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Quote: Originally Posted by Sykotic Or the CSR doesnt know what of dish the op has. If the op doesnt have the slimeline he/she will be problably calling in for a service call, and unless you have the protection plan will cost you $75+ Also, you do have the b-band converters? If you don't have the right dish for receiving the HD channels they'll come out and upgrade the dish for free.

Quote: Originally Posted by sprkeng I ended buying a Hauppauge® WinTV-HVR-1250 Hybrid Analog/Digital TV Tuner.....it's small and it comes with a remote. Uses composite, component and direct coaxial from a cable/satellite receiver and it's less expensive than the 1212. This tuner downloads the video directly to the PC... But it's not HD and doesn't have component inputs as you stated.

For a Complete list of External Drives , Logon to your D* account and click Tips and tricks, they have a 4 drives listed - and also state that you can do this but D* does not support it-So if you get a drive and it doesn't work don't call D* and Cry is about all that disclaimer means. Good luck- Any content stored on the drive will only play on the DVR that the content was recorded on. Meaning if you lose the orginial box the...

Quote: Originally Posted by chirshey If you're not sure how fast your Internet connection is, please check with your Internet service provider. You can check your download speed at... www.speedtest.net There are several other websites that provided download test also. google speedtests Bear in mind that any results are for the test time ONLY. On my system, I can sometimes see speeds of 10Mbps, but a closer average would be 5-6 Mbps.

Quote: Originally Posted by slappy9001 They're not upconverted. Both shows were shot on film and have been re-transferred in high definition widescreen. They look fabulous...which is EXACTLY the point of HDTV. Um no, when something is shot with standard definition equipment and made into HD later, that's called upconverting. NONE of the shows you mentioned were shot in HD, they were made before HD existed. Read this for more info:...

The WGA 600N has an Ethernet Port Interface. Visit the Linksys site to read up on the WGA 600N.

Quote: Originally Posted by WestDC 1. unless he lines next door to you, we don't know what kind if dish he has. (only SD Service) 2. Anyone can purchase (lease) a HR22 and activate it as a SD receiver only. You don't even have to turn the DVR (part) on at Activation. 3. If his dish is a 18" dish it will need to be upgraded before he can receive HD programming. And you don't know any of that as well. So I guess we will...

My On demand is really sometime tomarrow. And while its downloading, you can forget about surfing.

Quote: Originally Posted by deadhead68 Yes. I believe they were mistaken. You can use the external on different HR dvrs, however when you connect it to the second DVR it will be reformatted and all current recordings lost. Thanks. I have never tried this. I know you can copy one hard drive to another and preserve your recordings but never played it on another dvr other than the original.

Quote: Originally Posted by isszguy I haven't a clue what a Sync Plus Generator is. Sounds a bit like a "flux capacitor", but I know these are for time travel cars which I wouldn't mind having in my Prius IF I could ever get it up to 88MPH. Does DirecTV Sync Pulse Generator have anything to do with my DVR/SWM/antenna? I don't think what you are describing has anything to do with your DVR/SWM/Antenna. I think...