Comments on: Top 5 reasons to get a DVR http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/ Daily distractions from the life of Mike Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Mike Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:25:08 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-303 Wow Horatio...just wow. Okay. 1. I got my upgraded dish and stuff for free. Not sure why you'd have to pay for it. 2. I've had my new dish up for 5 months now, and the older Tivo in the bedroom works just fine. Yeah, i wont get the new HD Mpeg4 channels on it, but it's still backwards compatible. 3. My satellite is mounted on the edge of my roof, nothing special there. Not sure why you need a mount for it? 4. My install for the new dish and hd dvr cost me $99. 5. I have an antenna on the roof for my local HD channels...why can't you use it in another room? No cable to it? I guess you seem to have a lot of issues there, but it's strange because I have DTV and Scott and Tyler who post here have it as well, and they didn't have any of the problems you are. I mean...who are you calling to get it installed? I would call DTV directly, and talk to someone. If they wont give you the dish installed for FREE and the new HD DVR for $99 installed, then I'd ask for customer retention because you are ticked that you didn't get the same deal other people have. It shouldn't be this hard for you to get it. Wow Horatio…just wow.

Okay.

1. I got my upgraded dish and stuff for free. Not sure why you’d have to pay for it.

2. I’ve had my new dish up for 5 months now, and the older Tivo in the bedroom works just fine. Yeah, i wont get the new HD Mpeg4 channels on it, but it’s still backwards compatible.

3. My satellite is mounted on the edge of my roof, nothing special there. Not sure why you need a mount for it?

4. My install for the new dish and hd dvr cost me $99.

5. I have an antenna on the roof for my local HD channels…why can’t you use it in another room? No cable to it?

I guess you seem to have a lot of issues there, but it’s strange because I have DTV and Scott and Tyler who post here have it as well, and they didn’t have any of the problems you are. I mean…who are you calling to get it installed? I would call DTV directly, and talk to someone. If they wont give you the dish installed for FREE and the new HD DVR for $99 installed, then I’d ask for customer retention because you are ticked that you didn’t get the same deal other people have.

It shouldn’t be this hard for you to get it.

]]> By: Horatio Schwartz, Captain of the Everglades http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Horatio Schwartz, Captain of the Everglades Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:48:37 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-302 I tried to do it all in one breath too =) I tried to do it all in one breath too =)

]]> By: Jina http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Jina Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:06:31 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-301 I just want to go on the record with two things... 1. Horatio just posted the longest comment ever 2. I don't have a movie from a year ago, nice try Mike! I just want to go on the record with two things…

