Posted on 01/11/2008 10:23:08 AM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
A real heavy rain will cause a loss of programming. I’ve had both the big difference for me is that you can get two receivers with just one cable with Dish Network.
Just got the HR21 for my 50” plasma.
Still learning it, but it did lose the second satellite right after the first software update. A reset fixed that.
I do notice that my HDMI input sometimes fails to pickup and hold the input signal, so I have to switch to component input. Not sure if it’s the TV or the DVR.
Drop down to 357 or so and watch Cavuto on FBN in HD.
Nothing like watching Neil rip Maddy Albright a new asshole in 1080i ;)
“I am interested in a package of TV & Internet.”
AT&T and other providers are getting into the TV/Internet business. They partner with Yahoo and Dish Network.
I have Directv and love it (esp the HD content, growing all the time)
As for your problem, I think you may have to change your record setup to “record new” instead of getting all the repeats.
Also, for those of you with an HR20 series HD-DVR, “DirecTv On Demand” is now in beta. It lets you download content over the internet (you need a broadband connection) so you don’t have to schedule a recording or wait for something to watch... you merely download it when you want it, and it’s free!
Apparently, the next upgrade may include ability to program your DVR over the net.
Extremely bad weather will corrupt or knock out the signal, but it doesn’t happen too often. Strangely, it happened to me ten minutes after booting up my HD DVR (installer put the dish up in a big storm, so I tipped him $20 for the effort). It really isn’t much of a problem.
If you’re looking for TV, internet (and even phone) bundled, look for the AT&T option in your area. They’re slow to get to mine, so I hitched up for another two years of DirecTV and kept my Comcast internet.
Heavy thunderstorms will knock out satellite reception. On the flip side, have been through several tropical storms without losing reception for even a moment. Once lost reception because the tropical storm winds kinked the satellite cable.
This house has satellite HD tv and cable internet access. Looking to switch over to FIOS internet shortly.
Newer DirecTV DVR went in the trash. Using an older DirecTV TiVo unit.
LOL—I’ve been trying to avoid FBN with the stock market in the toilet lately. Still, Cavuto is the best!
I’ve been waiting on these features for my HR21.
I like the on-demand feature, but I want to use the USB/SATA cable options to move the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 to my laptop. Also, I want to add external storage capablity and not pay to upgrade my unit to 1TB internal.
Why didn’t they put 802.11g in these units? Now I have to buy a wireless bridge or another gadget cuz I’m not running any more CAT6.
Yep.
Before they expanded the number of HD channels they were included in the HD fee.
Now with expanded number of channels, half of which are subscriber channels like HBO, etc. they take away the five we used to get included in the HD fee.
NFL Sunday Ticket/NFL Super Fan and NASCAR packages cause me to overlook a lot of DirecTV faults.
It was beautiful.
So beautiful, I recorded it.
He actually said, “you pissed on The President” when talking about her latest book.
He really laid it out (Korea, Kosovo, Bin Laden, etc.).
I do all my transactions with DirecTV on their website and print out the confirmation page. I do this with nearly all of my bill payments.
Good thing you didn’t have a chimney mount.
Directv cannot provide HD signals on a chimney mount. After 12 years of service, I had to switch to Time Warner to get HD.
The process getting there has been ugly.
I don’t like the two year commitments they rope you into.
It took about 6 trips of the service company to get to our house with the correct instructions and the correct equipment. I don’t know who was miscommunicating with who but they finally got it all right and it works like a charm.
Does your remote look like this?
Left hand side - second button from the top - buttom labeled "Format" should be set to either a "Pillar box" or "stretch" setting. A "crop" setting cuts of the crawler at the bottom.
Check your TV set also. My grandsons had set the TV to "Zoom" with the TV's remote and I finally found the remote in the...well, let's just say I finally found it and reset the picture.
I live in an area with no cable, and putting up a dish would involve cutting a whole bunch of trees. However, we do have a DSL internet connection which has enabled the use
of free online TV services such as tvunetworks.com, streamnettv.com, veoh.com to name a few. Channels from all over the world, with enough American ones to cure my television fix without adding a monthly bill - a 20 inch Magnavox LCD TV as a monitor helps also. It’s not HD on a 30 foot plasma, but not bad.
Forgive me for not reading other responses, but the DVR for DirectTV is the absolute worst dvr you can buy. Here’s a couple of links that may help (good luck.)
http://forums.directv.com/pe/action/forums/defaultview?msgBoardID=10100106
http://www.dbstalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=82
Nope. Not having that problem.
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