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ehilbert1
02-05-08, 04:54 PM
I've been reading this board for a while now and one thing I don't understand is why do a lot of you have so many recievers hooked up?? I mean no disrespect when I say this, but is it a status thing? I have an HR20 in our bedroom and a HR21 in our living room. We also have an R15 in the guest bedroom. We have a TV in another bedroom,but I don't have my R10 hooked up to it because no one ever uses that room. Heck I might disconnect the R15 because no one uses that room,but twice a year. I just wonder why you would want to pay more money when you don't have to. Again I mean no disrespect. I just don't think I could fill up every room in my house with recievers and pay for not using them. The good thing is that D* is way cheaper than cable. Especially if they are DVRs.
skierbri10
02-05-08, 05:00 PM
Somepeople collect stamps, others collect the latest and greats DTV recievers.....lol
I sense some receiver envy here. :D
I have 10 activated receivers because my home theater has 9 TVs. Great for the sports packages and being a news junkie. Oh, I'm retired and spend most of my time in the home theater. Also have Comcast cable and Star Choice (Canadian satellite TV mostly for sports and east coast american HD networks). And experimenting with al the stuff is a great hobby but expensive.
hdtvfan0001
02-05-08, 05:02 PM
I've been reading this board for a while now and one thing I don't understand is why do a lot of you have so many recievers hooked up?? I mean no disrespect when I say this, but is it a status thing? I have an HR20 in our bedroom and a HR21 in our living room. We also have an R15 in the guest bedroom. We have a TV in another bedroom,but I don't have my R10 hooked up to it because no one ever uses that room. Heck I might disconnect the R15 because no one uses that room,but twice a year. I just wonder why you would want to pay more money when you don't have to. Again I mean no disrespect. I just don't think I could fill up every room in my house with recievers and pay for not using them. The good thing is that D* is way cheaper than cable. Especially if they are DVRs.
Multiple DVRs in multiple rooms here, plus other receivers as well.
Why, you say?
I can watch what I want, when I want ti, and where I want it.
Translation:
It's totally convenient, I'm lazy, and having multiple units (especially DVR's) is ideal for viewing in all locations. That pretty much sums it up. :D
Sirshagg
02-05-08, 05:05 PM
Probably has something to do with the person with the most toys winning :)
Sirshagg
02-05-08, 05:06 PM
I can watch what I want, when I want ti, and where I want it.
How do you do that without MRV. Multiple recordings of the same thing in different rooms?
Michael D'Angelo
02-05-08, 05:06 PM
One reason for me is NFL Sunday Ticket and other sports. I have have 4 receivers in one room (basement where I do all of my TV watching) with 3 TV's and I have a Slingbox connected to my 2nd DVR connected to my main TV and I use my laptop for a 4th game. Than I have a receiver in my living room and receivers in the bed rooms.
Sirshagg
02-05-08, 05:08 PM
One reason for me is NFL Sunday Ticket and other sports. I have have 4 receivers in one room (basement where I do all of my TV watching) with 3 TV's and I have a Slingbox connected to my 2nd DVR connected to my main TV and I use my laptop for a 4th game. Than I have a receiver in my living room and receivers in the bed rooms.
That's got to be an interesting setup.
Michael D'Angelo
02-05-08, 05:10 PM
That's got to be an interesting setup.
Take a look at the link in my signature. There is a picture of my main setup but I also have a 55" Mits, 32" Phillips plasma, H21, and H20 in the same room.
houskamp
02-05-08, 05:13 PM
conflicts... wife has one hr, I have one hr, and one hr for overflow :)
Sirshagg
02-05-08, 05:13 PM
Take a look at the link in my signature. There is a picture of my main setup but I also have a 55" Mits, 32" Phillips plasma, H21, and H20 in the same room.
I was actually talking more about the tv's, etc.
The pics did bring up one question I've wondered about though. Why can a splitter be used before the SWM / multiswitch?
Michael D'Angelo
02-05-08, 05:15 PM
I was actually talking more about the tv's, etc.
The pics did bring up one question I've wondered about though. Why can a splitter be used before the SWM / multiswitch?
You can use 4 splitters (depending on setup what splitters are required) to split the 4 SAT lines coming from the dish to run a parallel setup.
ehilbert1
02-05-08, 05:28 PM
Wow....... Thats a lot of TV watching. :D I hope they enable MRV soon. Now I have an R10,R15 and an old DirecTivo not hooked up. I guess I better get them activated and join in all the fun. Thanks for the info.
TigersFanJJ
02-05-08, 05:31 PM
I don't have the setup that some have around. I've got dvrs in the living room, master bedroom, daughter's room, and mother-in-law's room with a standard receiver in my office and gameroom (the dvr4u2 promotion ran out before I could upgrade those :lol: ).
