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  1. DIRECTV Programming
    I haven't noticed a drop off in quality for national HD channels, but sometimes my local channels (Chicago) seem to have more compression recently than what they have had in the past. Not sure if its just me or what. I also am getting a weird artifact on ABC. Whenever I watch or record something...
  2. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    The new guide is ok. For some reason I was expecting more, but I thought this whole thing has been over-hyped a bit. Hopefully they can make some modifications in the future such as the progress bar. It needs to be bigger and transparent. The black that covers up the entire bottom of the screen...
  3. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Finally got the update here in Chicago. Everything seems a bit slow right now, but thats to be expected in the first couple of days.
  4. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I hope Chicago gets the update early in the AM since Chicago now has a date slated for the 12th. I have 2 DVR's and hope both update. What if one of the receivers is scheduled to record something at that time? Will that particular receiver or both receivers get pushed back to another day? I'm...
  5. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Someone posted this in another thread... http://www.dbstalk.com/showpost.php?p=2938556&postcount=8 Chicago is now on for the 12th. We will see. My confidence is low after getting shafted twice.
  6. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    DirecTV is probably receiving an onslaught of calls. The ironic thing is you think those calls would be for how to use the new guide. Instead, the nature of those calls today are probably for why I didn't get the guide! Hopefully overnight they will push it to us, but I won't get my hopes too high.
  7. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Somehow, LSU still ended up scoring more points in the title game than DirecTV did today! :lol:
  8. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I was really hoping to see the new HD UI today upon getting home from work, but both HD DVR's still have the old standard UI on it. I even checked here at DBS before I went to bed to see if the dates had changed and from what I could tell Chicago was still scheduled to receive it. From the...
  9. HD Locals
    So does anyone know the specific reasoning to why CBS and WGN looked like crap? Glad its been fixed though. I haven't turned on the TV today to see, but I have more shows recording tonight. Lets hope the issue is long gone.
  10. HD Locals
    I recorded Two and a Half Men and the picture was absolutely terrible tonight. This is the first time I have ever had a problem with the picture through DirecTV and CBS who, in my opinion usually has the best HD picture quality of any of the local networks. I did not, however, notice this on Fox...
  11. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I want to get a 2nd HD DVR from DirecTV. I have contacted them about it and they said there is no guarantee that it will be an HR-24 and that it all depends what is available in the warehouse or truck. How do you go about specifically requesting an HR-24 if there is such a way? I like the design...
  12. DIRECTV Programming
    Especially the college football games. The college football games look incredibly soft and grainy which is uncharacteristic for a live HD event. If you watch a college football game on ABC its even worse whether watching through DirecTV or even watching OTA.
  13. DIRECTV Programming
    Tell me if I'm wrong, but doesn't ESPN have a brand new studio in which they invested in state of the art technology. I could have swore I read an article somewhere (think it was Engadget), but it was quite a while ago. It mentioned that their new studio and equipment will allow them to go...
  14. DIRECTV Programming
    I'm not saying if I believe him or don't believe him. Its just that he said he is a subscriber too and seems upset like many of us are. I just thought he had an interesting point about using much of the satellite space for 3-D and more PPV. We all hope that a ton more channels get added though.
  15. DIRECTV Programming
    According to Swanni, DirecTV is going to use their new satellite most likely just for 3-D and more PPV. Hopefully thats not the case. I think out of most channels I would like to see Travel Channel HD. ESPNU HD would be nice as well. If DirecTV is devoting their new satellite for a lot of 3-D...
  16. DIRECTV Programming
    I noticed the same thing. Sometimes when CBS does highlights from a FOX feed it is inferior to their broadcasts. It seemed like last year the picture quality was better for the FOX football games. This year seems worse to me. I don't know what it is.
  17. DIRECTV Programming
    Well, the other day I rebooted the box and I got my local weather on local on the 8's. However, it only did it once. Ever since then the national weather is showing on the local on the 8's. Does anyone have a solution?
  18. DIRECTV Connected Home
    So this was working fine for me up until today. I am getting video, but no audio. Does this happen at times or what? I don't get any error messages or anything. The audio definitely works on my PC, but it doesn't with DirecTV2PC anymore. edit: Reset the receiver again and this did the trick.
  19. DIRECTV Programming
    Definitely not getting the local on the 8's on the HD channel. I live in the Chicago market. I will do a reboot and see if that helps.
  20. DIRECTV Connected Home
    Seems like the quality on Fox's HD network shows are not that good when viewing on the PC. With that said, they don't look that great when watching on the TV live or recorded. I watched The Office though and that seemed really sharp on my Samsung 1080p monitor.
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