20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

[Dispatch]

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Direct TV is coming Monday afternoon to hook everything up for us. We're getting HBO, Starz, and Cinemax free for a year, and this seasons NFL Sunday Ticket for free. I think thats a pretty good deal.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Direct TV is coming Monday afternoon to hook everything up for us. We're getting HBO, Starz, and Cinemax free for a year, and this seasons NFL Sunday Ticket for free. I think thats a pretty good deal.

how much?

[Sandman42]

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Direct TV is coming Monday afternoon to hook everything up for us. We're getting HBO, Starz, and Cinemax free for a year, and this seasons NFL Sunday Ticket for free. I think thats a pretty good deal.

That's a very good deal if your getting NFL Ticket for free.

[Dispatch]

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how much?

Were getting it through Verizon and its gonna be like $150 for Direct TV + Sports Pack, phone, and DSL. Were paying the $200 for the HD DVR but installation and everything is free.

[The Chef]

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I have a slight problem and I was hoping someone here could give me a hand. My father has Comcast hooked up through co-ax and Direct TV hooked up through s-video. Comcast appears fine, but when accessing Direct TV there are lines running from bottom to top on the tv, they are really noticeable when watching something that has a darker background or darker programming in general. Direct TV tech came out, its not the dish, its not the lines from Direct TV, its not a ground issue, but when we disconnected both from the wall plate and only screwed in Comcast the lines came back on screen, when screwing Direct TV in without Comcast being screwed in the lines are gone. It appears to me that its something to do with Comcast, Ive been trying everything I can think of and nothing works.

If anyone has any clue why those lines are there and how to get them to go away that would be great. I have Comcast coming out tomorrow but I have little hope that they will do much since they are already trying to pass the blame off on Direct TV and they, being Comcast, havent even come out and looked at anything. Thanks in advance for anyone who can provide any advice.

[Heelfan71]

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I have a slight problem and I was hoping someone here could give me a hand. My father has Comcast hooked up through co-ax and Direct TV hooked up through s-video. Comcast appears fine, but when accessing Direct TV there are lines running from bottom to top on the tv, they are really noticeable when watching something that has a darker background or darker programming in general. Direct TV tech came out, its not the dish, its not the lines from Direct TV, its not a ground issue, but when we disconnected both from the wall plate and only screwed in Comcast the lines came back on screen, when screwing Direct TV in without Comcast being screwed in the lines are gone. It appears to me that its something to do with Comcast, Ive been trying everything I can think of and nothing works.

If anyone has any clue why those lines are there and how to get them to go away that would be great. I have Comcast coming out tomorrow but I have little hope that they will do much since they are already trying to pass the blame off on Direct TV and they, being Comcast, havent even come out and looked at anything. Thanks in advance for anyone who can provide any advice.

my guess is you are getting interference with the coax cables at the wall plate. If you can do this for experiment, don't use the wall plate at all, they can cause interference if you have more than one cable. Run the cables from the wall straight to the cable box and sat receiver. They should do the trick.

[p_rushing]

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For those with the MPEG4 dish and boxes, the D10 sat (103b) is now broadcasting a signal. It was on this afternoon but it is going on and off, you can check your signal and make sure that you have a signal in the 90s and are ready to go.

[The Chef]

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my guess is you are getting interference with the coax cables at the wall plate. If you can do this for experiment, don't use the wall plate at all, they can cause interference if you have more than one cable. Run the cables from the wall straight to the cable box and sat receiver. They should do the trick.

I may give this a shot, its my last idea. Comcast came out, and just like I figured, they didnt do much of anything and pointed to the fact that Comcast was working fine therefor it wasnt their problem. I tried some better cables and that didnt do it either, so once I get a longer cat-5 cable I may give this a shot and see what happens. If Direct TV proves to be pretty reliable then I may just disconnect Comcast altogether, right now I like the option of having a back up in case my dish goes out on me due to weather or wind.

[MassNole]

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So what will we need to do on Sunday to get these channels?

[The Chef]

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For those with the MPEG4 dish and boxes, the D10 sat (103b) is now broadcasting a signal. It was on this afternoon but it is going on and off, you can check your signal and make sure that you have a signal in the 90s and are ready to go.

I assume its still going on and off since Im getting nothing as of right now. Is it for sure that the channels are going live this Sunday? Ive heard rumors but nothing concrete about it.

[Heelfan71]

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here are the channel numbers for the ones that are going to roll out September. I don't think the 16th is set in stone, they are saying "September" now.

By the way, there will be 2 channels for these listed below. One will be HD, and one will be SD.

Edit: 9/19 is the rumor from a document that was leaked on the internet.


A&E HD 265
Big Ten Network HD 220
Cartoon Network 296
Cinemax HD East 512
Cinemax HD West 514
CNN HD 202
ESPNews HD
Food Network HD 231-1
FSN New York HD 624
HBO HD West 504
HGTV-HD 229-1
The History Channel HD 269
Madison Square Garden HD 621
NFL Network HD 212
National Geographic Channel HD 276
Showtime HD West 540
Smithsonian Channel HD 267
Starz Comedy HD 519
Starz Edge HD 522
Starz Kids & Family HD 518
Starz HD East 520
Starz HD West 521
TBS in HD 247
The Movie Channel HD 544
Versus HD / Golf Channel HD 604
The Weather Channel HD 362

[p_rushing]

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I assume its still going on and off since Im getting nothing as of right now. Is it for sure that the channels are going live this Sunday? Ive heard rumors but nothing concrete about it.

It hasn't been activated for us to "see" since. The signal is still there, but D* is doing something to the boxes so they don't show a signal. The date they will be turned on is today through the 19th. There is an emmy party hosted by D* on the 16th, so the 17th is looking likely.

[SuperFreak84]

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HR 10 -250 HD DVR owners will get a 99 dollar upgrade to the new MPEG 4 receiver and 5 LNB dish.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/tivoupgrade080307.htm

[TheMatrix31]

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I thought ESPNews wasn't going to be anytime soon?

[dagger55]

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I thought ESPNews wasn't going to be anytime soon?

Its just an upcoverted signal of the normal channel.

ESPNnews HD is set for 2008.


I know weather channel wont be in HD until 2008 either