Recent content by ajohnson

That sounds exactly like my problem. I also had the same idle thought that maybe they were trying to convince me to upgrade the receiver, but I doubt that's true

I still have my 921 in the bedroom (622 in the living room) and lately it's been flaking out on me. I'll go to turn it on and the power light comes on but nothing else happens. Rebooting it (holding power till it resets) gets it back up and running. My wife is really getting annoyed with...

I'm not sure how they'd know, but if you're really worried about it, sign him up! :)

It sounds like you have a DishPro Twin lnbf on the dish pointed at 110/119, and a regular dishpro lnbf pointed at 61.5. Assuming that is correct, then basically you have two options, one cheap and one not so cheap. Option 1) replace the dp21 with a dp34. You will need to run a second line...

Pretty sure I've seen enough messages that say it's better to use two D500's to get 110/119 & 129 vs a D1000, but I thought I'd make sure. I swung my 148 dish to 129, but I'm a crazy fellow and was wondering if down the line I might miss out on something at 148 or 61.5 (or even some other slot...

uh, no. A super dish can be 121/119/110, or 119/110/105. You might take a look at http://www.dishchannelchart.com to see which channels are on what bird 148 or 61.5 would require their own dish (500) which I believe is where your international channels are. 129 could be combined with...

Hmm, this reminds me of something...what was it... oh yea... the 921! Waiting lists, short supply... Lets hope the rest of the story with the 921 (buggy as all he**) does not happen to the 622. It would even be in their best interest to hold onto them until they are relatively bug-free...

Azimuth was around 200, elevation about 49. There's a program out there called "Satellite Finder" that I added 129 to so I could get those values based on my zip code. I say "about", because I used a dish 500, so it has to be offset to the left or right a bit depending on which lnb you use. I...

I think he just didn't want to talk to me anymore. I had to call them back. This time I went through tech support phone menu selection instead of the "I want to add a channel"/CSR selection. I probably should've done that in the first place. I spoke with a really sweet gal that knew...

Had a fun time trying to add the Voom HD package to my subscription. I re-aimed my 148 dish at 129, with the help of a handy sat finder I got off ebay for $5, then did a check switch on my 811. It re-downloaded the guide and presto! new channels (in red) from 9470 to 9482. Next I called Dish...

Thanks Scott, that sounds more like what I wanted to know. I guess I didn't quite word my question right. If I've read the boards right, on 2/1 there are supposed to be 6 or so more hd channels available, which will temporarily be MPEG2 but will be switched to MPEG4. If they get their desired...

Oh, I forgot something. Since you have 3 hd tv's, you're probably already getting your OTA (off/over the air) local channels in HD, but if not, head over to the following two sites: http://www.antennaweb.org and http://www.titantv.com There you will get an idea of what sort of HD...

Need a little more info from you. Where are you in the country? You will probably at least get one D1000. Where you are may dictate a need for a second D500. Do you want DVR capability? If the answer is yes, then you should probably hold out for a 622 receiver. Regardless, since you...

Here's a question. Is there enough bandwidth on 61.5 or 129 to run all these new HD channels at a decent quality level under MPEG2, or are the channels going to be piss-poor until they switch to MPEG4? My own primitive tests in encoding show MPEG4 to be at least half the bandwidth/size of...

Well, technically you can get a 18" dish 500 or 300 with a single dp lnb and point it at 129 or 61.5, and replace your dp34 with a dpp44. You don't say how many receivers you will end up with once you have the 622. If the final total is 4 tuners or less (2 in the 622) then it's also possible...