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  1. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Would it also delete the shows from the history? Now that you mention it, there was a problem on one channel on Monday where I was getting a "searching for satellite" message and gray screen. Also I have seen posts where D* is having problems with the 119º satellite. That perhaps is the...
  2. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Tonight for the first time in months there was an IKD (Biggest Loser). Remembering some ideas from past IKD posts, I tried a red-button reset. The Biggest Loser disappeared from the playlist. What's more, most other programs that were recorded today (1/12) or yesterday also disappeared from...
  3. DIRECTV Tips and Resources
    I also e-mailed KTVU and got the same reply. I'm not sure if there is any connection, but "So You Think You Can Dance" had no problems tonight.
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Tonight the last part of "So You Think You Can Dance" was totally garbled, almost continuous "brrps", and total loss of a audio sync. I tried recording OTA but I'm having reception problems with KTVU. I will try to contact KTVU to complain, but it may be D* problem. Also, thanks to VOS for...
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    The problem has reached unwatchable level on Fox local in the SF Bay Area. Not nearly as bad on other stations, and not at all on HBO. The last 10 minutes of "Mental" was nearly unintelligible. Is this a DirecTV problem? Perhaps related to MPEG-4 encoding? Is it absent on OTA? Should...
  6. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    SNL recording last night a black screen. RBR deleted the entire SNL folder! (Both recordings in the folder were bad.) These were recorded OTA; have now switched to D* local, but I have lost recordings from satellite also. This problem has been around for quite some time. I have not seen any...
  7. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I have failed to get 2 recordings of the Olympics so far, apparently because the actual start time was not the same as the scheduled start. Apparently if that happens, the DVR cancels the recording with the message (in the history) that the recording was canceled because "it was not available"...
  8. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I saw this announcement, and I assume that what this thread is talking about: "DISH Network, the satellite TV provider, last week became one of the first TV broadcasters in the United States to transmit a full 1080p/24 (1920 x 1080 progressive) resolution program to its subscribers. The...
  9. DIRECTV Programming
    I set up to record the opening ceremonies at 8:00 PM PDT as originally scheduled. Then discovered that the program starts at 7:30. Started watching at 7:30, then paused it at 8:20, expecting to pick up the rest of the program from the scheduled 8:00PM recording. Went back at about 9:30 to...
  10. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Problems with 0x254, HR20-700: Slow response to remote (almost anything--channel change, FF, etc.) Multiple response to singe remote command. Lock up requiring RBR (some lockups cured with the remote "power" button off/on ???) Back-screen recording (once) All of these occurred before the 0x254...
  11. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Flashpoint on 7/24. First one in several weeks. I thought for a moment the problem was fixed! After reading the posts, apparently in some cases it has gotten worse.
  12. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    After a couple of weeks with no black-screen or IKD events, I thought the problems were over. No such luck. Got IKD on "Burn Notice" yesterday. I consider this a serious situation. A friend recently asked me whether he should go to D* or Dish for his new HDTV. I told him about the DVR...
  13. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I don't know if the HR20/21 does this, but the HR10 would indicate how much of the program actually recorded if the recording was not complete. However, in the IKD events I have experienced, the program time in the info screen and the status bar show the full program duration. This seems to...
  14. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    My daughter has just informed me that we had an IKD problem on a recording of "Numb3rs" that was OTA. This was a couple of weeks ago; at that time we were recording most programs OTA, but switched to LIL because of the pixellation problem mentioned in my earlier post.
  15. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    We just switched all recordings from OTA to satellite because we were getting many programs unwatchable due to apparent weak signal (macro-blocking, freezing, etc.) However, the signal as indicated on the TV's native tuner looks very strong. I suspect a transient local problem or a defective...
  16. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    All black-screen and IKD events for us were on LIL channels. We watch a lot of national feeds; HDTV, Bravo, Sci-Fi, etc.
  17. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I have posted this on iamanedgecutter.com: Recent black screen recording, Wed 5/31. The following is the sequence. 8:00PM: Record Ch 2 (Fox) for 2 hrs via series link. 9:00PM: Start watching the the recording, FF thru parts we don't want to see 10:00PM: Series link records Ch 5 and Ch 7 1-hr...
  18. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    This appears to be new information. Have you reported it here? http://www.iamanedgecutter.com/Projects/BGRecordings/
  19. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    My main on-going issue is PIG. There MUST be a way to turn it off. We watch a lot of reality shows and contests (Jeopardy!) and have often seen the results before having a chance to watch the program. If you are watching a recording, reach the end and select "delete", you go back to the...
  20. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I had black-screen recording on ABC with only one thing being recorded at the time.
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