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Just got my 622 installed on tuesday... Pretty thrilled with it, until my wife called me at work today to say there was no sound... Grrr... Reboot fixed it... happened twice tho.. Had a few audio dropouts tonight, but rewinding a moment on the DVR fixed that. (wasn't watching live...

I called Dish today and ordered the 622 with the HD Silver Package. (I currently have the 811, Old HDPak+Voom) They aren't sending an installer out until the 18th, and told me that until I get the new equipment, I would not get any of my old HD channels anymore. Supposedly they have to...

I currently have an 811, with the old HD pack and Voom.. I would like to upgrade to the mpeg4(or pseudo Mpeg4) equipment for the new channels, and probably get a 622... Here's my concern: for the first year I had my 811 - it locked up all the time, had various problem, until they got...

I have had dish for almost 4 years now, and have been happy with it - But in the last couple of months I have started to lose signal on 119, and now it's more often gone than not. (And when it works, the signal strength is only ~50) (110 always stays at 97+) I am assuming this is because...

Nope, the 811 doesn't/won't do mpeg 4... Assume you mean one @61.5 and one @110/119... but that makes no diff to getting mpeg4....

Has Dish said we're getting espn2hd? Or is there a reliable rumor out there?

Ok, so I called Dish today (before I read any of this), and requested that they add a second dish for my one missing local (in Omaha). I was assuming it would be pointed at 148, but now it sounds like they could point it to 129. (Would be nice if I could get Voom..) 1. What's the chance the...

If we sign up for VOOM and manage to get them to installl, do I get to keep the equipment when they go out of business? Might be worth signing up just to get the hardware to tinker with...

I would guess that the problems with yous 811s have been software issues, which is why sending new hardware hasn't helped. I have had the 811 for over a year now, and for a lot of that time, the box was very unstable, always losing signal, locking up, etc. When I got the 283 software...

Question about this -- as an alternative, Could you use a DishPro Plus Twin LNBF with a separator, instead of the DPP44? (Assuming one single-tuner receiver, and one dual-tuner?) For my situation, I currently have an 811 and a 311.. I want to replace the 311 with a 522.. Was thinking I...