Recent content by aredknight

Superdish type 1 is a steel dish, just as the DISH 500. Type 2 is the fiberglass.

As an installer who's put in at least 200 of the SD's, I recommend against mounting it on the roof. The mast has far to small a footprint to hold up the 35+ pounds of SD weight. I also recommend that you stress to your installation company that you WILL NOT accept a fiberglass SD. I have...

God only knows why E* would want to buy the bastard child of satellite! Installed a VOOM once, it never worked right. And for all you wisecrackers out there, yes I installed it properly.

RG6 is critical from the dish to the receiver only. From the receiver to the TV, use whatever you want, provided the fittings are well installed and the cable isn't badly corroded.

The listings on dishnetwork.com are a joke. They don't list 99% of the installation companies in your area.

SSBCA certifies individuals, not companies. They don't have a record of what companies an SBCA certified installer works for, only where he/she lives and whom the took the test through.

Well, as a former AEI installer, I've gotta tell you, the company is a den oif theives and snakes. The office in GB WI gets rich by stealing every penny they can from the installers, they pay for squat by industry standards, They blame every problem on the installers(even when they didn't order...

I'd go withthe Hughes E1 (AKA the silver edition). Better receiver, fewer problems. Don't get me wrong, the RCA is a good box too, but the Hughes would be my first choice.

Mike H, Call DISH, Tell them you want to cancel with them to go to Dtv. GUARANTEE they'll start ponying up to save you as a customer. Should not be a problem to get a 522 out of them. If all else fails, cancel your service with them, and order in the missus name tommorrow. get all new...

Wouldn't waste the space in teh RV on the DISH 500. The DISH 300 will get you going on the 101 jsut fine, and take up less room.

90% + and no problems in two years of service? You just got your first problem, your receiver is dieing a slow death.

RCA is a matter of opinion. If I had a choice, I'd go with a HUGHES rec first, and RCA second, and the rest I'd SH** on before I used it. As far as TV's, I'll pass on an RCA every time. Their life expectency is about 5 years, tops. I have a Hughes Gold and an RCA DRD480RH UHF. No...

I'm assuming you are prepared for being added to the bottom of the long waiting list. Best way to get a 811 or 921 is to get it as a new sub. Otherwise, you're on a growing waiting list.

NO signal on 121 and 110? You've eitehr got a short tree on one side blocking, and a tall tree on the other, or your SKEW is not set correctly. MENU-6-1-1 to the signal meter, and get the angles for your zip code. Tehn Check your settings. SKEW is the backplate, Eleveation is the gradient...

Yup Dish would just swap out the clunky moterola boxes for clunky Echostar boxes. __________________ Clunky doesn't begin to describe a V* receiver. Try bulky, poorly manufactured, using six year old technology and graphics, fart and it won't work POS.