Not a signal strength problem - all in the high 90's - all sats. And no I don't think its the HDMI, no problem with locals. Also I can clear the problem from the channel I'm watching by checking signal strength!!!!!!!. I'm getting a replacement DVR, I hope that will fix it, but I'm wondering if...

I have been experiencing audio dropouts and pixelation on HD channels 72-79 which started around July 20. I have a year old MITS 65" DLP connected through HDMI. In some time periods all channels will be generally free with only occasional breakups. At other times, select channels will be really...

I'm looking forward to FIOS too, but we'll never get it, the local cable co has a lock on the phone, DSL and cable service, no competition.

Dishcomm wrote: A little education about contractors...BTW doesn't matter what trade. This is done all the time..The guy that you hired and wanted $750 or whatever...He wanted to get out of there. In other words he looked at a job that he felt was going to be a nightmare so he over bid it hoping...

So I finally paid $50 for a local company to come out and do a site survey. He confirmed the location that the last installer from D* gave me but I didn't get a feeling that they would trench and bury cable and go under my sidewalk. One benefit, which was due to my asking, of the survey was that...

I had no reason not to call D* when I upgraded to HD. I had their SD dish for 8 years, it worked great, no problems. I did check with E* first because of their expanded HD service but their installer told me right off that my location would not work. So back to D* and why would I not believe...

What's irritated me as a customer is that it took me 4 wasted visits to figure out that I wasn't getting my problem addressed because the service call didn't fit the pay. I would have preferred learning at the outset what it would cost and paid it if D* didn't want to. Why can't they see that I...

Dishcomm: the last guy who came out was the best of the lot, he did what he was supposed to: find an alternative location unlike the one before who first of all came when it was pitch dark, 5 hours late and said he was 'coming back the next day'. The one who came last was quitting the next week...

Igator: it's hard to tell from pics, but I have the same sort of situation with a small clearing between trees where all the sat's other than 119 are located. I lost 119 when the leaves came in. What is the total length of cable run that you have from dish to receiver? Did you use RG6 or...

Thanks for the tip Joe, to check the cable first before burying it. I didn't think of that. Well I had an appt. with an installer that I contacted, but I canceled it after calling D* ONE more time and being assured that they would send someone who had the equipment to do the job. I will probably...

Joe: Looks like running the cable around my driveway to avoid having to go under it will bring my cable length to a little over 125 ft. (This route would require only going under a 4' sidewalk). Is this OK?

Thanks again for all the info, this is a very helpful forum! The D* installer that came last week said the regulation pole (7 feet?) mounted in the ground would work from a spot out in the yard, about 50 ft away, diagonally, from the current position. From this spot the pole could probably even...

Claude, you wrote: "#3 Properly seal all the holes from where the Dish was mounted before". I have my old bracket (from my SD instal 8 yrs ago) still screwed in to the roof. The installer said they don't take it out to prevent leakage problems. Is he right or was he supposed to remove and seal it?

(Edited - updated info) My third visit after the instal today finally provided some answers. He said I could get a good signal on a pole in the front yard (to the side) but he had no equipment to run cable under my sidewalk and I didn't want the cable lying on top of the concrete. So back to...

I have the same problem as you igator- lost 119 altogether when the leaves bloomed (my instal was in Jan of this year during the winter). Did you contract separately to get this done or is this a D* follow up? I have had 2 visits after the original instal and they are yet to look for another...