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The new MSRP is $499. Dealer costs is a little less of course. The new MSRP is not effective until 5/13/2006.

The lease upgrade fees are going to stay the same.

Not much less, we are talking about DISH Network!

The cost to retailers dropped on 05/03/2006, but the new MSRP is not effective until 05/13/2006 per DISH Facts Blast dated 05/02/2006.

Effective 5/13/2006, the new retail price of the ViP622 DVR will be $499 and the ViP211/411 will be $249. This is great news for those of us that do not want to be locked into an agreement.:)

Does anyone have any info on whether or not DISH will exchange out existing 811's for new 411's? If so, when?

TV2 remote solution The TV2 remote is also a battery hog. Even the slightest drain on the batteries causes poor reactions. I recently hade a situation in which I changed the remote code to get better reception. I changed to the new Band "B" under the remote battery door and also changed the...

DirecTV or DISH? Well, let's start by clearing up the point that DISH is MPEG-2 and DVB compliant and DirecTV is NOT. They are MPEG-1.5. They will never be MPEG-2. DISH can update software and add features via a free download (which they have down MANY times over the years on MANY models) where...

811 Epg When DISH sends out the updates, they do it in stages. Not all units receive it at the same time. It could take a week or so. I know this because I used to work for DISH.

SuperDish signal strength It depends on whre you live. I am in Virginia and the maximum signal will be about 75 on the 105 sat. This is confrimed by DISH.