Adding another HD receiver?

[dishrich]

Buying the equipment outright is not supposed to, but when he finds out the the price for an HD DVR, I don't think he's gonna bother...

[Mark0525]

I'm going to be looking to get another HD receiver soon and want to buy rather than lease because I don't want to get sucked into a new contract (if DTV disappoints with new HD channels I want to be able to switch to FiOS).

I know I need to be careful of buying a receiver online as some people sell leased ones that I won't be able to activate. Do you mind if I ask where you got your's from and approximately how much they go for?

I did not buy them used on Ebay but you can go on Ebay and search for new ones and make sure they are a good company with a good history. They gave me a package deal because I bought 2 H23's and 1 HR23. It basically saved me 10.00 or so off each receiver plus the tax. The other reason why I bought it on line is my local Best Buy didn't have the 23's and sometimes when you order through Direct you'lll get whatever they have to install at the moment. Direct will activate them and there's still the 5.00 a month bill for each receiver and rumor has it that you don't actually own the ones you buy yourself. Hope this helps

[yorktown]

Direct will activate them and there's still the 5.00 a month bill for each receiver and rumor has it that you don't actually own the ones you buy yourself. Hope this helps

What did you pay to buy them ?
If you paid approx. $99 each it's a fact that you are leasing them, not just a rumor.
You don't own them.

[Mark0525]

I paid less but you are right but who really cares if you own it or not.