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    RV Install of Winguard single lnb dish, no signal?

    I had this problem, too - although my dish was tripod mounted on the ground, not on my camper roof. I could get signal on every other transponder. For testing purposes, I just sat in the garage with a little TV, my receiver and the dish. Tried different coax cables, and different ports on the...
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    It may be time to go to DISH network or cable.

    I think what DishDave was saying was that if the credit hit on last months bill, and the charge hit on this months bill, the total is a wash. Last month, you would have paid $70 less on your bill, and this month you'll pay $70 more. Over two months, that comes to a net of $0. I'm not...
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    Directv Going To Lease Only On 3/1/06

    Your point is well taken. I should have been more clear that I was focusing on customers wanting to get an HDDVR, not those who already own all of their equipment.
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    You can only lease ONE HD DVR per year now

    It seems all the sat companies are acting goofy right now. After calling D* yesterday to see if I could get a deal on the HDDVR, and get some details on the lease, needless to say I was a little disappointed with D*. So, I called up E* and told them that I wanted to leave D* and come...
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    Directv Going To Lease Only On 3/1/06

    The entire decision/structure of the new D* lease program baffles me. I cannot find any significant reason that going to a lease structure would be beneficial for an end consumer. Given the previous comment sin this thread, such as the $470 fee for returning a damaged unit, $499 up front...
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    Spaceway 2 Launch thread - It's up!

    I've seen turkeys fly over 200 yards at a time... Maybe we should give the satellite to a turkey and have him fly it up instead of this French outfit. 200 yards is a lot closer to orbit than they've been able to get it. :p
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    ESPNU and CSTV

    I was able to get the Outdoor Channel added a-la carte... But like you guys said, no go on ESPNU when I tried at launch last year...
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    What to say to CSR

    I, too, cannot receive much with the wineguard antenna that D* installed on my roof. We've tried rotating it but nothing helps. I have a 15 year old set of rabbit ears that sit on top of my TV that I use, and they work great. I'm about 1/2 way in between Cincinnati and Dayton, and I can...
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    Experience with Samsung SD boxes?

    At one point I had 3 SIR-S300W's, now down to only two (upgraded to HD on one set)... They have been working great for 2 years, no problems at all.
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    Reception/ Picture Quality

    When I first got my HD STB (not DVR), it would lock up once a week... But that only lasted for 3 weeks, been fine for 3 months now. And the HD PQ is severely downsampled from D*. I asked them to discount my HD package 50% to reflect the downsampling they do to the picture, and they said...
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    Strongest OTA Antenna

    I have one of those Winegard Sensar s that D* provides when hooking you up with OTA HD... It sucks. I am getting a hundred-fold better reception with a 15 year old set of rabbit ears hooked to my D* STB. IMO, the Winegard Sensar is not much of an antenna.
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    D* now downrezzes all 1080i channels to 1280

    I'm unclear as to whether or not D* will add any national local HD channels running off the newly launched satellites, as I thought that those sats were MPEG-4, and anyone who was going to be looking at those sats would need their STB's replaced... If this is true, then I seriously doubt D*...
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    Buy new OTA antenna or wait for new satellites?

    Swacksman - I agree with everyone else, 2 years for us in Cincinnati till HD, and the OTA PQ is going to be a lot better that D*'s.
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    D* now downrezzes all 1080i channels to 1280

    I finally started to get po'd about this situation (most likely because my free HD promotion package is about to run out :) ) and decided to write D*. I received the same canned response about them trying to balance PQ with programming channels that interest everyone, etc... Basically, they...
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    Old customer returning

    Call Customer Rentention and explain the situation to them. I was away from D* for only 6months, and was able to get a pretty good deal to sign back up. I did have to call in 3 different times though, before they finally made me an offer that I was happy with. I paid under $200 for an HD...
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    OTA Waivers / DNS

    Sorry I haven't gotten back to everyone who posted replies to my question. Been swamped at work a few days here... I had posted the same sort of ? over on the AVS forums for the Cincinnati area, and everyone in there was befuddled as to why I couldn't get any signals from my location, even...
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    OTA Waivers / DNS

    Hey everyone... I've got another interesting question for everyone. My physical location is about 1/2 way between Cincinnati and Dayton. Directly to my South, 300 feet away sits a huge commercial radio tower (700 WLW AM). This tower is 750 feet tall, and poses nothing but problems for...
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    What type of OTA antenna was installed?

    That one is close, but not it. I think it is this one - bottom right hand picture: http://www.winegard.com/offair/sensar.htm#gs In any case, it appears to be a Winegard Sensar of some sort. If that is the case, they are "bi-derectional". What 2 directions are they talking about...
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    What type of OTA antenna was installed?

    Well, that's sort of why I want to see some specs on this antenna. I'm 25 miles from Dayton, 18 from Cincinnati. There's a big radio tower 500' in front of my house towards Cincinnati. Last weekend, I got all channels from Cincy and Dayton ok. Now, down to 5 out of 11 channels. Trying...
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    What type of OTA antenna was installed?

    Nope, not the CM3010. It looks just like the one in their advertisement. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/HDTV_equipment.dsp The right hand most picture 1/2 way down or so...
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    What type of OTA antenna was installed?

    Hey everyone... I'm trying to figure out what make/model of OTA antenna the D* installer put up on my roof. Hoping maybe someone out there paid attention when theirs was installed or can help identify by my description. I'm sorry my description is vague... and I can probably call the...
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    UCONN game HD on ESPN-2HD tonight

    Do any providers offer ESPN2-HD ?
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    Call me the king of credit. D* Retention ... How much is too much.

    No, They put several charges against my D* account, and then applied several credits towards my D* account... So in other words, didn't have to give them my credit card# or anything like that, but I will have to pay the $176 when I get my D* bill.
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    Call me the king of credit. D* Retention ... How much is too much.

    I just signed back up with D*... Here's the deal I got from them: 1 HD Receiver 1 Standard Receiver 1 Standard Tivo 1 HD OTA Antenna 1 triple LNB dish 3 mo free HDTV package Installation $176. I had to call 3 times to "negotiate". Originally they wanted $299, which was more...
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