Michael O’Donnell

Recently i had been having trouble with my HDVR2 Directtivo Box with pixelating of the recording and live images comeing from my second tuner of the box.I tried rewireing the dish,no luck

I tried Running new wire direct for the dish to the reciever NO LUCK

I tried swaping the cables on the back of the reciever and was able to narrow it down to the tuner 2 inside the box itself. Now faced with the dilema of having to replace the unit i was unhappy to say the least.

Hours of rearanging the wires for nothing.

I searched and i searched for an answer using HDVR tuner trouble , second tuner on hdvr2 pixelated nothing.

HDVR2 tuner 2 out nothing

finally i found an answer and the answer was not what i expected, this may work for you if you have found this while searching as i did.

STEP one … are you using S-Video to connect to the tv… if yes this may help

Step two UNPLUG S-Video wait five minutes did this fix it. TADA

Surprised it worked SO WAS I . I found the answer here and here,But hopefull you will find this with a little quicker searching HOPE THIS HELPS

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb…d.php?t=318681
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb…d.php?t=333631

I have been looking to get a new dslr for some time. I was getting close to purchasing the Canon XTI, with in a week of the PMA and wouldnt you know it a new model.. But why

Why do i need the newest model. instead of the XTI what could it offer me that would make me chose it.

Well a couple things come to mind.

1. it uses the secured digital card instead of the compact flash for memory

benifits …I already have a large amount of sd cards vs compact flash cards in my current arsenal .

sd cards tend to be less expsensive and use less power consumption*so i have been told have no hard facts on this.

secured digital card readers tend to be built into laptops more times then the compact flash so for me i wouldnt have to carry around a card reader with my laptop anymore.

2. Live view

this is unique among dslrs in the midrange price point. if you have ever taken a pic with a cellular phone or pocket digital cam it shows you what you will be taking a picture of without having to squint thru the viewfinder.

this is good for those with glasses that may interfere .

for me i can hold the camera above head and aim at concert or people on stage or get some great and interesting angles that may get missed if i didnt have a slight idea of what the pic may be of.

MORE TO COME

Originally uploaded by MR “(O)”
The essentials that i took with me on the cross country road trip adventures in May 2007
and of Course One Camera is missing from the pic and that is …..

The One that took it