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Thought it might be a good idea to get a pulse from fellow 811 users on there OTA installation experience.

This is a tough poll since there have been some software updates that fixed issues. Lets try to capture opinions from the current 266/267 firmware.

You can select multiple things so if you did both the 811 swap and upstream tweaking select both.

If you had a previous receiver and you cant get OTA with the 811, the answer would be less. If you had previous receiver but are using new a new installation on the upstream, then answer like a new OTA user.

I am sure I left some edge conditions here, but hopefully most bases are covered. Post your thoughts and details in the thread if you like too.
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GaryPen said:
6 out of 8 choices involve having a previous receiver. Do you mean previous HD receiver?

The other two non-previous-receiver choices are "not working" or "works perfectly".

I would think that the largest portion of 811 users had no previous HD receiver, and are currently (or at the time of install) have issues somewhere in between "not working" and "works perfectly".

Well based on what I saw on here with previous posts there was a lot of people that had previous receivers and stated that their old STB OTA recievers work. I was mainly talking about HD reception here since it is and HD receiver. Lets leave Analog OTA out of this if we can.

As for the largest part of the 811 users being new HD users, you might be right. However from what i have read on the posts, most of the people posting seem to have some previous HD receiver. I was hoping I could modify the poll as comments came in, but I guess that would not be fair to the poll. ;)
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I get all local digitals on my 811 and my Samsung SIRT351, to me they work exactly the same, no better, no worse, as far as signal reception.
Kevinw
I had good OTA reception prior to my 811 with a Pioneer SH-D505. My OTA reception is better with the 811. The 811 is worse than the 508 for SD DISH programming. My Samsung Sir-t351 worked as well as the 811 for OTA.
mike123abc
I had to tweek my setup some to get rid of the 49% problem I had on one channel (ironically the strongest full power station with antenna not far from house...5 miles).

811 reads 10% better on all digital channels now compared to my 6000. 811 also hold picture a *lot* better than the 6000 does now.
F
With the same antenna in the same location, the 811 gives me 3 more local OTA HD than my old Samsung SIRT151. However, with the Samsung, I never lost any station. With the 811, I get that dreadful 49% from time to time and have to use that view tv+info trick to get the stations.
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
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Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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K
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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harshness
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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MikeD-C05
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
harshness
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
MikeD-C05
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
MikeD-C05
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Jimbo
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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long_time_Dish
Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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primestar31
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
star trek GIF by HULU


Just sayin...
MikeD-C05
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television
All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
harshness
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
long_time_Dish
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

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Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

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Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

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Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


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Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums - Norman Greenbaum
Bobby
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again - George Burns
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I Wish - Stevie Wonder
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Lonesome Road -- The Wonder Who?
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Lonesome Loser - Little River Band