Tom Robertson
02-05-08, 05:34 PM
My simple philosophy of TV: one TV in each room (at least, and preferably HD), one receiver for each TV, and each receiver is to really be a DVR. :)
Thankfully, God has blessed my family very well. It is no problem to have several receivers through out the house. While there are only the two of us here, we daily get any number of kids, grandkids, and great granddaughter to entertain us. Many TVs is a great thing. :) (As is a close family. As I said, God has blessed us so very well.)
Cheers,
Tom
elaclair
02-05-08, 05:39 PM
I sense some receiver envy here. :D
I have 10 activated receivers because my home theater has 9 TVs. Great for the sports packages and being a news junkie. Oh, I'm retired and spend most of my time in the home theater. Also have Comcast cable and Star Choice (Canadian satellite TV mostly for sports and east coast american HD networks). And experimenting with al the stuff is a great hobby but expensive.
9 TVs in your home theatre....hmmm. Can I come visit??
I've been reading this board for a while now and one thing I don't understand is why do a lot of you have so many recievers hooked up??
Mostly its an addiction, weve had a couple threads about dvr fever, search them ;)
I mean no disrespect when I say this, but is it a status thing?
Nahh
I have an HR20 in our bedroom and a HR21 in our living room. We also have an R15 in the guest bedroom. We have a TV in another bedroom,but I don't have my R10 hooked up to it because no one ever uses that room.
Cool
Heck I might disconnect the R15 because no one uses that room,but twice a year.
If its leased you'll have to ship it back
I just wonder why you would want to pay more money when you don't have to. Again I mean no disrespect. I just don't think I could fill up every room in my house with recievers and pay for not using them.
We dont. We use them all
The good thing is that D* is way cheaper than cable. Especially if they are DVRs.
Yup
Blackz06
02-05-08, 06:35 PM
I'm with you here e1. I have an HR20 and HR21, and 2 H20's, and my wife thinks that's insane. I tell her that's nothing compared to some guys on dbstalk. But she did like the idea of having a his/hers DVR's for the family room.
DVR for me. DVR for the wife. DVR for the kids. Shared DVR in the master bedroom. Few other TV's in the other rooms (bedrooms/kitchen/...).
Adds up pretty quick.
deweybroncos
02-05-08, 07:30 PM
DVR for me. DVR for the wife. DVR for the kids. Shared DVR in the master bedroom. Few other TV's in the other rooms (bedrooms/kitchen/...).
Adds up pretty quick.
Same for me ^ Iam waiting for the day to see when we have 8 shows recording at the same time! Other than sports, I hate watching "live" tv anymore!
Pink Fairy
02-05-08, 07:36 PM
What is 'live' tv again???? :D
Something I honestly dont understand is a TV in the kitchen. I mean no offense to anyone who has one, but its kind of like having the TV in the fridge.
Is it there because you CAN? Thats the only way I could justify it, same reason I had a computer in my kitchen for a while, simply because I could...
Do you actually spend that much time in the kitchen that you watch TV?
Maybe you have a kitchen/diner combo? So I assume you're watching TV instead of doing the whole "quality family time" thing?
I have no room to judge here, Im just curious about a response and I dont think it goes too far off topic
hdtvfan0001
02-05-08, 07:44 PM
How do you do that without MRV. Multiple recordings of the same thing in different rooms?
I determine what I want to record, and on occasion, do so in multiple rooms to make sure I have an option.
I also have a Slingbox set up, so I even take my laptop and view things on the deck on occasion. I also can use it to watch in the hotel room when I travel.
dmurphy
02-05-08, 07:55 PM
Let's see...
1 HR20 in the family room
1 R15 in the living room
1 R15 in the master bedroom
1 DTiVo in the 2nd bedroom
1 DTiVo in the 3rd bedroom
1 R15 in the home office (my wife's side)
1 R16 in the home office (my side)
next thing you know, that's 7 receivers right there. And nothing overly excessive, at least in my opinion.
I don't believe in regular receivers. Either it's a DVR, or it's worthless. :)
bwaldron
02-05-08, 07:58 PM
You guys make me feel so unworthy with my puny three DVRs. :)
Sirshagg
02-05-08, 08:03 PM
Something I honestly dont understand is a TV in the kitchen. I mean no offense to anyone who has one, but its kind of like having the TV in the fridge.
Is it there because you CAN? Thats the only way I could justify it, same reason I had a computer in my kitchen for a while, simply because I could...
Do you actually spend that much time in the kitchen that you watch TV?
Maybe you have a kitchen/diner combo? So I assume you're watching TV instead of doing the whole "quality family time" thing?
