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  1. DIRECTV Programming
    During those sign-off times, technicians can swap out broadcasting equipment, run test patterns, configure new equipment, run tests of settings, etc... all of which is very hard to do when something is broadcasting 24-hours a day/7 days a week.
  2. DIRECTV Tips and Resources
    Hi! Quick question. I wanted to download the XLS attachment on the first post, but noticed I'm being redirected to iamanedgecutter.com domain and being asked to create an account. This used not to be the case. Is this a temporary error or will I need to create an account over there to...
  3. DIRECTV Programming
    I was reviewing my ToDo list this evening and noticed a problem for this Wednesday's 'The Americans' recording on FX. It would appear that FX has scheduled something at 6:10am ET (20 minutes long) on Wednesday morning and marked it as episode 13, which the DVR flagged for recording. Thus, the...
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    There is a BIG difference in electronics between a Roku type box and a box that can receive and decode satellite signals.
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    But don't forget that when you setup a series to record, it may be several hours before all upcoming episodes are flagged and appear in the ToDo list. You have to wait for the scheduler to run, which only runs every so often.....
  6. DIRECTV Programming
    The great thing about the Genie, IIRC, is that only one tuner will be used (as opposed to the TiVo I used to own). If you have a show running from 8p-9p, then 9p to 10p on the same channel and you extend the 8p-9p recording by 30 minutes, only one tuner is used for both recordings. I think...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I'm still getting good signal strength for the locals on the 103 spotbeam, so it is probably a fiber cut/backhaul issue. At least the satellite appears okay at the moment.
  8. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Out for Raleigh/Durham NC as well all morning.
  9. DIRECTV Programming
    There is talk in other threads about this... Extant didn't record for me at all last night. Initially, there were two back to back episodes scheduled (9p-10p and 10p-11p). At some point on Wednesday early evening, guide data was updated to be one showing from (9p-11p). However, it happened...
  10. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    When I originally created the searches a year go, I did have SD visible (but not in my favorites list, so I never really saw them). I did that so that I could quickly toggle them back on in rain fade events. Since then, I do have SD channels hidden, but I never went back to recreate the...
  11. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I have an interesting observation on something that changed with search on 0x870. I have several saved searches on my box for quickly going thru late night talk shows without having to have a season pass setup for them. For example: One search is for the Tonight Show and is as follows...
  12. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Several threads about this, but I wanted to make sure it was mentioned here. Since DirecTV turned on the ability to "look back" in a program (the arrows in the guide), my Genie has been deleting programs that have this feature without prompt or confirmation. Reproducible example: Find a...
  13. HD Locals
    Looks like DirecTV found the problem. 6pm news looks great and NBC Nightly News looks great as well. Keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way.
  14. HD Locals
    Hi Russell. The problem is on both local programming and national. Seems to be more visible in darker images. There are no bitrate settings in DirecTV's receivers, Basically, it just records the stream it is sent. Hope that helps... -Matt
  15. HD Locals
    You're not the only one, webhype. I had an email exchange with the chief engineer of WNCN this week. He opened a ticket with DirecTV on Wednesday to troubleshoot the problem, but I'm still seeing it this morning. Hopefully, it will be resolved soon.
  16. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I have nothing technical to add to this... but I did want to say THANK YOU to all the posters... Fascinating conversation!
  17. DIRECTV General Discussion
    One interesting side note related to TWC: NBC Nightly News no longer appears to be using them during bad weather. Last year, Brian Williams would throw to 'Weather Channel meteorologist <insert name here>" during large weather events. Weather graphics during that story would have TWC's logo...
  18. DIRECTV General Discussion
    While I don't disagree completely, you do have to take into account things like radar. If TWC is showing a 2-3 hour old radar image because they're looping pre-recorded programming, they'll lose all credibility (if they haven't already by naming winter storms).
  19. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Panasonic TC-26LX70 - When turning on TV and C31 with the remote at the same time, I always get a black screen. No video or audio. Turning off C31 OR TV and back on resolves the problem. I believe this is a HDMI/HDCP handshake issue. Happens 90% of the time for me.
  20. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Thanks, gang!
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