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Satellite Update

So it’s been 24 hours since I unwrapped all of my satellite presents (except for the DVR 722 which should be here next week).  My initial thoughts are well...mixed.  The external hard drive rocks!  It takes a while to archive because it’s USB 2.0 but you can archive in the background while you’re watching TV or while the receiver is “off.” Video playback from the external is flawless.  I watched a little bit of Star Wars and the last scene of The Sopranos and both played back without a hitch. 
The new HD is where I’m really torn.  It’s not really all that it’s cracked up to be.  Most of it is stretch-o-vision.  That’s where they take a show that was shot in 4x3 aspect ration and stretch it out to fit on a 16:9 TV.  Animal Planet and Discovery are the worst about it.  TLC has American Chopper on in HD right now but they’re bad about it outside of prime time.  The only channel that is truely 24/7 HD is MHD.  The problem with that is you have to wait for something good to come on.  Today must be CMT day because it’s nothing but country music videos and Reba.  This has me wondering if DirecTV subscribers really want 100 channels of HD if half or more will be stretched out. 

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