I have no room to judge here, Im just curious about a response and I dont think it goes too far off topic
In my last house I had a TV in the kitchen. In my current house the kitchen, family room, and nook are really just one big room so I can see the family room tv in the kitchen.
Why: I mostly listen to TV but it's nice to also see a picture when cooking. Actually cooking, not throwing something in the microwave, takes some time and a little entertainment during this time is welcome.
ProfLonghair
02-05-08, 08:05 PM
There's a thread in the CE forum on who the CE people really are. Lots of former military from all branches (thank you, all), but for this thread, there are people who's title implies the kind of paycheck that enables them to have a large number of tvs. Many tvs = many receivers.
Not to mention, you are talking about a bunch of people who, quite honestly, have little better to do with their lives than post all day in a DBS forum (myself included)
There's a thread in the CE forum on who the CE people really are. Lots of former military from all branches (thank you, all), but for this thread, there are people who's title implies the kind of paycheck that enables them to have a large number of tvs. Many tvs = many receivers.
Not to mention, you are talking about a bunch of people who, quite honestly, have little better to do with their lives than post all day in a DBS forum (myself included)
What thread is this?
Something I honestly dont understand is a TV in the kitchen. I mean no offense to anyone who has one, but its kind of like having the TV in the fridge.
Is it there because you CAN? Thats the only way I could justify it, same reason I had a computer in my kitchen for a while, simply because I could...
Do you actually spend that much time in the kitchen that you watch TV?
Maybe you have a kitchen/diner combo? So I assume you're watching TV instead of doing the whole "quality family time" thing?
I have no room to judge here, Im just curious about a response and I dont think it goes too far off topicKitchen TV is used mostly by the wife. And it's used often ... while preparing for breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Also used often for sporting events when it's "time for dinner" :)
joe diamond
02-05-08, 08:24 PM
Once I was sad because I had no shoes.....then I met a man who had no feet.
Now I wonder about the installation customer who explained to the CSR......turn off our account in Connecticut and turn on the one here in Maryland.........yes we do have an address in Florida but we will not be there for a few months...........yes we have several houses, what is strange about that?
Joe
Ahh, see, im a little demented. We all work, and our priorities are in other places. I dont think any of us spend enough time in the kitchen to see a need for a TV... And, our kitchen is small.
Also, I can see my living room plasma from my dining room... and by the time I'm usually home to eat the rest of the family is in the living room watching tv.
Not that all this yackity yack means anything to any of you, lol
I have 6 HD DVR's and no HD TV's, 3 HR20-700's are hooked up to a 25" Phillips, HR20-700 and a HR21-200 are on a 27" Ilo, a HR20-700 on a 32" Tube Curtis Mathis and a R16-300 on a 9" TV.
Tom Robertson
02-05-08, 09:24 PM
cjte, we've usually had a TV within sight of the kitchen and also the dining room. Often the same TV, sometimes not.
Mrs. Tibber and I both spend a lot of the time in the kitchen, even when we are both working, and we like watching things together. (And she is an excellent cook!) :)
We both also like to have TV on in the background (tho not the same things most of the time.) Hence my preference to have a TV in every room. :)
Cheers,
Tom
armophob
02-05-08, 09:36 PM
Once I was sad because I had no shoes.....then I met a man who had no feet.
..........and I laughed and laughed ......Jeri Blank
You guys make me feel so unworthy with my puny three DVRs. :)
I've only got three right now too.
I hope to double that this year! :lol:
We both also like to have TV on in the background (tho not the same things most of the time.) Hence my preference to have a TV in every room. :)
Cheers,
Tom
Doesn't that tend to get somewhat pricey? (Having atleast one tv running in the background). (Then again, if the kids are around they may forget to turn the TV off, or may actually be watching it, so you'd be used to hearing the sound around you)
Ofcourse, im no better, I like listening to my shows while I work at home (I usually watch atleast one of my DVR'd series when I get home from the office as I log on to DBS Talk...)
However, I will say, if your partner does enjoy cooking, I would assume she would enjoy being in her cooking environment, and since you enjoy both her and her cooking... It would lead to a natural place for you to be. That makes sense then, to have the TV in the kitchen.
Definetly different priorities... :)
dervari
02-05-08, 09:49 PM
With other hobbies, I find it hard to watch everything on one HR20 and two ReplayTvs. How people can watch that many DVRs is beyond me. :)
Newshawk
02-05-08, 09:51 PM
Something I honestly dont understand is a TV in the kitchen. I mean no offense to anyone who has one, but its kind of like having the TV in the fridge.
Is it there because you CAN? Thats the only way I could justify it, same reason I had a computer in my kitchen for a while, simply because I could...
