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  1. techdood

    No HD in FOX KTXL Sacramento

    That is incorrect. KTXL-40 is carried in HD for both cable systems in Sacramento. Comcast and Surewest. Take it from a person who DOES live in the area.
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    The TITANIUM™ Package

    Are we assuming that "all HD" means everything that can be received in HD? Including the local regional markets that can be received by whatever dish? And if it's an everything package, can we also assume all standard definition markets? I like the all internationals, this would save me the...
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    Older receivers w/ AT9 Dish?

    I believe the AT9 dish will work with the new dish, however it will not be able to utilize the ka orbitals 99 and 103. So the new dish will have the appearance of the 3 headed animal we are all used to, which is the setting you should set on those older receivers. Now, there are some receivers...
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    new customer with R15 wants 95W only

    I have worked a D10 setup with only 95W after initalizing the setup with both 95/101. The setup DID work for about a month before the D10 started looking for 101W. How does one know that it is looking for 101W? Looked at a blue screen which said the recever needed to be reset and to press the...
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    International 95 Satellite, which Multi-switch

    I have an uncle right now running on an old 4*4 switch, from an old para-todos dish, who receives the internationals. Works great with the receivers that already have the firmware built in to identify the satellite, those with the Direct Tv identifier (ie: H10.) The Zin SAT-6802 is still in the...
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    Pole or Roof

    How about a conduit run? Does the installer still charge that dollar per foot? I'd rather buy a length of quality coax, compression fittings, and make the conduit run myself than pay for an installer to place coax just underneath the blades of grass.
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    Installation questions

    Ironwood communications is bad in Sacramento also. They botched up an exhisting customer upgrading to international. The technician came and must have read the order wrong. He installed a single 18" with dual outs. When he realized he installed the wrong dish, his frustration must have eaten him...
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    Multiswitch Problem? Please help.

    OK, then regardless of how many receivers you have, I'm assuming the 2 dual tuners only, you can still troubleshoot. Take the 2+2 cable leads and hook them up directly to the satellite dish, meaning 4 leads off the dish will be paired to each receiver. This setup SHOULD work for those two...
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    Multiswitch Problem? Please help.

    Why a multi-switch? You have more than 4 receivers hooked up before you changed the collector out? I'd take the multi-switch out and hook the receivers directly into the new dish.
  10. techdood

    NBA League Pass ... Will this be in HD like Sunday Ticket is??

    I bet networks that are run by Comcast, Mid-Atlantic Chicago Sacramento, will not be involved in that plan. Comcast has exclusivity rights for HD games in their areas. And it seems to be a great hold. I'd love to have the option to leave cable totally and catch a home team game with home team...
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    How many are actually buying Sunday ticket this year?

    what the real question is, is not HOW in respect to time. But it's more how in respect to reception. Either this was a local trip to the nearby Sports bar, or something else that hasn't been explored yet. As for myself, I've missed out this first weekend; I'm trying to get a little bit more...
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    Max number of boxes on D* Account

    I'd love to have direct tv on all my sets and just diplex the cable in. However, Direct Tv's blackout policies on NFL Sunday ticket makes their package alot less attractive to me now. I'd only use direct tv for those channels I need to modulate, in my case those three filipino channels. My...
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    Max number of boxes on D* Account

    deezoneezo, you do not understand. I have receivers for every channel I want modulated into my cable system. An example is this, 1 receiver on channel 2060, 1 receiver on channel 2061, another on channel 2064 (and yes, those following my last post this is the exact senario I described.) I input...
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    Max number of boxes on D* Account

    I am very interested in the answer myself. I am currently modulating my satellite receivers into my Cable Tv lineup. I do this for the simplicity of using the tuners built into most of my TV sets. I am planning on exspanding my Direct Tv receiver count to accomidate a majority of the Filipino...
  15. techdood

    2 Dishes Required for Filipino Channels & HD?

    Well shoot. I just checked the lyngsat charts and they also got GMA. I'll be joining you. As for your inquiry, unfortunately all true. You will need a larger collector to obtain the signal out of 95W for the filipino channels. In addition the 18*20 tri-headed dish for the SD/HD direct tv...
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    Get out your wallet. ST in HD now $318.00

    I agree this ST thing stinks. I can see the angles current subscribers are looking at, but step into my arena for a moment. I am not a current D* customer, E* for HD's and cable for SD's, and I am now NOT willing to pay into Total Choice just so I can qualify to get ST. D* must have negotiated a...
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    Get out your wallet. ST in HD now $318.00

    I am a current E* and cable customer. I thought about buying into a HD DVR unit and D* strictly for NFL ST. Now that 318 is now the base price for ST with HD, what is the minimum I'd have to pay to even qualify to get the package? Total Choice seems too costly now. Could I get away with just a CNN?
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    Using Direct TV with VoIP

    WOW, I find that very hard to believe. I'm stopping short of buying into a Direct Tivo unit to find out. And no one here has ever made a push and demanded to have that option opened up? I cannot believe they wouldn't do that to Direct Tivo units. You must be pulling my leg, on Thanksgiving at...
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    Using Direct TV with VoIP

    Series 2 Tivo with VoIP? Couldn't you connect the series 2 tivo directly to your router? Any particular reason why a person would want to stick their Series 2 tivo into a common phone jack? I have a series 2 tivo with a 100baseT to usb adapter in it. That cat5 runs into my router. The...