MY PET PEEVE!!!

If you are considering upgrading to a High Definition Direct TV System - PLEASE READ THIS!!!

In July 2007, my sweet wife decided that she wanted to record two programs while watching a third (now, that's not to unreasonable - is it?).  At the time, we still had a standard definition Direct TV package with a 50" rear projection TV and a TiVo DVR.  It all worked great.

I called Direct TV and they cherfully sent out an installer with a new standard DVR with only a $78.00 charge.

The installer disconnected the dish ground and never hooked it back up (why he did this in the first place, I don't know).

The installer then proceeded to cut the ground terminal off of the two DVR power cords (he said that a "hum" had developed in the stereo system).

When adding the coax cable for the new DVR, he shorted both A & B connectors on the back of the unit to ground.

The over all result of this exercise was that I wound up having to buy a new TV (of course I went with High Definition).  That also ment that I had to get a new HD KaKu Dish and two new HR-21, HD DVRs.

The moral is:

Direct TV has a great High Definition entertainment package.  Why anyone would be on cable is beyond me???

PLEASE, get a professional installer to do the installation.  MAKE SURE that the dish and coax are properly grounded (unless you want a lightning strike to take out all of your expensive equpment)

I am a commercial & industrial Electrical Contractor, so I am very knowledgeable of electrical systems.

Since this escapade, I have extensively researched High Definition Systems.

I will be glad to answer any questions that you may have regarding Direct TV Systems.

If I don't know the answer, I will find out.

Of course, my time is limited, so please be patient with my response.

By the way, my wife has finally quit yelling at me last week.

J.B.