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Written By: John Fuda
2006-02-13 00:00:00
Well, my 21 February install has been changed to March 3! There seems to be some equipment shortages, and they're not getting them all out in time for the installs. So I've gone from having an install scheduled for a holiday, when I could easily be home, to a Friday where - not only do I have to work during the day, but I have a 24-hour duty on. Fortuneately, my boss is going to let me stay home to meet the installer and come in afterwords. We'll see if it gets rescheduled again...
Written By: John Fuda
2006-03-03 00:00:00
The installer arrived this morning and got everything setup rather quickly, despite not having a Dish 1000 with him - or even on the work order. He ended-up using an unused Dish 300 that was already mounted in conjunction with the Dish 500 that I was already using, to get the three satelites required to get all my programming.
Everything looks great! I think even the SD picture is enchanced a little bit. The High definition channels look phenomenal, I did not think there would be that much improvement over DVD, but there is. My TV has a 720p native resolution, so everything is scaled to 720p. Too bad I have to go to work now and cannot play with it until tommorrow!
I do not have satellite HD locals available yet (maybe late April?) so I have to use an over-the-air (OTA) antenna in order to get my local channels in HD. I'm using a Terk HDTVa amplified indoor VHF/UHF antenna and can get all of my channels except for my WB station, which is about 90 degrees off azimuth from all my other locals, and 40+ miles away, versus the 10-15 mile distance of the majority of my locals. I may have to resort to a bigger antenna!
Written By: John Fuda
2006-03-10 00:00:00
Well, I've had the VIP-622 for a week now and am very pleased with it. Since my modulator expirement worked so well, and since the 622 modulates both of its TV outputs, I've decied to get rid of the 522 that I had moved to the guest room. It was silly paying $11 extra each month for a receiver that rarely got used. I have the 622's feeds running to every TV in the house. Now all I need are two more remotes to cover the two additional rooms.
Written By: John Fuda
2006-04-28 06:53:22
I think KRRT has increased their transmission power. Last night, I did my usual check to see if KRRT was coming in any better, and there it was at 98%, instead of its usual 70's. Unfortuneately, while watching Smallville last night, it dropped to 0 at exactly 7:17:01 PM. I had my DVR also recording the SD transmission, so I got to finish watching the show. It was still out at bed time. This morning, it was at 98% again. I wonder if there some sort of atmospheric phenomena occuring or KRRT cranked up the juice? I guess I'll see over the next few days. Maybe I'll finally get it consistenyl now!
Written By: John Fuda
2006-02-01 00:00:00
I called-in my order today to upgrade my current Dish Network instalation to HD. I ordered their VIP-622 dual tuner HD DVR and HD Gold package with locals. My install date is scheduled for 21 February. It's going to be nice to finally be able to take advantage of the HD resolution of my set!
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