Recent content by bgarceau

Thanks ts... I understand now and I'll have to do a little analysis with a compass to see whether I have room at the specific location where the second dish must be mounted to see the third satellite. Appreciate the help!

We already had one VIP 211 receiver and we were receiving just a handful of HD channels on that receiver. I upgraded our other receiver to the 211 by buying the 2nd one online. When I called in to to DishNetwork to activate it I was told that I would be able to receive the additional channels...

Thanks Juan. Now can this be done by somehow updating hardware such as a new version of the LNB, that could pull in an extra satellite?

I recently accepted the new HD channels offer as I was told at the time that all DishNetwork channels would be available with my current system setup. I only see 19 though, two of which appear as "offair". I suspect that I may need some kind of dish hardware upgrade to pull in more than the...

Thanks for the reply Poke. Problem solved... There are two inputs on the back of the new HDTV: One is marked "HDMI IN 2 ". One is marked "HDMI IN 1(DVI)". I had the receiver connected to the port marked with the "DVI" indication. I believe this is meant to receive output from a PC. When...

311->VIP211 Reciever Upgrade - Poorer Picture Quality! We currently have one HD Receiver (older 811) connected to a 52" LG DLP HDTV set which works very well. We have the older 5-channel HD package. In another room we had an older non-HD 311 receiver. Both receivers are connected to a Dish500...