Recent content by topenga

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    622 dead?

    Holy crap, are you me?? My 622 died in the EXACT SAME WAY on the 25th! It was a refurb to replace the one that stopped finding satellites the week before. The tech told me that it was a hard drive issue and that they were sending me a new one. You say it's working again now. I wouldn't trust it...
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    ViP211® and ViP211k® DVR Conversion Feature Now Available to Customers

    It's the principle of the thing. You tell me it applies to my account then say "oh sorry, not really. give me $40 more please." And I found my answer in the Tech Cat discussion. It is another fee because it's not an archiving fee, it's a DVR enablement fee. Eh. My 211's HDMI port died so I may...
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    ViP211® and ViP211k® DVR Conversion Feature Now Available to Customers

    That's my question, too. When they rolled it out for the 622 it was explained to me that it was a one time only fee that applied to the account. The $40 I paid a year (or whatever) ago should cover this as well. *grump*