Recent content by bbriggs

If you're a channel-surfer looking for something interesting to watch it's handy. Find a show that might be OK and select it, change tuners, find another show that might be OK and select it. Pop back to the first, rewind and watch it until you're bored then switch to the second and repeat. If...

The OTA guide on 921 is remapped from SAT locals, doesn't work if you don't subscribe to SAT locals that correspond to your actual OTA locals. If you do subscribe, and some of us did just that for free (temporarily), you can press record on your current local program and then switch to SAT...

Don't know that you need an unused tuner. You should have turned it on and watched, it's as fun as watching clothes go round in a front-load washer. You can, as I recall, watch 101 on the second tuner while it downloads on the first, equally fun.

Seems to be associated with L211, a number of people are noting similar problems. I filed an uncommon problem report with DISH, perhaps they'll figure it out and fix the next software.

1. Records either HD or SD regardless of what you are viewing. 2. DVI/Component OR s-video/composite/RF except in safe mode. 3. The output is up-res or down-res to match what you select: 1080i, 720p. 480p, 480i, no need to change anything. You do have to select HD or SD to activate either HD...

I agree with boba, the HD on DISH is not particularly compelling. I'd suggest you reconsider the PVR thing, though. It's hard to live without once you try it. DISH will get you set up with a DISH 500 for free last I checked.

There are standalone DD / DTS decoders. I suspect it might be better to instead apply their price towards a new receiver with builit-in decoding.

Additional receivers above the first are charged $5, but if they are leased the $5 lease charge replaces that. There is a $5 VOD (video on demand) fee for 921, the 942 will likely have that too. The VOD is waived if you subscribe to AEP (A. Everything Pack) The 942 will probably incur an...

I think perhaps my last statement is best: I should shut up. However, please keep in mind that I had no intention of blasting (nor did I) the 811 or your TV. I ABSOLUTELY did not state the 811 is 'a complete pile of crap'. Also, please keep in mind, I didn't say your line doubler 'must suck'...

My experience with 811 is not the same as yours, and I didn't say you won't notice a difference. The question arises, however, if you do notice a difference which way will it go? Having read many posts on this aspect, everyone's mileage varies. Some say 811 is much worse, you say it is much...

I'd suggest you take a stroll over to the home theater SPOT. They have manufacturer-specific threads on all the major TV manufacterers and a wealth of information on picture quality. I purchased my Toshiba HD-ready (CRT rear-projection) set 2 years ago, and I've not regretted it for a...

Whether I factor in 1 feed or 1000 feeds, the cost is the same to me - and still a waste of bandwidth (again, for me). To compare it to 'other must carry crap' is insulting. I may be incorrect, but I'm thinking about 25% of the AT60 cost is in ESPN feeds. I respect that many enjoy that...

Yes, I know. But ESPN offers absolutely no value to me, and it represents a large percentage of my monthly bill. Don't get on my case too hard for subsidizing you folks who enjoy sports.

Here's my e-mail to echostar. Hope it doesn't just make things worse: My 2 cents: I've been waiting for an HD DVR (921) for well over a year now. Your new pricing finally got me hooked. However, the 921 is not the machine I originally wished for. Months and months of software problems...

I got off the fence and took the bait after over a year of anxious anticipation. Two major factors led to that decision (besides the relatively affordable new price): Mark at DBStalk is pretty clear about the new (not released) software straightening out most OTA problems; and Scott here...