Re: OT: DirectTV [7:30136]
I love my dish and would never give it up. If you have a keen eye for video and know what MPEG compression looks like, you can spot it, although some channels are encoded at a lower bitrate and artifacting can be bad, especially when there's alot of motion on-screen. Most channels, including the "cable" channels, premium channels, and PPV channels are done with a higher birate that yields slightly less than DVD quality, and is WAY better than cable otherwise, IMHO. For DirecTV, you need a clear line of sight to about 10 degrees west of south and about 30 above the horizon. I have seen some people get reception behind some trees, but behind buildings or heavy trees, it just won't work. Dish Network uses satellites in a different part of the sky. Perhaps you can get line-of-sight with them. Here is a link that, given a city where you live (or close to) will tell you the part of the sky to need a clear shot to (remember EchoStar = DishNetwork): http://www.satellitetech.com/install.html And for those TRUE science geeks, you can use the J-Track 3-D java applet from NASA that shows the position of over 800 satellites around earth in realtime in a 3D rotatable display where you can actually find these DirecTV/Dish Network satellites. They will be in the geosynchronous band at ~22,000 miles out hehe http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/ Enjoy! Mike W. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30211&t=30136 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: DirectTV [7:30136]
Jeff, You could always throw up a small antenna system or tower if you really want it bad enough. http://www.rohnnet.com/ Be sure to check your local county and city regulations before you put anything up over 50ft. thanks, -Brad Ellis CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security) Network Learning Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] used Cisco gear: www.optsys.net CCIE Labs, racks, and classes: http://www.ccbootcamp.com/quicklinks.html ""Jeff Smith"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I had them out last week to install mine, but there was no clear path to the > satellite from my roof, due to large trees, so they couldn't do it. I am > going to try someone else and hope they have a satellite in a different > spot. I think he said if there is no clear line of sight from your roof to > the southwest you may have problems, with DirectTV at least. Good luck. > > > >From: "Jeff D" > >Reply-To: "Jeff D" > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: OT: DirectTV [7:30136] > >Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:00:59 -0500 > > > >I was thinking about doing this, but was curious if anyone knows of > >anything > >better or pros/cons to this: > > > >http://store.yahoo.com/dialadish/dirtvdsssatt.html > > > >Cheers, > >Jeff > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30149&t=30136 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: DirectTV [7:30136]
I had them out last week to install mine, but there was no clear path to the satellite from my roof, due to large trees, so they couldn't do it. I am going to try someone else and hope they have a satellite in a different spot. I think he said if there is no clear line of sight from your roof to the southwest you may have problems, with DirectTV at least. Good luck. >From: "Jeff D" >Reply-To: "Jeff D" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: OT: DirectTV [7:30136] >Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:00:59 -0500 > >I was thinking about doing this, but was curious if anyone knows of >anything >better or pros/cons to this: > >http://store.yahoo.com/dialadish/dirtvdsssatt.html > >Cheers, >Jeff _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30146&t=30136 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: DirectTV [7:30136]
I was thinking about doing this, but was curious if anyone knows of anything better or pros/cons to this: http://store.yahoo.com/dialadish/dirtvdsssatt.html Cheers, Jeff Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30136&t=30136 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
