Thread: FIRST LOOK: 622 Review!

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

For the movies they have listed so far which are...




I think $4.99 for movies this old is not worth it, these should be 99 cent movies if not free. If Dish wants people to use their VOD service they need to hook them by showing how great it is and make some FREE movies available.

Dish giving anything away for free is a stretch it'll will never happen

Just curious - I don't recall same type of review for 211 or 411 receivers . I'm missed or it wasn't posted ?

I just called dish and leased the 622 for $299.00. I currently have an 811, 508 and two 301 receivers. I have two dishes mounted and pointing at 110, 119 and 61.5
Will I actually need an installer to come out and install this box? I plan on returning both 301 boxes.

I'm a *new* dish subscriber, dish quoted me 1 month for install... I called a local installer, he promised me he could install the 622 by wed or thurs or maybe sooner depending on the installer schedule... he said they've installed a few 622s allready and they were able to order quite a few so they have them in stock... so i'm not into it for much money, and i should have this DVR this week... i'll keep you all posted...

Does anyone know if Dish plans on enabling the ethernet port for the service connection?

I'm currently keeping SBC phone service active only for my old Replay DVR and my Dish receivers. I would love to dump SBC and use my broadband connection for this service. I also would prefer not to add another service such as Vonage if possible.

Originally Posted by bigdaddy10

I just called dish and leased the 622 for $299.00. I currently have an 811, 508 and two 301 receivers. I have two dishes mounted and pointing at 110, 119 and 61.5
Will I actually need an installer to come out and install this box? I plan on returning both 301 boxes.

I am not an expert at this but I noticed that you do not have a 921 or 942 which both require two feeds that are connected Dishes the dishes you have. The 622 requires two feeds also. You have the correct dishes to handle the 622 but its a question of the LNB's and the switches. I don't have the 622 yet and being the installer is coming on the 28th, the most time I will wait is a week to have it installed. I just want to make sure he doesn't screw anything up that is already working fine. I just looked at my set up. I connected the switches myself and the coax to my 921. From what I read the 622 will work from this existing set up.

I have a DishPro Dual LNBF on the Dish 500 that is pointing at 61.5. I have a DisPro Twin LNBF on the Dish 500 that is pointing at 110, 119. One coax goes from the DishPro Twin LNBF to one of the inputs of a DishPro 34 Switch. Two coaxes go form the DishPro Twin LNBF ( Dish 500 that is pointing at 110, 119), to the two other inputs of the DishPro 34 Switch.

In my case, I have a second DishPro 34 switch connected to the first one.

I have two of the outputs of one of the DishPro 34 switches going to the 921. I am going to put the 622 there and the 921 where my 501 and 811 are.

In your case it could be very simple if you have two of your receivers close to one another and you are substituting the 622 for the two of them. Just put the two existing coxes into the 622.

Originally Posted by Ray S

I am not an expert at this but I noticed that you do not have a 921 or 942 which both require two feeds that are connected Dishes the dishes you have. The 622 requires two feeds also. You have the correct dishes to handle the 622 but its a question of the LNB's and the switches. I don't have the 622 yet and being the installer is coming on the 28th, the most time I will wait is a week to have it installed. I just want to make sure he doesn't screw anything up that is already working fine. I just looked at my set up. I connected the switches myself and the coax to my 921. From what I read the 622 will work from this existing set up.

I have a DishPro Dual LNBF on the Dish 500 that is pointing at 61.5. I have a DisPro Twin LNBF on the Dish 500 that is pointing at 110, 119. One coax goes from the DishPro Twin LNBF to one of the inputs of a DishPro 34 Switch. Two coaxes go form the DishPro Twin LNBF ( Dish 500 that is pointing at 110, 119), to the two other inputs of the DishPro 34 Switch.

In my case, I have a second DishPro 34 switch connected to the first one.

I have two of the outputs of one of the DishPro 34 switches going to the 921. I am going to put the 622 there and the 921 where my 501 and 811 are.

In your case it could be very simple if you have two of your receivers close to one another and you are substituting the 622 for the two of them. Just put the two existing coxes into the 622.

I have a newer home and all the wires meet up at the same exact place in my basement. I have them clearly marked as which wire goes to which room. I have two coax cables going to each room in my house. This should make it very easy for whoever comes out to hook it up. I don't believe I have the "Dish Pro Dual LNBF". I've had dish for 5 yrs and I doubt they were using that equipment at that time.

The only reason I got the 61.5 dish 2 years ago is so I could get 2 locals that they said I was entitled to. To my knowledge I don't believe I get anything else off of that dish but the Voom channels and the 2 locals. Since it cost me nothing I agreed to have it installed.

"I have a newer home and all the wires meet up at the same exact place in my basement. I have them clearly marked as which wire goes to which room. I have two coax cables going to each room in my house. This should make it very easy for whoever comes out to hook it up. I don't believe I have the "Dish Pro Dual LNBF". I've had dish for 5 yrs and I doubt they were using that equipment at that time.

The only reason I got the 61.5 dish 2 years ago is so I could get 2 locals that they said I was entitled to. To my knowledge I don't believe I get anything else off of that dish but the Voom channels and the 2 locals. Since it cost me nothing I agreed to have it installed."

I would say that if you are getting those channels in HD on your 811 (along with the SD channels), you are good to go. However the two coxes that go to that room will have to be used on the 622 or it will not work properly. As long as each coax is carrying all of the current channels there should be no problem. You have the two dishes and they are pointed at the correct satellites. When you do the switch check on the 811 does it show a strong signal for 110, 119 and 61.5? If it does then you should be good. BUT YOU NEED TWO COXES GOING INTO THE 622. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS MORE!

Why not just have one coax and use a separator?