Thanks for the review Scott. I would appreciate it if you could tell me how you were able to dim the LEDs on the front panel. I can't seem to find it in the setup menu. I find the LEDs are way too bright. They do make for a great night light though.
Scott's DirecTV Review (DirecTV -VS- Dish)
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On the front of the receiver, press both the left and right buttons (that surround the LED's), each time you press it it dims it, press them 4 times and the LED ring goes off completely. 
(Thanks for RAD for telling me that)
(Thanks for RAD for telling me that)
If the receiver is rebooted (including a software update--0x166 is apparently rolling out nationally) the LEDs will reset to full brightness so you will have to dim them again. I wish it would dim the very bright yellow record LED as well.
Do you guy's always leave your unit on when going to bed ?
I turn mine off, that way I don't see the lights, unless of course it's recording, matter of fact I turn the one in the front room off also.
I just wish the fan did not have to run all the time ...
Jimbo
I turn mine off, that way I don't see the lights, unless of course it's recording, matter of fact I turn the one in the front room off also.
I just wish the fan did not have to run all the time ...
Jimbo
Oh good Lord, just go over to AVS and look at the screen grab comparison thread. D* sucks hind tit in PQ. I tried to watch Kill Bill on TNTHD and saw several 1/2 green frames.
The problem for verizon fios is that it is nowhere near any type of critical mass market deployment yet. It's almost a non player in terms of numbers at present.
Yup I need to fall asleep with the TV on, I have my TV's on timers to shut off at 1:30am, and then they turn back on again at 6:30am so I can wake up with the morning news. 
Scott, it's been a couple of weeks since you've updated your diary, any new thoughs on the service, especially after the latest HR20 CE???
I havent really played with it the past few days, I did grab the CE last night.
One thing I can say is that with each CE release the HR20 keeps getting better and better.
One thing I can say is that with each CE release the HR20 keeps getting better and better.
Scott I totally agree with you on this one! If it wasn't for me selling my house I would have already gotten another HR20. But it has definately gotten better. I do still miss the HDtivo GUI though! Very quick and easy navigated and the FF/RW feature is still unequal!I havent really played with it the past few days, I did grab the CE last night.
One thing I can say is that with each CE release the HR20 keeps getting better and better.
two issues.To my knowledge Directv does not have a dual tuner STB that has two tv capabilty. Also Directv does not have a band stcking capability as Dish does..So install requires two cables ot be run to the STB location AND the connection is to one tv...Based on that, IMO Dish is a better product...
Actually DirecTV DOES have a single wire solution, a number of folks here are testing it.
But it is correct that DIrecTV does not have a dual output receiver like Dish does.
But it is correct that DIrecTV does not have a dual output receiver like Dish does.
I agree that Dish's two tv box is nice, and it only needs a single cable that goes to a splitter then the box. Why D* cant do that, I don't know.
But when my friend who has Dish needs a reset, it kills two TV's instead of one like mine, that part I don't like. I prefer that the box needing a rest only affect 1 set so two people won't be disrupted.
And even though D* charges for each box ($4.99), when I compared my package to Dish's, Dish was still higher by like $7.00/month. Wouldn't it be cheaper if there would be less mirroring fees? Didn't seem to make sense to me.
Scott - what were the factors that brought the AT&T Uverse picture quality down compared to the DirecTV and Dish PQ?
As Scott said previously, Directv does have a single-wire solution. It is being tested by a large number of people (including me). It works fine on my HR20, but is not yet supported by other models (the H20 and D12 will work with it after a suitable software upgrade). I suspect they will wait until after Directv 10 is operational before making it generally available (there are some functions which won't be tested until then). My 5 channel model has two legacy ports which I use with my R15. The 8 channel model has 3 legacy ports plus an OTA input (internally diplexed). An external OTA diplexer can be used with the 5 channel model (I have not yet done so, however).
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