1. Horatio just posted the longest comment ever
2. I don’t have a movie from a year ago, nice try Mike!

]]> By: Horatio Schwartz, Captain of the Everglades http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Horatio Schwartz, Captain of the Everglades Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:39:51 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-300 MO, nice list of reasons to get one... Now are there equal reasons to not get one? Let me try.... # 1) It's a major pain in the arse to get one!!!! I have direct TV (man I can make this a really long story, but wont), essentially I have to upgrade to the new dish, the new dish is not compatable with current boxes, the new dish is extremely heavy and cant be mounted on a roof (its heavier than the old dish by 45 lbs), there is for $65.00, a mount that MIGHT let you mount the new one on your roof. If its not on your roof, then it has to be on a fence or such, which for me means I would need over 75 feet of extra cable to have it listed on my wall in the back. Such extra cord would degrade the HD signal and picture (sorta like HD pics looking diff on tv's in best buy) would look worse. Additionally, for an HD DVR, if i want to have it in my main room where surround sound is, it means i would lose all local HD channel capability I currently get from a local HD attenae(surely you will say you dont need local HD attenae anymore since the new dish provides it), yes but when its showing the signal, and if they dont charge more for it, so the local HD antennae is a nice backup as well and would not want to deactivate it. So then you say well put it in another room, ok I could (but would lose surround sound capability, but lets say I'm ok with that), they would then have to drop another cable around my house and through an outside wall to bring it into the room it would work best in (I would face signal degregation again, as well as another hole form the outside of my house (surely you will say you dont need an additional hole, just get him to use existing line feeds), they wont do that. Its an additional cable to record 2 channels at once, and where it would go, would be through a fire wall, so they need the additional hole as they dont do drop down trhough fire walls.....WHEW!!!! #2) You dont need a #2, cause #1 is still a pain in the arse.... Its highly frustrating to have this tech available but trying to coordinate it has been short of a nightmare. Direct TV contracts out all its work (well most of it) and trying to get Jimmy Neutron to come to your house to make it all work seemlessly is near impossible. I have tried on 3 separate occasions to make this work, and 3 times it hasnt (a story for another day, hence the long version, and no this wasnt the long version :P ) MO, nice list of reasons to get one…
Now are there equal reasons to not get one? Let me try….
# 1) It’s a major pain in the arse to get one!!!!
I have direct TV (man I can make this a really long story, but wont), essentially I have to upgrade to the new dish, the new dish is not compatable with current boxes, the new dish is extremely heavy and cant be mounted on a roof (its heavier than the old dish by 45 lbs), there is for $65.00, a mount that MIGHT let you mount the new one on your roof. If its not on your roof, then it has to be on a fence or such, which for me means I would need over 75 feet of extra cable to have it listed on my wall in the back. Such extra cord would degrade the HD signal and picture (sorta like HD pics looking diff on tv’s in best buy) would look worse. Additionally, for an HD DVR, if i want to have it in my main room where surround sound is, it means i would lose all local HD channel capability I currently get from a local HD attenae(surely you will say you dont need local HD attenae anymore since the new dish provides it), yes but when its showing the signal, and if they dont charge more for it, so the local HD antennae is a nice backup as well and would not want to deactivate it. So then you say well put it in another room, ok I could (but would lose surround sound capability, but lets say I’m ok with that), they would then have to drop another cable around my house and through an outside wall to bring it into the room it would work best in (I would face signal degregation again, as well as another hole form the outside of my house (surely you will say you dont need an additional hole, just get him to use existing line feeds), they wont do that. Its an additional cable to record 2 channels at once, and where it would go, would be through a fire wall, so they need the additional hole as they dont do drop down trhough fire walls…..WHEW!!!!
#2) You dont need a #2, cause #1 is still a pain in the arse….

Its highly frustrating to have this tech available but trying to coordinate it has been short of a nightmare. Direct TV contracts out all its work (well most of it) and trying to get Jimmy Neutron to come to your house to make it all work seemlessly is near impossible. I have tried on 3 separate occasions to make this work, and 3 times it hasnt (a story for another day, hence the long version, and no this wasnt the long version :P )

]]> By: Horatio Schwartz, Captain of the Everglades http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Horatio Schwartz, Captain of the Everglades Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-299 Not to be a buzzkill, but regardless how many people tune into it, if you arent registered with Neilsen ratings system and they monitor what you are viewing representing 230k households.... then it wont count.... can you say Tenspeed and Brownshoe? Not to be a buzzkill, but regardless how many people tune into it, if you arent registered with Neilsen ratings system and they monitor what you are viewing representing 230k households…. then it wont count…. can you say Tenspeed and Brownshoe?

]]> By: hay http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-298 hay Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:13:19 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-298 I think Mike likes his TV a little too much. I think Mike likes his TV a little too much.

]]> By: Mike http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Mike Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:16:58 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-297 I will be taping them....no worries! I hope you're right! I will be taping them….no worries! I hope you’re right!

]]> By: Auntie http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Auntie Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:37:13 +0000 http://www.amikelife.com/2007/09/top-5-reasons-to-get-a-dvr/#comment-296 Umm...funny you should post this info. I was just gonna tell everyone to pop a tape in their VSH recorders (and YES,...I still tape stuff) I have a DVR but haven't figured out how to use it yet. But I prefer VSH tapes to DVD when it comes to rewinding to a specific spot. But I digress. My reason for this comment it to let everyone know that starting thursday at 9:30 a.m. USA is re-running all the BURN NOTICE episodes. So that's 9:30 to 5p.m., then at 10 p.m., a new episode airs. And next week is the end of the season episode. Please watch, so it won't get cancelled. Umm…funny you should post this info. I was just gonna tell everyone to pop a tape in their VSH recorders (and YES,…I still tape stuff) I have a DVR but haven’t figured out how to use it yet. But I prefer VSH tapes to DVD when it comes to rewinding to a specific spot. But I digress. My reason for this comment it to let everyone know that starting thursday at 9:30 a.m. USA is re-running all the BURN NOTICE episodes. So that’s 9:30 to 5p.m., then at 10 p.m., a new episode airs. And next week is the end of the season episode. Please watch, so it won’t get cancelled.

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