Recent content by c8hendrick

Just had an hour long discussion with Dish over the $40 external HD fee. I dont get this one... I own the box, I own the HD, and Dish does literally nothing to earn the fee. Edit: Attaching the HD to a VIP622 so Im not enabling DVR functionality, just expanding capacity. I can see the fee on...

I was intending to add a 3rd receiver... sorry if that wasn't clear from my original post. Sounds like I would then need the DPP44 switch. Still just 61.5 and 110/119 but the 3rd receiver makes the DPP44 necessary?

I guess I win a noobish award for E* v D* Any preference between the 500 or the 1000? Also, why does the 301 require the DP44 switch? What's its purpose? Thanks for the help!

Hello, Im moving and have an opportunity (I believe) to change dishes/switches and wanted to get people's opinion. First my current setup... 2 D*500s pointed at 110/119 and 61.5 (For Boston locals I believe). I have a 301 and a 622 and will most likely add an additional 622 when I move...

2nd dish 2nd dish pointed at 61.5...

I should be able to run the 811 RGB/Optical out to one input on my home theater receiver and another RCA/SVideo out from the 811 to the TiVo then to the home theater receiver right? It will send signal out of both outputs but I'll only have the one tuner?

Spoke with DishNetwork Thanks for the info - very helpful So I give DishNetwork a call... I figure out from talking to them and combining it with you response that I'll need a 4 LNB upgrade to my current 2 LNB, a DishPro Separator to combine two feeds onto one line, and then another...

I have recently purchased a new HDTV and Dish 811 box. My current setup is a Dish 301 -> TiVo -> old TV... Id like to be able to do something like this: wall -> splitter out 1 -> 301 -> TiVo -> Receiver -> New TV ......-> splitter out 2 -> 811 -> Receiver -> New TV That way the TiVo...