Do you actually spend that much time in the kitchen that you watch TV?
Maybe you have a kitchen/diner combo? So I assume you're watching TV instead of doing the whole "quality family time" thing?
As my wife is disabled, I do the cooking on days when I'm not at work. Our kitchen is not oriented where I can see the TV in the living room. I'm debating whether to put a receiver in the kitchen or slave off the living room TV, as we usually watch the same thing.
With that being said, I now have an HR10, an HR20 and an HR21, and hope to get another HR2X (most likely another 21) later this year.
MRV will probably increase kitchen viewing :)
That is if the H2x supports MRV ...
Could catch up on daily shows while preparing dinner ...
Tom Robertson
02-05-08, 09:58 PM
Doesn't that tend to get somewhat pricey? (Having atleast one tv running in the background). (Then again, if the kids are around they may forget to turn the TV off, or may actually be watching it, so you'd be used to hearing the sound around you)
Ofcourse, im no better, I like listening to my shows while I work at home (I usually watch atleast one of my DVR'd series when I get home from the office as I log on to DBS Talk...)
However, I will say, if your partner does enjoy cooking, I would assume she would enjoy being in her cooking environment, and since you enjoy both her and her cooking... It would lead to a natural place for you to be. That makes sense then, to have the TV in the kitchen.
Definetly different priorities... :)Not really all that pricey. When we're together while she's cooking, we watch "the lads" as we call Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Otherwise she watches news. I'm more typically watching movies while I'm working if I'm not "half" watching one of my series that she doesn't watch.
I'm very blessed with Mrs. tibber: we both watch a lot of the same shows, she's a great cook, we both like movies and mostly the same genres. (And she puts up with my electronics addictions--an offshoot of my career which has paid very well.) :)
And I'm glad you asked, in an inquisitive (not inquisition :)) manner about how others might use their TV addictions. Good form. :)
Cheers,
Tom
spartanstew
02-05-08, 10:07 PM
Well, I used to have 7 receivers until I figured out how to distribute the signal about 3 years ago.
Now, I have two HR21's in the living room (one mainly for our shows, one for kids shows). These two machines (and the DVD player) distribute their signal to all the other TV's in the house (office, master bedroom, loft, game room, scrapbook room, guest bedroom, home theater).
Since I can't distribute HD (don't need it anywhere but the living room and HT), I also have an HR20 in the home theater for HD movies and sporting events on the 126" screen.
JLucPicard
02-05-08, 10:27 PM
My name is Mike...and I'm a DirecTV addict. (Though I do a lot of other things, too!)
I've had DirecTV service since '96, so there is definitely an aspect of things accumulating over time. I was one of the $1000 for an HD TiVo people, and I got another for around $300 when the prices were dropping. Aside from that, I acquired one HR20 at the regular $300 price.
When my nephew joined the Army, I bought a D10 and connected it to an Series 2 TiVo with DVD burner to provide him some MMA and other programs during his two tours in Iraq.
I've also got two Series 2 TiVos connected to life-line cable that catch some of my favorites as back ups in case of loss of signal situations. I mostly record and delete with those as I watch those shows on my HD DVRs instead.
I've still got one HR10-250 running (the other two I've had died in the past 6 months :().
Aside from that one, and the three non-DirecTV TiVos, I have 4 HR20-700s, 2 HR20-100s, an HR21 and an SD DVR80. Except for the one HR20 I paid full price for, I got the rest of the DVRs either free or at a very reduced price. (Two of the HR20s were replacements under the PP for the two dead HR10-250s).
They are all connected to the only TV I have (a 60" Sony Wega HDTV). I have been seriously considering shutting down a few of these and saving some money. As I said, my arsenal has grown over a pretty good period of time, and I just kept adding to what I had.
I have an HD DVR dedicated to each of the 4 major networks. A few I have some movies recorded to them (including all six Star Wars movies in HD) and I want to watch those before I disconnect them. I use others for recording other channels (SciFi HD, FXHD, etc.).
I have no conflicts and I can't necessarily watch everything I record.
Yup, I'm nuts!!! And speaking of nuts, my CBS dedicated HR20 is cued up to record the new season of Jericho, too! :D
longrider
02-05-08, 11:38 PM
What this thread shows is it is all lifestyle and personal preference. I personally am from the other side of the fence, from my start with DirecTV in '97 to when I got a HDTV for the bedroom in '06 I had one receiver with the RF out distributed throughout the house. I do have a TV in most rooms but I also have good OTA and the odds of wanting to watch two different sat only shows at the same time are real low. I had to get a second receiver for the bedroom HD but the rest of the house is fed by the living room DVR
DBSNewbie
02-06-08, 02:03 AM
Multiple TV's in the same room allows our family to spend more time together. While our daughter is watching a Disney movie or while my wife is watching Ugly Betty or Desperate Housewives on one TV, I'm still able to catch a glimpse of all of my games (with the sound off) on the other ones.
