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  1. DIRECTV Programming
    We also have CBS and FOX in Rapides Parish now. And I *think* LPB(PBS) is either in Rapides or Grant. No CW or UPN or whatever else though.
  2. DIRECTV Programming
    I'm in the Alexandria market. Do you know something about "likely never"?
  3. DIRECTV Programming
    Anybody know if the Alexandria, LA market (used to be Neilson #182?) is even on radar for SD or HD?
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Can you prepay a year or two at the current rate, before the increase, and be fully covered?
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I wonder if this is the only option for folks without local channels who can't get NASCAR unless it's on TNT? Or if it is even an option???
  6. DIRECTV General Discussion
    It could be worse. ***choke***Alexandria, Louisiana *** choke*** Alexandria is 176 in the DMA listing. Bangor is 151. Glad I'm not in Glendive (wherever that is) at 210. Only three stations broadcasting HD OTA (NBC, ABC, PBS) here and their power is so low we can't get them anyway less than...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Wildblue's problem of running out of satellite space may have just been resolved...
  8. Legislative and Regulatory Issues
    I was looking for something that corresponds with the Oct 2005 changes. The dbstalk maps seem way outdated (2003). I was hoping to find something up to date which matches the DirecTV spreadsheet just given to retailers last week.
  9. Legislative and Regulatory Issues
    I understand Neilson has recently remapped all DMA's changing boundaries in a lot of places. DirecTV has a spreadsheet on their retailer site that shows old DMA's to new DMA's but it isn't really clear (e.g. -- Lake Charles, LA now in Alexandria, LA DMA?) Does anyone have the actual new maps?
  10. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Thanks to all who responded. It fixed itself - the worst kind of fix - and all is operational.
  11. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I still think it is the receiver myself. The problem is DirecTV said it was a "reception rather than a receiver issue" and won't provide a replacement box because of it. <sigh>.
  12. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I swapped LNB's, changed the connectors (and ground block) from the receiver to the LNB, and everything came up...but...five minutes later, half the channels drop out again. When I started today, everything was working (this problem is intermittent). Transponders 12, 16, 20 and one other were...
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I thought of that, but if there was a wiring issue or an LNB issue, the receiver wouldn't be pulling in other channels with no problems.
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Single receiver, single cable, dual LNB dish in open field (no obstructions). Receiver shows high 90's signal strength. Philips DSX5500 Receiver loses about half of its regular basic programming channels, not all, for days at a time. Resetting the receiver to factory defaults cleared it up...
  15. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Well, there was no coax input but most of the HD sets I've seen don't use them, instead going for component video or HDMI.
  16. DIRECTV General Discussion
    "Can I put the bullet in my gun now, Andy?"
  17. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    There is nothing in the TV manual about ATSC/NTSC so I don't know. Would a brand new high-end TV not have NTSC capability integrated within?
  18. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    DirecTV H-10 with an all-digital plasma large screen. Three SD regular TV's in the house, hooked up to the same dish outside with a Terk 44 dish antenna and diplexed at the back of each of the four receivers are able to pick up all the analog stations. Yet on the digital TV, only digital...
  19. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I'd simply settle for local channels in basic SD in central Louisiana. The heck with HD in the major cities.
  20. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Is the plan for Spaceway 1 & 2 strictly to deliver HD? Or will these birds also deliver locals programming to current non-locals markets? I can't find an answer to that.
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