Recent content by Big_Ed

I switched from Dish about a month and a half ago so I wouldn't have to watch the Red Sox in SD anymore. Opening Day, and I get a blank screen and a "771 Searching for signal" error. Call DTV and am told this is a known issue from an equipment failure, I'll be back up soon? That's just...

I did a search and read the recent thread on this topic, but I find myself confused. Maybe I'm an idiot. I had Dish Network for 5 years, recently switched to Directv. I did NOT have any protection plan on Dish. Twice in the 5 years I had to have service calls for bad equipment (one switch...

But while we're talking about this, what on earth does Dish do with the old LNBs?

I called today, said I couldn't get them, and they said "forgettabouta". Thanks all for your input. I will say I didn't expect this thread to become as active as it did!

I do have the operator ID (although not name) and notes from the call. No recording. There were 2 dishes...a Dish 500 and a Dish 300. These are so damn old I can't believe they have any value. Thanks for the reply.

Am I screwed? The story: I switched to D* last week. I had no particular beef with Dish, except that I am a Red Sox fan and their station (NESN) is not available on Dish in HD -- and it wasn't looking like it was going to be added anytime soon. Meanwhile, Directv has been running some...

0x193, Downloaded 2/6...I must not have the release yet. Thanks!

I just did this on mine and no change. It's a HR21-700. Any advice on what I did wrong? I chose search -- keyword search. Typed in 30SKIP. The it asked me to choose a channel category..I left it on ALL and searched. No programs found (of course). Then I exited, figured I'd be all set...

My re-order from Friday looks much better, although there is no line for the 1 year free Showtime (the rep verbally told me at time of order that I was getting it). Should I call back a third time, or you think it is in there?

Just off the horn with customer service, then sales again. They did have to cancel the order, he didn't have the DVR on it! Fool. I don't know if he got all the discounts (I doubt it) but the new rep I got this time was most helpful and I could tell she made sure everything was OK. My...

Of course it couldn't be easy, my order looks to be FUBAR... I asked for Premier package, 1 HD DVR and 1 SD receiver. AAA discount, 10/off for 12 months, $50 referral, free Showtime for a year. Here's the order summary as it stands now... Item Quantity Amount PREMIER P000002244000000001...

I can hardly believe how good this deal is. I just called and ordered (switching from E*). I'll save 40 bucks a month AND get NESN-HD to watch the Sox! Rock on.

Got this message from NESN yesterday... Thank you for your recent email regarding NESN HD on Dish Network. NESN has talked to Dish Network about carrying NESN’s HD programming. Dish Network has made a decision not to carry NESN HD at this time. Thanks for watching NESN...

Makes perfect sense, thank you!

Ok, thanks. Now a follow up. This is probably a dumb question, but I can't find the answer by searching...:confused: Whereas I'm only going to watch one channel, my assumption would be that I only need to receive the signal from one satellite. If this is so, why wouldn't a single LNB...