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I am waiting for the slim line dishes and the HD DVR to be readily available, probably end of year for me I would think.

When does the slim line dish come out?

I was also told by technical support that the fall it will be released and that he has seen pictures of the device. No talk of a delay. Slim line dishes also this fall.

Yes - I was told on 6/28. New dishes out this fall, as well as the new DVR. I will be waiting until I can get the slim line dish and the new DVR before I upgrade.

I am in Plantation and get the networks with an amplified antennae. ABC and Fos (the ones we dont get through Directv) are a bit tough, but a good quality antennae and you should be fine. COngrats on the good deal, I got mine off of ebay about 6 months ago for $300.

Looks like I wont be upgrading until next year then. Long live MPEG2

Thanks for the translation - sometimes I type in jibberish

Last night I was told that they will be released at the end of the summer and the units were in testing right now and that ther ewer eno reported problems (how would she know the problems though). She was an elevated technical service representative.

THe "elevated technical support" representative told me last night that there is no reason to switch to MPEG4 until the new DVR is widely avilable. If this is the case, they are not shutting anything off any time soon.

June 28 as of last night

SO I had issues with my 250 last night and was elevated to the top tier technical support (whatever that means). I asked the lady about the MPEG4 DVR, she said the product is definitely to be released at the end of the summer and that DirecTV is testing the item right now. SHe does not see any...

Try eBay, I purchased mine about 5 months ago for $325. No problems.

Any word on Miami/Ft Lauderdale?

Or purchase a 10-250 for $325 from ebay and dont extend yoru ocntract, this way you have more leverage with retention when that time comes.

By standard DVRs I think they probably meant the HD MPEG2 tivos, not the regular BS tivos.