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  1. Tech Talk - Gadgets, Gizmos and Technology
    I'm a proud Newegg customer since 2002.
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Yes, I definitely recommend going the HDMI splitter route vs. mixing HDMI and component.
  3. General DISH™ Discussion
    My crystal ball says that Dish will be closing all the remaining Blockbuster stores within 2 years.
  4. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    These are expensive, and given that you can get HDMI cables with fairly small connectors today, they might not be needed, but I've used them before when we had to do a difficult, longer run in conduit, and they work great.
  5. DIRECTV SD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    SWM LNBs are available in both 3 and 5 LNB versions. SL3 = 3 LNB, non-SWM. SL3S = 3 LNB, integrated SWM switch. SL5 = 5 LNB, non-SWM. SL5S = 5 LNB, integrated SWM switch. PI-21s are used for all SWM LNBs. PI-29s are used for external SWM switches (SWM-5, SWM-8, SWM-16). The SWM-32 requires...
  6. DIRECTV General Discussion
    BT,DT well over 100 times. LOL. And that's just counting customers who made a specific issue about it.
  7. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    I would recommend that you run six (6) lines, especially if you won't have easy access to replace them down the road. Maybe you'll want to add some other kind of antenna, or cable, or another dish. Maybe a line will get damaged. Running the cable now is relatively cheap; trying to do it after...
  8. DIRECTV General Discussion
    We've hit almost 450 from a single dish, but that was with signal amplifiers. You can't split the raw signal nearly that much without them. I'm sure the real number is well above 1000, which would be enough for any realistic situation.
  9. DIRECTV General Discussion
    It's a great concept to be certain, but most of the nursing homes that are/have recently put in SD TV systems don't even have Internet, or only have one tiny pipe shared by the admin. They wouldn't pay for these boxes or for an Internet connection for them. I can't stress enough how tight they...
  10. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    All SWM switches require external power to operate, and don't rely on power coming from the receivers. External SWM switches, like the SWM8, SWM16, and SWM32, have a built-in power-locker, which keeps each of the 4 lines from the LNB locked to a specific switch position, and for that reason...
  11. TV Show Talk
    FWIW, this "Vegas" is a brand new show, and shouldn't be confused with previous shows named Vegas or Las Vegas.
  12. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    No television provider anywhere delivers uncompressed video. LOL. There aren't any that even provide lossless compression; it's all lossy compression of one form or another. The differences are in resolution, codec, and bitrate.
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Thanks. Yeah, I've been busy. I thought someone might enjoy seeing a few pics for reference. The LG systems are relatively new, but quite popular as their price is down to about $400 a channel for an average system, vs. $1000 for a Com1000. The Com1000 is more elegant, much smaller, and more...
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I never leave a DirecTV remote in a head-end room for that reason. Still, twice we've had to reprogram a whole head-end because some person decided they'd change one of the channels and found a remote on their own. Typically, you don't start having problems until about the 10 year mark, when...
  15. TV Show Talk
    That was the original premise of Reality TV, which largely grew out of COPS (which is heavily edited, but still the closest thing to a true reality show), but it didn't take long for production companies to realize that if they could actively participate and increase the level of drama, as well...
  16. DIRECTV General Discussion
    True. Though MANY lower-to-mid tier nursing homes only have old, donated analog SDTVs in most rooms, and these devices require an HDTV (they connect to the TV only via HDMI). I would guess that it would be cheaper to buy new Pro:Idiom TVs than to buy TVs and these boxes, but for properties who...
  17. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Analog, Standard-Def head-end racks I've installed well over 100 of these SD/analog headend systems in nursing homes. One thing that I can assure you is that each and every system is unique, and that of all the ones we installed, only 2 of them had home-runs to each room, and that's because we...
  18. ViP612/622/722/722K DVR Support Forum
    I've been out of the loop on this for a while, but if I remember correctly, your TV had to be on a specific list of supported 3D TVs in order for 3D to work with your Dish receiver. At the time, about two years ago, that was a very small list. I imagine they'd have expanded the list since then...
  19. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Most quad shield is (from inside out): foil, braid, foil, brad. My stripper tool is set to cut through the outer braid and foil, though the foil sometimes needs to be pulled off by hand. That leaves the inner braid and foil just like normal dual-shield. Pull back the braid, and usually your...
  20. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Those old ChannelVision switches were powered 4x8 (or 5x8?) switches that would work with dishes up to the Triple-Sat or "Phase 3" dish. They are not wideband switches and will not work with the current DirecTV HD systems. Only the Zinwell WB 6x8 and 6x16 switches, and the SWM switches, can do...
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