Tech Forum Recap

**Drone35** · 02-13-2006 11:25 PM

So which is it, do the 811's get the rebate or not! Scott can you end this confusion!!

**BFG** · 02-13-2006 11:32 PM

They don't.

**mb1058** · 02-13-2006 11:54 PM

Any discussion regarding the availability of the VIP222 or timing of San Francisco Locals in HD?

**dfergie** · 02-13-2006 11:57 PM

Revised attachment with final graphics in post one...warning Dial up folks 1.36mb...heh, file too big... lost graphics Edit... just have to wait for them to come up...

**dfergie** · 02-14-2006 12:05 AM

Here are the Screenshots that are in the Word Doc...

**gdarwin** · 02-14-2006 12:11 AM

Not wanting to turn in my 924, I just called in and ordered the 622 at $299...

Funny thing... the adv tech could not give me an install date... She searched out to October and said nothing was available for my hub...

We both had a good laugh, because she was really getting frustrated... She said she had not seen anything like this in 5 years. Asked which receiver, she said it was the 811.

She asked me to call in tomorrow to try to get the install resolved. CC already charged.

**joedoe** · 02-14-2006 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil

As posted in two of the other threads on the rebate, there is an email sent by Marc Lumpkin of Echostar that stated the 811 was eligible for the rebate. So I think that got some hopes up.

This announcement appears to dash those hopes.

It was just a generic answer. He didn't mentioned the 811 explicitly.

**Tom Bombadil** · 02-14-2006 12:21 AM

The person who wrote to Lumpkin stated that he had an 811 and a 311. Lumpkin replied and told him to wait until after April 1, when he would be eligible for the $200 rebate.

And to the person who asked Scott to end the confusion about the 811 & rebate, Dish did just that during the chat tonight. They stated specifically that the 811 was not eligible.

**larrykenney** · 02-14-2006 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Drone35

So which is it, do the 811's get the rebate or not!

The woman from Marketing emphasized during the chat that the rebate was only good for DVR owners. The 811 does NOT qualify for the rebate.

Originally Posted by mb1058

Any discussion regarding the availability of the VIP222 or timing of San Francisco Locals in HD?

No mention was made of the ViP222.

San Francisco is one of the markets where they plan to offer HD locals, but no date has been specified for us yet. We aren't in the first quarter plans they mentioned tonight.

Larry
SF

**Indy** · 02-14-2006 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by larrykenney

The woman from Marketing emphasized during the chat that the rebate was only good for DVR owners. The 811 does NOT qualify for the rebate
Larry
SF

This is how I heard it too. I also gathered that the model 811 and 6000 owners have to send their receivers in to qualify for the swap at $49. The non HD subscribers get the same $49 deal but do not have to sacrifice any equipment.

If this is true then why are the 6000/811 owners being penalized for the upgrade?

I think I will stay with Mpeg2 and my current setup until the Mpeg2 HD goes dark then decide what to do. Maybe FIOS or something interesting will come to my neighborhood and I can go a different direction other than Dish.