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January 12th, 2007, 12:22 PM
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Meet Lyla Grace!
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I just got my new DTV HD DVR installed today.
Going to be interesting to see how these things work. I just upgraded one of our Tivo's (mainly because one broke) to see how they do, if they miss recordings, etc.
DirecTV is coming out with like 40 new HD channels over the next 6 months, including SciFi, FX, etc.
I can't wait...
Mike
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January 12th, 2007, 12:29 PM
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#287
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I have Direct TV and I still don't get local channels in HD, does anyone know why? They gave me some BS answer about a new Satellite going up last september but nothing. Whats up with that?
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January 12th, 2007, 12:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryanwb
I have Direct TV and I still don't get local channels in HD, does anyone know why? They gave me some BS answer about a new Satellite going up last september but nothing. Whats up with that?
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You can get it, but it requires a separate tuner I believe. It costs about $500. At least that's what my brother with DTV says.
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January 12th, 2007, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamcastrocks
You can get it, but it requires a separate tuner I believe. It costs about $500. At least that's what my brother with DTV says.
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I have the HD-DVR with dual tuners. I think I may have the obsolete one that doesn't use MPEG 4. Does anyone know if DTV will upgrade me or what?
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January 12th, 2007, 12:36 PM
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You know what ASFN needs?
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Originally Posted by Ryanwb
I have the HD-DVR with dual tuners. I think I may have the obsolete one that doesn't use MPEG 4. Does anyone know if DTV will upgrade me or what?
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If you threaten to cancel probably. Doubtful if you dont.
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January 12th, 2007, 12:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryanwb
I have the HD-DVR with dual tuners. I think I may have the obsolete one that doesn't use MPEG 4. Does anyone know if DTV will upgrade me or what?
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They upgraded me when I called them to see what my options were for local HD channels.
The box is buggy, though.
Sometimes when trying to watch a recorded program it'll skip right to the end and ask me if I want to delete it or not. I can't watch the program (even after a reboot), so I delete it.
Also, the rwd/fwd isn't nearly as smooth as the Tivo boxes.
Other than that, it's great.
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January 12th, 2007, 12:54 PM
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Meet Lyla Grace!
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Okay...crazy stuff on here.
You need their new Mpeg4 receivers for local HD channels over the satellite. You can still get OTA channels via satellite.
If you have a Tivo HD DVR right now, DTV will upgrade you to their new DTV HD DVR for about $199 or $299 or something.
I got mine for $99 because I called customer retention. I recommend that if you can find it.
I have heard it's buggy, but my Tivo has been buggy too. I'm hoping it will improve, as they are always doing software upgrades on it.
Mike
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January 12th, 2007, 01:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chandler Mike
DirecTV is coming out with like 40 new HD channels over the next 6 months, including SciFi, FX, etc.
I can't wait...
Mike
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Does anyone know if Cox is going to do the same thing? |
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January 12th, 2007, 01:05 PM
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Meet Lyla Grace!
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Does anyone know if Cox is going to do the same thing?
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No idea. I just know DTV has been planning this for awhile, and this is supposed to be DTV's Year of HD or something.
I just can't wait. Battlestar Galactica is on SciFI, Rescue Me and Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FX...those HD stations will be great. |
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January 12th, 2007, 01:50 PM
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potential get-away driver: go!
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this is the tv we just got. it was $697 the day after xmas at fry's, plus they threw in a dvd/vhs combo. i don't know if it's supposed to be good or not, but i think it looks great.
http://www.olevia.com/jsp/products/detail.jsp?pid=337h
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January 14th, 2007, 02:32 PM
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Meet Lyla Grace!
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I got my new DTV HR20 HD DVR...pretty cool so far, other than not having dual buffers like the old Tivo.
Recording is so much faster, Priotizing your season passes is so quick and easy...
Also it has caller ID which is pretty fun as well.
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January 15th, 2007, 02:27 PM
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I still have not bought my flat-screen tv yet. A friend says I should wait it out and buy one at the end of this year, or early next year. He also said I should buy at Costco because if anything happens to the tv down the road, they will take back the tv with no questions.
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January 15th, 2007, 04:16 PM
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Excuse me for the kinda interuppting question here, but...
Something that's been bothering me for the last year is HD Channel 10.1
Does anybody else have a problem getting the local HD FOX network (Channel 10.1) over the air? It never comes in smoothly for me? All the other local OTA HD channels are just fine, but FOX seems to suck. It's always jumpy, stalls, loses sound and just plain sucks. Very irritating so I have to switch over to the regular Channel 10 thru the DirecTV satellite. Yuck! 
Why do you think FOX 10.1 has this problem? Anybody else seeing this???
Curious??? Thanks for any input! 
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January 15th, 2007, 05:17 PM
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Meet Lyla Grace!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AZ Shocker
Excuse me for the kinda interuppting question here, but...
Something that's been bothering me for the last year is HD Channel 10.1
Does anybody else have a problem getting the local HD FOX network (Channel 10.1) over the air? It never comes in smoothly for me? All the other local OTA HD channels are just fine, but FOX seems to suck. It's always jumpy, stalls, loses sound and just plain sucks. Very irritating so I have to switch over to the regular Channel 10 thru the DirecTV satellite. Yuck!
Why do you think FOX 10.1 has this problem? Anybody else seeing this???
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It's never a problem for me...I have a nice antenna on the roof though. What kind of antenna are you using? And where do you live exactly? |
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January 15th, 2007, 10:21 PM
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Yeah...Channel 10.1 for some reason is the worst for us. Especially during sports broadcast. The antenna we're using is the one that DTV supplied. We live in Gilbert around Warner and Val Vista. Every other local OTA HD channel NEVER has this problem. Just FOX. Weird... 
p.s. - All our equipment (HD-DVR/TIVO) works awesome. Just crazy FOX problems...
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