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Tom M

10-10-04, 04:40 PM

If you subscribe to DirecTV and have local channels (or even if you don't) please call D* at 1-800-695-9251 and complain about the poor signal quality on UPN. D* won't do anything unless enough people call to complain. I guess that's what they call good customer service.

Their solution was to give me a $10 per month discount on service instead of fixing the problem with the signal. For now I'm being forced to go back to video tape for recording. Ugh!

Mdreiver

10-11-04, 09:49 AM

Is your upn signal always bad? I have noticed mine as bad recently but I *thought* it comes and goes. I could be wrong.

Tom M

10-11-04, 10:03 AM

It's been "poor" for quite some time. It's virtually unwatchable at the moment. It currently has severe ghosting with 3 or 4 reflections and colors saturate and then fade out.

TI (Alameda)

10-11-04, 10:14 PM

Thanks for the impetus to call them, Tom. We noticed the signal problem last week. I just called and registered my complaint. There may be only 1 hour per week on UPN that I care to watch, but it should be a good quality signal.

Mdreiver

10-12-04, 02:32 PM

1 hour/week?! The Simpsons are on 90 min daily. :)

Tom M

10-20-04, 04:57 PM

Woo Hoo!!! :)

DirecTv has cleaned up the UPN signal :D :D :D and it looks terrific. Hopefully this will last a while.

BoxsterBob - San Carlos

10-21-04, 09:36 AM

I just bought a new HDTV and I'm currently on Comcrap Cable. I'm contemplating DirecTv or Dish. Which one is better? I will be hooking up 4 TVs, so I don't want to spend a fortune.

What I save will be spent on the Boxster. :)

Tom M

10-21-04, 10:08 AM

If you have HD then which one has more HDTV content? What about subscribing to HD only programming like Voom (http://www.voom.com/util/about_us/index.jsp)?

Have you already checked A/V specific sites like AVS Forum (http://www.avsforum.com/) for your research?

Also, willl you be geting an HDTV satellite recorder? If so, that may limit your choices.

BoxsterBob - San Carlos

10-21-04, 02:47 PM

Thanks for the tips Tom. I'm not exactly a TV junky, I'm just looking for a good solution for viewing HDTV. The other TV's rarely ever get used (one's in the garage in front of the elliptical trainer ;) ) I'll check out the AVS forum. When comparing Dish & DirecTv I didn't see much difference, it probably depends on who has the best special going on when I decide to pull the trigger.

TI (Alameda)

10-21-04, 07:48 PM

I may not be completely up-to-date, since I got satellite 3 years ago and TiVo 2 years ago, but it seemed to me that DirecTV had a wider selection of third-party tuners. For example, DirecTiVo -- integrated TiVo with a dual-tuner satellite receiver -- was not possible with Dish at the time (not sure about now). An integrated dual-tuner PVR + satellite receiver is an absolute MUST HAVE if you are going the PVR and satellite route. HDTV reception would be a distant second consideration in my opinion.