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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I know a few people who have/are switching their lives to a cash only, no credit lifestyle. I know some people don't have the discipline to pay their credit card balance every month and get in real trouble with their credit cards. As I understand it there is a movement out there for them to cut...
  2. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I did the red button reboot as soon as I got home from work and it seems to have fixed it. It came back up with 78% free. Unfortunatlely, in my excitement to reboot I forgot to check what the reported free space was right before I did the reboot, lol. At any rate, it seems to be fixed now, for...
  3. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Our DVR stays on 24/7. I never turn it "off".
  4. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Luckily mine didn't delete all my recordings, so I am not as bad off as some it sounds like. We went to bed last night at let it go at the 17% or whatever it said. When we got up this morning it now says 40% space available. it looks like all our recordings are still there, so the thing...
  5. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I am having a sudden problem with my trusty old HR20. Ever since this weekend we have noticed our HR-20 has very little usable storage space. It fills up very quickly all of a sudden. I am starting to think it might be related to the latest software roll-out. Is anyone else seeing drastically...
  6. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    ok, it's been going for over 12 hours now and is just at 12%. Is there any reason to let this continue? Has anyone ever waited this long and had it work after?
  7. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I started having a problem with one of my HR-20's last night. I was watching a recorded movie and it kept freezing and stuttering, so I unplugged the unit to reboot it. I was tired so I just let it go and went to bed. Well, I got up this morning and the thing was still trying to reboot, only...
  8. DIRECTV SD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Like some of the above, I still use mine. Now it's been relegated to a high capacity SD DVR for all the kids shows. Off-loaded all their stuff off the main DVR. That thing stores more programming in SD than they need for sure. It's like they have their own VOD server, hehe.
  9. DIRECTV SD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Not to veer OT too much, but how much did you get for it on ebay? I have 3 legacy directv based TIVO's laying around in their boxes, retired. Is there a market for these things?
  10. Sirius XM General Discussion
    OK. Thanks for clearing up my confusion for me
  11. Sirius XM General Discussion
    Is there just the 1 radio that can do ala carte? I was really looking forward to this when I heard it was coming with the merger, but I don't think I can switch to ala carte with my factory car radio?!?
  12. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    So I've gotten e-mails and home mailers telling me I need to swap out my HR10-250 and that it wil lbe totally free. I haven't acted on it yet, though, and my question is this: Will the new receiver have OTA tuners? We use the OTA tuner in our HR10 still. I don't use this receiver for actual...
  13. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    For those wondering about Powerdvd, I can only speak from my personal situation. I use PowerDVD 8 for blu-ray playback on my HTPC. I installed the Directv2pc app last night and I think it is living with powerdvd ok so far. I didn't fire up the projector to give it a full test, but I remoted...
  14. DIRECTV Connected Home
    I started downloading this when I left for work this morning. I'm hoping to install it on my HTPC feeding the projector in the basement. If I understand it right, this should allow me to watch my shows on the big screen downstairs while the wife is watching dancing with the stars or something...
  15. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Just thought I'd give a quick update. I remounted my dish on the pole and started from scratch using the instructions provided in the link. All went well and now my signals on all sat's are between 85-100. Thank you again for the great resource!
  16. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    K4SMX - thank you for the link to that post. I think that is exactly what I need. I will be re-doing my setup tomorrow after work based on that great info :)
  17. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    texasbrit, you referred to this being true for the SL3. What about older slimline dishes? I put mine up last summer, is it a SL1 or SL2? I've been "fine tuning" my alignment and I think I have it all messed up, but I know that adjusting the tilt is having an effect on my signal strength. Are...
  18. Sirius XM General Discussion
    The news I saw today may change this plan a little. If the merger actually does happen now and they come out with that lower cost plan I saw a while back, would I need a new radio in my truck to get it?
  19. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I went out to the pole to re-align the dish and I immediately found my problem creating the signal strength issue. My dish is attached to a 6x6 wooden post and the 2 top lag bolts holding it in have backed out and pulled loose about 1/8". I tightened them back up and the signal strength on the...
  20. DIRECTV General Discussion
    ok, thanks. A tweaking I shall go. Any ideas on which way I need to go, West, East, Up, Down, Clockwise, Counter Clockwise?
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