Posts by JasonATL

My $0.02 is that the ISY 99i rocks. It helps Insteon realize its full potential. I've had Insteon for two years and an ISY for two weeks. I used a software approach prior to ISY. The ISY is the extremely powerful, flexible, and reliable....

I believe this could be done with Insteon switches and a Simplehomenet dry contact relay (EZI06I or EZIO2X4). You need to use a sensor to sense if the garage door is open (or changes status from closed to open). Here's a setup that...

I had an installation of about 20+ X10 devices in my prior house and used HomeSeer to control them. When I moved almost two years ago, I knew I wanted to stick with HomeSeer, but I wanted something more robust than X10. After much effort...

One word:Patagonia

By accident, I found my Sony Blu-Ray player to outpace other DVD players at decoding some seemingly difficult source material this past weekend. I've been editing/authoring my own DVD's -- this one of my family's latest trip to Disney...

Quote: Originally Posted by Calaveras This and the next post is making it sound like a diplexer is some exotic item. It is not. It is a very common item and is THE way to combine two antennas that cover different frequency ranges. We...

Are we talking digital channels only here or are you trying to receive analog signals? If only digital, then ghosting won't be an issue, but there is some chance that you could have an unreliable signal causing drop-outs on the digital...

Quote: Originally Posted by JMCecil If you get the DVR you need an HR20 (not the HR21, which doesn't have OTA tuners). You also need your own antenna, which you will connect to the HR20. Don't let the moron installers put a diplexer...

Looks like Speed HD, Fuel HD, Toon HD, FX HD, Fox Business HD, HGTV HD (with the -1), and a few regional sports nets. This is nice. I'll be disappointed when the HD launches stop. Getting spoiled by this weekly launching thing. Then...

FOX Business HD (FBNHD) is up. Just launched today and D* has the HD on day 1.