Got rid of my 811 today

[BobMcCarthy]

This is truly a flawed piece of gear. It never worked right from the beginning. My seven year old Echo Star 2000 is a much better box and is back up running. Dish Network has some nerve selling this equipment. For the first time in almost eight years I'm thinking of going back to cable.

Bob

[charper1]

Was that your one & only 811 box or had you tried another 811? Sometimes things happen. I have had my 811 a while without issues. What version did you have?

[tonyp56]

I would write Dishnetwork about how you feel at ceo@dishnetwork.com and let them have it, they are not going to make improvements until they hear from their customers.

Good luck,

[BobMcCarthy]

I had two boxes, the Echo Star 2000 and the 811. The SD quality was so poor on the 811 it might as well have been analog cable from 20 years ago.

[BobMcCarthy]

Thanks. I did write them. One has to wonder why the merger between Direct TV and the Echo Star didn't happen. At least Ford got rid of the Edsel.

[Kevinw]

I had two boxes, the Echo Star 2000 and the 811. The SD quality was so poor on the 811 it might as well have been analog cable from 20 years ago.

Yep, 811 sure is lousy for SD but then again itt is a HD receiver. HD looks great. Of course SD through the Components look good but not through the S-video.
What kind of TV are you using it on?

[GaryPen]

I have had my 811 a while without issues.

Wow. You must have some special, magical 811. Everyone elses has all or most the following problems with their 811's:

1. Dark image from SD outputs. (Some, including myself, also get a slight loss of detail in dark areas from one or more of the HD outputs, as well.)
2. Acquiring Satellite interuption when going from OTA channel to EPG.
3. Downloading EPG guide data way too often. (Always after an "acquiring signal", sometimes locking up or going into an endless loop of downloads.)
4. Intermittent closed captions.
5. Channel recall not working with OTA channels.
6. No OTA guide data. (A missing, necessary feature, as opposed to a bug.)

There's more. But, my old worn out brain cells can't recall them at this time.

[Kevinw]

Thanks. I did write them. One has to wonder why the merger between Direct TV and the Echo Star didn't happen. At least Ford got rid of the Edsel.

According to the government it would have been unfair to the consumer at that time to only have 1 choice for satellite. Unlike the monopoly cables has on an area. According to the governmnet cable is not a cometitor to satellite only another satellite company is

[GaryPen]

According to the government it would have been unfair to the consumer at that time to only have 1 choice for satellite. Unlike the monopoly cables has on an area. According to the governmnet cable is not a cometitor to satellite only another satellite company is

I used to be all for the merger. Then, I went back to Dish after being away for a year.

All I can say is 12 million DirecTV subs sure are lucky it never happened.

[Kevinw]

Wow. You must have some special, magical 811. Everyone elses has all or most the following problems with their 811's:

1. Dark image from SD outputs. (Some, including myself, also get a slight loss of detail in dark areas from one or more of the HD outputs, as well.)
2. Acquiring Satellite interuption when going from OTA channel to EPG.
3. Downloading EPG guide data way too often. (Always after an "acquiring signal", sometimes locking up or going into an endless loop of downloads.)
4. Intermittent closed captions.
5. Channel recall not working with OTA channels.
6. No OTA guide data. (A missing, necessary feature, as opposed to a bug.)

There's more. But, my old worn out brain cells can't recall them at this time.

Gary is correct about all these issues. BUT the original post was about poor SD output in comparison to an old Echo Star 2000. I have all the above issues too except for the dark picture through the HD outs.