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    Existing customer upgrade??

    What does it take for an existing ccustomer to upgrade from MPEG2 to one of the MPEG4 sets? DISH gave me the MPEG2 set when I signed up, now I know why. they knew that these sets would become obsolete when they made the shift to mpeg4. What's the best way to upgrade that's easy on the...
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    What is the process to successfully receive an HDTV specific waiver/

    I received a reply from the IT guy at the local CBS station in Tampa After I sent two e-mails I got this reply: ------------------------ To receive our signal I have two antennas as we recommend in the pdf document I forwarded the link to. This is the only way I recommend doing it. I’m...
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    Funky image on tonight's ABC MNF's HD broadcast

    Definitely ABC national's fault It was definitely an uplink issue from the stadium. the broadcast switched from HD to that wierd upscanned crap they do, then back to HD- strobing, and finally back to HD... get it together ABC!
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    What is the process to successfully receive an HDTV specific waiver/

    I've recently e-mailed every department of my local CBS affiliate. No response. I know they can voluntarily give me the waiver, but I am wondering if anyone knows of the best way to request the waiver so I can finally receive CBS-HD. Any help will be appreciated, thank you.
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    NFL HD / NBA HD channels

    Baseball Just in case anyone is wondering. I did noticed that the HD EVPPV channel aired a couple of baseball games in conjunction with the MLB season package. the baseball game on that channel looked great as well. However I only noticed it once during the season. I figured that since...
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    New 811 Software P3.30

    Same problem I had the same problem you are having. I had the techs come out about 11 times! The problem ended up being that the trees in my backyard (which they thought they were clear of) were causing problems with reception and they channels would go out after a couple of days. The...
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    Overscan on the 811?

    Yes Yes, Even when it is set to normal, the image is overscanned. I have run other signals into the monitor to test it out, and they all came up solid and all safe areas were showing up correctly. This is odd, I've read that some other guys here are experiencing the same problems...
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    Overscan on the 811?

    I've noticed there is significant overscan on the 811 receiver. I have also noticed that I'm not the only person with this problem. Is there any kind of fix for the overscan problem with the receivers? I've actually connected another HD reference with a test pattern, and it's fine. It's...
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    Overscan issue with 811

    I have overscan too... I was so glad to read your post. I am having the same exact problem with my panasonic. Is there a fix for this? Can the actual receiver be calibrated? Thanks for the input, I no longer think I'm nuts. carlos
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    Post your VOOM Activation Stories here

    My Wife called and they said they will be out on tuesday with a 2nd dish and they'll install it for free. They were initially going to charge $100 for it to be installed, but we mentioned that we had a message on the screen of one of the local channels that we don't currently get. the message...
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    Photos from Team Summit 2005!

    Not Starz HD Sorry Guys, but I don't think that receiver was tuned in to Starz HD, it's not full screen. Looks like a standard Def signal it's displaying. I'm looking forward to the addition of those channels too... UniversalHD, Starz, Cinemax, etc. in HD.