Search results for query: *

  1. M

    Leasing Satellite time for radio

    In the US: NPR Satellite Services (will rent to other than public radio) Premiere Radio Networks ABC (Citadel) Radio Networks Westwood One Dial/Global All lease time for radio programming and will lease receivers to your affiliates. Easiest way for you to get your programming to them...
  2. M

    Sportster 5 question

    I replaced my MyFi in the car with a Sportster 5 a couple of weeks ago. Compared to the MyFi, the Sportster takes an annoyingly long time to acquire a signal and start playing music - maybe 30 to 45 seconds from the initial startup chimes. Is this normal for this radio, or is there...
  3. M

    Buzz Saw hits XM staffers!!

    He's pretty much gone from Sirius now, thankfully.
  4. M

    U-Verse Installed

    As previously mentioned, one.
  5. M

    U-Verse Installed

    Suburban Houston.
  6. M

    U-Verse Installed

    Went in fairly painlessly last week. My setup: 1. CAT-5 from NID to wiring cabinet in guest bedroom closet. (The builder did a great job pre-wiring the house.) I mounted a shelf at the wiring cabinet to hold the RG. There are CAT-5 homeruns from family room, master bedroom, and office to...
  7. M

    My R-15 Rant

    The box did download a software update before I started playing with it. (It decided to download the update as soon as the call center took me off of hold to activate the receiver...) The R-10 has started acting up again. I think I'm done with D*. I'm giving U-verse a shot in two weeks.
  8. M

    Sat 3 (110) at 0%

    I've read that and other boards. Considering that D*'s PQ isn't that great on the channels I watch, my prediction is it will be a lateral move. I've seen IPTV over copper at my parents home in Phoenix, where they've had it from Qwest for several years. If it measures up to that, I think I'll...
  9. M

    Sat 3 (110) at 0%

    Well, I just learned that U-Verse is available in my area now, so I'm going to give that a shot. Free HD for a year, no service contract, a 60 day money back guarantee, and it's cheaper than what I'm paying now for DSL + D*.
  10. M

    Sat 3 (110) at 0%

    Looks like 110 is no big loss. I'm still running the R-10 (that R-15 is on its way back to D*). We get our HD OTA, and there isn't enough Sat-only content that we're interested in to justify the expense of adding D*'s HD - or E*'s for that matter.
  11. M

    Sat 3 (110) at 0%

    This is an oval dish that was installed in March 2005. I remember 3 eyes on it, but can't see that part of the dish from the street easily.
  12. M

    Sat 3 (110) at 0%

    In swapping receivers last night (my rant about that experience is in the DVR forum), I noticed during setup that sat 3 (110) was showing no signal. Sat 1 & Sat 2 looked okay. I think I'm getting all the channels I expect to receive. The D* customer no-service rep didn't seem to think it...
  13. M

    My R-15 Rant

    I've had a R-10 for a couple of years. Last week it started rebooting itself hourly, so we called D*. For $19.95, they'd send us a reconditioned R-15 for a one year committment. Not great, but given the options, it seemed like the best thing to do. So, three days later a box arrives -...
  14. M

    Have you switched from D* to E*?

    I live about a mile and a half away from the transmitter farm. You can see the towers and their strobe lights in parts of our neighborhood. I can get anything I want over the air. The only thing that's held us back on the HD Tivo in the past has been the lack of content from D*. There...
  15. M

    Have you switched from D* to E*?

    Are you glad you did? Here's my story: We've had D* since moving into our new house about a year and a half ago. We have one SD DirecTivo (R10) in the living room and a standard d* receiver in the bedroom. The DirecTivo in the last few days has started to flake out. It's made bad...