Besides, the best way to watch sports is to have as many tv's as possible in the same room. That eliminates the need to flip through channels when you have all the games in view simultaneously. The sound isn't all that necessary anyway to keep track of what's going on. But if there is some exciting action happening in one game, I just turn up the sound on that particular TV - sort of like my own personal "Red Zone Channel"
Currently, we have (1) 60" Display and (5) 40" Displays in our den. If we had the room, we'd have more.
fredandbetty
02-06-08, 08:01 AM
I sense some receiver envy here. :D
I have 10 activated receivers because my home theater has 9 TVs. Great for the sports packages and being a news junkie. Oh, I'm retired and spend most of my time in the home theater. Also have Comcast cable and Star Choice (Canadian satellite TV mostly for sports and east coast american HD networks). And experimenting with al the stuff is a great hobby but expensive.
Wow. NASCAR must be AWESOME with all of that action going on!!
jodyguercio
02-06-08, 08:36 AM
You guys make me feel so unworthy with my puny three DVRs. :)
Ive only got two. One in the living room and one in our master bedroom. My son has a tv with only a dvd player hooked up to it. The guest room doesnt even have a tv in it. We have an office that is used for work, a kitchen for cooking, and the outside world to entertain us when the sun is shining and the weather is nice.
randyk47
02-06-08, 08:47 AM
Guess we're either lucky or deprived as we only have three setups. That's probably going to be it as we have no children at home and son has not gotten around to providing grandchildren so it's not like we have to entertain a lot of folks and viewing variety in our house. Locations are now the theater room, the family room, and the crafts/exercise room. Since the TV in the family room can be easily seen in the kitchen no need to put one there. Wife doesn't want a TV in the bedroom so that's not happening. Granted, moving to a warmer climate 5 years ago kind of cut down on the winter hibernation and we watch a lot less TV than in previous years. With the writers strike dragging on we've also recorded a lot less on our DVR than we planned or thought we would. Maybe next season......:mad:
dconfer
02-06-08, 08:56 AM
You guys make me feel so unworthy with my puny three DVRs. :)
Heck I only have two god Iam behind the times.
richlife
02-06-08, 09:17 AM
Wow....... Thats a lot of TV watching. :D I hope they enable MRV soon. Now I have an R10,R15 and an old DirecTivo not hooked up. I guess I better get them activated and join in all the fun. Thanks for the info.
Ditto on the first line -- bewildering :grin: . As for me, I'm struggling to REDUCE my viewing time (retired or not). I've just deleted some series links just to remove the temptation. Oh well -- to each his own.
Edit: I also want to add my thanks to ehilbert1 for a fascinating glimpse into DirecTV users (at least the freaks on this board). This is most entertaining and is a question I often asked myself. I would actually like to add one more DVR for the bedroom, but since it would be seldom used (and is not yet HD), I'll wait for MRV.
I have 3 DVR's 1 living room "wife/mine" 1 bedroom "wife/mine" and office "mine" and i have a hard enough time finding the time to watch the programing on them i can't imagine having more then that
jodyguercio
02-06-08, 10:53 AM
I have 3 DVR's 1 living room "wife/mine" 1 bedroom "wife/mine" and office "mine" and i have a hard enough time finding the time to watch the programing on them i can't imagine having more then that
Ive seen this comment a couple of other times as well..." wife's dvr, my dvr, kid's dvr". Why the need for seperate dvrs? The more I read this thread the more I have comments......I'll keep them to myself though.......
NFL is my reason too. Also I watch SD programming on one of the SD TVs. 6 DVRs, 5 in one room.
Sirshagg
02-06-08, 11:19 AM
Ive seen this comment a couple of other times as well..." wife's dvr, my dvr, kid's dvr". Why the need for seperate dvrs? The more I read this thread the more I have comments......I'll keep them to myself though.......
two words - conflict resolution.
FogCutter
02-06-08, 11:24 AM
I only have two DVRs, but they feed two TVs each.
One thing that surprises me is that nobody is selling a super quality videophile grade DVR. All kinds of tweaked out audio gear is on the market, but nothing for digital video. Even the hidef DVD players are pretty much even in PQ and sound.
Is it too hard to improve on the mass market gear?
Tom Robertson
02-06-08, 11:28 AM
The issue can occur where one member refuses to limit their recording, watch all they have recorded, and mark everything as keep forever. So Sirshagg's point is right on.
