Recent content by G-force

My outlook with Dish is this, If I dont see foward progress in the next 3 months, I'm gone, period. It was bad enough losing my Voom channels, but with the crap channels they replaced them with and failed satellites it starts to add up. In the past Directv was the company with all the...

So I woke up this morning and went to turn it on and nothing. No console lights on the box. I tried a couple power cycles. The green light would come on for a second then go out, you could hear the fans going then all lights would light up for a second and go out. Eventually the fans would stop...

So I woke up this morning and went to turn it on and nothing. No console lights on the box. I tried a couple power cycles. The green light would come on for a second then go out, you could hear the fans going then all lights would light up for a second and go out. Eventually the fans would stop...

You might have seen my thread about my vip622 receiver overheating within an hour of it being istalled last week. So I figured it needs a bit more air even though my media cabinet has pretty good ventilation. Well after 4 days of use I'm convinced there is something wrong with it and Dish is...

My new 622 is overheating. I had my 622 installed today. Within 1 hour of viewing it shut down with a temperature of 145 degrees. I have it in an enclosed cabinet. I think a big part of the problem is that it shares the cabinet with a Harman Kardon receiver which is know to regularly operate at...

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How many people here actually bought your equiptment and did the install yourself? I'm just trying to figure out which route to go here as far as getting a package installed. I did installs for echostar back in 1996 when Dish Network first hit the west coast, so I have the basic knowledge. I'm...

What are the pros in cons of buying and owning your own equiptment in comparison to going with one of the packages I see in my Sunday paper where the fine print states that Dish Network owns the equiptment. I'm interested in the 622 HD DVR box with a 2nd HD box.

Future subscriber Can someone PM me their referral code. Thanks!