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    Any good deals when upgrading??

    My parents recently bought an HDTV, and now want to upgrade their Directv to HD/DVR. They have been with D for over 10 years and are being told that to upgrade it will cost them $200. Are there any better deals out there for those upgrading, expecially long time customers? Thanks so much...
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    Summer Channel Moves: Most Sports / RSN Stations Moving

    So I called DirecTv about 668 (FSN North) and they walked me through all of the troubleshooting with no luck. The gal was very friendly and seemed knowledgeable. She arranged for a service call for $79, yikes. I asked her what satellite and transponder 668 was on and she said 101, 1 & 2...
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    Summer Channel Moves: Most Sports / RSN Stations Moving

    103 a- lists 16 transponders: 1-3 are zero 4 is 20 5 & 6 are zero 16-24 are zero 103 b- lists 16 transponders: 1-8 vary from 47-63 9-14 vary from 49 to 61 17 and 22 are zero Seems pretty low, I am guessing i should be getting signal on all of them. Preferably in the 70-80's?? I...
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    Summer Channel Moves: Most Sports / RSN Stations Moving

    So I checked the favorites and it wasn't checked so it now appears in the guide. It actually says "searching for signal" so I assume I need to adjust the dish. I have never done this before with the new style dish. Is it basically the same as with the old dish? Move it left and right...
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    Summer Channel Moves: Most Sports / RSN Stations Moving

    FSN North?? So FSN North has moved from 641 to 668. I now no longer get the channel. 641 still is listed in my guide (it says "tune to channel 668 for FSN) but 668 isn't in my guide. When I tune it there manually, it searches for signal, but never finds one. Any ideas on what could be the...
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    I need help from the experts!!!

    I need some help from the experts. I recently upgraded to a Panasonic TH-42PX75U Plasma HDTV, 720p. I also upgraded my DirecTV receiver to a H21-200 model. I hooked the receiver to the TV with an HDMI cable and set the receiver to native resolution. The problem is that when changing channels...
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    Question about locals

    Newbie to the forum, please be gentle!!! I have a buddy who just purchased a DirecTv system. He is in college in Iowa and wants to get local channels from Minneapolis (his hometown). He wants to know if he could accomplish this by giving his Minneapolis zip code, but his Iowa phone number...