Cheers,
Tom
Stuart Sweet
02-06-08, 11:30 AM
I only have two DVRs, but they feed two TVs each.
One thing that surprises me is that nobody is selling a super quality videophile grade DVR. All kinds of tweaked out audio gear is on the market, but nothing for digital video. Even the hidef DVD players are pretty much even in PQ and sound.
Is it too hard to improve on the mass market gear?
Soon...
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=115328
jodyguercio
02-06-08, 01:42 PM
two words - conflict resolution.
I understand your point here, but mine is why is there the conflict? But then again, I guess my wife and I watch pretty much the same things so there isnt much in the way of conflict, our son is two and so the only two shows we record for him are Seasame Street and Jacks Big Music Show on Noggin. Assuming that everyones viewing habits are like ours is where I was having a problem.
mjwagner
02-06-08, 02:46 PM
I've been reading this board for a while now and one thing I don't understand is why do a lot of you have so many recievers hooked up?? I mean no disrespect when I say this, but is it a status thing? I have an HR20 in our bedroom and a HR21 in our living room. We also have an R15 in the guest bedroom. We have a TV in another bedroom,but I don't have my R10 hooked up to it because no one ever uses that room. Heck I might disconnect the R15 because no one uses that room,but twice a year. I just wonder why you would want to pay more money when you don't have to. Again I mean no disrespect. I just don't think I could fill up every room in my house with recievers and pay for not using them. The good thing is that D* is way cheaper than cable. Especially if they are DVRs.
Because we can....
Boys and their toys. I'm guilty.:D
Carl
Boys and their toys. I'm guilty.:D
Carl
me too!!!! :nono:
slapshot1959
02-06-08, 03:49 PM
Something I honestly dont understand is a TV in the kitchen. I mean no offense to anyone who has one, but its kind of like having the TV in the fridge.
Is it there because you CAN? Thats the only way I could justify it, same reason I had a computer in my kitchen for a while, simply because I could...
Do you actually spend that much time in the kitchen that you watch TV?
Maybe you have a kitchen/diner combo? So I assume you're watching TV instead of doing the whole "quality family time" thing?
I have no room to judge here, Im just curious about a response and I dont think it goes too far off topic
I have 6 dvr's 7 hdtvs,including a 40" LCD mounted on a wall in our custom kitchen. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen,cooking,taking our time eating and unwinding after a long day,sharing in our day or different topics,and even mornings,catching up with weather and news and email before we head out for the day.
Mostly though,it's a hobby,I'm addicted to tech,and love having all these "gadgets".
Better than being out drinking and getting into trouble with the boys as a hobby. Or some other "activity":nono2:
sdicomp
02-06-08, 03:51 PM
Boys and their toys. I'm guilty.:D
Carl
same here!;)
ehilbert1
02-06-08, 04:48 PM
Because we can....
I know that. I was just wanting to get an insight on why. Did I say something wrong? I just don't understand why some people have to be a smart a**. I did not mean to offend anyone.
Tom Robertson
02-06-08, 05:01 PM
I understand your point here, but mine is why is there the conflict? But then again, I guess my wife and I watch pretty much the same things so there isnt much in the way of conflict, our son is two and so the only two shows we record for him are Seasame Street and Jacks Big Music Show on Noggin. Assuming that everyones viewing habits are like ours is where I was having a problem.
We don't have a problem, Mrs. Tibber and I, but my Dad and Mom do. She's always recording many things that she doesn't have time to watch. But she thinks she does, so she marks them ALL keep forever, limiting what else can be recorded.
The obvious answer "get a bigger harddrive" only exacerbates the problem, it just takes another day or so to fill up. :)
So she has hers in the living room and the bedroom, he has his in the office. :)
Cheers,
Tom
Tom Robertson
02-06-08, 05:02 PM
I know that. I was just wanting to get an insight on why. Did I say something wrong? I just don't understand why some people have to be a smart a**. I did not mean to offend anyone.
I took his statement as a fun, trite reply. I don't think he was offended. (I hope.)
Cheers,
Tom
laurie_lu
02-06-08, 06:26 PM
Don't feel that way. We only have a high def receiver in the livingroom and a standard def receiver with a stand alone Series 2 Tivo in the family room. Keeps the montly budget manageable.
DirecTV3049
02-06-08, 07:31 PM
Man, I must be the oddity around here . . .
5 receivers as follows: (1) RCA/DRD420RE - connected to Dell XPS (XP MCE)
(2) H10 (bedroom; 27" JVC non-HD television)
(3) HR20 (living room; 37" Westinghouse LCD monitor)
(4) H20 (basement; 47" Westinghouse LCD monitor)
(5) D11 (gathering dust; DirecTV didn't want it back).
