Recent content by RTCDude

Ok, I'll start. On another thread telstar_1 posted the above about the early days of LNA, LNBA, LNB, LNBF development progression. And at the end asking about how DPH works; I'd like to know that too. Can anyone give a detailed description on how DPH works?

Nice history, I didn’t know all of that. And I also would love a detail explanation of how DPH works, but I suggest a new thread for that so as to not hijack this thread.

In the olden days, the only name we had was LNA (Low Noise Amplifier). Then block down conversion come along as LNBA (Low Noise BLock converting Amplifier). That’s mostly fallen out of favor, but I still use it out of habit. Both LNB and LNBF are the common acronyms these days. But, no matter...

Aren't there EA territories that can't or conveniently see the WA?

What do you mean by the “label”?

Oh I think it can, but there will likely be real limitations on the number of channels that can be recorded simultaneously. I think the current one-at-a-time recording is just a first step in getting this feature working. Think of it as version 1.0 of this feature. It was simpler to implement...

Sorry for a new thread, but searching didn’t find anything. Back on the old VIP722 recorders, it was possible to setup a manual timer with the title of a show, with no exact show time or channel. That way, whenever that show showed up in the future, regardless of time or channel, it would get...

That’s what I do. I have the phone output from my VOIP adapter in my service closet connected to the old phone lines that go throughout the house. So the VOIP adapter acts just the old POTS phone service we use to have and got rid of. The VOIP companies tell you that their adapters don’t have...

Uhhh… That would be going the wrong way. They should make the Dish Anywhere guide look like the Hopper guide. The guide shouldn’t be made more simplistic and stupider.

Can someone post a quick list of the remaining SD channels?

I know someone would have some real history. Thanks.

Who is that?

Maybe “a three hour tour” would be how long it would take for the skip-forward/backward buttons to start working.

Yes, I understand the implications of the name. But there could have been alternatives. For example, they could have use “Skipper”. That name would have been more directly to the point of skipping commercials. Or how about “Spider” for an obscure MOCA reference. I’m sure we could come up with...

A random question for the new year. Does anyone know how the Hopper got it’s name of “Hopper?