Philly install...
gwinchilla said:
Just got the upgrade...boy the dish is huge! Probably twice the size as the triple LNB. I feel bad for the installers lugging that sucker up the ladder...
Picture quality is good, possibly a little better....
There is no DVI hookup on the H20 only HDMI, component or S-Video. Does anyone know if there are any cables DVI on one end and HDMI on the other?
As far as what philly locals are in HD, I have two channels of each (cbs, abc, nbc and fox) one SD version and one HD version
I also still have the the NY locals on 80, 82, 86 and 88
NO UPN or WB
I got my Philly upgrade today. I was supposed to go this past Sunday (12/4) but due to a boatload of snow and ice on the roof the installer cancelled out on me. Right now the 4 locals in HD are ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX. The installer told me that the 5th satellite is supposed to go up in the spring and that's the one that will have the national HDTV feeds. TNT, USA, etc, etc. He seemed pretty knowledgable about it all. The reason he told me that is when he set up the H20 it gave an error trying to lock in to the 5th satellite. The signal strength is good and I can't complain. The only thing I don't like is that I haven't been able to find a discrete remote code to power on and power off the H20 for my Harmony remote. It will toggle the power but my old RCA DTC-100 had a nice set of discrete's. Maybe DirecTV will work on that in a firmware update. Then again, maybe not.
The new dish is massive. I think the tech said it weighs 55 lbs. He wanted to do the install on the ground and bury a pipe in a hole to mount the unit. No dice. It went up on the roof. I'm quite happy with it so far. I can't wait for Sunday and the NFL so that I get everything there in HD. I don't get Sunday Ticket so now that I have locals it should be decent.
Now I could get completely rid of my terrestrial cable if Comcast Philly would stop being arrogant pr**ks and just let D* carry the channel.
Ok, off my soapbox. Get your orders in for Philly HD's. The lead times for the installs don't seem to be more than a couple of days.
MakDaddy