Here's the odd thing, we don't record or time shift all that much. Regular recordings would be: "Nova," "Frontline," "Wired Science," and "Real Time with Bill Maher." Occassionally, we might record an HBO series program like "Rome" or "The Wire," . . . but with HBO and HBOW (plus the repeats throughout the week) it's not critical to record them. That's about it.
The Dell MCE gets set-up to record movies from TCM and Fox. But that seems to ebb and flow depending upon what movies are being featured. TCM movies are not copy protected - so why put them on HR20 (which would effectively copy protect them?)?? I can convert/compress them from dvr-ms to wmv and save them to a hard drive or burn DVD's of them.
The feature on the HR20 we use the MOST (it seems) is pause. When our child is in that "zombie zone" watching "SpongeBob" and we want her to do something (brush teeth, eat dinner, or clean up room), simple enough to pause the show . . . ends any "but Daadd/Moooomm can't I just finish watching my show??" "Sure you can, here I'll pause it for you." :D Orrrr, if something inappropriate comes on - or our child walks in when we're watching a violent movie (can I have a glass of water?? etc.), hit "pause" get the water; do whatever; and then back to watching where we left off.
But, straight pre-scheduled recording?? Not so much.
Part of the American way of life a chicken in every pot and a tv in every room.
I haven't reached this goal yet but i am getting there.
As far as the chicken in the pot well i am still making chicken salad out of chicken
s__t.
ddrumman2004
02-07-08, 11:48 AM
Let's see, an H20 in the living room, an old Hughes SD receiver in our bedroom and another in the den.
The one in the bedroom is for noise only and the most watched is the HD in the living room.
My g/f suggested we put one in the kitchen area but I told her that the kitchen/dining area is for eating and talking....NO television!!!
To each his own!
TimGoodwin
02-07-08, 12:17 PM
Three TV's three HR-20's. That's all I need!
garn9173
02-07-08, 12:35 PM
I sense some receiver envy here. :D
I have 10 activated receivers because my home theater has 9 TVs. Great for the sports packages and being a news junkie. Oh, I'm retired and spend most of my time in the home theater. Also have Comcast cable and Star Choice (Canadian satellite TV mostly for sports and east coast american HD networks). And experimenting with al the stuff is a great hobby but expensive.
I would love a setup like that, even 2 or 3 TV's would work for me as one can never get enough football and baseball :)
DBSNewbie
02-07-08, 05:40 PM
I have 10 activated receivers because my home theater has 9 TVs.
I'd love to see a picture of your setup :)
DirecTV3049
02-07-08, 09:58 PM
I'd love to see a picture of your setup :)
10 receivers isn't a home theater . . . it's a sports book!!
DBSNewbie
02-07-08, 10:30 PM
10 receivers isn't a home theater . . . it's a sports book!!
We have a "Sports Book" going on in our setup, too. I am a sports nut and we currently have 6 TV's in our den. (1) 60" for the Center TV and (5) 40" TV's around it (Left, Right, Top Left, Top Center, and Top Right). If we had the room, we would put in more. We want to have all games in view and the Game Mix images are just too small to fully enjoy.
This is why I was curious about the 9 TV Home Theater setup. I was wondering how he fit all those TV's in there. Either he has a very huge room with plenty of wall space, or the TV's are smaller than I imagine.
We have a "Sports Book" going on in our setup, too. I am a sports nut and we currently have 6 TV's in our den. (1) 60" for the Center TV and (5) 40" TV's around it (Left, Right, Top Left, Top Center, and Top Right). If we had the room, we would put in more. We want to have all games in view and the Game Mix images are just too small to fully enjoy.
This is why I was curious about the 9 TV Home Theater setup. I was wondering how he fit all those TV's in there. Either he has a very huge room with plenty of wall space, or the TV's are smaller than I imagine.
