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  1. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    Yeah, I can say for certain that I never got an email about how to keep that storage space. I didn't hear about it until after January, so I will not be keeping my 15GB, which is unfortunate. - Merg Edit: Well, I was going to post a link to a photo of my storage status, but I apparently cannot...
  2. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    That was announced a while ago, although the notice I had was that the changes would be in mid-June. Maybe they just delayed the changes now? - Merg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    Yup. Works great with FIOS. Never answer the phone on the first ring. It blocks tons of calls. - Merg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. Internet Streaming Services
    Same here. Considering how much I use it though, it is still good deal. - Merg Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  5. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I don't think you received correct information there. You can't just pay the non-return fee and have a receiver changed from leased to owned. Generally, once a receiver is deactivated and a non-return fee is paid on it, it cannot be re-activated. - Merg
  6. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    That's why I like the idea of the CFL and LED bulbs. I currently use a 23W CFL bulb, which has the equivalent of a 75W incandescent bulb. So I get a brighter light and still am within the specs pod the fixture. What stinks is that the original light fixture in the ceiling fan was a standard...
  7. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    See, I could really care less about the bulbs being dimmable as I never use the dimmer on my ceiling fan. However, if I do not use a dimmable bulb, the light will flicker incessantly when I turn it on until I press and hold the dim button to make the light at the brightest setting. - Merg Sent...
  8. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    Just looked at the website. For a dimmable candelabra base bulb, the brightest they have is a 500 lumens bulb. I am looking for something more towards 800 or 900 lumens. We have a split level and the family room doesn't get much sunlight, so the ceiling light needs to be pretty bright. I don't...
  9. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    What I'd like to find is LED Candleabra base bulbs that are dimmable that I can use in my ceiling fan lights. I can't really even go to CFL bulb as finding ones that are dimmable and bright seems to be impossible. - Merg
  10. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    It's very similar to how it was when DirecTV came out with the R22. When the R22 was hooked up side-by-side with my R15, the picture quality was much better, especially after I connected the R22 via component cables versus the composite connection of the R15. I used the R22 with my standard...
  11. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    The connection to the TV is currently composite. When I hook up the H24, there is still a significant change in how menus and graphics appear on the TV. And while I realize that I will only be receiving SD channels, if I can end up using an HDMI cable, the picture displayed will still look...
  12. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Well, it looks like the satellite setup did switch over. When turning it back on, it now defaults to 3-LNB and Multiswitch. I also had the truck moved to make sure we had a good signal (3-bars to 6-bars) on the Tracvision Interface. Of course, now the Tracvision is not even seeing that the...
  13. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Thanks. I'm getting a signal strength now, albeit, not very good ones. And now I'm being told a satellite signal cannot be detected. Letting it run through the signal strength screen, is showing a lot of 0's plus some transponders with strengths in the 50's to 70's. - Merg Sent from my...
  14. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I'm having an issue getting a receiver set up in a work vehicle. Currently, we have a D12 SD receiver set up, which is working fine. The dish (and unfortunately, I don't know what dish it is exactly) is connected to a TracVision Interface box with the output of that to the D12. According to the...
  15. Internet Streaming Services
    I got mine the other day and am a little impressed with it. I plugged it in at the office where we already have a Chromecast. It's nice that it has apps built into it, unlike the Chromecast. It's also nice that I could set Parental Controls to keep other people from purchasing things that would...
  16. Cable TV Discussion
    If you currently have DirecTV, you should have cables run as home runs (all cables go back to a central point). It's easy enought to set up FIOS from that point. Basically, you have a coax going to the router and MOCA is turned on. Any cable box connected is then MOCA enabled as well, so all...
  17. Internet Streaming Services
    I hadn't realized it had been cancelled. I'm glad Netflix picked it up. - Merg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. TV Show Talk
    From what I've heard, Gracepoint is just the Americanized version of Broadchurch. So, there really shouldn't be any big difference between the two series. Just another example of trying to bring British TV over to the US. - Merg
  19. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    While I have one, I keep it at work in our office. We've used it to Chromecast HBOGo, Netflix, and YouTube. They should be adding the functionality to allow Chrome on iOS be casted as well, which will be good for sharing webpages with the office. For what we use it, definitely worth the $35 I...
  20. Internet Streaming Services
    I'm sorry, but if I purchase a digital copy and you shut down your service you either owe me a refund or another digital copy that I can take with me. I'm also not surprised that the service shutdown. Whenever I viewed their on line content, there was very little there and a lot of the movies...
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