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    Tivo Time Warp Patent is Valid according to PTO

    They already did jack up the fees. Charlie is banking that cash for the inevitable settlement .
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    Anyone move from Dish Network to FIOS?

    With Triple play, I am saving over $40/mo over Dish and my previous FIOS Double play. Not sure where you get the $23/mo, but it is not even close. Again, my $40/mo savings is AFTER figuring in the $13.50/mo for each TIVO and cable card combo (fees for first HD TIVO is $120/year, and second...
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    Anyone move from Dish Network to FIOS?

    I made the switch, and am happy. I purchase two tivo HD XL's for about $200 each. The XLs hold about 150 hours of HD recordings. Definitely more than I need. With triple play, I am saving about $40/mo for 24 month commitment. In 10 months the Tivo's are paid for. What I like most about...
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    If you cancel E

    Had two reasons for switching to FIOS myself...financial, and rain fade. The increase in fees for my two E* DVRs was the final factor for the switch. I canceled last Saturday, and my return boxes will be delivered today by UPS. Since my original cancellation chat, I have gotten an...
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    If you cancel E

    Any DVR can crap out...including Dish Networks. Even new boxes can have a hard drive that is the '1 in a 100' that flakes out early. I've owned TIVOs where the hard drive has lasted 3+ years.
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    If you cancel E

    Dish CSR said at the end of the chat I had a zero balance, so that is good I guess (I canceled about 15 days into the month, so they should have credited that amount). Not worth the effort to fight for those $$. Got an email last night confirming the cancellation and they were sending the...
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    If you cancel E

    I just canceled dish (via chat) on Saturday and they said they would ship me the boxes for returning the receivers. I tried to log into my old account to verify things and the account had been deleted. In the chat they made it clear they would charge me $100-$400 per receiver if they were...
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    Left Dish for FIOS

    I also have FIOS internet and phone. Just cannot see giving up DISH. The reason....my dish DVR.
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    DISH IS VERY DISHONEST

    Why fight city hall? Instead work the system. Advise I got some time ago for "moving" : call dish support, get the person in India, so don't take the tech support option ! Finda a KOA campground or movie theartre in area you need to "move" too. Use that address and pick a lot/apt number...
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    TIVO vs E*

    What do you call sky-diving unemployed lawyers and law school dropouts who participate on TIVO/E lawsuit threads? Skeet!
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    Weather alerts on Locals are driving me nuts - Season Finale of LOST ruined

    In my area, the weather guys/babes even preempt HD for thunderstorm WATCHES. Not warnings buy "maybe there will be a storm, but maybe not" watches. I can see a 1 minute watch notice, but interupting prime time shows for hours for a weather watch?????
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    Court Order issued in TiVo vs. Echostar scheduling contempt hearing

    How about this....Charlie buys Tivo, throws the existing case so EchoTivoStar wins, and then goes after Motorola, Direct, etc and makes another Billion!
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    Locals Moving to 61.5

    A compass and a cheap meter to "tweak" the signal for best reception. Google something like "dish pointing meter" to find the meter. Or you can find one on ebay for less than $20.
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    what HD channels will come next?

    How about the upcoming, The"Bowling Beauties"....now that is compelling HD! :D
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    what HD channels will come next?

    MOJO would be a nice addition.....
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    Bad Audio on NATGEO HD and New HMC HD

    Well, played around a little more. Those two channels will not pass audio using Dolby 5.1 function on my audio receiver, but when I switch to Virtual, I get sound (but not Dolby!). This behavior only applies to NatGeo HD and the new HMC HD channels. What is puzzling, is that NATGEO worked...
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    Bad Audio on NATGEO HD and New HMC HD

    I have been having bad audio with NATGEO HD for some time now, but have let it go since it was only one channel. But now, HMC HD was lit up today and it is doing the same thing. Only these two channels exhibit the problem. I have a optical fiber audio cable hooked up from my 622 to my...
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    DISH Network Charges Forward With Another Round of National HD Channel Launches

    They look great! Hmmm, should I watch WFN, or one of the others??? ;)
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    DISH Network Charges Forward With Another Round of National HD Channel Launches

    Yep, as a classic movie fan...this has been my #1 wish list item for some time. For example, Moby Dick in HD this week....ye ha!! :D
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    DISH Network Charges Forward With Another Round of National HD Channel Launches

    I've already got the maxhd penny deal, but was curious if we would get the other maxhd channels with that deal....
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    Now here is a read...

    In the complaint response, Voom admits it did not spend $100M on programing by stating their overhead $$ counts toward the $100M. In other words, if VOOM spends $100M on salaries, electric bills, etc, they claim their obligation is complete (even though that would leave $0 for content).
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    Now here is a read...

    I think E* has a good case, also. E* had an audit conducted to verify that Voom met its content spending obligation. Evidently, the auditors showed that Voom was not putting the agreed to amount into programing. Voom argues they met the spending limit when you include their overhead costs...
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    Why use 61.5 ? Confused

    SatelliteGuys.US - Subscription 61.5°W
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    What do I need to add 61.5

    I'm not an expert but I "think" the DP and DPP setups use the same LNBs. The difference with the DPP is with the multiswitch, which allows connecting a dual tuner receiver to a single cable from the switch (and then using a separator device at the receiver to feed the two tuners)