As soon as I have an industrial accident in which I lose both hands, rendering me remoteless, and after the preservatives in my food make me grow an additional three pairs of eye balls, I will have such a setup, too! ;) :) :lol:
the more the merrier I say
tfederov
02-08-08, 11:15 AM
At one time I had (4) HR10-250s, HDVR2, SD-DVR120, R10, (4) HR20-700, HR21-700, SD-DVR80
Earl Bonovich
02-08-08, 11:17 AM
As of today:
QTY-4 of HR2* series recievers
QTY-2 of H21 series receivers
QTY-2 of R15 series receivers
R16
D12
D10 (Inside the Samsung Fliptop)
QTY-2 of D11's (one inside the SAT-GO, One inside the Humax LCD)
mcbeevee
02-08-08, 11:20 AM
As of today:
QTY-4 of HR2* series recievers
QTY-2 of H21 series receivers
QTY-2 of R15 series receivers
R16
D12
D10 (Inside the Samsung Fliptop)
QTY-2 of D11's (one inside the SAT-GO, One inside the Humax LCD)
Better add another receiver, since 13 is an unlucky number! :D
As of today:
QTY-4 of HR2* series recievers
QTY-2 of H21 series receivers
QTY-2 of R15 series receivers
R16
D12
D10 (Inside the Samsung Fliptop)
QTY-2 of D11's (one inside the SAT-GO, One inside the Humax LCD)
Earl, I know this has been said before but:
YOU are....THE MAN!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Tom Robertson
02-08-08, 11:28 AM
Earl, that is an excellent start. As we all know there are people here that leave us both in the dust. :)
(You really have me with the SatGo)
8-HR2x
2-h2x
2-hr10s
And neither of us will be into the "what is in the closet, attic, garage, under the bed" discussion. You likely have me beat there too. :)
Cheers,
Tom
Sirshagg
02-08-08, 11:31 AM
As of today:
QTY-4 of HR2* series recievers
QTY-2 of H21 series receivers
QTY-2 of R15 series receivers
R16
D12
D10 (Inside the Samsung Fliptop)
QTY-2 of D11's (one inside the SAT-GO, One inside the Humax LCD)
WOW! I think that's more than one tuner for every channel i give a darn about.
DBSNewbie
02-08-08, 11:50 AM
the more the merrier I say
I agree.
And now, because of the recent addition of a SWM8 to our setup (Thanks again Dave29) we can now add more receivers/tv's in locations that weren't possible before (unless we tore up some walls).
We now have a DVR in our bedroom and are going to use that single coax line to extend the feed over to the bathroom and walk-in closet!
You can never have too many TV's. :D
Sirshagg
02-08-08, 11:53 AM
walk-in closet!
:eek2:
mjwagner
02-08-08, 01:11 PM
... I just don't understand why some people have to be a smart a**. ....
Because we can....:D
Guess I should have included a smiley face the first time....I was just kidding!
In all seriousness, I have TV's in my family room, kitchen, master bedroom, guest bedroom, and our exercise room in the basement. They all have dedicated DirecTV receivers. There is only two of us in the house but when I go into any of those rooms I want to be able to turn on the TV and watch what I want to watch without having to worry about effecting anyone else's viewing. The $20 per month that those receivers cost me is luckily not something that I have to worry about. It is only $240 a year. Heck I probably spend more than that every couple of weeks at my local watering hole....:)
active receivers:
4-hr20's
1-hr21
6-h20's
2-r-15's
1-d10(in samsung flip top)
1-d11
hidefman
02-08-08, 02:48 PM
active receivers:
2 HR20
1 HR10-250
3 DVR120
1 D-10
Tom Robertson
02-08-08, 03:00 PM
...
We now have a DVR in our bedroom and are going to use that single coax line to extend the feed over to the bathroom and walk-in closet!
You can never have too many TV's. :D
My hero! :)
(And if the walk-in closet is big enough for a TV, Mrs. Tibber's hero as well! :))
Cheers,
Tom
DBSNewbie
02-08-08, 05:22 PM
My hero! :)
(And if the walk-in closet is big enough for a TV, Mrs. Tibber's hero as well! :))
Cheers,
Tom
Yes, there is room for a TV in there, but for some reason, it appears that the closet is not big enough for the wife. I am content with the "corner" she gave me. However, the other 75% of the closet space cannot hold all of her shoes, purses, and clothes, so she has now started to put some of her stuff in my little corner. :)
I guess I can't complain, though. She did let me put a pool table in the den. ;)
jacmyoung
02-08-08, 05:57 PM
Something I honestly dont understand is a TV in the kitchen. I mean no offense to anyone who has one, but its kind of like having the TV in the fridge.
Is it there because you CAN? Thats the only way I could justify it, same reason I had a computer in my kitchen for a while, simply because I could...
Do you actually spend that much time in the kitchen that you watch TV?
Maybe you have a kitchen/diner combo? So I assume you're watching TV instead of doing the whole "quality family time" thing?
I have no room to judge here, Im just curious about a response and I dont think it goes too far off topic
Believe it or not, before we added our 20” HD flat panel in the kitchen, household work was a torture. We do a lot of things around kitchen as a family. Have you heard kitchens are more and more family activity centers theses days, people spend big money making their kitchens center of the attraction? Not only that some people host parties right in the kitchens these days, of course you need to have mega bucks and big kitchen to even begin have parties in it.
I hate to say this, after all the money spent on HT and big screens in other rooms, this 20” LCD is the most watched TV in our house. But hey if it makes my life easy and time go by faster while I work around the kitchen, then it deserves all the admiration.
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