. I don't think they've updated that part of the site for a long time. As for the spot beam not being strong enough, the Salt Lake channels are currently on transponder 4 on...

I believe the settings on the hr21 are the same as the hr20 and if that is the case, set the box to stretch on the hr21 and then set your tv to 4:3 expanded and you should get the results you are looking for. On 480 channels your guide will have over scan, but since D* went to the white GUI...

There have been numerous business reports the past couple of weeks basically saying the same thing he was saying. Here's just one of many: DirecTV scores good grades for Q3

While wet snow on a dish will wipe out the best signal, your alignment is way off. If D* is sending someone out, don't let them leave until you have at least a few 90's on each satellite except 99, but its really not that hard to do it yourself. With the good readings on 119 and 110 and the...

D* made the announcement on these the day after they lit up. The new transponders on 103(a) are spot beams from D10. I believe they have already moved Salt Lake City, Tampa, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio off of the Spaceways and on to D10. There have been reports that in those...

I can't help but believe they were trying to get posters to spell it out so they could improve their standing with search engines. This wasn't for the benefit of people using the forums. Just another reason I stop by here more and more and the other site less and less.

One of the coolest things I've seen in some time are the OTA signal coverage maps from TV Fool. At least for our area, they are so much better than what Antennaweb does. You have to have Google Earth and then download the coverage maps with a file sharing program, but they are definitely worth...