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Multiple DirecTV HD - Look Ma, One Wire!
- By sandv blog
- Posted May 21, 2008
I was so content when I designed the wiring in my new home ten years ago. Dual LNB DirecTV dish with two wires — going to the home theater, the other to the living room. Shortly after, DirecTV launched their boxes that accepted two sat feeds, for watching and recording multiple channels. My perfect system was obsolete.

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DirecTV Inching Toward 100 HD Channels
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 2, 2008
High-definition carriers make a lot of promises. Some they keep, some they don't. Last year, DirecTV promised 100 HD channels to its subscribers by the end of 2007. They didn't quite make it, even though the satellite broadcaster still had more HD channels than any other carrier at the end of the year.

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DirecTV Restricts DVR Pay-per-View
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 21, 2008
DirecTV will flip a switch on April 15 that prevents pay-per-view movies downloaded to a DVR from being watched more than 24 hours after the purchase. How's that for great service?

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More Storage for Your DirecTV HD DVR
- By sandv blog
- Posted September 12, 2007
Ever run out of room on your DirectTV HR20 high-definition DVR? (I don't, maybe because of my HR20's propensity to stop recording episodes of a programmed series for no apparent reason, but maybe your luck is better than mine.

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